Faces & Places

1. Food Network celebrity chef Bobby Flay (left) dishes it out from the grill with Nigel Spence, owner of Ripe Kitchen and Bar in Mount Vernon during a recent taping of “Throwdown with Bobby Flay,” which positions him against a master chef known for a special type of cuisine. In this segment it’s jerk, the most popular cuisine from Spence’s native country, Jamaica. To make it even more special he has created Ripe’s Jerk Rib-Eye Steak.

2. Mary Ann Liebert (center), president and chief executive officer of the privately held publishing firm bearing her name, is pictured at the Westchester Business & Professional Women’s Division of UJA-Federation of New York (WBPW). Susan Taxin Baer (left) of the Law offices of Susan Taxin Baer and Penny Lieberman of the Jackson Lewis law firm were co-chairs of the event.

3. Donna M. McGregor, president and chief executive officer of the Putnam Hospital Center is pictured receiving the New York State Senate 2007 Woman of Distinction award from state Sen. Vincent L. Leibell, for her leadership in the field of health-care management.

4. Jordan Donohue, a 17-year-old Greenwich High School senior won the longest drive for women at the Professional Women in Construction (PWC) golf outing, July 2, at the Elmwood Country Club in White Plains. Also at the outing (from left) are: Linda Neely of Rye, director of business development, Knoll Furniture; Hans Schuurmans of Redding, Conn., senior project manager, Fletcher Thompson Architecture Engineering; and Helen Donohue, director of business development, Knoll Furniture and Jordan’s mother.

5. Golfers participating in the July 16th Children’s Corporate Challenge Golf Classic at Sleepy Hollow Country Club to Benefit Friends of Karen (from left) are: Jim Downes, founding partner of Rende, Ryan & Downes L.L.P. law firm and event honoree, Lou Margan, Mike Grady and Ken Weiss. The event raised more than $48,000 for the not-for-profit organization.

6. Members and guests of the Westchester County Association (WCA) gathered at the recently held annual WCA Open House at the Westchester County Club. Pictured at the event (from left) are: Bob Roth, John Meyer Consulting; Michael Kachidurian and Theresa Tramontano, Chatham Consulting Group; and Alfred DelBello, partner, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr law firm. From left: Gary Herbst, Buyer’s Edge Realty; Chris Frawler, Smith Barney; Chris Cawley, Buyer’s Edge Realty; and Kay Cioffi, TexZen Partners, event sponsor, photo 6a.

7. Fitness Together, the one of the world’s largest personal-training organization within a customized setting raised almost $5,000 for Habitat for Humanity at its recent “Hottest Personal Trainer” competition. Pictured (from left) are: Erik Caraballo of Port Chester, voted the Hottest Personal Trainer; Jim Killoran of New Rochelle, Habitat’s executive director; and Scott Thompson of Mamaroneck, area director of new York for Fitness Together.

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