43. James Kelly

This CEO, also the executive director of the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce, is extremely active in charting the course of major corporations in expense management solutions while still staying rooted in local Long Island life. In other words, Kelly is a high-powered business consultant with a who’s who client roster. Kelly currently serves as a board member of the New York division of the National Association of Purchasing Managers, of which he used to be president. But he really made his mark on the LI business community when he rescued the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce from the brink of financial ruin.