TheHome ReporterandBrooklyn Spectatorwill be honoring influential Brooklyn women in business whose major achievements and whose participation in many community activities throughout the years have helped the borough grow.
The second annual Top Brooklyn Women in Business Networking Awards Dinner will be held on Thursday, June 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the New York Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams Street, in Downtown Brooklyn.
Its my privilege and honor to recognize the extraordinary women who have built their careers in Brooklyn or have achieved their success in Brooklyn, remarked Victoria Schneps-Yunis, the papers co-publisher. We invite the business community to come out and salute these women on June 20.
In addition, the Woman of the Year will be Fox 5 News reporter Kerry Drew. The evening will also feature networking with Brooklyns top professionals, an expo with leading businesses in the area, and a charity raffle benefiting two not-for-profit organizations: Reaching-Out Community Services and the Chris S. Owens Foundation.
The honorees are: Dr. Emelise AleandriYeidy Angelucci-TrejoMaryann ArbiaNina BahazhevskaLisa A. Bing.; Rawia BisharaMadeleine BrennanSarah BurkePatricia CaffreyMelissa ChapmanDonna ChiaffaranoEileen CifoneDiana ClementeOlympia ColandreaAndrea Cooper AndrewsElizabeth DemetriouErika Duchonovic; Patsy DunstanVicki EllnerKimberly FasanoMartyna FlorczakDebbie GiasemisJanet GounisJudith D. GrimaldiApril Pancella Haupt, Esq., sole proprietor, The Law Offices of April Pancella Haupt, Esq.; Dr. Leona KotlyarLidiya LeshchinskyIrene LoReMarilyn ManninoStella V. PappasMJ PedoneVickie PellegrinoHelen PsarasAngela Sciddurio Rago; Allison RobicelliRegina ScireIsmini Scouras VendikosTobie Stein; Karen TadrossEileen V. ThorntonFran Vella-MarroneAngela VillanellaDolly Williams
Tickets cost $125 each. To purchase tickets, or for sponsorship/participation opportunities, please call Jan at 718-224-5863, extension 227 / jdigeronimo@homereporter.com or Lori at 718-238-6600 x110 / lpedone@homereporter.com.
Tickets can also be purchased online at www.homereporternews.com\events.
The event is sponsored by Mercedes-Benz of Brooklyn, Citi, Investors Bank, ConEdison, 5th Avenue Dental Associates LLP, Delta Air Lines, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, SandWire, Calvary Hospital, Godiva, National Grid and Ehren Joseph Studios.
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