2020 Women in Business Luncheon
November 19, 2020
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Tarrytown, NY
11:30AM-2PM
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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
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914INC. Magazine, Westchester County’s premier business quarterly, proudly celebrates Westchester’s Most Accomplished Women in Business. Every year, our cover story for 914INC.’s Q4 issue highlights the most enterprising and successful businesswomen in the county, and then we honor them at a special luncheon where you can meet them and learn from their successes.
2020 Women in Business Luncheon
November 19, 2020
11:30AM to 2PM
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
455 South Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
Single Ticket: $85
Table of Ten: $800