38 The QUEE NS Courier • business • october 24, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com ▶business ▶Investors Bank: Helping Not-For-Profits ‘Thrive’ BY LIAM LA GUERE [email protected] Investors Bank hosted its first-ever Queens Not- For-Profit Conference entitled “The Art of Thriving” on Thursday, October 17. The seminar was dedicated to helping Queens non-profits network with each other, attract support, improve services and learn how to grow into the future. “This conference hopefully facilitates the sharing of ideas to make each of the not-for-profits better,” said Kevin Cummings, president and CEO of Investors Bank. “The goal is to build a community of support in the New York not-for-profit sector,” echoed Jennifer Smith, assistant vice president of community development, Kevin Cummings, Shawn Slevin, Vicki Bernell Grier, Laurence Scot, Steve Jorgensen, David Schneps-Yunis, John Nietzel M. Rottkamp, Jeannine Hahn Amy Amato, Queens Courier; John Nietzel, Andrew Willis, Jennifer Smith Tom Finkelpearl addresses the crowd Kevin Cummings at podium Eric Abrams, Ben Guttmann, Val Schulman, Kevin Cimenilli, Wycliffe Wilkinson Roni Shoyfer, John Nietzel, Domenick Cama Vicki Schneps-Yunis, Sue Davies, Laurie Dorf, Sara Lipsky, Nina Bahazheska, Peter Smergut Scott Agnoli, Director of Marketing Mark Banish and Scott Agnoli Tom Finkelpearl, Kevin Cummings and Vicki Schneps- Yunis Jennifer Smith and John Nietzel “and also to introduce Investors Bank to the New York non-profit community.” The conference was in line with the bank’s core values of commitment, cooperation, character and community. “By us helping to provide this information to help not-for-profits grow… that will make them more successful,” said Ana Oliveira, senior vice president and New York Regional Manager. “And in turn we think that will make us more successful, because we helped someone help another person.” Tom Finkelpearl, director of the Queens Museum of Art, gave the keynote speech to motivate the organizations. Finkelpearl used his museum as an example of how local organizations should think. “You have to figure out what you can do better than everybody else,” Finkelpearl said. “To understand who you are I think is the fundamental aspect of success. Our great opportunity is to be the Queens Museum, not the Metropolitan Museum or MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art).” Following the keynote address, the conference split into four breakout sessions, where representatives of non-profits could ask expert panelists about different topics. The panel discussions included “Improving Your Event-Based Fundraising”, moderated by Peter Wayne, Associate Director, Queens Library Foundation, “Using Social Media to Expand Your Online Brand”, moderated by Eric Abrams, Digital and Marketing Manager, Queens Chamber of Commerce, “Financial Management Strategies for Nonprofits”, moderated by Bernell Grier, CEO, Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, Inc., and “Recruiting and Cultivating an Active Board”, moderated by Vicki Schneps-Yunis. At the end of the event, Investors Bank raffled off a second generation iPad and then an $1,800 scholarship donated by Dale Carnegie Training, a school in Manhattan that focuses on corporate training to sharpen professional skills. Investors Bank began to move into New York about three years ago. Today there are 5 branches in Queens, but officials said they are planning to expand in the borough within the next couple of years. “It is amazing to be witnessing the resurgence happening here in Queens,” Cummings said. “People from all over the world are recognizing that Queens is a great place to live, work and raise a family.” “Investors Bank would like to thank The Queens Courier for its help with planning and executing our inaugural conference,” said Smith. Andrew Willis; Domenick Cama, COO; John Nietzel, SVP, Business and Government Banking & Community Development Jennifer Smith, Taryn Sacramone, Queens Theatre; Ana Oliveira Susan Gabriel, Nick Vendikos, Melva Miller, Lisa Gallipoli, Martin Duus, Peter Wayne
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