1. Dr. Joseph Hankin, president
of Westchester Community College, Valhalla, is pictured
with Rae Rosen, senior economist and an assistant
vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York, at the college foundation’s “New Americans…Tomorrow’s
Workforce: A Forum for Regional Leaders” conference
April 27 at the Tarrytown House Estate and Conference
Center, Tarrytown. The conference, designed for
regional businesses and community leaders addressed
topics of relevance to future workforces. The half-day
conference drew more than 200 attendees to its program
of six interactive roundtables with expert panelists
in addition to Rosen’s address.
2. The Westchester County Association’s
(WCA) Annual Spring Leadership dinner drew a capacity
gathering of guests at the Glen Island Harbour Club
in New Rochelle May 2. Pictured at the event (from
left) are: Alfred B. DelBello, chair of the EC A’s
Advocacy Committee and the Property Tax Reform Commission;
WCA president William M. Mooney Jr.; James D. Sinegal,
president and chief executive of COSTCO Warehouse,
dinner keynote speaker; WCA board member and president
of RPW Group Robert P. Weisz, recipient of The Journal
News 2007 Business leader of the Year Award; and
Stanley E. Freimuth, WCA chair.
3. Pictured at Elant Inc’s Eldercare Summit
May 11 at the Abigail Kirsch Tappan Hill Mansion
in Tarrytown to learn how the mortgage market can
tailor programs to meet the needs of seniors (from
left) are: Roberto Nascimento and Alexs Farber of
Consumer Equity in Elmsford.
4. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS)
honored Andrew Fredman of Larchmont at its black-tie
gala “Path to the Cure” April 21, at the Hilton
Rye Town in Rye Brook. More than $200,000 was raised
at the event. Guests pictured are: Bonnie and Gerry
Golub of Chappaqua. Inset (from left) are: Jean
Montano, LLS executive director and Edye McCarthy
of Carmel, event chair.
5. Juan Dalto Carlos (left) president of
The Dannon Company of White Plains is pictured presenting
$10,000 to Larry Levine, president and chief executive
officer of Blythedale Children’s Hospital, to fund
a series of two lectures on children’s nutrition
to be held at the hospital.
6. Pictured speaking at the Legal Services
of the Hudson Valley’s (LSHV) 40th anniversary and
second annual Access to Justice Dinner is retired
Justice Sondra M. Miller who was the event’s awardee.
More than 400 guests attended April 11 at the Hilton
Rye Town in Rye Brook. LSHV provides free civil
legal services to poor and low-income individuals
and families in Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Ulster,
orange, Rockland and Sullivan counties.
7. John C. Federspiel, president of Hudson
Valley Hospital Center (HVHC), Cortlandt Manor,
received a special award, at the hospital’s annual
employee dinner, from all the employees for his
20 years of service. The award was presented to
him by his administrative assistant Sue Lepore,
a 25-year employee at the hospital, who also received
recognition. For her 40 years of service in the
hospital’s food and nutrition department, Joan DeFlavis
(inset) of Peekskill received an award.
