Terri Alessi-Miceli, the scheduled speaker for WEDLI's April meeting, addressed a roomful of members and guests at the Woodlands on April 12th. Alessi-Miceli, the executive director of HIA-LI, one of the largest business organizations in the country, talked about the group's origins and how it developed into the business organization standard bearer it is today. In the process of describing the road from its beginnings in 1978 to today, Jack Kulka, its founder, who was in attendance, added some comments and anecdotes. The induction of Marlene McDonnell of Long Island Business News also took place at the April meeting.