Faces & Places

1. United Hebrew Geriatric Center (UHGC), a multiservice senior living facility in New Rochelle recently hosted an educational seminar on the prevention, treatment and maintenance of healthy bones through exercise and nutrition. Pictured at the event (from left) are: Cecilia Moy, chief dietician, Sound Shore medical Center; Nora O’Brien, UHGC director of rehabilitation; Rita Mabli, UHGC executive vice president and chief executive officer; and Dr. David Bloomgarden, endocrinologist, attending physician, White Plains Hospital Center.

2. Janice and Ray Miranti of Riverdale, created a fund in memory of their daughter, Olivia, a former patient at Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla. The fund made possible a renovation project for new infant and toddler therapeutic playrooms at the hospital. Pictured at the celebration of the new space (from left) are some of the contributors to the fund: Jeff Warner, Mack-Cali Corp.; Damian Finley, Mack-Cali; Armando Rodriguez, A&A Maintenance Enterprises; Paul Messer; Ray Miranti; Sylvia Leger, Corporate Express Business Interiors; Larry Levine, Blythdale president; and Vincent Cioffi, project architect.

3. Dr. Mildred Garcia, Berkeley College president, confers the Honorary Doctorate of Pedagogy degree upon professor Howard L. Newhouse of the Department of Management in New York City, at the college’s 2007 commencement ceremony. In business education for more than 75 years, Berkeley has several campuses in the metro area, including White Plains.

4. Westchester Community College dean, Jianping Wang of Briarcliff, is pictured dancing with her dance partner Ying Zhang, at the college’s recent 60th anniversary dance held in the Crowne Plaza, White Plains.

5. Dr. Adrienne Marcus (left), executive director of Lexington Center for Recovery (LCR) in Mount Kisco, a provider of alcohol and substance abuse treatment in the Hudson Valley, was honored recently at the annual luncheon of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence/Westchester (NCADD). Pictured with her is New York state Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer. From left (5a) are: Joan Bonsignore of Bronxville, NCADD executive director; Barbara Stern of South Salem, LCR board member; and John Goldsmith of Pound Ridge, LCR board member.

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