Adelphi University Honors Scott R. Treiber at its 23rd Annual Golf Classic

Sept. 19, 2011 - PRLog -- Adelphi University is pleased to honor Scott R. Treiber, area vice chairman of RPS Treiber Agency, at the 23nd Annual Golf Classic on Monday, October 3, 2011, at Hempstead Golf and Country Club, 60 Front Street, Hempstead, NY.

Mr. Treiber’s insurance career spans more than 30 years. As area vice chairman of RPS, he has executive oversight and leadership for planning the long-term direction of RPS focused on profitability, long-term growth, and quality service. He helped to build an impressive insurance operation that today ranks among the Top 100 U.S. insurance brokers. Mr. Treiber is part of the Strategic Committee of the company.  His expertise is recruiting and mentoring managerial personnel for growth, including several current RPS Treiber Agency managers.  

Mr. Treiber is licensed in property, casualty, and life insurance in 46 states and has earned his CIC designation.  He serves on agency councils for such groups as AIG, Cigna, St. Paul Travelers, Kemper, and The Merchants Group.  He is a founding member of the Long Island Insurance Community benefiting the United Way, and for the past eight years, a member of the Council of Agents and Brokers.

An articulate communicator and public speaker, Mr. Treiber has published “Critical Board Role Defined,” in Alliance for Children & Families Magazine (Winter 2004) and “Focus for the Future: Finding Competitive Niches,” in Insurance Advocate (March 2003).  

Following a long family tradition of giving back to the community, Mr. Treiber provides active leadership in numerous charitable organizations, including Family and Children’s Association, Ducks Unlimited, and Christ Episcopal Church Oyster Bay. He enjoys golf, skiing, hunting, and fishing and lives in Oyster Bay with wife Jo-Ellen and four sons, Thomas, William, Matthew, and James.

Shotguns are scheduled at 7:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit student athletic scholarships. Last year’s event raised $100,000 in scholarship support.

Co-chairs of the event are John P. Finnerty M.S. ’77 of WJM Associates, Inc. and Stephen M. Wirth ’70 of the New York Sports and Physical Therapy Institute.

For more information, to make a golf reservation, or to make a contribution toward student athletic scholarships, please contact Jaime Farrell, associate director of leadership annual giving, at (516) 877-4689 or farrell@adelphi.edu.

About Adelphi University: Adelphi is a world class, modern university with excellent and highly relevant programs where students prepare for lives of active citizenship and professional careers. Through its schools and programs—The College of Arts and Sciences, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Honors College, Ruth S. Ammon School of Education, University College, and the Schools of Business, Nursing, and Social Work—the co-educational university offers undergraduate and graduate degrees as well as professional and educational programs for adults. Adelphi University currently enrolls nearly 8,000 students from 41 states and 60 foreign countries. With its main campus in Garden City and centers in Manhattan, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie, the University, chartered in 1896, maintains a commitment to liberal studies in tandem with rigorous professional preparation and active citizenship.

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Adelphi University, chartered in 1896, was the first institution of higher education for the liberal arts and sciences on Long Island.