HIA - LI

What HIA - LI does

HIA-LI (Hauppauge Industrial Association of Long Island) is a private nonprofit business association and chamber of commerce founded in 1978 (operating since 1981) and headquartered at 225 Wireless Blvd. Suite 101, Hauppauge, NY. The organization serves Long Island businesses — primarily the more than 1,300 companies and 55,000 employees within the Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge (LIIPH), the largest innovation park in the Northeast with $13B+ in economic output — and acts as the designated steward for LIIPH while providing regional business advocacy, networking, and economic development programming.

The association's core offering is a tiered membership program (annual dues scaled to company size, with non-profit memberships at $250/year, discounted startup rates for companies in business one year or less, and a Gold Membership tier), supplemented by event-driven revenue from an Annual Trade Show & Conference, Summer ConnectFest, Women's Leadership Conference, and Annual Meeting. Underlying technology is a GrowthZone-powered member portal (members.hia-li.org) handling directory listings, event registration, and member communications, alongside a growing content footprint that includes the "Business Steps Up" podcast, HIA-LI Biz Now publication, and the Business Grows Here Blog authored by President & CEO Terri Alessi-Miceli.

HIA-LI's go-to-market is a sales-led, relationship-driven motion built on direct outreach, networking referrals, premier events, and active committees/task forces in Economic Development, Small Business, and Workforce Development. Leadership consists of President & CEO Terri Alessi-Miceli and Chairman Kevin Devecioglu (who also co-chairs the Manufacturing & International Trade Committee), supported by a board including Joe Campolo (Managing Partner at Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, LLP) and Rita DiStefano (Director, HR Consulting at Portnoy, Messinger, Pearl & Associates, Inc.). Distribution is regional and confined to Long Island, with no disclosed expansion outside the market.

Name

HIA - LI

Legal name

Hauppauge Industrial Association of Long Island

Website

https://hia-li.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HIA-LI is a nonprofit Long Island business association and chamber of commerce that provides tiered membership, networking events, advocacy, and stewardship of the Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge — serving over 1,300 member companies representing tens of thousands of business professionals across the region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hauppauge

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Business Membership Dues: Annual membership fees for business organizations, with pricing tiered based on number of employees. Over 80% of members are small to mid-size businesses. Non-profit organizations pay $250 annually.
2. Event Registration & Sponsorship: Revenue generated from event registrations, exhibitor fees, and sponsorship opportunities at premier events including the Annual Trade Show & Conference, Summer ConnectFest networking fundraiser, Women's Leadership Conference, and Annual Meeting.
3. Startup Company Discounts: Special discounted membership rates offered to companies in business for a year or less, as well as Talent-Transition options for individuals seeking employment who wish to stay connected with the business community.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

HIA-LI is a nonprofit business association and chamber of commerce serving Long Island, New York. It provides paid business memberships, advocacy on regional economic development issues, networking events, trade shows, and committees/task forces. The organization also serves as steward for the Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge, the largest innovation park in the Northeast.

Product overview

HIA-LI is a business membership organization and chamber of commerce that provides advocacy, networking events, trade shows, committees, task forces, and member services for Long Island businesses. Services include economic development initiatives, stewardship of the Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge, the Business Steps Up podcast, a blog, member directory, and various training and leadership programs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 55,000 employees across 1,300 companies served through the Long Island Innovation Park at Hauppauge
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Turn One StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTurn One Studio produces exclusive interviews at HIA-LI premier events, showcasing insights from Long Island's top CEOs. The studio captures the leadership behind the region's business success.
• Long Island Organizations (Various)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHIA-LI collaborates with various Long Island organizations to produce business stories and promotional content. TeleStory Pictures co-produced with HIA-LI a series of award-winning films/commercials to promote and attract big business to Suffolk County/Long Island.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Greater Houston Partnership: Major regional economic-development and chamber-like organization that combines advocacy, prospect development, and high-value corporate programming; comparable in stewarding regional economic assets, similar in monetization through sponsorships and premium memberships.
• Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce: Established large-metro chamber combining membership advocacy, economic development programming, and corporate partnerships — useful comparable for how HIA-LI's model could scale in the Long Island innovation economy.
• Austin Chamber of Commerce: Regional chamber with significant economic-development and innovation-park/cluster stewardship elements; analogous to HIA-LI's role supporting a major regional business cluster and producing programming for technology and growth-oriented member companies.

Emerging players

• Mass Tech Leadership Council: Regional technology and business leadership association that runs workforce, advocacy, and programming for a state-wide innovation ecosystem — a thematic peer for HIA-LI's task forces on Economic Development and Workforce Development.

Direct peers

• Long Island Association: The Long Island Association is the broader, region-wide Long Island business advocacy organization — the most direct peer to HIA-LI, competing for the same corporate, civic, and advocacy relationships across Long Island businesses and overlapping on economic-development programming.
• Suffolk County Chamber of Commerce: The county-level chamber serving the same Suffolk County geography where HIA-LI is headquartered; offers tiered membership, networking events, and advocacy for Long Island businesses, directly competing for SME members and event sponsorships.

Others

• Research Triangle Park Foundation: Steward of one of the largest research/innovation parks in the US — the strongest functional analogue to HIA-LI's LIIPH stewardship mandate, useful as a structural comparability reference for how park-stewardship roles can be cultivated as long-term institutional assets.

Regional players

• Nassau County Chamber of Commerce: The neighboring Long Island county's chamber — operates an equivalent membership/event/advocacy model targeted at a separate geography but serving the same broader Long Island business community that HIA-LI covers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hia_li
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC05EGINH4pESt3dAf66ZYmQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/hia.longisland
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hia-li-org

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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