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 White Plains, NY - On Thursday, June 19, The Business Council of Westchester will present 40 young professionals with Rising Star awards during a ceremony at MasterCard Worldwide in Purchase, NY.
Modeled after the national business recognition program “Forty Under Forty,” the Business Council has honored the extraordinary accomplishments of Westchester’s most accomplished business leaders under the age of 40 each year since 2004.
The Rising Stars, ranging in age from 24 to 39, represent the wide range of industries that make up the Business Council’s membership and Westchester County’s business community as a whole. Among them: engineering, communications, real estate, law, not-for-profit, energy, education, health care, and financial services. Many of this year’s winners are entrepreneurs: owners of conference centers, mobile dental offices, audio/visual and technology companies, restaurants and more.
“The contributions of these Rising Stars – their professional accomplishments, leadership qualities and volunteer work – are essential to the vitality of the Westchester business community, “ said Dr. Marsha Gordon, President and CEO of The Business Council of Westchester. “The Business Council is committed to presenting Westchester’s young professionals with the opportunities they need to work, succeed and prosper in this county, and we look forward formally recognizing their success on June 19th.”
Business Council Board member Jim Giangrande (class of ‘05) – chair of the Rising Stars steering committee and senior vice president of Opus Advisory Group – added: “Participating as a Rising Stars alumnus has opened many doors for me in my professional and personal life, and I look forward to sharing those opportunities with the new class of award winners.”
Anyone between the ages of 21 and 40 who works in Westchester was eligible for consideration as a Rising Star. The two-part nomination process asked the nominator to describe the nominees’ professional/ entrepreneurial and/or personal accomplishments and leadership qualities, while nominees were asked about lessons learned, strengths, and long term goals.
“Rising Stars” is sponsored by MasterCard Worldwide and The Westchester County Business Journal. Supporters include Berkeley College, Entergy, EZKR Accounting and Consulting LLP, Heineken USA and WCBS Newsradio 880.
The “Rising Stars” awards ceremony on June 19, 2008, 6:00-8:00 p.m. will take place in the lobby of MasterCard Worldwide, 2000 Purchase Street, Purchase, New York. Tickets are $40 per person. For registration and/or additional information, visit www.westchesterny.org or contact Pat Nicolais at the Business Council: (914) 948-2110 or
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Rising Stars – Westchester’s 40 under 40
Class of 2008
Tetiana Anderson
East Coast News Reporter
The Weather Channel
Sergio Barrios
Director of Public Affairs
Heineken USA, Inc.
David Birnbaum
President
NOW! Smile Design powered by MobileTek Labs
Althea Brown
Vice President
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.
Andrew Castellano
President
Sharc Creative, Inc.
Michael Cinicolo
Vice President / Property Management
GHP Office Realty
Michael Connors
Principal/Founding Partner
C & F Consulting Engineering, PC
Jason Dorf
Co-Founder
Little Missmatched, Inc
Yashekia Felder
Global Procurement Manager
IBM
Aaron Flagg
Executive Director
Music Conservatory of Westchester
Robert Flood
Property and Casualty Insurance Manager
Huguenot National Inc.
Jodi Golinsky
VP, Regulatory & Public Policy Counsel
MasterCard Worldwide
Shari Griffin
Mgr, Network Engineering & Planning
Verizon Communications
Joe Guilderson
President
Corporate Audio Visual Services
Sean Hanagan
Partner
Jackson Lewis LLP
Gretchen Hilbrandt
Site Administrator, Food and Nutrition
New York Presbyterian Hospital - Westchester Division
Marianne Hoffman
Attorney
Jones Garneau, LLP
Howie Jacobs
General Counsel
Krasdale Foods, Inc.
Bob Knight
Vice President, Digital Media
Harrison Edwards PR & Marketing, Inc.
Giorgio Kolaj
Executive VP
Famous Famiglia
J. Kenyon Lang
Partner
Cambium
Tracy Lasher
Marketing Director
Westchester Magazine
Yury Lyalko
President
Grand Prix New York
Mark Mazzotta
Owner
Antipasti
John McCarron
President & Chief Technology Officer
McCarron Consulting Group, LLC.
Michael Morey
Hudson Valley Regional Director
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer
Pamela Njapa-Minyard
Executive Director
Giolai
Sean O'Neil
Principal
One to One: Building Better Leaders
Christian Petroni
Chef de Cuisine
Peniche
Daniel Ratki
Sales Consultant
On The Spot Capital / Home Depot
Jose Reynoso
V.P. Senior Director
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Gerry Riera
Chief Executive Officer
Family YMCA at Tarrytown
John Risi
Attorney at Law
Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, LLP.
Mike Sancimino
Vice President
3RD ANGLE Technologies
Lori Sheldon
Communictions Specialist
Entergy Nuclear Northeast
Leonard Tannenbaum
President
Fifth Street Management LLC
Bruce Walker
Director, Electric Operations Management
Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Roger Weems
SVP, Performance Management
Westchester Medical Center
Jason Wilson
Associate Broker
Prudential Rand Realty
Susan Yom
Chief Information Officer
City School District of New Rochelle
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