JOIN FREEAnthony Suppa
About Anthony Suppa
Anthony Suppa is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, entrepreneur, and nonprofit leader. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Slice of Charity, a Long Island–based 501(c)(3) supporting veterans, military families, and children in need. He also founded Veteran Ally for Commerce, the company behind Aluvia, a health and wellness brand built so that a portion of sales funds Slice of Charity's programs. A graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education, he has spent nearly two decades in business and hospitality leadership.
For roughly 15 or 16 years, Suppa ran a Toys for Tots drive out of his restaurant in East Meadow. It started with about 40 people, grew to 60, then 80, and eventually outgrew the building. A relationship with Gary at Oheka Castle opened the property up for the drive, and the first year there drew 1,500 people. Slice of Charity received its 501(c)(3) roughly 18 months ago. There's no payroll — the board and team are volunteers — and 99.5% of everything that came in went back out. In 2026 he was named New York State Vetrepreneur of the Year.
On The Daily Mastermind, Suppa sat down with George Wright III for a conversation about creating your own wins rather than borrowing someone else's motivation. He explained why he doesn't listen to motivational speakers, how selling a restaurant that wasn't working taught him more in a few years than anything else could have, and where the line sits between being self-employed and being an entrepreneur. He also walked through the structure behind Veteran Ally for Commerce — a business built to be, in his words, a bloodline for the charity.
