Spark: The InnovateLI Podcast

Long Island Economic Progress with Terri Alessi-Micelli, President and CEO of HIA-LI


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With its trendsetting tradeshows, forward-looking committees, 1,300-plus member companies and 11-square-mile industrial park – packed daily with more than 55,000 employees – the HIA-LI (formerly the Hauppauge Industrial Association of Long Island) ranks among Long Island’s most powerful economic engines.

As its face, voice and guiding hand, President and CEO Terri Alessi-Micelli occupies a prominent spot in the Long Island zeitgeist and plays a critical role in the Island’s ever-evolving quest for economic progress. Pulling the HIA-LI’s strings since 2004, Terri has led the government-lobbying group and regional networking lynchpin through significant changes – and headfirst into the digital age.

In today’s conversation, the major-league rainmaker joins Spark host Gregory Zeller to discuss the past, present and post-pandemic future of the HIA-LI, where COVID-19 has forever altered the playing field – but not the goal, which has remained unchanged over the organization’s 42-year history: socioeconomic greatness for all of Long Island.

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