Fort Schuyler Magazine Spring 2023

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MCAA President STEVE CARBERY ’80 Steering a New Course Through Seas of Change

BY DON GALE

I t’s safe to say that Steve Carbery ’80 has broad reach and vast influence professionally and among SUNY Maritime’s alumni. As Vice President of Facilities Design Construction & Real Estate for the Yale New Haven Health System, Carbery is responsible for 12 million square feet of assets, over 2,680 beds, 7,500 medical staff and nearly 30,000 employees. The view from his wheelhouse extends across facilities from Greenwich, CT to Westerly, RI, and Yale New Haven’s proposed upcoming acquisition of

at Greenwich Hospital in 1986 was also born of an MCAA connection. “I always tell everybody that I got two great jobs networking through Alumni Association contacts, and I’ve never, ever forgotten that. I think that’s part of the reason why I give a lot back to the Alumni Association because of what it’s done for me,” said Carbery.

Prospect Medical Holdings’ assets have added another 1.5 million square feet to his watch. His 37 years’ experience in a field concerned with the well-being of people may be why his knowledge and skills have been tapped for an encore term as Maritime College Alumni Association President. His care for the MCAA and its fellowship is born of gifts and rewards he’s realized since graduation. Joining MEBA District 2 after graduation, he saw limited sea time and transitioned to portside service in a slack merchant marine market. As an MCAA member, Steve acted on guidance from a fellow alumnus who tipped him to an open opportunity as a marine surveyor, working with Richard Burke ’72 at the United States Salvage Association. Moreover, his first career position as a health care facilities manager

(L-R): Class of 1980 at Marine Engineering Systems Lab, Tom Higgins ’80, Roland Roeckle ’80, Bill Austen ’80, Steve Carbery ’80 and Prof. Joe Breglia ’80.

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