Mayor Bloomberg will be “Best Man” at Top 10 Women in Business Awards

The borough’s premiere networking event is back! The fourth annual Top 10 Women in Business, presented by The Queens Courier and Queens Business Today, will be held this year on March 23 at 6 p.m. at Terrace on the Park.
Honoring business and community leaders who have achieved success in their respective fields and who have an overwhelming sense of community responsibility, the Top 10 Women in Business Networking event is expected to be attended by more than 600 guests.
Hostess Victoria Schneps-Yunis is pleased to announce that Mayor Michael Bloomberg will be in attendance to accept the “Best Man” Award, as will Borough President Helen Marshall and Woman of the Year Speaker of NYC Council Christine Quinn.
Additional honorees are: Philippa Lee Karteron, NYC Department of Small Business Services; Georgiana Reese, New York Community Bank; Marie Smith, Con Edison; Jeanine Aquino, The New Parkway Hospital; Dr. Jasmine Morshipur, Queens Health Network; Patricia Mahecha, Abetex International; Vicki Ellner, Family Care Certified Services; Judy Trilivas, Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens; Stacy Morgan, Verizon; Mary Jane Gigatti, Parker Jewish Institute; Nancy Littlefield; Honorable Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan; Doris Fogle; Ann Jawin; Dr. Gail Mellow, president, LaGuardia Community College; Lourdes Hernandez; Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer; Dorothy Lewandowski, Queens Parks Commissioner; and Anna M. Piacentini.
From 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., there will be a silent auction, a networking expo, cocktails and hors d’deuvres. All proceeds of the auction will be donated to the Hospice Care Network.
Sponsors include Bombardier, Citibank, Commerce Bank, Con Edison, Family Care Certified Services, Farrell Fritz, P.C., Flushing Savings Bank, Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens, New York Community Bank/ Queens County Savings Bank, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation, The New Parkway Hospital, Queens & Elmhurst Hospital Centers, The Queens Health Network, Queens Business Today, Queens Medical Associates, Townsend Glass, Verizon, CUNY, and the Bank of New York.
A networking booklet featuring women in business will be distributed at the dinner, if you would like to be included free of charge (deadline March 9) or purchase tickets ($80 per person $800 for a table of 10), call (718) 224-5863 ext. 226.