LI people on the move

BOARDS/ASSOCIATIONS

Robert Bernard has joined the board of directors at Sustainable Long Island, an organization focused on improving the quality of life on Long Island through economic development, environmental health and social equity. The Commack resident is senior vice president, commercial real estate lending at Capital One Bank in Melville.

Susan Ganz has been named president of the Financial Women's Association based in Manhattan. The Plainview resident is a strategic adviser for the Center for Wealth Preservation in Syosset.

The Health and Welfare Council of Long Island announced three new members of its board of directors. David Bishop is a partner at the Manhattan law firm of Kirby McInerney and lives in West Babylon. Robert Stricoff of Oak Beach is chief executive of the Babylon Industrial Development Agency. Paul Tonna of Huntington is executive director of The Energeia Partnership at Molloy College in Farmingdale and chief executive of Professional Evaluation Medical Group in Hicksville.

FINANCE

Gregory Ferdinand has joined Ameriprise Financial in Melville as a senior financial adviser. The West Babylon resident was vice president of investments at Oppenheimer and

Co. in Melville.

HEALTH CARE

Rita E. Roberts has been promoted to assistant vice president of perioperative surgical services at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola. She was administrative director of the hospital's ambulatory surgery unit and the ambulatory surgery center in Garden City. Roberts lives in Franklin Square.

Dr. Leighton Brooks has joined the staff of Child & Family Psychology in Franklin Square as a child psychiatrist. Before joining the practice, the Manhattan resident founded Comprehensive Health Associates in Lauderhill, Fla.

LAW

James Major, an immunologist and microbiologist, has joined Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser in Garden City as a patent agent. The Brooklyn resident was a legal intern at Kenyon

& Kenyon in Manhattan.

Ethan D. Balsam has joined Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo, Cohn & Terrana in Uniondale as an associate in the employment and labor department. The Manhattan resident worked as an associate at Ingerman Smith in

Hauppauge.

REAL ESTATE

Wilfred Frye has joined the White Plains and Plainview offices of Charles Rutenberg Realty as an associate broker. The White Plains resident held a similar position at RE/MAX in Harrison, in Westchester County.