Haber: "I'm all in!"

“I’m in this to help the community--I care about where I live,” said Adam Haber, 47. The East Hills resident, who has served on the Roslyn School Board since 2009, has officially thrown his hat in the ring, announcing his candidacy for Nassau County Executive. The self described fiscally conservative, socially liberal Democrat is not currently the party’s candidate, and is ready for a primary run on September 3, prior to the November election.

Haber, who was raised in Spring Valley, spent 20 years trading derivatives of options, coffee, sugar, and crude oil, followed by a career in venture capital and commercial real estate. The owner of two restaurants, Aldea, a Michelin star restaurant in Manhattan, and Lula, recently opened in Mineola, Haber considers himself a “serial entrepreneur,” emphasizing “I don’t need this job, I want this job. I have had a successful life in business the last 25 years. I’ve sat on corporate boards--I know how businesses work.“

Haber is also very proud of his communal work. As a commercial real estate investor, who has rehabbed homes, Haber is very involved with All Hands Volunteers, a not for profit organization dedicated to empowering disaster relief volunteers around the world. Haber has traveled with the organization to Biloxi, Mississippi, Cedar Rapids, Iowa and as far as Haiti rehabilitating homes,schools and improving water filtration systems. On a recent Sunday, Haber visited the Five Towns, where he distributed space heaters at Rabbi Simcha Lefkowitz’s LifeHouse location in Cedarhurst. Coordinated through Legislator Howard Kopel, this effort was the result of Haber reaching out to legislators representing the South Shore. Both Legislator Kopel ( R-Lawrence) and Legislator Denenberg (D- Merrick) were recipients.