Board of Directors
Dr. Virginia E. Maurer
Founder
Andrew F. Corrado
Chairman
Mr. Corrado has more than twenty years experience in the banking industry. Currently, he serves as Senior Vice President and Long Island Private Banking Market Manager at Capital One Bank in Melville, NY. He has also held prominent and/or senior managerial positions at GreenPoint Financial, JP Morgan Chase & Co. and European American Bank (EAB). During his extensive career, Mr. Corrado has been responsible for overseeing complex marketing initiatives and programs involving multi-million dollar project budgets.
In his capacity as Board Member of the Maurer Foundation, Mr. Corrado’s expertise in financial matters has proven invaluable. He has further demonstrated his interest in philanthropy by serving as Board Member and Treasurer of Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater New York.
Kathy Weiss, PhD
Treasurer
Dr. Weiss received her BA in Mathematics from Syracuse University, her MA in Mathematics from the Courant Institute of New York University and her Ph.D. from New York University. She has devoted most of her career to the administrative aspects of education. From 1994 until 2005, Dr. Weiss served as Superintendent of Schools for the Baldwin Union Free School District. Previously, she spent five years as the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction for the Rockville Centre Public Schools and was principal in Malverne High School.
Dr. Weiss has made numerous local, regional and national presentations on such topics as cooperative learning, shared decision-making, peer coaching, whole language assessment, testing, child abuse, and evaluation of principals. Currently she is an adjunct professor at LIU, CW Post Campus in the Department of Educational Leadership & Administration, and an associate with School Leadership LLC, a company that assists school boards in searching for superintendents. Dr. Weiss has chaired The Maurer Foundation’s Program Committee for many years.
Alice Y. Kim, MD
Secretary
Dr. Kim is a Board Certified physician in Radiology whose specialty is diagnostic radiology, particularly breast imaging.
Dr. Kim received her B.A. from Boston University and her M.D. from the Boston University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in Diagnostic Radiology at New York University Medical Center in New York City as well as a post graduate fellowship in Mammography.
Dr. Kim holds the position of Assistant Professor of Radiology at NYU Medical Center.
Dr. Kim is a member of the Radiological Society of North America, the American Roentgen Ray Society, the American Medical Women’s Association, the New York Roentgen Society, the New York Metropolitan Mammography Society and the Society of Breast Imaging.
Jon Santemma, Esq.
Director
Mr. Santemma is a partner in Santemma & Deutsch LLC, Syosset, New York, the firm he founded in 1988 which concentrates on real estate tax review and eminent domain law. Mr. Santemma is editor and co-author of the texts, Condemnation Law in New York and the supplement to the Review and Reduction of Real Estate Taxes in New York. He has appeared throughout the State in real estate tax matters and has lectured in New York State, California, Texas and London, England.
Mr. Santemma has served as President of the Nassau County Bar Association and Vice President of the State Bar and President of the Fordham Law Alumni Association of Long Island. He was a long time trustee of the Village of Laurel Hollow, New York and has been recognized for various charity and community activities. He lives in Laurel Hollow with his wife attorney Carol Hoffman, and their daughter, Jessica, a student at George Washington University.
Susan Iadarola
Director
Susan Iadarola has twenty years of marketing experience in the banking and real estate industries. Currently, she serves as Director of Sales and Marketing at the Dana Rader Golf School, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she is responsible for all advertising, branding, promotions, print collateral, web communication, event planning, public relations, customer service and sales efforts. Iadarola holds a M.B.A in Finance from Adelphi University and a B.B.A in Marketing from Hofstra University.
Maureen Dougherty
Director
Maureen Dougherty went into private law practice in 1989 and has been a partner of Comerford & Dougherty LLP since 2004. She was appointed as the Prosecutor for the Village of Old Westbury in 1993 and the Village of Rockville Centre in 2002 and continues to serve as the Prosecutor in both Villages. Dougherty is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Nassau County Bar Association, where she serves on the Matrimonial Law Committee, the Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, and the Surrogate’s Court Estates and Trusts Committee. Dougherty is also a member of the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association and was appointed Treasurer in 2010. She is a member of the Nassau County Matrimonial Mediators and the New York Association of Collaborative Professionals as well as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. She is also a long time member of the Nassau Lawyer’s Association of Long Island, where she was appointed to the Board of Directors in 2002. Dougherty has lectured at the Academy of Law, the Nassau County Bar Association, and the New York State Bar Association. In addition to her practice Dougherty is active in the community as she has been a member of the Board of Directors at Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead since 2006; a member of the Garden City Chamber of Commerce; and a lifetime member of the Girl Scouts USA.