More than 800 people turned out at Terrace on the Park on Thursday, April 8 – including Borough President Helen Marshall and other elected officials – to help The Queens Courier and Queens Business pay tribute to those selected as the 8th Annual Top Women in Business.
Among this year’s honorees was “Best Man,” Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown; “Woman of the Year” Brenda Blackmon, co-anchor of My 9 News; and Congressmember Nydia M. Velázquez, recipient of the Claire Shulman Community Service Award.
Other honorees were Mary Adamo, Con Edison; Maureen Allen, Jackson Heights Kiwanis Club; Lorraine Breuer, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation; Veta Brome, Veta Brome Real Estate, Inc.; Dr. Diane B. Call, Queensborough Community College; Rosemary Ciulla-Frisone, Ronald Reagan Republican Club of Howard Beach; Caterina dePasquale, Flushing Bank; Elaine DeRosa Boccia, DeBoccia Electrical Construction Corp; Lisa Dolan, Securit; Elizabeth Forgione, Sterling National Bank; Sophia Ganosis, Queens Chamber of Commerce; Angela Gozzi, AG Media Corp.; Geri Gregor, Grassi Consulting; Tina Handras, Marathon Bank; Susan Khani, Patriot One Mortgage Banker LLC; Sabrina Leung, Crystal Window & Door Systems; Sheila Lewandowski, The Chocolate Factory Theater; Vera Moore, Vera Moore Cosmetics; Beth Norton, Ramp Services for American Airlines at LaGuardia Airport; Linda B. Monte, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers North Atlantic Division; Maria Morales-Prieto, The Hispanic Network; Melissa Rabinovich, NY 1 News; Mary Reda, Greater Jamaica Development Corp. (GJDC); Janine Regosin, The Medical Society of the County of Queens; Dolores Reisert, RN, New York Hospital Queens; Raquel Salas, Big Citygraph-x & Printing; Kathleen Scher, Mount Sinai Queens; Beverly A. Sheppard M.D., Queens Long Island Medical Group; Carol Simon, South Queens Boys & Girl Club; Ruby Singh, Singh Hospitality Group; Patrice Thompson, TD Bank; and Veronica Tsang, Cathay Bank.
All of the honorees were treated to hair and makeup, courtesy of Christie & Co. Salon • Spa in The Bay Terrace shopping center.
In a raffle benefiting the Queens Museum of Art, which raised $3,000, Frank Macchio won two business-class round-trip tickets from the U.S. to the Caribbean, courtesy of American Airlines – and Sandals Resorts provided the winner a four-day stay for two adults in a deluxe category room at any Sandals Resort located in Jamaica, Antigua, St.Lucia and The Bahamas.
A door prize – a $100 gift certificate to the Queens Center Mall was awarded to Richard A. Mills, CPA, Israeloff, Trattner & Co. P.C.
