My Hometown

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Ilan Danieli, founder and CEO of Precipio, a cancer diagnostics company focused on battling the devastating problem of cancer misdiagnosis. Precipio’s mission was achieved by establishing a platform that matches up the patient’s biopsy with the right academic experts within its network, to ensure the right diagnosis is achieved. With its full service clinical laboratory as well as an extensive R&D team that has developed numerous technologies to more accurately diagnose these diseases, Precipio has helped thousands of patients obtain the right diagnosis.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Paul Rubin, Founder and Executive Director of Camp Good Mourning. He is also a Clinical Mental Health Counselor-LP specializing in grief and loss. For the past 16 years, Paul has been supporting children, parents, and families in a variety of different roles. As a Crisis Counselor for Hurricane Sandy survivors, he was recognized by the Nassau County Executive and Project Hope. Paul has also been honored for educating students about bully/cyberbully intervention and prevention, internet safety, sexting and sexual harassment.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk with Dr. Adrian Krainer from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. His lab studies the mechanisms of RNA splicing, ways in which they go awry in disease, and the means by which faulty splicing can be corrected. In particular, they study splicing in spinal muscular atrophy, a neuromuscular disease that is the leading genetic cause of death in infants. It was recently announced that Dr. Krainer will split one of the most lucrative awards in science — a 3 million dollar Breakthrough Prize — for his research leading to the medication to treat Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk with Bernadette Starzee, an editor/reporter for the Long Island Business News. She covers a broad range of industries and topics impacting the Long Island business community. She edits a weekly section on a specific industry that varies from week to week. She also edits the Movers & Shakers page, which features news about new hires and promotions in Nassau and Suffolk, and the On Our Island page, featuring photos from nonprofit events.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Eugene Alletto, CEO and Founder of BEDGEAR. Eugene is the innovator and creative force behind the fast-growth brand of BEDGEAR PERFORMANCE lifestyle products. He has propelled BEDGEAR to rank on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies and Crain’s New York Fastest Growing 50 Companies. He believes in being a global ambassador and building a brand without borders, with a vision of creating world peace through commerce – and the tolerance that stems from sufficient sleep – one pillow at a time.

Bill Horan talks with Maureen Dolan Murphy, Executive Programs Manager for Citizens Campaign for the Environment. CCE is a not-for-profit grassroots environmental organization working to protect public health and natural resources. Maureen has been part of the organization for 17 years. Today's program will discuss the various local, state, and federal campaigns to advance renewable energy, reduce pesticide use, increase recycling and protect and restore our ocean and estuaries.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Tom Gibson, the founder of Interchange Business Organization (IBO), a business development networking organization where people learn, grow and build relationships with a team of professionals. Tom began IBO in 2006 with the notion that businesses can dramatically increase sales through the right connections. Tom has been teaching the members of IBO how they can connect their contacts to potential clients and even more rewarding potential referral sources.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk with Randell Bynum, CEO of Girl Scouts of Nassau County. Randell will talk about the latest happenings at GSNC, as well as their 100 years of service in Nassau County, including how their program meet the needs of today's girls, the critical issues initiative, opportunities in STEM, how they provide for girl scouts in underserved communities, and more.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Major Chuck Kilbride, a retired member of the United States Marines, about Toys for Tots, a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for the holidays. We also speak with Lance Wolff, the Assistant General Manager and Brand Ambassador for Miller’s Ale House of Levittown and Deer Park, who will host an event with Toys for Tots on Saturday 11/17.

Bill Horan and NCC Student Zac Turkel talk to Neil Goldberg, owner of Main Street Board Game Café in Huntington, and former sports producer of New York One News. Neil talks about how he turned his hobby of board gaming into a profession and started his own small business around the concept.