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2022 Premier Business Women Award Winners (no photos)

MEET THE 2022 HERALD PREMIER BUSINESS WOMEN OF LONG ISLAND AWARD WINNERS

HOST

JUDY GOSS

TV Host/Entrepreneur/Author
SPECIAL GUEST

ANTOINETTE BIORDI

3x Emmy Award Winning Reporter
News 12 Long Island
ACCOUNTING

MICHELE LINDNER, CPA, CCIFP

Audit Principal
Grassi Advisors & Accountants
ACCOUNTING

KELLY A. ROHRS, CPA

Founder
K. Rohrs, CPA, P.C.
ART & CULTURE

SUZANNE LeBLANC

President
Long Island Children’s Museum
ART & CULTURE

SARAH J. McCANN

Business Manager
Huntington Arts Council
BANKING & FINANCE

ANTONIETTA CHIAUZZI

Vice President
Digital Banking Branch Manager
Apple Bank
BANKING & FINANCE

KATIE COLEMAN, CFP®

Financial Advisor
Coleman Financial Solution
BANKING & FINANCE

DONNA LaSCALA RFC, CDFA®

Registered Financial Consultant
American Portfolios Financial Services
BANKING & FINANCE

REBECCA O’CONNELL

Region Manager-Region Head/Commercial Banking/NYC Metro, LI & the Apparel Industry Group
JP Morgan Chase & Co
BANKING & FINANCE

SUCI PADRO

Branch Manager
Intercontinental Capital Group
BANKING & FINANCE

ANA OLIVEIRA

Senior Vice President
NY Market Executive
Investors Bank
BANKING & FINANCE

DONNA STEFANS, ESQ. AIF ®

Founder & Lead Attorney, Stefans Law Group PC
President of Summit Tax Advisors, Inc. & Wealth Management Advisors, Inc.  Wealth Advisory Associates
CIVIL SERVICE

RETHA FERNANDEZ

Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Suffolk County
Department of Human Resources Personnel & Civil Services
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

AMY FLORES

Board Member
Nassau County IDA,
Personnel & Civil Services
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

ANN KAYMAN, ESQ.

Founder & CEO
New York Grant Company
EDUCATION

KRISTEN CAPEZZA

VP of Enrollment Management & University Communications
Adelphi University
EDUCATION

DR. KIMBERLY R. CLINE

President
Long Island University
ENTREPRENEUR

KELLY ZHOU

CEO
Yaaas Tea
GOVERNMENT

LAURA L. MAIER

Councilwomen
Town of Oyster Bay
Franchisee
Dairy Queen & Jersey Mike’s Subs
GOVERNMENT

MAGDALONIE PARIS-CAMPBELL

Area Manager Long Island External & Legislative Affairs
AT&T Services, Inc.
GREEN ENERGY

CHRISTINA ARMENTANO

COO
Paraco Gas Corporation
GREEN ENERGY

ASHLEY TRAGER CHAUVIN

Director
Corporate Communications
PSEG Long Island
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

CATHERINE CANADEO

President & CEO
Health and Wellness Corp.
Certified Holistic Health Coach/Integrative Nutritionist, Executive Wellness Advisor
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

DR. KERRY FIERSTEIN

CEO
Allied Physicians Group
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

BARBARA GIBBONS

Vice President For Patient Care Services &
Chief Nursing Officer
Catholic Health Mercy Hospital
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

MICHELLE JARDINE, MD, FACE, ECNU

Diabetes and Endocrinology
Stony Brook Medicine
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

KRISTEN KAPOOR

Vice President, Senior Counsel, Labor & Employment
Henry Schein
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

PATRICIA MAHONY

CEO
The Smilist Management
HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

LINA SCACCO

Vice President
Corporate Engagement &
Community Health Services
Parker Jewish Institute
INSURANCE

SHARON DAVIS-EDWARDS

CEO
S.J. Edwards, inc
LEGAL

DANIELE D. DE VOE

Partner
Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC
LEGAL

WENDY B. SAMUELSON, ESQ.

Managing Partner
Samuelson Hause & Samuelson, LLP
MARKETING, SALES & PR

LORI FRUCHT

Director of Marketing
PEO Spectrum
MARKETING, SALES & PR

TRACY IMHOF

VP of Marketing
For Five Coffee
MARKETING, SALES & PR

LAURA JOSEPH

Director, Sales Performance & Development
Crown Castle
NOT-FOR-PROFIT

RENEE FLAGLER

Executive Director
Girls Inc. of Long Island
NOT-FOR-PROFIT

ALEXANDRA NIGOLIAN

Executive Director
Nassau County Police Department Foundation
NOT-FOR-PROFIT

NEELA MUKHERJEE LOCKEL MSW, MPA

President & CEO
EAC Network
REAL ESTATE

MARIA BABAEV

Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker
Douglas Elliman
REAL ESTATE

KELLEY COUGHLAN HECK

Executive Vice President-Development
Tritec Real Estate Co, Inc
REAL ESTATE

MOLLY DEEGAN

Founding Partner/ Licensed Real Estate Salesperson
Branch Real Estate Group
REAL ESTATE

TESSA HULTZ, RCE, CAE

CEO
Long Island Board of REALTORS
REAL ESTATE

LUCIANE SERIFOVIC

Founder & CEO
Luxian International Realty
TELECOMMUNICATIONS

EVELISIS S. VALENTIN

Principal Regional Consultant – NYC
FirstNet Program, Public Safety Solutions AT&T Services, Inc

SPECIAL AWARDS

UNDER 30

ANNA POOLT, CPA

Audit Manager
Grassi Advisors & Accountants
UNDER 30

NADGEENA JERMONE

Miss Long Island 2022
UNDER 40

NICOLE CRAVEIRO

Founder/Owner HR Consultant
CraveHRO
UNDER 40

STEPHANIE KORNBLUM KNIGHT

Director of Operations
C&L Plumbing Inc
UNDER 40

LEANNE PINARD BAUM

Owner, Executive Director
Miss Long Island Pageants
WONDER GIRL

JESSICA FUENTES

Miss Long Island Teen 2022

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