Board of Directors
Lloyd P. Zuckerberg
John v.H. Halsey
Kathleen Kleinman
A. Thomas (Tom) Levin
Kevin McAndrew
Lloyd P. Zuckerberg
Lloyd P. Zuckerberg is founder and Chairman of the Nassau Land Trust. Lloyd formed the Nassau Land Trust in response to finding few informational resources in Nassau County on alternatives to outright development of vacant land. Through his own real estate company, Lloyd has used land conservation to create limited development plans for an historic estate in Old Westbury and on a number of farm properties on the East End of Long Island.
In his own business, Lloyd specializes in projects with a preservation component. Prior to establishing his own company, he was a Vice President with LaSalle Partners, a multi-national real estate services firm, and deputy project manager for the redevelopment and renovation of Grand Central Terminal. Before that, Lloyd was a senior executive with Grand Central Partnership and its sister companies, 34th Street Partnership and Bryant Park Restoration Corporation, which have been recognized for their success by organizations such as the American Institute of Architects and Time magazine.
Raised in Lawrence, Lloyd is a second-generation native of Long Island. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School, Tufts University, and The Hotchkiss School. He is a President's Council member of the Peconic Land Trust, and serves on the boards of the New York Landmarks Conservancy and Old Westbury Gardens. Lloyd is a member of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, Municipal Art Society, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the publisher of José M. Allegue: A Builder's Legacy and of Hotchkiss, The Place, an architectural history of The Hotchkiss School.
John v.H. Halsey
John v.H. Halsey is founder and President of the Peconic Land Trust, a non-profit land conservation organization serving Long Island. The Trust's professional staff identifies and implements alternatives to development that result in the perpetual protection of working farms and natural lands on Long Island. Since it was founded in 1983, the Trust has completed more than 400 projects. In partnership with landowners, communities, municipalities, and like-minded organizations, the Trust has protected approximately 10,000 acres. The Trust is currently engaged in over 100 pending projects comprising several thousand acres that are key to defining the communities of Long Island and to preserving its rural heritage.
John serves on the boards of the North American Land Trust, Nassau Land Trust, South Fork Land Foundation, and the Southampton Youth Association. He is former Chair of the Land Trust Alliance/New York Advisory Board and board member emeritus of the Long Island Community Foundation.
Raised in Southampton, Mr. Halsey earned a B.A. in Sociology and Education at Dartmouth College and a M.S.W. degree in Organization, Planning and Administration from the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley. In 1993, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Long Island University for his work protecting the heritage of Long Island, and also received the University's "2004 Distinguished Citizen Award." In 2005, he was honored by the non-profit "Promote Long Island, Inc." with their "Spirit of Long Island" award for his work on behalf of Long Island's environment and preservation. In 2006, the Long Island Farm Bureau awarded him its Citizen Award for his on-going contribution to farm
Kathleen Kleinman
Kathleen Kleinman comes to land conservation in a roundabout way. An avid equestrian, she approached Peconic Land Trust President and Nassau Land Trust board member John Halsey in response to the closure and development of several favorite Nassau County riding areas and trails. While at a dinner featuring John, Kathleen met Lloyd Zuckerberg, who shared her concern for Nassau County, and the rest, as they say, is history. She rides extensively throughout Long Island and takes part in organized trail rides around the country.
Kathleen is also a clay artist whose love of the outdoors and open space inspires the many nature motifs found in her artwork. She makes many of her observations of the natural world on horseback.
With a B.F.A. from St. John's University and an M.S. in art education from C.W. Post College, Kathleen has worked in education as an art teacher.
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A. Thomas Levin
A. Thomas Levin is a director and shareholder in the law firm of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein P.C., with offices in Mineola, New York City, Albany, Melville, and Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Brown University, and holds two law degrees (J.D. and LL.M.) from New York University School of Law.
Tom is past president of the 74,000-member New York State Bar Association, of the Nassau County Bar Association, and of the National Caucus of State Bar Associations. Admitted to practice law in New York, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the U.S. Supreme Court, and various other federal jurisdictions, Tom concentrates his practice in the fields of local government law, land use regulation, commercial litigation and appeals, representing both private- and public-sector clients. He serves as Village Attorney or special counsel for more than twenty Long Island municipalities and school districts.
Tom serves the Historical Society of the Courts of New York as trustee and counsel and serves on the Advisory Council of Nassau/Suffolk Law Services, Inc. He has also served on the advisory boards of the Government Law Center at Albany Law School, Land Use Law Center at Pace Law School, and American Law Institute. For more than 30 years, he has been pro bono general counsel to the Child Care Council of Nassau, Inc. and the Rosa Lee Young Childhood Center, and editor of the Bench Book for Trial Judges, published by Thomson/Westgroup. He has also authored numerous legal articles and is a frequent lecturer on legal topics.
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Kevin McAndrew
Kevin McAndrew is Partner of Site Development and Landscape Architecture in the engineering firm of Cameron Engineering & Associates, LLP. A registered landscape architect and site planner/land planner with more than 28 years of professional experience, Kevin is also LEED certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, which promotes sustainable and innovative design. He has previously served as adjunct professor at Polytechnic University in the Civil Engineering Department, lecturing on site design and land planning matters.
With extensive master planning, land subdivision, and site planning experience throughout Long Island, Kevin's work includes residential communities, institutional campuses, parks and recreation facilities, and commercial/mixed-used developments.
Kevin also acts as a municipal consultant for the Village of Roslyn and has worked with the Villages of Plandome, Great Neck Plaza, and East Hills.
Kevin has served as president of the Design Professionals Coalition of Long Island, an organization comprised of architects, engineers, surveyors, and landscape architects. He is also a Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and a current Board Member for the New York State Council of Landscape Architects (NYSCLA).
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Thomas J. Grech
Thomas J. Grech's career has spanned the printing and publishing industries over the past 25 years and he is currently serving SONY DADC as a Supply Chain Executive. He is an investor in JJT Energy, a New York State energy service company (ESCO). Tom also is a founder of the business consulting firm, The Peritus Group. Tom has served an Assistant Professor at Farmingdale State College, teaching Entrepreneurship and Small Business. He is a graduate of the University of Scranton, Scranton, PA with a BS degree in Accounting and received his MBA in International Business from Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY.
Other activities include the University of Scranton National Alumni Society Board of Governors, currently serving as President-elect. Tom served as President of the Malverne Civic Association from 2008-2009. He has been a Trustee of the Village of Malverne Public Library since 2007. Raised in Rockville Centre, NY, Tom lives in Malverne, NY with his wife and their daughter and son.
Linda Rosenthal
Linda Rosenthal is a paralegal who came to NLT with over 20 years of experience in the land conservation community. Over the course of her career at the Trust for Public Land, and more recently at the Open Space Institute, she has been involved in over 500 land protection projects. Prior to that time, she worked with a NYC law firm focused on environmental and public interest law. She joined NLT's board shortly after becoming acquainted with NLT's work at Crossroads Farm at Grossmann's and looks forward to helping NLT achieve its future conservation goals. A lifelong resident of Nassau County, she has many passions, including gardening, photography and horseback riding.
Peter Smith
Peter Smith began his career in the Financial Services Industry in 1973. In 1975 he became a Career Representative, with National Life Insurance Company, a Mutual Life Insurance Company located in Montpelier, Vermont, founded in 1850. He has continued his relationship with that company to the present day. Peter began his relationship with Raymond James Financial Services1984. He is the Branch Manager of his Independent Office. Currently Peter is a member of The American Business Association, Vistage International, the Long Island Business Development Council, and the Hauppauge Industrial Association.
With more than 37 years of financial planning, insurance, and investment management experience, he is responsible for assisting individuals in establishing long-term financial plans, including estate planning, retirement planning, and portfolio management. In addition to planning for closely held businesses, Peter also works in the Eldercare field, assisting the Elderly with their special financial needs. In 2002, Peter became a founding partner in Dutcher Crossing Winery located in Healdsburg, CA.
Being from Vermont a state steeped in agriculture, coupled with a desire to preserve open space, along with his involvement in a winery and vineyard, Peter has been involved in land planning and preservation with his clients for many years. Currently he works with the wine industry in Northern California and the North Fork of Long Island along with the agricultural industry in Vermont to help his clients plan for the challenges that land ownership represents. Peter joined the Nassau Land Trust Board in 2009.
