Long Island hires and promotions: Brendan Nelson

ACCOUNTING

R.S. Abrams & Co. in Islandia has two new hires.

Brendan Nelson of St. James has been hired as a supervisor. He was senior auditor at KPMG LLP in Melville.

Angela Pierce of Port Jefferson has been hired as a staff accountant. She was an office manager at Sands & Co. in Babylon.

REAL ESTATE

Richard Raspantini of Roslyn Heights has become broker and owner of HomeSmart Premier Living Realty in Uniondale. He was a licensed associate broker at Coach Realtors in Manhasset.

BOARDS AND ASSOCIATIONS

John Catsimatidis Jr. of Manhattan, an executive at the Red Apple Group in Manhattan, has been named to the board of directors of the Gold Coast Bank in Islandia.

Jonathan Harrington of Stony Brook, counsel at Campolo, Middleton & McCormick in Ronkonkoma, has been appointed co-chair of the Federal Court Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association.

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