Our Team of Passionate Leaders

Gerald Filardi has ignited youth football on Long Island and made a profound impact. He is the head coach of Hills West High School, Founder of the Long Island Spartans, Regional Director of Football University, co-founder of The Liberty Challenge, New York City Elite Football, LIYFA, and he re-established the Half Hollow Hills youth football program after its demise. Filardi has lead the charge to raise the level of football in Long Island since 2012. He has never been afraid to break tradition...Read More

Benjamin Carey is the torchbearer for youth football in Long Island. You would be hard pressed to find a kids football activity in the region that he is not somehow connected to. His exhaustive efforts to raise the level of football in the region and increase opportunities for young players has created an exciting new movement. After 15 years the Long Island Elite Football National Team Program has produced a record number of players with Division I offers and/or commitments, many to Power 5 sch...Read More

A former Stonybrook University Quarterback, Coach Maurino is an X's and O's technician who shares an unbridled passion for raising the level of Long Island football. He is the current JVA Head Coach at St. Anthony's high school and also a Coach at Long Island Knights Travel select football program. His integrity, his core values and beliefs in competitive football even at the youngest age groups and his unwavering attention to detail make him an asset not just to the organization, but to our reg...Read More

For more than 10 years Joe has been the friendly face supplying youth and adult sports teams across Long Island with equipment, uniforms, and apparel. Football, baseball, wrestling, cheerleading, community organizations; you name it he does every sport any project, and he does it well. Like all of the volunteers at LIE495 Joe is a great human being, a family man with uncompromising values, someone you can always rely on. He has a wealth of experience running some of the biggest sports leagues, a...Read More

Christine Thea Rubinstein Esq. has helped Long Island Elite Football grow from a start-up to a multi-team non-profit organization with hundreds of players, coaches, volunteers, and families. She is a major advocate for football and a thorough expert in ensuring the integrity of the program. She is a specialist in Business Planning and Business Succession Planning. Christine has also been the lead counsel for an international commercial mortgage hedge fund called HPC. Christine had helped the hed...Read More

Stella Genova started out as a team mom on her son's local football team when he was 5 years old like many moms do, but somewhere along the way found herself deeply involved with a bunch of different teams and broad range of responsibilities. She holds a degree in Business Merchandising and worked in the fashion industry for over 18 years. As a Production Manager for Warnaco and Chaps Ralph Lauren she traveled overseas to negotiate multi-million dollar contracts, and she also ran Design & Op...Read More

Suzanne is a guidance counselor by day, and her expertise translates amazingly into helping the kids and parents of the Long Island Elite National team program. She wears numerous hats for the organization and knocks off each project with ease and humility. It is easy to find "parent volunteers" who age out with their child. It is hard to find exceptional help, loyalty, and someone who is in it to raise the level of Long Island football overall, not just there for their son. Suzanne is kind, gen...Read More