2016 Adelphi President’s Gala Honoree

Dr. Marian Conway is the executive director for the New York Community Bank Foundation. She has been with the foundation since 2002.

She is a board member for Community Development Corporation of Long Island; Empire State College Foundation; Farm Education Inc.; Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk County; Middle Country Library Foundation, Long Island Museum at Stony Brook; and she is also a member of the Long Island Unmet Needs Roundtable for disaster recovery. Dr. Conway is the board chair for Long Island Arts Alliance, and has been appointed by the mayor to the Lindenhurst Economic Development Committee.

Dr. Conway received her Ph.D. in public policy administration, nonprofit management, from Walden University. She has a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, and a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from SUNY’s Empire State College. In addition, Dr. Conway has a certificate in planned giving from Molloy College.

Dr. Conway is a partner in the Energeia Partnership at Molloy College for leaders on Long Island. She is an adjunct professor at SUNY Empire State College.

She has written pieces for Nonprofit Quarterly newswire. She has spoken at Adelphi for the student leaders and Women’s Giving Circle.

She is married, with two married daughters living on Long Island, which makes her a lucky grandmother who gets to spend time with three wonderful grandchildren.