Background
Sciame, Joseph was born on September 9, 1941 in Brooklyn. Son of Joseph and Sophie (Pintacuda) Sciame.
Sciame, Joseph was born on September 9, 1941 in Brooklyn. Son of Joseph and Sophie (Pintacuda) Sciame.
Bachelor of Education, St. John's University, 1971.
Assistant to registrar, finance aid officer, assistant to dean admissions St. John's University, Jamaica, New York, 1967—1971, director finance aid, 1971-1982, dean finance aid, 1982, vice president finance aid and student information services, 1982—1994, vice president for government and community relations, 1994—2002, vice president for community relations, since 2002. Chairman board Italian Cultural Committee, since 2010. Member Governor Commission on School Achievement, since 1971, chairperson, since 1993.
President New York Association Student Finance Aid Administration, 1980-1982, Eastern Association Student Finance Aid Administration, 1986-1987. With United States Army, 1964-1967.
Member Town of North Hempstead, New York, 1975, chairman board ethics, since 1984. National chairman, board directors Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, New York, 1987-1993, 97-99, president, Chief Executive Officer, 1999-2007. Member Providence Rest, since 1995, chairman, 2007-2009.
Board directors St. John's Prep, since 1996, Italian Heritage & Culture Committee-New York Inc., since 1976, president, chairman, since 2007. Board member Queens Symphony Orchestra, 2000^, Boy Scouts American, 2000^, vice president membership, 2001-2007. Board member Holocaust Resource Center, 2002^, chairman since 2008.
Vice-delegate American Delegation, Savoy Orders, since 2010. Chairman Conference of President Major I-A Organizations, since 2011. Member National Association Student Finance Aid Administrators (chairman 1987-1988, Distinguished Service award 1988, Leadership award 1994), Association Equestrian Order Holy Sepulchre (knight grand cross 1991, knight invested 1980), Order Sons of Italy in American (lodge president 1974-1975, state president 1993-1997, national vice president 1997—2003, national president 2003-2005), Futures Education Foundation (vice chair 1991-1993, chair 1994-1997), Jamaica C. of Chamber (board dirs), Bedford-Stuyvesant New Beginnings Charter School (chairman, board directors).