Thank you for joining us at the MSMC Gala!
October 16, 2025
West Hills Country Club, Middletown, NY
HONORING
Alan Seidman and Jimmy Smith Jr.
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Event Program
Proceeds from the event support the Donor Scholarship Fund
At the Mount, we encourage our students to be the spark that changes the world. Now, you can be the spark that changes theirs. Proceeds from the Gala support the Donor Scholarship Fund. This fund helps our students continue at the Mount and get the transformative education they need to make a difference in the world.
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Thank you to all our sponsors
Signature Cocktail & Beverage Sponsor
The William & Elaine Kaplan Family Private Foundation
Gold Sponsors
Advance Testing Company, Inc. • Bonura Hospitality Group • Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gervasi
Silver Sponsors
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP • D-Ben Security Systems, Inc. • Focused Wealth Management
RBT CPAs, LLP • Webster Bank
Hors d'oeuvres Sponsors
Catania, Mahon & Rider, PLLC • Elizabeth Rowley and Bill Fioravanti • Ironworkers Local 417 • Walden Savings Bank
Floral Sponsors
Daubman Corporate Interiors • Linda Dobias Dombroski '81 RN, BSN, MSN, MPS, FNP
Marilyn J. Ejercito '77 RN, BSN, MSN • Provident Bank • Summit Actuarial Services, LLC
Wallkill Valley Federal Savings & Loan
To Go Coffee & Treat Station Sponsors
Collection Bureau of the Hudson Valley, Inc. • Fairway Testing • John Herbert Company • PKF O'Connor Davies
Sponsor a Sister Sponsors
Crowe LLP • CSArch • GTI Graphic Technology, Inc. • Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp.
John F. Rath • McGar and Son Plumbing & Heating, LLC. • Passero Associates • Patricia Larkin
Philip Brigante • Susan K. Maloney • Susan & David Kennett
Dessert Sponsors
Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp. • I.B.E.W. Local Union NO. 363 • James W. Taylor • Laborers Local 17 Mediacom • Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital • Perreca Electric Co., Inc. • Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union 373
Special thanks to our Auction Item Donors
88 Charles Street
Amanda Dana
Aspire Brewing
Beer World
Cascarino's Pizza & Italian Eatery
Cosimos
Greg DeBenedictus
Father Greg Fluet
Glenmere Mansion
Hudson Taco
Independent Helicopters
Iron Café
Java Blue
Jay Paige '12
Joseph Bonura
Lou Bach
The Golf Club at Mansion Ridge
Market Hospitality Group
Osiris Country Club
Resorts World Catskills
Resorts World Hudson Valley
The Pizza Shop
The Powelton Club
Ward's Bridge Inn
West Hills Country Club
William Kaplan
The Joseph A. Bonura Award for Leadership Excellence
The Joseph A. Bonura Award for Leadership Excellence is bestowed annually by Mount Saint Mary College.
This Award is presented to individuals or organizations who, through their professional accomplishments and approach to management, have shown the same commitment to quality, concern for neighbors, and shared prosperity that have exemplified the career and character of Mr. Joseph A. Bonura, a highly esteemed member of the Mount Saint Mary College Community.
Alan Seidman
Alan Seidman is a prominent figure in the Hudson Valley's construction industry and a dedicated community leader. He resides in Cornwall with his wife, Robin.
Currently, Alan holds several executive directorships: Executive Director of the Construction Contractors' Association of the Hudson Valley since 2009, Executive Director of Fabricators, Erectors and Reinforcing Contractors of HV since 2010, and Executive Vice President of SMACNA Southeastern NY Chapter since 2016. He is recognized as one of the region's major players in the construction industry.
Alan graduated from Cornwall Central High School in 1970. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Speech in 1974 with Magna Cum Laude honors, and a Master of Science in Speech in 1975, both from Emerson College in Boston. His professional career began at 3M Company as a Marketing Representative, before we went on to own and manage Cornwall Liquor Store, Cornwall Variety Store, and Canterbury Coach, Ltd. from 1983 to 1996.
Alan served as a Legislator for Orange County District 12 for nearly two decades, including a four-year term as Chairman of the Orange County Legislature. During his time as a legislator, he played a key role in establishing a countywide 911 facility and response system to increase safety for residents and in facilitating the expansion plans for SUNY Orange into the City of Newburgh. From 1996 to 2009, he was a Regional Manager at Clough, Harbour, and Associates, LLP, becoming a Principal from 2005 to 2009.
His extensive record of civic engagement is proof of Alan's love for community and service. He was an active member of the Cornwall Volunteer Ambulance Corps and has been a member of the Cornwall Fire Department since 1978. He has been a member of the Cornwall Lions Club since 1982 and was on the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Team for more than a decade. He is the Founding Chair of the Kol Yisrael Board and continues to be on the board. He has been on the Orange County Executive's Economic Advisory Commission since 2014 and has been the Stewart-Newburgh Foreign Trade Zone Board Chair since 2015. Seidman also serves on the boards of Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, the Orange County Partnership, Kol Yisrael and Temple Beth Jacob.
As an avid supporter of the nation's Armed Forces, Alan served on the Board of Directors for the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, Inc. for nearly a decade, and was Event Chair for the Military Appreciation Day Committee four separate times.
Alan has received numerous accolades for his service. Among his many honors, the Hudson Delaware District Council Boy Scouts of America presented him with the Distinguished Citizen Award in 2004 and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015. He received the Leadership Orange Award - Lifetime Leadership Achievement in 2007, the Orange County Chamber Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013, and the Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress Regional Achievement Award in 2013. In 2014, he received the St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital Pillar of the Community Award. In 2018, Alan was awarded the Ottaway Medal by the Orange County Citizens Foundation. He was named Person of the Year by Hospice of Orange and Sullivan in 2019. In 2022, he was honored with the Orange County Chamber of Commerce John D'Ambrosio Service Award, the Rumshock Veterans' Foundation Service Award, and was an honoree by Dominican University. In 2024, he was a Make-A-Wish Hudson Valley Wish Ball Honoree.
Jimmy Smith
James P. Smith, Jr., president and founder of Advance Testing Company, Inc., was raised in Pearl River, New York. Following high school, Jim earned his AAS in Civil Engineering from Alfred State College in 1977, followed by a BS in Civil Engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1982. He then started his career at Ward Pavements in Haverstraw, NY, as a materials technician. Jim would later take the position of Chief Quality Control Technician for Plaza Materials Co., a subsidiary of Yonkers Contracting, prior to founding Advance Testing in 1984.
Since that time, Advance Testing has grown to be an established, respected mid-size business with over 150 employees. Advance Testing operates a state-of-the-art, accredited materials testing laboratory in Campbell Hall, NY, with additional facilities in Harpursville, NY, Schuylerville, NY, Massachusetts and Florida, which allows the firm to service projects across the Eastern seaboard, as well as in parts of Canada.
In 1995, Jim founded Atech Center, Inc., specializing in construction materials testing training course development and instruction. Atech Center has become the primary course development firm for the Northeast Transportation Technician Certification Program, an eight state training organization that covers New England, New York and Ohio. The firm most recently completed a training manual in cooperation with the New York State Department of Transportation and Alfred State College. Atech Center has developed additional training programs and manuals for the New York State Department of Transportation, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, the State University of New York and many private sector clients.
Outside of business ventures, he has also been active in the community and has served on the board of directors for a number of organizations, some of which include Newburgh Rotary (past president), Orange County Chamber of Commerce (past chairman), Orange County Partnership (past chairman), Orange County Workforce Investment Board (past chairman), Orange County Citizens Foundation, Mount Saint Mary College, SUNY Orange, Hudson Valley Boy Scout Council (past Chairman), Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation, Patterns for Progress, New York State Chapter of the Associated General Contractors and the Construction Contractors Association. One of the firms' major achievements is holding membership in over eighty community and professional organizations.
While serving as president of the Newburgh Rotary, they had a motto of "Real happiness is helping others." Since that time, Jim has adopted that as his personal philosophy and has strived to live by those words.
Jim has been blessed with a wonderful wife, Nancy Smith. Together they have six children and nine grandchildren. Hence, one of his hobbies is traveling to visit their grandchildren who reside in Arizona, South Carolina and Florida. Jim and Nancy live in beautiful Orange County, but spend most weekends at their cabin in upstate NY. Together they enjoy gardening, hiking, fishing, photography, traveling and watching sunsets.
Thank you to our sponsors
Mount Saint Mary College Fundraising Committee
Bill Fioravanti, Chair & Trustee
Sr. Margaret Anderson '67
Heather Bell-Meyer
Sr. Joann Boneski '65
Donna Conklin
Amanda Dana
Paul Daubman, Sr.
Dr. Susan Dean
Greg DeBenedictus
Ann Patsalos-Enriquez
Paul Ernenwein Esq.
Fr. Gregoire Fluet
Mo Jagota
Joanne Miller '83
Jay Paige '12
Parth Patel
Grace Sanchez
Steve Sosler '99
Meghan Taylor '10
