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2023 Business Women Honorees

MEET THE 2023 AWARD WINNERS

ACCOUNTING

Gabrielle Addamo

Tax Manager
Grassi Advisors and Accountants
ACCOUNTING

Jacquelyn Diiorio

Audit Supervisor
Grassi Advisors and Accountants
ACCOUNTING

Lisa Epstein

Senior Manager
PKF O’Conner Davies
ACCOUNTING

Diane Giordano

Tax Partner
Marcum LLP
ACCOUNTING

Valerie K. Giacinto

Chief Financial Officer
PBI Payroll
HCM Workforce Technology
ACCOUNTING

Miriam Hubbard

Northeast Sales Manager
PBI Payroll
HCM Workforce Technology
ADVERTISING, MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Sandra Brennan

CEO & Founder
Senior Living Renaissance, LLC
ADVERTISING, MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Valentina Janek

Founder
Long Island Breakfast Club & Show
ADVERTISING, MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Jesika Kalika

Marketing Communications & Business Development Consultant
ADVERTISING, MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Lisa Mirabile

President & Founder
Vertigo Media Group
Banking & Finance

Andie Perlmutter

COO, Associate General Agent
Forest Hills Financial Group
Banking & Finance

Davi Tserpelis

SVP Business Banking Manager
City National Bank
EDUCATION

Maria P. Conzatti

Acting President
Nassau Community College
EDUCATION

Barbara J. Holahan

Vice President Financial Affairs, CFO & Treasurer
New York Institute of Technology
EDUCATION

MaryAnne Hyland

Dean of the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business
Adelphi University
EDUCATION

Maurie McInnis

President
Stony Brook University
EDUCATION

Barbara J. Holahan

Vice President Financial Affairs, CFO & Treasurer
New York Institute of Technology
EDUCATION

MaryAnne Hyland

Dean of the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business
Adelphi University
ENERGY & ELECTRIC

Jennifer Hayen

Director of Communications
Long Island Power Authority
ENERGY & ELECTRIC

Michelle D. Somers

Head of Marketing
PSEG Long Island
ENTREPRENEUR

Beth Donner

President
Beth Donner Design
ENTREPRENEUR

Josephine Fitzpatrick

Nutrition & Weight Loss Specialist
Innovation Weight Loss & Healthy Market
ENTREPRENEUR

Maureen Tara Nelson

CEO
MTN Matchmaking
GOVERNMENT

Lisa M. Black

Chief Deputy County Executive
Office of the Suffolk County Executive
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Melanie Basile

Chief Growth Officer
The Smilist
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Dr. Michelle A. Chester

Senior Director Operations, Occupational Health Services
Northwell Health
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Dr. Gail Correale

Optometrist
Long Island Vision Care
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Theresa Dillman,
DNP (C), MSN, MHA, RN, NE-BC

Associate Executive Director and Chief Nursing Officer
Glen Cove Hospital, Northwell Health System
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Dr. Odette R. Hall

Chief Medical Examiner
Suffolk County Office of the Medical Examiner
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Nitza Kahalon Hasis

Clinical Director
New Horizon Counseling Center – Valley Stream
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Stephanie Montano M.S., CCC-SLP

CEO & Co-Owner
Theralympic Speech
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Christiana Neophytou M.S., CCC-SLP

CEO & Co-Owner
Theralympic Speech
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Rebecca Sanin

President & CEO
Health & Welfare Council of Long Island
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

Julie Wexler

Director of Business Development
The Bristal Assisted Living
HUMAN RESOURCES

Elizabeth Marie Saitta

Executive Director
SHRM Long Island Chapter
INSURANCE

Catia Alati

Vice President
Lockton Companies
LEGAL

Paula Parrino, Esq.

Chief Administrative Officer
& Vice President of Operations
Nationwide Court Services, Inc.
LEGAL

Stephanie A. Clark, Esq.

Attorney
Law Offices of Stephanie A. Clark
LEGAL

Erika L. Conti, Esq.

Partner
Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC
LEGAL

Deanna M. Eble, Esq.

Partner
Russo Law Group, P.C.
LEGAL

Laurel R. Kretzing, Esq.

Partner
Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP
LEGAL

Karen J. Tenenbaum, Esq.

Founder
Tenenbaum Law, P.C.
LEGAL

Dina L. Vepsia, Esq.

Partner
Cullen and Dykman LLP
LEGAL

Nicole L. Weingartner

Director of State Government Affairs
Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP
MEDIA

Dana Arschin Kraslow

2x Emmy-Winning Journalist
Holocaust Storyteller
The Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County
MEDIA

Mimi Bishop

Co-Founder
Modern Gen X Woman
MEDIA

Jackie Ghedine

Co-Founder
Modern Gen X Woman
MEDIA

Pei-Sze Cheng

Emmy Award-Winning reporter
NBC 4 New York’s investigative unit,
the I-Team
MUSIC

Dr. Yeou-Cheng Ma

Executive Director
The Children’s Orchestra Society
NOT-FOR-PROFIT

Terri Alessi-Miceli

President & CEO
HIA-LI
NOT-FOR-PROFIT

Elizabeth Einhart

Executive Director & Vice President
The Theresa Foundation
NOT-FOR-PROFIT

Theresa Sanders

President & CEO
Urban League of Long Island Inc.
NOT-FOR-PROFIT

Tammy Severino

President & CEO
Girl Scouts of Suffolk County
NOT-FOR-PROFIT

Stacey I. Sikes

Vice President of Government Affairs & Communications
Long Island Association
TOURISM

Kristen Reynolds

President & CEO
Discover Long Island
TRANSPORTATION

Shelley LaRose-Arken

Aviation Commissioner
Long Island MacArthur Airport

SPECIAL AWARDS

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR

Ellen Pellegrino

Entrepreneur/Movie Producer
Windows on the Lake
Beach Club Estate
Age of New Beginnings
LEGACY AWARD

Meredith Waldner Stern

President
Waldner’s Business Environments
NEXT GENERATION: UNDER 30

Kathleen Donnelly

Senior Associate
Long Island Architecture Studio, DPC
NEXT GENERATION: UNDER 30

Lianne Webb

Miss Long Island 2023
Miss Long Island Pageants
RISING TEEN AWARD

Natalia Suaza

Miss Long Island Teen 2023
Miss Long Island Pageants
TRAILBLAZER AWARD

Dani Rylan Kearney

Founder
National Women’s Hockey League

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