Board Members

MICHAEL A. LOGRANDE, Chairman
BERNARD BRADY, Secretary
PATRICK G. HALPIN
JANE R.DEVINE
JAMES F. GAUGHRAN

MICHAEL A. LOGRANDE, Chairman, term as member expires in May 2010. From March 24, 1992 until December 31, 1999, Mr. LoGrande was also the Authority’s Chief Executive Officer. His experience includes serving as Executive Director of the Association for a Better Long Island, Suffolk County Executive, and Supervisor of the Town of Islip. Additionally, he served as Deputy Supervisor and Commissioner of Planning and Development for the Town of Islip, and Chief Planner for Suffolk County. Mr. LoGrande’s education includes a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Masters degree in Urban Planning from Columbia University, and a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmental Research, Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Mr. LoGrande maintains a membership in numerous professional organizations and has received various awards for his involvement in planning and the environment.

BERNARD T. BRADY, Secretary, term as member expires in March 2009. Mr. Brady is a high school business teacher and diversified work coordinator with over thirty-seven years experience teaching business subjects. He is active in establishing secondary and college level work-study programs for students concentrating in business training. He has administrative commercial banking experience in the area of stocks and bonds, and served in the U.S. Army. He holds a Bachelors degree in Management from Long Island University, and one Masters degree in Business from Adelphi University and a second Masters degree in Continuing Education from Stony Brook University.

PATRICK G. HALPIN, term as member expires in March 2011. Mr. Halpin is Executive Vice President for External Affairs for the Institute for Student Achievement. Mr. Halpin has been with ISA since 1994. Prior to joining the ISA, Mr. Halpin had an extensive career in local and state politics, which began in 1979 when he was elected to the Suffolk County Legislature. In 1982 he was elected to the New York State Assembly and served three terms in that office. In 1988, Mr. Halpin was elected to the office of Suffolk County Executive. He served in that role until 1992. Mr. Halpin serves as a trustee of the Long Island Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and is a director with the Long Island Housing Partnership, Vision Long Island and the advisory board of the Long Island Index. Mr. Halpin received a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science and Economics from Old Dominion University.

JANE R.DEVINE, term as member expires June 2012. Ms. Devine has held a variety of positions in public service both on the town and county level. Most recently, she has served on the Town of Huntington Planning Board and from 1988-1991, she served as Commissioner of Consumer Affairs for Suffolk County. From 1978-1987 she represented the former 17th Legislative District as an elected Suffolk County Legislator and, for a portion of that tenure, was the first female leader of the minority caucus.

Ms. Devine’s professional career spans a wide range of posts dedicated to education and protection of consumers, including Director of Consumer Education and a member of the Consumer Protection Board for the Town of Huntington, and consultant to the New York State Consumer Protection Board. She was a founding partner of a small public relations company and served for a time as pastoral consultant to a Long Island AIDS- care organization. In addition to graduate work at the Fordham University School of Law, studies in sociology and a Certificate in Clinical Pastoral Education from the Nassau County Medical Center, Ms. Devine holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of New Rochelle and a Master of Arts degree from the C.W. Post - Long Island University College of Management.

JAMES F. GAUGHRAN, term as Member expires in March 2008. Mr. Gaughran is an attorney in private practice, having begun his practice in 1984. He is admitted to practice in the New York State and U.S Eastern District of NY Courts. He has held a number of public sector appointments over the years including service as counsel to the Huntington Community Development Agency, Village of Northport, Town of Babylon and staff service to Congressman Gary Ackerman and the New York State Senate. From 1984-1987 he was an elected member of the Huntington Town Board, which included service as a Commissioner of the Dix Hills Water District. From 1988–1993 he was an elected member of the Suffolk County Legislature, representing the 17th District, during which time the Legislature aggressively supported and funded the Suffolk County Drinking Water Protection Program. Mr. Gaughran received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Stony Brook University and a Juris Doctor degree from Hofstra University School of Law