Faces & Places

1. New York Medical College honored three individuals for their contributions to health care through research, leadership and service to the community at its annual Founders’ Dinner fundraiser, which was held Oct. 13 at the Glen Island Harbour Club in New Rochelle. The honorees (from left) are: Gabor Kaley, Ph.D., professor and former chairman of physiology at the college; His Eminence Cardinal Edward Egan, archbishop of New York; and William M. Mooney Jr., Westchester County Association president. Honoree Mooney is joined (from left, 1a) by: Leanne Hales-Shaw, director of development at Dominican Sisters Family Health Service; his wife, Joan Mooney; and Sister Virginia Hanrahan, president and chief executive officer, Dominican Sisters Family Health Service.

 

2. The Westchester Community Foundation Fund for Women and Girls issued its 2007 grants, each $15,000, to six local organizations, Oct. 26. Pictured (from left) are: Catherine Marsh, executive director of the foundation; Jane Aoyama-Martin, executive director, Pace University Women’s Justice Center; Karen Cheeks-Lomax, executive director, My Sister’s Place; Tom Sanders, executive director, Family Services of Westchester; Paul Anderson-Winchell, executive director, Grace Community Center; CarLa Horton, executive director, Northern Westchester Shelter; and Ric Swierat, executive director, Westchester ARC.

3. Approximately $125,000 was raised at the Westchester ARC’s annual gourmet gala, “A Matter of Taste 4,” which showcased delicacies from the area’s finest restaurants, held Oct. 17, at the Westchester Country Club, Rye. Pictured at the event (from left) are: Marge Schneider, Cappelli Enterprises Inc., Valhalla; Alfred E. Donnellan, managing partner, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, event co-honoree; and Gina Cappelli, Forme Health & Fitness, Scarsdale. From left (3a) are: Ada and Mitch Benerofe, Benerofe Properties, White Plains; Justin Israel, Channel Thirteen Patron Center, event co-honoree; and Ric Swierat, executive director, Westchester ARC. Event co chairs from NY Hospitality Group, David Pellon (left) and Peter Herrero, owner, founder of the group are pictured (3b) holding artwork created by a person with developmental disabilities. New York state Assemblyman Michael Spano (D-District 93) is picture (3c) with ARC self-advocate Kim Simons.

4. Adam J. Stark, (left) is congratulated by William M. Mooney Jr., president of the Westchester County Association, at the opening, in Harrison, of Stark Business Solutions’ (SBS) third site. SBS offers turnkey, flexible office solutions for professionals and small businesses on a full-time and part-time basis.

5. Richmond Community Services, a nonprofit agency, based in Mount Kisco, serving people with developmental disabilities and complex health issues, raised more than $64,000 at its recent fundraiser. Pictured at the event (from left) are: Carol Baron, Richmond director of development; Stewie Stone, comedian; and Edward Spauster, Ph.D., Richmond president and chief executive officer.

6. Alana Newhouse (third from right), arts and culture editor of the “Jewish Daily Forward,” was the guest speaker at the Westchester Women’s Campaign of UJA-Federation of New York’s first “Flame Society” event, Oct. 24, at Congregation Kol Ami, White Plains. Pictured with her (from left) are: Fran Belasco and Vivienne Barr Braun of Scarsdale, Laurie Weinberg of Rye Brook, New house, Rikki Kaplan of Scarsdale and Phyllis Neider of Briarcliff Manor.

 

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