Mr. Romeo is an insurance executive with more than 35 years of experience and is currently Executive Vice President of Industrial Coverage, a large regional insurance agency based in Long Island. He was previously President of the Suffolk County Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America and served as the association's Automation Chairman, the largest agents’ association of its kind in the United States. Mr. Romeo has also served as chairman of several automation user groups on both the local and national levels. Also during his insurance career, he has been selected to sit on various insurance companies' national and local agent councils. Mr. Romeo is currently on the Board of Directors of the Long Island Insurance Community and is actively involved in Long Island charitable drives as well as coaching local youth soccer. Mr. Romeo was appointed to the Commission by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.