27. Charles M. Strain

Strain is a leading authority on corporate banking, health care and commercial real estate law. Two years ago he was appointed to the advisory panel of the Long Island Power Authority. Before that, Strain was elected chairman of Winthrop-University’s board of directors. He can also be found on the boards of the Long Island Association, the New York State Health Foundation and the Sacred Heart Academy, to name a few. Strain served on the Council of Overseers of the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts as well as on the Board of Governors of St. John’s University, where he got his law degree in 1977. With his august demeanor and his classy character, you could easily picture him on Sagamore Hill advising statesmen on how to negotiate a treaty in an age gone by.