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 Robert J.
Bishop - Secretary
Robert J. "Bob" Bishop, is Corporate Secretary and a Director of the
Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade Organization. Bob is a founding
partner of the government relations and consulting firm
Pitta, Bishop, DelGiorno & Dreier LLP.
A graduate of Fordham College and Fordham University School of Law, Mr.
Bishop maintains offices in both New York City and Albany, New York. Bob
has been an advocate on behalf of labor, health care and tax reform issues
for more than twenty-five years.
Mr. Bishop serves as treasurer of the Friends of the Congressional
Glaucoma Caucus Foundation and on the boards of directors of the Flushing
YMCA, the Queens Civic Congress Foundation and the Queens Colonial Farm
Museum. Mr. Bishop has served as an Assistant Legislative Representative
of the Mayor of the City of New York, a Commissioner of the State of New
York Northeastern Queens Nature and Historical Preserve Commission and on
the Mayor's Task Force charged with developing a ten year strategic plan
for Ending Chronic Homelessness in NYC. He is admitted to the practice of
law in New York and before various federal courts, including the United
States Supreme Court. Bob is a member of the American Bar Association, the
New York State Bar Association and the Bar Association of the City of New
York.
Bob and his wife, Janet, live in Little Neck.
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 Ralph Barba -
TreasurerRalph Barba has served as Treasurer on the Memorial Day Parade Committee for several years and is involved in fund-raising from local businesses. He is currently the treasurer in charge of all fund collections for the committee. In addition he is responsible for putting up the flags and the overhead banner that lines Northern Boulevard for the parade. Ralph is a member of the St. Anastasia parish, The Sons of Italy Cellini Lodge, The Knights of Columbus and the Douglaston Civic Association. He services on the Board of Directors of the 5-Boro Electrical Contractors Association. He has been a resident of Douglaston for 35 years and is on the Board of Directors of the Oak Park Condominium in Douglaston where he still resides. |
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 Catherine
R. GloverCatherine R. Glover, the oldest of four children, was born to Irish immigrants in New York City sometime prior to WWII. (We want to keep you guessing about her age). She spent her early childhood in the Bronx, and then moved with her family at the age of 5 to Flushing, Queens, where she lived until she was married. She attended local Flushing elementary and high schools, and put herself through college and obtained a degree in education from Fordham by working during the day, and earning her credits attending night classes. She utilized that degree to become a public school teacher at P.S. 25 in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. In 1965, she married William T. Glover, and in 1966 left teaching to start a family. In 1968, she and her husband Bill settled in Hollis Hills, Queens to raise their two daughters. Kay continues to reside in this house today. When her daughters were both in school full-time, Kay entered St. John's University Law School as a "February" student, and obtained her law degree in 2 1/2 years. Upon graduating from St. John's Law in 1978, she and her husband established the law firm of Glover & Glover, where they practiced law together for two decades. Aside from her achievements in the field of law, Kay has held offices as the president of the Queens Women's Bar Association, and has been the president of the Eastern Queens (now Eleanor Roosevelt) Woman's Democratic Club. She has served on the nominating committee of both the Queens County and New York State Bar Associations. She was also a member of the Second Department Grievance Committee, where she was part of a committee that heard grievances made against practicing attorneys; determined whether there was attorney misconduct; and recommended the proper sanction for the misconduct. After her husband Bill was elected to the New York State Supreme Court in 1998, Kay continued in private practice as an attorney in Bayside, Queens. She continues to serve the community as a member of the board of directors of the Little Neck Memorial Day Parade Committee and as Democratic State Committee Woman from the 24th Assembly District. |
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Fitzgerald - Director James H. Fitzgerald is Director for Fund-Raising for the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade Organization. A 20 year resident of northeast Queens, he is President of ChainStar USA, a Manhattan based company he founded in 1991. James serves on several non profit business and civic and non profit boards in the New York area. He holds a bachelors degree from New York University (1988), and a Masters Degree from Columbia University (1998). He also attended New York Law School for one year in 1996. James lives in Douglaston, New York. |
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 Carolyn
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Karoff - DirectorCarolyn B. Karoff was born and raised in Queens, N.Y. She attended St. Brigid's Elementary School and Grover Cleveland High School, in Ridgewood, New York. She is an Office Administrator for the law firm of Colucci & Umans beginning in 1972. She has been a resident of Little Neck since 1982 and is a member of Westmoreland Civic Association, St. Mary's High School Gael's Parents' Association and the Little Neck-Douglaston Memorial Day Parade Organization since 2000. She is married to Bernard Karoff, and has a daughter, Kristen. |
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 Victor J.
Mimoni - Director (Public Affairs)Victor J. Mimoni was born in Queens, he has lived in Douglaston since 1951. Victor is President of VHL Enterprises, Ltd, (dba Slik-Pak, Inc.,) a manufacturer founded by his father (a retired WWII combat officer) in 1957 and operating in Queens since 1960. He has been awarded by the Printing Industries of America for Excellence in Design. In January of 2002, he was appointed to CB11 (Queens) by Borough President Helen Marshall. Victor attended PS 98, St. Anastasia's School, JHS (MS) 67 in Douglaston, and graduated from Brooklyn Tech in 1965 as an electrical Engineering student. He attended the City College of New York, where he majored in Political Science and studied journalism. While in College he contributed to and was Editor-in-Chief of CCNY's Evening Session Newspaper. Victor was also a writer, editor and co-publisher of a short-lived weekly newspaper for recreational skiers in the 1970's. |
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 Izhak Sirota -
Director (Webmaster). Izhak Sirota was born is Israel. He Immigrated to the U.S.A. in 1964, at the age of 11 and became a U.S. citizen in 1969, at age 16. He is a Life Member, Past Vice President, Soccer Commissioner and Travel Soccer Coach of the Little Neck Douglaston Bay Village Youth Club. He is Chancellor Commander of the Knights of Pythias, North Shore Lodge 824. He has been a member of the Little Neck Douglaston Memorial Day Parade Committee since 1999 and was the recipient of the Douglas S. MacKay Community Service Award in 2001 and the Chairman's Award in 2005. He is the Webmaster for the Little Neck - Douglaston Memorial Day Parade website, www.MemorialDayParade.org as well as LittleNeck.net, the Little Neck and Douglaston Community Web Site, Queens Community Borad 11, Westmoreland Association, Udalls Cove Preservation, Community and other community based organizations. He is married to his wife Phyllis since 1973, has three 3 children and resides in Great Neck, NY. |
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