2019 Marconi Award Honoree: Hon. Thomas Richard Suozzi

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Representative Thomas Suozzi, trained as an attorney and CPA, is the Congressman representing the Third Congressional District in New York. He is a member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the chief tax-writing committee of the House of Representatives; serving on both the Oversight and Tax Policy subcommittees. Congressman Suozzi is also the Vice-Chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus. Prior to his assignment on Ways and Means, the Congressman was a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, House Armed Services Committee, CoChair of the bipartisan Long Island Sound Caucus, and Co-Chair of the Quiet Skies Caucus.

Congressman Suozzi previously served as Mayor of his hometown, Glen Cove, New York, from 1994 to 2001, and as Nassau County Executive from 2002 to 2009. As a reformer and a problem solver, in 2004 Suozzi created FixAlbany.com, exposing and rooting out corruption in New York state politics. In 2005, he was honored as Governing magazine’s “Public Official of the Year.” In 2007, he was appointed by the Governor to lead a state commission that proposed the first property tax cap, which has now become law. In 2008, the New York State League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) named him “Environmentalist of the Year.”

In 2010, Suozzi returned to the private sector as a senior advisor to investment banking firm Lazard and as of counsel at Harris Beach law firm. Prior to his time in elected office, Suozzi worked as a litigator for Shearman & Sterling, law clerk to the Chief Judge of the Eastern District, and an auditor for Arthur Andersen & Co.

Congressman Suozzi has been a member of the Order Sons & Daughters of Italy in America’s Loggia Glen Cove #1016 since 1991. He resides in Glen Cove with his wife, Helene, and their three children, Caroline, Joseph, and Michael.