The 2020 Women in Business Awards
On Thursday, November 19th, 2020, 914INC. virtually held the 10th Annual 2020 Women in Business Awards in conjunction with the Magazine’s Q4 issue. This year’s celebration kicked off with speed networking and a virtual expo featuring this year’s event sponsors, followed by an uplifting keynote from New York LIVE’s Sara Gore. 914INC. Editor Amy Partridge led the award ceremony honoring this year’s class of Women in Business honorees!
Congratulations to all of this year’s Women in Business honorees and thank you to all of the sponsors that helped make this event possible.
Check back in 2021 for more information on the 2021 Women in Business Awards and their respective nomination dates.
Congratulations to Our 2021 Women in Business Honorees!
Alina Baum, PhD
Senior Staff Scientist Infectious Diseases
Regeneron
Josephine Bertrams
Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
Heineken USA
Catherine Cioffi
Director of Communications
Office of County Executive George Latimer
Dr. Meera Garcia
Division Chief of General Obstetrics & Gynecology
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
Alicia Grande
CEO & Founder
Grande Cosmetics
Joan McDonald
Director of Operations
Office of County Executive George Latimer
Leigh Anne McMahon
Senior Vice President of Patient Care Services & Chief Nursing Officer
White Plains Hospital
Susan Monaco
Chief Revenue Officer
CareMount Medical
Dr. Karen Murray
Associate Dean of Admissions
New York Medical College School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
New York Medical College
Sue Norton
Vice President of Global Citizenship
PepsiCo Inc.
Vice President
PepsiCo Foundation
Charlotte Ostman
CEO
The Mental Health Association of Westchester
Bettye H. Perkins, EdD
Founder & CEO
Today’s Students Tomorrow’s Teachers
Emily Saltzman
Deputy Director of Operations
Office of County Executive George Latimer
Ellen Sledge
Founder & CEO
Penny Lick Ice Cream Company
Julie Switzer
Executive Vice President Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel
WMCHealth
Louise Weadock
CEO & Chief Nursing Officer
ACCESS Nursing Services
Stephanie Weston
Vice President Retail Market Manager
The Westchester Bank
Joanne Wright
Vice President, Enterprise Operations & Services
IBM
The 2020 Women in Business Virtual Gift Bag
California Closets
Chance to win a $25, $50 or $75 gift card.
(Enter via QR code)
Mental Health Association of Westchester
Mental health resources & free myStrength account courtesy of MHA.
Robison Oil
$100 OFF your first oil delivery.
Westchester Talk Radio
Chance to win one full year of Sharc On Hold’s Messaging Service.
The 2020 Women in Business Virtual Booths
Cabot Creamery
Sponsor
Based in Vermont
California Closets
Sponsor
16 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorne, NY 10532
(914) 592-1001
CareMount Medical
Sponsor
Multiple Locations throughout Westchester & New York State
Enormous Creative
Official Video Partner
32 N Division Street #1
Peekskill, NY 10566
(914) 800-9222
Leros Point to Point
Sponsor
400 Columbus Ave Suite 160E
Valhalla, NY 10595
(914) 747-2300
Mental Health Association of Westchester
Sponsor
580 White Plains Road, Suite 510
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Professional Women of Westchester
Sponsor
Based out of Westchester
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Sponsor
777 Old Saw Mill River Road
Tarrytown, NY 10591
(914) 847-7000
Robison Oil
Sponsor
1 Gateway Plaza 4th Floor
Port Chester, NY 10573
(914) 345-5700
The Westchester Bank
Sponsor
Multiple Locations in Westchester
Westchester County Government
Sponsor
148 Martine Ave
White Plains, NY 10601
Westchester Talk Radio
Sponsor
PO Box #517
Purchase, NY 10577
888.262.3738
White Plains Hospital
Sponsor
41 E Post Road
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 681-0600
Yankwitt LLP
Sponsor
140 Grand St Suite 705
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 686-1500
Join 914INC. In Celebration of Westchester’s Leading Businesswomen!
Partner with 914INC. as we host the 10th annual Women in Business Luncheon. This traditionally sold-out event features a keynote speaker and celebrates the accomplishments of the women profiled in 914INC.’s Q4 issue. More than 450 attendees will have the opportunity to network with sponsors and guests before and after the luncheon.
Connect with regional female business owners, civic leaders and key executives from local and national businesses throughout the area.
Click Here For Sponsorship Packages.
For more information on becoming a sponsor, call (914) 345-0601 ext. 138 or email sales@westchestermagazine.com.
For general information, email marketing@westchestermagazine.com.
OFFICIAL VIDEO PARTNER
GOLD SPONSOR
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BRONZE SPONSORS
Cabot Creamery is a farmer-owned co-operative with 800 farm families throughout New England and upstate New York. Best known as Makers of “The World’s Best Cheddar” and other fine dairy products, we welcome visitors to our four retail outlets in Vermont and Maine.
CareMount Medical is the largest independent multi-specialty medical group in New York State. Comprised of 650 physicians and advanced practice providers in 50 specialties, CareMount provides medical care of the highest quality to 665,000+ patients in 45+ offices throughout Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, and Ulster counties and New York City.
For nearly 75 years, The Mental Health Association of Westchester has provided advocacy, community education and direct services. As a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center, MHA delivers services regardless of an individual’s ability to pay. Integrated clinic services include psychotherapy, substance use disorder treatment, peer and family support, employment services, and care management.
EVENT SPONSORS
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Yankwitt LLP is Westchester County’s premier litigation-only law firm and boasts one of the largest litigation teams in the county. The firm represents individuals and businesses in a broad range of commercial matters and serves as trial counsel on high-stakes cases in Westchester and throughout New York for national and local law firms. With Yankwitt LLP, our clients get New York City-trained attorneys without the New York City price tag.
GIFT BAG SPONSOR
Keynote Speaker
Sara Gore
Co-Host of NBC’s New York Live
An Emmy® award-winning broadcast professional and one of the nation’s most recognized lifestyle experts, Sara Gore is the co-host of New York Live, NBC 4 New York’s popular daily lifestyle series. Airing weekdays at 11:30 AM, Gore and co-host Jacque Reid serve up a daily dose of the very best New York has to offer from the latest fashion trends to celebrity news and interviews, top food and restaurant choices, and entertainment.
In addition to her work on New York Live and sister station NBC 10 Boston’s The Hub Today, Gore is the host of the nationally-syndicated real estate and design show Open House. Produced by NBC’s independent production arm LX.TV, the weekly series airs on NBC Owned Stations across the country and takes viewers into the country’s most lavish (and in some cases, celebrity) homes, while delivering advice and inspiration from the industry’s best designers, in demand brokers, and home improvement experts.
Gore also serves as host for NBC’s 1st Look “Live on the Red Carpet” specials for the Golden Globes, Primetime Emmy Awards, and for other live specials produced for LX.TV. Over the past decade, she has logged over 3000 hours of live and taped television through her combined work for NBC 4 New York, NBC 10 Boston and LX.TV.
Early in her career, Gore pursued her passion for food by working as a personal chef, food columnist, running her own catering company, and as a line cook for internationally renowned chef/restaurateur, Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Her culinary skills have been showcased to national audiences through appearances on TODAY, The Steve Harvey Show and The Martha Stewart Show). Gore has been featured in commercials for DeCecco Pasta and as the face of Dinner Made Easy for General Mills. She has also appeared on the Food Network as a guest judge on Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition and regularly serves as a guest judge on Beat Bobby Flay.
Gore is in production on her Emmy®-nominated new cooking show Recipe Revamp taking food lovers on a journey to the best restaurants and the opportunity to sit with the world’s most renowned chefs as they demonstrate their signature dishes. Her next step is taking viewers into her own kitchen to recreate the dish for the home cook. Scheduled to air in 2020 on NBC’s top markets on Saturday nights, the show is meant to both energize and entertain novices and professionals alike celebrating the artistry and instruction that will make anyone feel like a Top Chef in their own home.
Since breakfast is the most important meal of the day (and the one that her kids love the most) Sara has also produced a series of 30-60 second cooking vignettes called “Breakfast with Open House.” These can be accessed on her Facebook page, at www.breakfastwithopenhouse.com, or running in the back of a NYC taxi cab.
Originally from upstate New York, Gore graduated summa cum laude from Marymount Manhattan College as a Communications Major and Business/Theater Minor. She currently resides with her family in Westchester County.
To learn more about Sara Gore, follow her life and food on Instagram and Twitter @sara_gore or on Facebook.com/saragoretv
Past Women in Business Honorees
2019
Irene Amato
Founder & CEO
A.S.A.P. Mortgage
Kara Bennorth
Executive Vice President & Chief
Administrative Officer
WMCHealth
Vilma E. Bordonaro, M.B.A.
Chief of Staff
New York Medical College
Colby Brock
Property Manager
New Rochelle Hotel Associates,
DBA Radisson Hotel
Astara N. Crews
Director of Regulatory Affairs/Compliance
& Privacy Officer
ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP
Edie Demas
Former Executive Director
Jacob Burns Film Center
Geri Eisenman Pell
Private Wealth Advisor & CEO
Pell Wealth Partners
Susan Fox, PHD
President & CEO
Westchester Institute for Human Development
Bridget Gibbons
Director of Economic Development
Westchester County
Angela Gonzalez-Perez
Vice President, Operations
NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital
Leslie Gordon
President & CEO
Feeding Westchester
Sarah Jones-Maturo
President
RM Friedland LLC
Ellen Koelsch
Co-Owner & Vice President
Club Fit
Michele A. Lazzara, CPA, CGMA
Partner
Marks Paneth LLP
Marcie Manfredonia Siciliano
President
Nationwide Maintenance & General Contracting, Inc.; CBD Live Natural, Inc.; Custom Candle Co., Inc.; and Bedford Hills Wine & Beer Bar
Lydia A. Milone, ESQ.
Partner
BodnarMilone LLP
Lori Morton, PHD
Vice President of Research
Regeneron
Diane Rooney, CPA
Chief Accounting Officer
CareMount Medical
Ellen Rothschild
Cofounder, CMO
Digiscribe
Michele Thomas
Executive Vice President
Osborn Home Care
2018
Lynne Allan
COO
Greater Hudson Bank
Amy Allen
Vice President
Westchester County Association
Taryn Duffy
Vice President of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs
Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway
Dawn French
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Community Relations
White Plains Hospital
Christina Gilmartin
Communications Director
City of Yonkers
Roxana Q. Girland
President & CEO
Sebastian Capital
Tibisay Guzman
Executive Director & CEO
The Arc Westchester
Millie Hernandez-Becker
CEO
Skyqueen Enterprises
Jennifer Howard
President & Founder
JWH Design & Cabinetry
Maria Imperial
CEO
YWCA White Plains & Central Westchester
Chereese Jervis-Hill
President
Events to Remember
Jill Leonard Tavello
Beth Leonard Hollis
Executive Vice Presidents
Stew Leonards
Vicki McKinney
COO & Chief Revenue Officer
Westmed Practice Partners
Jennifer Riekert
Vice President of Communications & Strategic Initiatives
New York Medical College
Livia Straus
Co-Founder & Board President
Hudson Valley MOCA
Editors’ Award for Transformative Achievement
Alana Sweeny
President & CEO
United Way of Westchester & Putnam
Kim Van Orman
Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
USI Insurance Services
Doris Varlese, ESQ.
General Counsel
CareMount Medical
2017
Frances Bordoni
Senior VP, Ambulatory & Physician Services & Business Development
White Plains Hospital
Catherine Borgia
Majority Leader, County Legislator
Westchester County Board of Lesgislators
Maria Bronzi
Director of Strategic Partnership
Altium Wealth
Karen Brown
President
Hudson Barter Exchange
Cheray Burnett
VP of Administration
St. Johns Riverside Hospital
Dr. Joan Fallon
CEO
Curemark
Dr. Marsha Gordon
President & CEO
The Business Council of Westchester
Editors’ Award for Transformative Achievement
Sara James
Senior Vice President
Business Council of Westchester
Antoinette Klatzky
Co-Creator & Executive Director
Eileen Fischer Leadership Institute
Marcie Klein
EVP, Chief Communications Officer
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Beth Levine
Senior VP, Associate General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Lisa McCullagh
Founder & President
Scarborough & Tweed
Dr. Belinda S. Miles
President
Westchester Community College
Donna Montalto
Chief of Staff & Senior Director of Special Projects
CareMount Medical
Cynthia Rubino
President & CEO
YMCA of Central & Northern Westchester
Lea Tal
CEO
TAL Healthcare
Vanessa Wakeman
Founder & CEO
The Wakeman Agency
2016
Pamela I. Anderson
Chief Executive Officer
Girl Scouts Heart of the Hudson, Inc.
Rose Cappa-Rotunno
President
The Event Department
Angela Ciminello
Vice President of Development and Marketing
Wartburg
Robin Colner
Founder and CEO
DigiStar Media
Mary Gadomski
Director of Business Development & Community Relations
VNS Westchester
Jamie Imperati
President and Founder
Professional Women of Westchester
Karen R. Lawrence
President
Sarah Lawrence College
Jennifer Lofaro
Partner
Bleakly Platt Schmidt
Rita C. Mabli
President and CEO
United Hebrew of New Rochelle
Karen Mackey Witherspoon
Sharon Mackey McGee
Co-Founders
Mackey Twins Art Gallery
Paula Mandel
Senior Vice President and Area Executive
M&T Bank
Kathy Meany
Director, Women’s Leadership Institute
Manhattanville College
Stacey Petrower
President
NYP/Huson Valley Hospital
Denise A. Povolny
Senior Vice President & Business Baking Sales Leadership
Key Bank
Tierney Saccavino
Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications
Acorda Therapeutics
Stacey Tompkins
President
Tompkins Excavating
Maria Valente
Owner
Chocolations
2015
Katrina Adams
President
USTA
Dr. Sherlita Amler
Comissioner
Westchester County Department of Health
Jill C. Anderon
Senior Vice President of Public Affairs & Business Development
New York Power Authority
Laura L. Forese M.D. M.P.H.
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
NewYork-Presbyterian
Helene Godin
Owner
By The Way Bakery
Bonnie Hagen
Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Bright Energy Services
Jacqueline Hattar
Partner
Wilson Elser
Judith Huntington
President
College of New Rochelle
Leslie Jackson
Senior Director of Operations & Chief of Nursing Operator
Mount Kisco Medical Group
Maria Karalis
Managing Partner
BDO
Leslie Lampert
Owner
Cafe of Love
Milagros Lecuona
Councilwoman
City of White Plains
Ellen Lynch
President & CEO
The Food Bank of Westchester
Agnes Mullady
President & COO
Gabelli Funds
Maria Pampafikos
Co-Owner & Vice President
Royal Regency Hotel
Robin Russo
Owner
Robin Leedy & Associates (RLA)
Jane Solnick
Director of Westchester Public Affairs
ConEdison
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
New York State Senator
Sandra Usleman
Chief Sales Officer
USI Insurance Services
2014
Janis Archer
Director of Strategy Management
New York Power Authority
Liz Bracken-Thompson
Partner
Thompson & Bender
Erica Breining
Owner
Bellava MedAesthetics & Plastic Surgery
Natasha Caputo
Director
Westchester County Tourism
Elizabeth Chabner Thompson, MD
President, CEO & Founder
BFFL Co.
Barbara Finkelstein
Chief Executive Officer
Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
Susan Fox
President
White Plains Hospital
Merin Joseph
EVP and Chief Information Officer
WESTMED Medical Group and WESTMED Practice Partners
Wilson Kimball
Commissioner of Planning and Development
City of Yonkers
Julie Kinch
SVP, Chief Legal Officer
Heineken USA
Ruth Mahoney
President
KeyBank, Hudson Valley/Metro NY District
Catherine Marsh
Executive Director
Westchester Community Foundation
Anne Papaelias
Vice President of Human Resources
Curtis Instruments
Nuala Ronan
Managing Partner
Databean
Jodi Rosenwasser Levine
Founder/Owner
Jodi’s Gym
Patricia Vitelli
Vice President of Finance
Westhab
Gay Wheeler-Smith
Kecia Palmer-Cousins
Owners
G&K Sweet Foods
2013
Nichelle A. Johnson, ESQ.
Corporation Counsel/Acting Chief of Staff
City of Mount Vernon
Joanne Murray
President
Allan Block AGency, Inc.
Jenifer Ross
Founder/Owner
W@tercooler
Laura Alemzadeh
General Counsel
Kawaski Rain Car, Inc.
Jennifer Williams
Partner/Director of Marketing
R3 Energy Management Audit & Review LLC
Tanya Scholl
Partner/Director of Sales
R3 Energy Management Audit & Review LLC
Jean Marie Connolly
Senior Director
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Roseanne Alletto
VP of Sales Operations
POP Displays
Stacey Tank
SVP & Chief Corporate Relations Officer
Heineken
Carolyn Mandelker
Founder and President
Harrison Edwards PR and Marketing
Georganne Chapin
President, CEO
Hudson Health Plan
Jane Wasman
President, International & General Counsel
Acorda Therapeutics
Judith Werbitt
Senior Vice President, Wealth Management
Merrill Lynch Wealth Management
Susan Wayne
President and CEO
Family Services of Westchester
2012
Ginni Rometty
Chairman, CEO and President
IBM
Indra Nooyi
Chairman and CEO
PepsiCo Inc.
Janet Hasson
President and Publisher
The Journal News Media Group
Janet Langsam
CEO
Arts Westchester
Janine Rose
News Director, Anchorwoman & General Manager
News 12 Westchester
Kimberly Cline
President
Mercy College
Kunjlata Ashar, MD
Medical Examiner
Westchester County Department of Laboratories & Research
Laureen Barber
Co-Owner and Design Director
Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Linda Sandford
Senior Vice President
Enterprise Transformation IBM
Lea Cullen Boyer
Founder and Managing Director
Green Guru Network
Marsha Rand
CEO and Founder
Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty
Martha Stewart
Founder and Chairman
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.
Nancy Woodruff Ment
President and CEO
Andrus
Nita Lowey
New York State Congresswoman
Roberta Bernhardt
CPA Partner
Citrin Cooperman & Co., LLP
2011
Andrea Andrews
Co-Owner
Groovy on Grand
Alice Benedetto
Founder and President
Raw Indulgence, Ltd.
Bobbie Gottlieb
Co-Founder and CEO
Two’s Company, Inc.
Brenda LaManna
Founder and CEO
Damselfly Designs, Inc.
Candida Canfield
Founder and CEO
Dinner in Hand
Chris Madden
Founder and CEO
Chris Madden, Inc.
Christina Rae
Founder and President
Buzz Creators
Daniele Churchill
Co-Founder
Churchills of Mount Kisco
Diana Gould
Founder and CEO
Diana Gould Ltd. Floral and Event Decor
Eileen Fischer
Founder and Principal Owner
Eileen Fischer, Inc.
Elizabeth Perelstein
Found and CEO
School Choice International
Geri S. Krauss
Owner and Founder
Krauss PLLC
Genevieve Piturro
Pajama Program
Jan Johnsen
Founder and Co-Pricipal
Johnsen Landscape & Pools
June Goldfinger
Operative Partner; Principal & Designer
Katonah General Store; The June Goldfinger Collection
Karen Spencer
President and Creative Director
Spencer Creative Group
Laura Loughlin
Founder and CEO; Co-Founder and COO
Loughlin Personnel Ltd.; Westerly-Enright
Lisa Primeggia
Co-Owner
Groovy on Grand
Lisa Schwartz
Co-Founder, Owner and Farmer
Rainbeau Ridge
Lori Land
Co-Founder
Churchills of Mount Kisco
Lynne Lambert
Founder, President and Chief Creative Director
NYC Subway Line
Mary Jane Denzer
Founder and Owner
Mary Jane Denzer Design Boutique
Renee M. Brown
Founder, President and CEO
C.W. Brown
Sharon Rowe
Founder and CEO
Eco-Bags Products, Inc.
Stacey Cohen
Founder and President
Co-Communications, Inc.
Susan Villamena
Co-Founder, Owner and CEO
Westerly-Enright
Tara Meenan Lansen
Founder, President and CEO
Compufit, Inc.
Yon Zweibon
Owner and CEO
Beyond Costumes