Nassau Land Trust: About Us

A. Thomas (Tom) Levin

Kevin McAndrew

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 an historic farm property in the hamlet of Sagaponack.

Lloyd specializes in projects with a land- or buildings-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 excellence 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, The Caedmon School, and a project of Phipps Houses in New York City. He is a member of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America, Municipal Art Society, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Congress for the New Urbanism, and the Urban Land Institute. He is the publisher of José M. Allegue: A Builder's Legacy and of Hotchkiss, The Place, an architectural history of The Hotchkiss School.

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John v.H. Halsey is founder and President of the Peconic Land Trust, a nonprofit land conservation organization based in Southampton, with stewardship centers in Amagansett and Cutchogue. The Trust's professional staff works with landowners, communities, and government to identify and implement 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 350 projects, protecting nearly 9,000 acres through private conservation methods and its work with municipalities. 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, South Fork Land Foundation, and the Southampton Youth Association as well as the Trustees Council of the Preservation League of New York State, and currently chairs the Land Trust Alliance/New York Advisory Board. He is also board member emeritus of the Long Island Community Foundation. Raised in Southampton, John 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 nonprofit "Promote Long Island, Inc." with the "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 ongoing contribution to farm conservation.

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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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George LaMay is an arborist certified by the New York State Arborists, International Society of Arboriculture Chapter, Inc. He and his wife of 39 years, Cyndy, founded LaMay's Tree Service in 1972 in Greenlawn. Their sons Buddy and Jason also work in the successful family business.

George served on the board of the Long Island Arboricultural Association for 6 years before becoming its president in 2002. One of his major responsibilities in that capacity was organizing Arborday, an annual event for which dozens of Long Island companies donate tree work to area non-profit cultural institutions such as Caumsett State Park, Farmingdale College, and the Vanderbilt Museum.

As an active member of the Green Guerillas, George advocates the use of organic materials to stimulate soil, improving trees and shrubs' ability to combat disease and pests. He is also a member of the Cornell Cooperative Extension's Agricultural Advisory Committee.

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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. He serves on the Advisory Council of Nassau/Suffolk Law Services, Inc., and on the advisory board of the Land Use Law Center at Pace Law School. He has also served on the advisory boards of the Government Law Center at Albany Law School and the 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 is Associate and Manager 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 25 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.

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