IDAs - An Essential Tool for Long Island Development

Keynote Speaker

President Andrea Goldsmith

Stony Brook University

Andrea Goldsmith is the seventh president of Stony Brook University, SUNY’s research flagship and the No. 1 public university in New York State.

Appointed in August 2025, Goldsmith also oversees Stony Brook Medicine, Long Island’s premier academic healthcare system; co-chairs Brookhaven Science Associates, which manages Brookhaven National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy; and chairs the board of the New York Climate Exchange, a historic partnership anchored by Stony Brook University to build an international climate solutions center on Governors Island.