June 2009
MAGGIE MARTINEZ MALITO
Executive Director,
Nassau County Youth Board
Maggie
Martinez Malito, resident of Glen Cove, has dedicated more than 30 years
of her life to community causes and not for profit fund development. It
is this dedication that Malito will bring to the Nassau County Youth Board
as the newly appointed executive director.
In her adolescence, Malito began to channel her energy through a powerful
commitment to volunteerism. Professionally, Malito’s expertise reflects a hybrid experience
in politics, protocol, and the cultural arts, which began during the administration
of Mayor John Lindsay and Chief of Protocol, Ambassador Angier Biddle Duke. She
was chosen as the New York City representative to La Corrida del Siglo in Andalusia,
Spain, and later served as a diplomatic, cultural, and community liaison – contributing
to the 25th Anniversary of the UN as well as large scale celebrations and parades
for the New York Yankees, NY Mets, NY Rangers, and the Apollo Astronauts. Malito
served in the Mayor’s NYC Legislative Office in Albany and New York during
the 1970 and 1971 legislative sessions.
In March 2005, Malito was named the first executive director of the Long
Island Arts Alliance (LIAA), a regional membership organization of
Long Island’s
not-for-profit arts institutions and cultural organizations. She presently serves
on its Board of Directors. Prior to joining LIAA, she was responsible for the
Nassau County Museum of Art’s corporate development office and served most
recently as the director of development for the Heckscher Museum of Art. She
has been featured on Telecare, Channel 29’s “Long Island Latin Leaders” and “Building
Bridges” programs and has been the recipient of several community recognition
awards and distinctions.
Among her accomplishments in the area of the arts, community development
and youth mentoring, Malito is most proud of her Connecting Cultures initiatives
and programs which promote diversity and community access to the arts.
Malito is a magna cum laude graduate of Adelphi University and contributes
her time to many Long Island human service, literacy, and diocesan organizations.
She served on the Board of the La Fuerza Unida, Inc. and has served on
the Board
of the National Council for Unity and the Guild Board of St. Francis
Hospital, Roslyn, New York. Ms. Malito is a member of AFPLI, Association
of Fundraising
Professionals on Long Island and LI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Her community commitments include 100 Long Island Hispanic Women, as
a founding member; Mommas House, Erase Racism, Women on the Job and
she contributes
to the network of not for profit agencies organized under the LI Hispanic
Coalition.
Malito is the principal of MMM Development Strategies which she founded
in
2005.
In her leisure time, she enjoys the arts, tennis, travel and the company
of her children and grandchildren. Malito hopes to one day return
to now rare
opportunities
to paint and to sculpt.
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