Kevin Law

The first year Kevin Law made the Power List was 2006. Back then, he was Chief Deputy County Executive and General Counsel for Suffolk County, where he had direct oversight of all county departments, which consisted of more than 12,000 employees and a $2.7 billion budget. By the time 2007’s Power List rolled around, he had been appointed by then-Governor Eliot Spitzer as Chairman of the Board at Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), the second largest public utility in the country with more than 1.1 million customers. When time came to put together the 2008 Power List, Law had been appointed President and CEO of LIPA. Now he’s in the Hall of Fame, and once again, his title is changing. He’s preparing to leave behind his role at LIPA and take over as president of the Long Island Association (LIA), the largest business organization in New York, comprising more than 5,000 businesses, labor unions, colleges, universities, not-for-profits, government agencies, and civic groups, which employ two-thirds of Long Island’s workforce. He’ll still be in the Hall of Fame next year—and wherever he is, he’ll still have power.

Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 2010