14. Linda Armyn

Linda Armyn is a one-of-a-kind executive. As senior vice president of corporate affairs at Bethpage Federal Credit Union, she oversees corporate communications, public relations, business development, new market expansion, community development, government relations, community engagement, and charitable giving. In her spare time (that’s an inside joke), she conducts educational seminars to teach small not-for-profits how to survive in the business world. Several years ago she became chairman of the board of the Cradle of Aviation Museum, helping to further its innovative and inspirational Magnet Academy, which provides more than 200 local students a world-class STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education, and enabling them to apply their classroom knowledge to the museum’s unique collection, firsthand. She also chairs the YMCA of Long Island. Armyn, a Melville resident, joined Bethpage in 2001 and has been instrumental in helping it become the Island’s largest credit union and a leading community financial institution—with a quarter of a million members, almost three dozen branches, and twice that number of shared service centers in Nassau and Suffolk. During her tenure, Bethpage’s assets have increased from $1.1 billion to $5.7 billion. Thanks to Armyn, the “Heart of Bethpage” philanthropic program has invested more than $2 million annually to help a wide range of deserving Long Island communities. She also helped to get the Long Island Ducks stadium renamed the Bethpage Federal Credit Union Ballpark, and, in partnership with the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historical Preservation, the uplifting spectacle on Memorial Day weekend in the skies above Jones Beach is now known as the Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air Show.