Anthony R. Pasqua
President

Anthony R. Pasqua holds a Bachelors Degree in accounting from Iona College and Masters Degree in public administration from Marist College.

He is also a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. He retired as a Brigadier General from the New York Army National Guard after 32 years of service.

He also has over 30 years of experience in the business community. Currently, he is an independent Financial Planner / Private Wealth Manager with Integrated Financial Partners, Inc., an affiliate of Lincoln Financial Advisors, Inc. His area of concentration is in Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, Family Legacy Planning, and Charitable Gifting.

Anthony has been a board member since 1998.

He is also a member of the Leadership Board of the American Lung Association in Massachusetts.

Anthony and his wife Rachel currently reside in Bolton, Massachusetts. They have two children and two grandchildren.

Henry E. Green, Esq.
Vice President

Mr. Green has served on the CLRA Board since 2001. He also presently serves as Vice-President and General Counsel of CLRA. Mr. Green's legal expertise spans more than 37 years of business and financial consulting with an emphasis in sophisticated corporate (profit and nonprofit), commercial and real estate transactions, business agreements, estate and trust planning and litigation. Mr. Green is a 1969 graduate of Boston University where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a 1973 graduate from Brooklyn Law School where he received his J.D. degree. Mr. Green maintains his law practice in Garden City, New York.

William Regina
Secretary/Treasurer

For more than 35 years, William Regina has been in the forefront of the Toy and Novelty Industry selling to national and international mass markets. Now semi-retired, Mr. Regina remains a consultant to the International Toy Industry.

Since 2004, Mr. Regina has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Children’s leukemia Research Association and has dedicated himself to finding the cause and cure for the insidious disease…leukemia.

John T. Digilio Jr.
Trustee

Mr. Digilio has over forty years experience in the delivery of heath care. He has served in management positions in voluntary, proprietary, and governmental facilities. He has been a hospital administration consultant with the New York State Department of Health; and held a faculty appointment with the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. He holds baccalaureate and master degrees and a graduate of the U.S. Army War College, the Command and General Staff College, and the National Defense University. He served in the military and was retired as a brigadier general. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, and Viet Nam Cross of Gallantry with palm.

His professional recognitions include listing in Who’s Who in America, the Order of Military Medical Merit, Colonel Gouverneur Morris Citizen Soldier Award, NY; and the Joel T. Boone Award, Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS).

His additional board memberships include past chairman, Board of Directors, Long Island Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation; Vice Chairman of the Board, Aviation Technologies LTD; and national Executive Advisory Council, AMSUS. He is a member of many veterans and fraternal organizations.

Edward Marcantonio, Esq.
Trustee

Ed Marcantonio is a principal in the Westport, Connecticut law firm of Hermenze & Marcantonio LLC. He practices in the areas of estate and trust planning and administration, and is licensed in both Connecticut and New York.

Ed received a BA in Russian studies from Columbia College, cum laude, and is a graduate of Fordham Law School in New York. He is extensively involved with charities and non-profit associations, both in Connecticut and New York, and has been a member of the board of Children’s Leukemia Research since 2007.

Frances Svirida
Trustee

Frances Svirida, a retired teacher, earned a Masters Degree in education and spent 28 years teaching in New York City and Valley Stream schools.

During her time in the classroom and raising two sons, she was a member of the local chapter of the American Cancer Society in Valley Stream, involved in fund raising projects, from garage sales to Mother's Day flower sales.

She is proud to serve the cause for a cure.