Family

Danielle Fugazy Scagliola resides in Glen Cove with her husband Tommy Scagliola and their four children. Danielle (class of '95) & Tommy (class of '96) are both graduates of the Glen Cove School District. Danielle feels lucky to live in Glen Cove with her parents, in-laws, sister, brothers, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and friends. There is no question that Danielle and Tommy are very happy to be raising their family in the City of Glen Cove with multiple generations of family all around them. All four of their children attend Glen Cove City Schools and are active in school government, soccer, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, baseball and softball through the school district and the Glen Cove City leagues. 

Danielle Fugazy Scagliola is a financial journalist, covering mergers and acquisitions, private equity, lending, banking and the bond market. She has been covering the financial markets for more than 20 years. She originally started her career writing for Thomson Reuters and is now a freelance journalist, writing for trade publications and creating various types of custom content for clients in the financial services sector. Danielle regularly works with the publications, ACG Middle Market Growth, Mergers & Acquisitions Magazine, The Bond Buyer, American Banker and others. Danielle received her B.A. in journalism with a minor in political science from The University of Massachusetts in 1999. 

As the president of the Glen Cove Education Foundation (GCEF), Danielle has been the driving force behind the rebirth of this non-profit. The GCEF works to provide support and funding towards enriching programs within the Glen Cove City School District. Thanks to her extensive planning, foresight, vision and love of Glen Cove, more than $300,000 has been raised for the school district. 

This year, GCEF was delighted to donate money or the new electronic sign with the stone frame for the high school entrance that can be seen on your way into the high school. Additionally, GCEF was able to donate two printing presses for the student to design, create and sell t-shirt merchandise, materials for a spruced up entrance way into the Middle School and more. 

GCEF is proud of other projects as well including the purchase of air purifiers and touchless water filtration systems within our district, band uniforms for the High School Marching Band, a new playground at Deasy School, funding of the Finley Middle School robotics team, districtwide master classes for all the students and more.

 GCEF is also proud to run after school programs at the elementary schools. 

To help fund the projects of the Glen Cove Education Foundation, Danielle has introduced highly successful events such as the GCEF Golf Classic and the Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5K. Along with raising much needed funds, these events have unified and brought the Glen Cove community together to support a common goal. Danielle recognizes the importance of finding funding solutions for our schools' needs, that don't fall on the backs of Glen Cove tax-payers.

Danielle is always looking for ways to improve life for the residents in Glen Cove. Danielle has been an active member of The Business Improvement District (B.I.D.) in Glen Cove for over 10 years and has served on their board since 2016. This year, Danielle worked closely with the B.I.D. and the city school district to introduce the use of student art on our downtown lamp posts to be used to promote the downtown concert series. Additionally, Danielle worked with the B.I.D. and Assemblyman Chuck Lavine this past year for new holiday decorations for our lamp posts. Danielle was also a key player in working with the B.I.D. to secure a grant to procure decorative and energy efficient lighting for our downtown. 

Danielle also worked tirelessly to secure private donations for various projects around the city. Some of the donations she secured were for the rebuilding of the VFW, funds for our the local food pantries, funds to purchase new scoreboards at City Stadium, trees that were planted at city stadium along the animal shelter fence and more.

In addition to securing more than $100,00 in private donations for some of the projects above, Danielle also worked on projects to bring a better the quality of life for all residents in Glen Cove. For example, she has been working with the MTA advocating for better train service on the Oyster Bay line, she was instrumental in getting the senior center a working medical transport vehicle and she was also an instrumental part of getting the Hero's of Among Banners hung at Morgan's Park to celebrate our veterans.   

Lastly, as an active volunteer in the Glen Cove City Schools, Danielle has served on the district's curriculum committee and is a member of the various schools' PTAs. She has given her time as Class Parent Coordinator, dances and picture day chairperson, along with numerous other volunteer positions. This is in addition to her work with the Glen Cove Education Foundation.
 

Danielle is a long-time volunteer with the Glen Cove Baseball and Softball Association. She enjoys coaching her youngest daughter’s softball team and is active with the city's youth sports programs, with her children playing on baseball, softball, basketball, lacrosse, tennis and soccer teams.