Joining us this Tuesday, October 18, will be Jon Cooper.  Jon Cooper received a B.A. degree from Duke University in 1977.  Since 1978, he has run Spectronics Corporation, a company based in Westbury, NY that is one of the largest manufacturing firms on Long Island.  Spectronics manufactures more than 1,000 products for dozens of diverse markets, primarily in the field of ultraviolet lighting technology.

Jon and his husband, Robert, settled in Lloyd Harbor in 1983. They adopted five children, who now range in age from 31 to 21 years old.

Jon was elected in November 1999 to the Suffolk County Legislature.  He served in office for 12 years, including six years as the Democratic Majority Leader.  As a result of mandatory term limits, Jon retired from office on January 1, 2012.

Jon was honored by the Long Island Press as one of the "50 Most Powerful Long Islanders." In addition, Long Island Business News selected Jon as one of the “Ten Leaders Who Changed Long Island.”

Jon was the first elected official in New York State to endorse Barack Obama for President.  During the 2008 election, he served as Obama’s Long Island Campaign Chair and was a member of his National Finance Committee.  In 2012, Jon was Co-Chair for the Tri-State Region of Obama Victory Trustees, a major fundraising arm of the campaign. In 2015, Jon served as National Finance Chair for Draft Biden 2016. He is currently Chairman of the Democratic Coalition Against Trump, the nation’s largest grassroots anti-Donald Trump Super PAC.

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