School Business Partnership of Long Island

Sixty Over Sixty Honorees

We are proud to present our
2008 Sixty over Sixty Honorees

Reinhardt Van Dyke President and Chief Executive Officer Family Service League of Suffolk County, Inc.   Reinhardt (Rick) Van Dyke, a professional Social Worker, received his MSW from the University of Michigan in 1968 and is licensed by New York State as a LMSW and is a member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers. With an undergraduate degree in International Relations,   Rick   served    in   the  Peace  Corps  in Malawi, Central Africa for two years. In 1968, he was appointed Associate Executive Director of the Long Island Council of Churches where he was responsible for social justice programs for migrant farm workers and family services.

Since 1971, he has served as Executive Director of Court Counseling Service, Director of Family Advocacy, Assistant Director of Family Service Association of Nassau County, and Executive Director of West Nassau Mental Health Center.

Since 1986, he has led Family Service League in developing a large number of new and creative programs to assist children and strengthen families. Rick has been active in designing new human service initiatives and delivery systems, as well as initiating social policy. Most recently, he has been instrumental in the founding of the Huntington Interfaith Homeless Initiative (HIHI) and the Huntington Community Council. He continues to strive for justice for children and families in his work at Family Service League and in the broader Long Island Community.