The Junior League of Long Island (JLLI) is proud to announce the 2022-2023 Board of Directors. The Board comprises 10 women who are active members of JLLI, have given hundreds of volunteer hours to planning and implementing events and fundraisers, and dedicated themselves to JLLI and giving back to the Long Island community. The Board of Directors is responsible for governance and management of the organization for a one-year term commencing July 1, 2022.
2022-2023 Board of Directors
- President: Cristine Bruno, Oakland Gardens
- President-Elect: Remi Farnan, Floral Park
- Finance Director: Feiona Churaman, East Setauket
- Membership Activities & Training Director: Carol Rodriguez, Commack
- Communications Director: Loretta Hahn, Garden City
- Nominating & Placement Director: Melissa Beyer, East Northport
- Projects & Research Director: Joan Yonke, Huntington
- Member-at-Large: Meredith Nies, Williston Park
- Sustaining Directors: Deidra Maleno, Port Washington & Laura Petras, Manhasset
Cristine Bruno shares, “Leadership is about making others better by your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence. Each individual on our board brings a strong dedication to our mission & our community at large. I am truly humbled to work with such a strong, diligent & inspiring group of women.”
JLLI serves its mission through direct service projects, advocacy, training, grants, and partnerships with other Long Island organizations. JLLI's projects include Project Playground, to finance and build playgrounds for communities of need in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Positively Me, to address teenage self-esteem and bullying amongst young girls, and a myriad of “Done in a Day” volunteer opportunities that benefit Suffolk and Nassau Counties. The Junior League of Long Island strives to be the organization of choice for voluntarism and community partnerships to improve the health and well-being of women and children on Long Island. Our commitment has remained unwavering: to develop exceptionally qualified civic leaders who can identify a community’s most urgent and pressing needs and address them with meaningful and relevant programs and initiatives that not only improve lives but change the way people think.
For more details on JLLI happenings - please visit www.jlli.org or follow us on Facebook and Instagram @JuniorLeagueLI.
About the Junior League of Long Island
The Junior League of Long Island is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Tracing its origins to 1951, the Junior League of Long Island has nearly 200 members in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Headquartered in the Village of Roslyn, the Junior League of Long Island is affiliated with the Association of Junior Leagues International® an organization of 293 Leagues throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and England. The Junior League of Long Island is designated as a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. Our purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.