About Continuing Education

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Eric Adolph: B.B.A., Hofstra Univeristy; M.B.A., Hofstra University. Director of Tech Support for Continuing Education – Hofstra University.  Oracle Certified Professional..


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Robert Bambino: CPCU: B.A., Hofstra University; Paralegal Certificate, Adelphi University. Vice president, Wright Risk Management Co., Inc. Winner, 1992 Teacher of Excellence Award, Hofstra University Continuing Education.

Daniel Benjamin: CPA, B.B.A. Hofstra University

Ira Bezack, Esq.: B.A. Hofstra University. J.D. Suffolk University School of Law. United States Army Reserves Captain (Retired).

Richard C. Berntsen: CSA-R, IFA: A.A.S., Nassau Community College. President, R.C. Berntsen Associates, Inc. Independent fee appraiser; certified NYS residential real estate appraiser and licensed instructor. Educational Coordinator The Columbia Society of Real Estate Appraisers.

Sharon Borzone: B.A., Hofstra University; D.C., New York Chiropractic College. Licensed massage therapist. Winner, 2002 Teacher of Excellence Award, Hofstra University Continuing Education.

Paulette Brinka: B.S. Boston University. M.A. Hofstra University

Hon. Stephen A. Buccaria: B.A. Fairfield University. M.A. SUNY at Albany. J.D. Hofstra University. Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York.

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Vincent Carvelli: R.T.S., M.F.S. President, Bodyworks One-to-One Personal Training, Inc. Co-founder/ President, Academy of Applied Personal Training Education (A.A.P.T.E.).Certification History: ACE, N.A.S.M., A.F.A.A., N.S.C.A., A.A.A.I./I.S.M.A., Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research; Member NYS AHPERD, IDEA, Fellow National Board of Fitness Examiners, Hofstra University Continuing Education - Top Three Most Popular Course Award 2002

Jack Chite: CFP, MSFS, B.S. Adelphi University, M.S. The American College

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Scott Diamond: B.A. Brooklyn College; Author: Microsoft Office Access 2007 VBA; Microsoft MVP for Access; Microsoft Database Design Certificate from Hofstra

Alice Diaz-Bonhomme: B. A. Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY

Anthony DeLouise: A.S., Nassau Community College; B.B.A., Hofstra University. Networking and programming professional.

Michael Devlin: A.S., Nassau Community College; B.B.A., Hofstra University, M.S Hofstra University. Coordinator of Information Systems for Student Affairs – Hofstra University.  A+ Certified Professional.  MOS Certified in Access 2003.  Oracle, SQL Server, FoxPro and MS Access database and software developer.  Crystal Reports developer.

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Alan Eidler: B.A. Rider University. J.D. Vermont Law School. Chief Executive Officer of Spiegel Associates

Peggy Ehrhart: Ph.D University of Illinois. Former English professor. Her study of classical myth in the Middle Ages won the Choice award for best academic book. She has also won awards for her fiction. Her stories have appeared in FMAM, Crime and Suspense, Flashing in the Gutters, Spinetingler, Crime Scene: New Jersey 2, Murder New York Style, and many other venues. As a guitar player, she has performed with numerous bands in the New York City area. Her blues mystery, Sweet Man Is Gone, featuring blues-singer sleuth Elizabeth "Maxx" Maxwell, was published by Five Star/Gale/Cengage in 2008. The sequel, Got No Friend Anyhow, appeared in January 2011. Visit her on the web at PeggyEhrhart.com

Evette Ennis: B.S. John Jay College. J.D. New York Law School

Ida Epstein: CFP, RFP

Linda Epstein: Reads manuscript submissions and book proposals at the Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency in Manhattan. She also does freelance editing and copywriting and is co-editor of "The New York Bookwoman," the online newsletter of the New York chapter of the Women’s National Book Association. Linda blogs about writing and reading at www.lindapepstein.wordpress.com and you can follow her on Twitter and Facebook.

Melinda Epstein: CPCU, B.A. The George Washington University, Board Member Long Island CPCU Chapter, Member Women’s Insurance Network of Long Island

Steven Epstein: B.A., Adelphi University. Certified New York State Real Estate Instructor.

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Steven Flood: CPCU, B.S. SUNY at Stony Brook. Board Member Long Island CPCU Chapter

Tatum J. Fox: B.A., Hofstra University; J.D., St. John's University School of Law. Deputy Bureau Chief, Nassau County Police Department Legal Bureau.

Enid Friedman: B.A., Hunter College; M.A., University of California Los Angeles; Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook. Fencing coach at Hofstra. 2006 recipient of the Professional of the Year from the NYS Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Robert J. Froehlich: ARM. B.A. Washington and Jefferson College; J.D. Western State College of Law. Insurance and Risk Manager, Town of Brookhaven, New York.

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Susie Garber: Wrote Denver Dreams, a novel (Jerusalem Publications, 2009) and Memorable Characters…Magnificent Stories (Scholastic, 2002) She co-directs LIFE (Literacy Institute for Yeshiva Educators) a summer institute for principals and teachers. She also mentors teachers in teaching writing in grades 1- high school. She enjoys sharing the gift of writing with students ages 6-grandparenthood. Some of her adult students have been published.

Norman Goldberg: Advisor to family businesses.

Steve Gravano: A.A.S., Empire State College. Freelance photographer. Stock photographer for Superstock; Municipal photographer, Town of Babylon; Stringer News-Review/Suffolk Times newspaper group. Winner, 2001 Teacher of Excellence Award, Hofstra University Continuing Education.

William Gravert: B.A., New York University; M.L.S., Long Island University-C.W. Post College. Instructor, lecturer and consultant in information, science-related fields. Webmaster for numerous artistic, retail and not-for-profit Web sites.

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April Haupt: J.D., Boston College Law School, B.A., Boston College

Susan Henderson: A graduate of Carnegie Mellon's Creative Writing program, a recipient of an Academy of American Poets Award, and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. Her novel, Up From the Blue, was published by HarperCollins in 2010 and is in its fourth printing. She is a former literary magazine editor, a former mental health counselor, and a frequent fiction contest judge. She blogs at LitPark.com and lives on Long Island with her husband (Chair of the Hofstra Drama Department) and their two boys.

Lesli P. Hiller: Deputy County Attorney - Nassau County Attorney's Office, Nassau County Police Department Legal Bureau. St. John's Law School, 1999.

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Ed Ingles: Professional-in-Residence, Hofstra University School of Communications. Sportscaster WCBS-AM and the New York Jets.

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Sandra G. Johnson: B.S., SUNY Old Westbury. Partner, Lagan & Johnson Accounting and Tax Services.

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Boche Kaplan: B.F.A., Cooper Union. Illustrator/co-author. Manuscripts and original artwork from books on permanent collection at Kerlan Collection. Woodcuts, paintings and calligraphy exhibited at Brooklyn, Guggenheim and Cooper-Hewitt Museums.

Anne Marie Kehoe: CFP, First Vice President/Financial Advisor Prudential Securities.

Ira Kramer: B.S., SUNY Buffalo; J.D., Albany Law School.

Eric Kubinyak: B.S., Hofstra University. Ceramics training, Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina; East Tennessee State University; and Earthworks Pottery in New York City. Adjunct Instructor, Hofstra University. Winner, 1990 Teacher of Excellence Award, Hofstra University Continuing Education.

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Hugo Lawton: CFP, LUTC, B.S. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Dennis G. Legg: CIC, CPCU: M.B.A., CUNY Baruch. Vice President and Director of Marketing for USI Sammis, Inc., 8th largest brokerage in the USA. Owner of D.G. Legg & Company, Inc., an educational and consulting firm. Involved in all aspects of the insurance industry for nearly 40 years. Winner, 2001 Teacher of Excellence Award, Hofstra University Continuing Education.

Janice Levy: is the award-winning author of nineteen children's books, including Alley Oops, Gonzalo Grabs The Good Life, Finding The Right Spot,The Runaway Radish, I Remember Abuelito, Abuelito Eats With His Fingers and The Spirit of Tio Fernando. Translated into Spanish, Chinese, Italian and Japanese, they’re used in nationwide reading programs, classroom curriculum, and sold in book stores internationally. Her adult fiction won the Writer’s Digest Competition for Best Literary Short Story three times. Her work appears in numerous anthologies and literary magazines, including Glimmer Train, StoryQuarterly, Alaska Quarterly, Iowa Review, Greensboro Review and The Sun. She has taught juvenile and adult fiction in Hofstra's Summer Writing Program.When she writes for children, she pretends she’s a child. When she writes for adults, she’s still a child, she just has bigger parts. For more information, visit janicelevy.com

Paul Lipsky: B.F.A., M.F.A School of Visual Arts. recipient of the Paula Rhodes Award for Special Achievement in Computer Art. 3D Animator for Television, clients have included: HBO, CBS Sports, Nickelodeon, The Disney Channel, USA Networks, and The History Channel. Website: www.paullipsky.com

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Kathy Mackenzie: B.A., College of the Holy Cross; Winner, 2000 Teacher of Excellence Award, Hofstra Hofstra University Continuing Education. Web design instructor.

Brad Manzo: B.A., SUNY Oswego

Sandra Mardenfeld: B.A., Buffalo State College; M.A., New York University.a freelance writer, editor, and teacher based in Long Island, New York, is an assistant professor in the C.W. Post University Media Arts department and director of the journalism program. She is currently working on her Ph.D. in Communication and Information at Rutgers University, specializing in media studies. Her dissertation looks at reporter’s privilege through the perspective of the public and the practitioner using focus groups, interviews and published editorials. She received her Master’s degree in magazine journalism at New York University and her Bachelors in journalism at The State University College of Buffalo. She has worked as the managing editor for several national magazines, as the Broadway editor of Playbill, and as an editor/writer on many websites. Sandra has written for more than 50 newspapers, magazines, and websites. Her features, articles, essays, and reviews have run in such publications as Allure, Distinction, The New York Times Book Review, Parents and Children, The Daily News, Jewelry Connoisseur, ModernBride.com, Elegant Bride, Working Woman; Time Out New York, Stagebill, The Christian Science Monitor, Entrepreneur.com, Retail Ad World, American Bookseller; Construction Equipment Guide and Good Dog.

Robert Martorana: B.F.A., M.S., Long Island University-C.W. Post College. Educator, Hewlett/Woodmere School District. Script reader, screenwriter. Member, Independent Feature Film Association.

George Massowd: CSP, ARM, CFS. B.S., St. John's University. Senior loss prevention engineering specialist, Liberty Mutual Property.

Joseph McCabe: B.A., Iona College; M.A., St. John's University. Aquatics instructor.

Ellen Meister: Author of three novels. Her most recent book, The Other Life (Putnam, 2/2011), has been nominated by BookPage for the Top 20 Books of 2011 and by the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association for Book of the Year. It was also selected by the Austin Public Library for their Best Fiction of 2011 list, and was singled out by the American Booksellers Association for the prestigious Great Reads Indie Next List. It is currently under option with HBO for a television series. She served as editor for an online literary journal and for a literary podcast program. She currently edits manuscripts for published and aspiring authors, does public speaking about writing-related issues, and is at work on her fourth novel Farewell, Doroty Parker (Putnam, spring 2012). Visit her website at ellenmeister.com

Skaistuole Mirnaviciene: CPA, B.A. Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, M.B.A. New York Institute of Technology

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Barry Noble: Master chess educator, Wingate Institute. International master chess instructor. Certified chess coach of U.S. Chess Federation.

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Thomas Paul: Professional programmer, trainer and teacher. Java and Javascript instructor.

Christopher J. Pendergast: B.B.A., M.B.A., Hofstra University. IBM applications development specialist. Winner, 1995 Teacher of Excellence Award, Hofstra University Continuing Education.

Joelle Perez: B.S. Dowling College. J.D. Hofstra University School of Law

William Permutt: B.A., New York University; J.D., George Washington University National Law Center. Winner, 2002 Teacher of Excellence Award, Hofstra University Continuing Education.

Franklin Hill Perrell: B.A., M.A., Hofstra University. Artist and art historian. Curator, Nassau County Museum of Art. Winner, 1987 Teacher of Excellence Award and 1988 Conger/Patterson Award for Distinguished Teaching, Hofstra University Continuing Education.

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Owen Ramsay: BSChE, MSEE, RABQSA-LA, CQA, CQE, CMQ-OE, CSSBB. BS in Chemical Engineering, an MS in Electrical Engineering and ASQ Certifications as a Quality Manager of Operational Excellence, Quality Engineer, Quality Auditor and Six Sigma Black Belt.

Conrad Richards: B.B.A., Pace University. M.B.A., Adelphi University. Ph.D., Walden University. Certified New York State Real Estate Instructor.

Hon. Francis D. Ricigliano: B.A. Manhattanville College. J.D. St. John’s University School of Law. Presiding Judge of Nassau County District Courts.

AnnMarie Rodriguez: CPCU, API

Saralee Rosenberg: Author of four novels from AvonA/HarperCollins: A Little Help From Above; Claire Voyant; Fate and Ms. Fortune; and Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead. She recently completed Hannah’s Help Hotline, her first novel for the middle-grade market. Her nonfiction titles include 50 Fabulous Places To Raise A Family, which landed her an appearance on the “Oprah” show. For more than 20 years, she has made frequent appearances on radio and TV talk shows and is a well-known speaker and writing instructor noted for her humorous, heartfelt presentations. Visit her website at saraleerosenberg.com

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Steve Sachs: B.S., New York Institute of Technology. Webmaster and manager of corporate healthcare website. Freelance web designer and developer in the areas of real estate, the arts, retail sales, law and agencies within the Department of Health. Previously taught computer related courses at New York University, New York Institute of Technology, City University of New York and the Chubb Institute.

Gina Shaw: Has been a children's book editor and writer for the past 38 years. She currently works at Wireless Generation creating and testing reading intervention materials for students in Grades 1-6. She has written a three-book early chapter book series as well as nonfiction easy readers and novelty books. She spent ten years as the Editorial Director of Original Book Publishing for all of the Scholastic Book Clubs. She has been teaching in Hofstra's Continuing Education program for the past four years.

Douglas Sinetar: CPA, M.B.A. The George Washington University

Devra Newberger Speregen: Author of more than 100 children's books, including many 'tween chapter book series, celebrity biographies, puzzle/activity books and the 2011 children's book series based on Bo Obama, First Puppy. She is a former book and magazine editor at Scholastic and The Walt Disney Company, and most recently helped AOL launch their popular 'tween/teen site, JSYK.com. Devra received a Sydney Taylor Honorable Mention Award from the Association of Jewish Libraries for her biography Ilan Ramon: Jewish Star and a Simon Rockower Award for her feature article "On Eagle's Wings: Operation Solomon" for BabaGaNewz Magazine.

John Spinelli: CPA, CFP, B.B.A. Hofstra University

Alicia Steger: B.A. SUNY at Old Westbury

Joanne Stevens-Bair: B.A., Fordham University; J.D., Fordham University School of Law. Winner, 2000 Teacher of Excellence Award, Hofstra University Continuing Education.

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Ronald K. Tucker: CPCU: B.B.A., The College of Insurance. Vice president, Hagedorn and Company. Winner, 1999 Teacher of Excellence Award, Hofstra University Continuing Education.


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Keith Uhlich: B.F.A., Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Writer and movie critic, Senses of Cinema and Show Business Weekly.

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Peter Vanderberg: Born on Long Island and served in the U.S. Navy for four years. He received an MFA from Queens College, CUNY and his work has appeared in Hunger Mountain, The New York Times, Cratelit, Roadrunner, Ozone Park and 5 x 5 among other journals. Pete has served as Poetry Editor for Ozone Park, The Queens College MFA Literary Journal, and teaches Art and Creative Writing at St. John’s Preparatory School in Astoria. He lives with his wife and two children in Lynbrook, NY.
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Robert Watts: A.A., Suffolk Community College. Private guitar and piano instructor.

Peter Williams: A.B. Kenyon College. M.A. St. John’s University. J.D. Hofstra University School of Law. Law Secretary to the Honorable Roy S. Mahon

Robert Windorf: B.S., M.A., New York University. Certification in professional wine studies, French Culinary Institute, New York. Member, James Beard Foundation and Society of Wine Educators. Director of administration and finance, World Hunger Year, Inc.

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Melvin Zahler: B.A., Long Island University; M.Ed., CUNY-Brooklyn; J.D., Rutgers Law School.

Ira L. Zankel: B.A., CUNY Brooklyn College; J.D., The George Washington University. Owner, partner and counsel to title abstract companies. Winner, 2002 Teacher of Excellence Award, Hofstra University Continuing Education.

Gary S. Zucker: CFP, B.S. SUNY Albany