The Queens Impact Awards recognized 27 men and women who have made a difference in Queens during a dinner for 250 people at Douglaston Manor May 15. The honorees were nominated by an outside committee.
Queens Impact recipients were: Andrea Adams, Susan Agin, Ronnie and Hank Arond, Carl Ballenas, Don and Katha Cato, Gianna Cerbone-Teoli, Rev. Philip Craig, Virginia DeMillio, Carmine DeSena, Lakia Echols, Audra Fordin, Lily Gavin, Lucy Hossain, Mandy Kelso, Kwanghee Kim, Andrew Koslosky, Dr. Joseph Lieber, Salvatore Lopizzo, Greg Mays, Michael McCreesh, Carly Rose Nieves, Rodney Pride, Hakeem Rahim, George Subraj and Mandingo Tshaka.