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Marion Conway

As Senior Program Officer, Marian Conway manages the Roslyn Savings Foundation. The Foundation has provided over 15 million dollars to the Long Island community since its establishment in 1997, supporting groups across the spectrum; health and hospitals, housing and community development groups, early child care and scholarships for colleges to provide education to students in need.

Marian came to the nonprofit arena in 2002 after deliberately experiencing the other sectors; the large defense plant, Fairchild Republic; a small manufacturing business, Master Power Brakes; a family-owned horticultural business, DeLalio Sod Farms; and the Long Island State Parks. During that time, along with college degrees, she accumulated business management experience which she believes is critical in the nonprofit field. She has found a home at the Roslyn Savings Foundation, where she can take those skills and accumulated experience and combine them with the desire to be involved in her community.

Marian is the President of Literacy Nassau's Board of Directors. Her participation with the organization was prompted by her father's dyslexia, finally diagnosed when he was close to 40 years old. She is a staunch advocate of universal literacy and life-long learning and remains an active alumnus at Empire State College as the L.I. Representative on the Alumni Federated Board of Governors. Marian is a member of the Long Island Funders' Exchange, and the Recording Secretary for the Lindenhurst Historical Society. She has a respect for the environment and is a member of Renewable Energy Long Island. She was honored March 29, 2007 by the Education and Assistance Corp. as an Unsung Hero. Marian is a participant in the National Geographic Genographic Project.

Having accomplished all the course work needed for a PhD. in Public Policy-Nonprofit Management, Marian has begun the preliminary research for her dissertation, all while working full time. She received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Empire State College, SUNY. Marian is a wife, mother of two grown daughters and long time resident of Lindenhurst. She has worked on Habitat for Humanity Women's Builds in Suffolk with her daughters; they all own their own tool belts and tool boxes.