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Announcing the 2020 Rising Stars – 40 Under 40 Award Winners

The Business Council of Westchester is pleased to announce the 2020 Rising Stars-40 Under 40, a diverse and highly talented group representing an impressive array of professions and fields including many COVID heroes who have been on the front line helping those in need. The winners will be honored on September 2 at a location to be announced.

“The quantity and quality of this year’s nominees is second to none. This year’s winners represent the very best and brightest of Westchester County’s up and coming young professionals from a tremendous cross-section of organizations and industries. We’re delighted to honor such an elite group,” said Rising Stars Chairman Joseph McCoy, Region Manager, Commercial Lending, SVP People’s United Bank.

The Rising Stars program is modeled after the national business recognition program “40 under 40.” Rising Stars honorees were chosen based on professional and/or entrepreneurial accomplishments, professional and/or business affiliations, and demonstrated leadership skills.

2020 Rising Stars

Fabiola Abreu

Director of Care Management and Community Projects, ANDRUS

 

Alejandro Alvarez

Co-Founder, Soulful Synergy, LLC

 

Jonathan Bandel

VP, Strategy and Innovation, Asst. VP, Strategic Service Lines, White Plains Hospital

 

Jonathan L. Berliner, MD

Joint Replacement Surgeon, Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Specialists

 

Michael Bilt

Partner, Atlas Adjustments

 

Victoria Bruno

Business Development Manager, Kings Capital Construction

 

Jason Campbell

Senior Director of Business Development & Marketing, ENT and Allergy Associates, LLP

 

Rachel Carpenter

Interim Associate VP for Student Affairs & Dean for Students, Pace University

 

Kimberley Ennis

Associate Director of Nursing at Mount Sinai Health System, Mount Sinai Hospital

 

Christian Espinoza

President/CEO, WOW! Building Maintenance Solutions Inc.

 

Caryn Friedman

Middle School Teacher, White Plains City School District

 

Joshua Gaccione

Director of Student Support Services, Westchester Community College

 

Lola Gazivoda

Team Leader-Vice President, M&T Bank

 

Anne Marie Gianutsos

Chief Marketing Officer, Houlihan Lawrence

 

Joseph V. Graziose

Vice President, RXR Realty

 

Jeffrey M. Helf

Sr. VP & Chief Financial Officer, PCSB Bank

 

Ram Jagadeesan

Managing Partner, Lightbridge Academy

 

Lisa Kiser

Vice President, Beacon Adhesives

 

Albert Kwon, MD

Anesthesiologist, Westchester Medical Center

 

Colleen Mackey

Associate Director, Strategic Alliances, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 

Simone R. Mair

DOO, Curly Girl Collective
Eric Mandell

Partner, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr LLP

 

Robert McNamara

Director of Operations & Management, GHP Office Realty

 

Amy Natsoulis

Partner, Cuddy & Feder LLP

 

James Nolan

Founder & President, The Michael Nolan Memorial Fund

 

Kevin L. Pohlman, M.Ed., NRP, FACHE, CCEMT-P, CHSE, CHSOS, NHDP-BC

Asst. Director, Center for Disaster Medicine/Asst. Professor of Public Health, New York Medical College

 

Ailton Ramos

Section Mgr, Bronx/Westchester Contract Management, Consolidated Edison Company of New York

 

Kathleen Reckling

Deputy Director, ArtsWestchester

 

William J. Segel

Owner & President, Segel & Co., Inc.

 

Connor Shanahan

Manager Multi-Specialty Clinics and AIDS Care, Westchester Medical Center

 

Andrew Sindell

Manager of Volunteer Recruitment, American Red Cross – Metro NY North Chapter

 

Adeepa D. Singh, MD

Director of Pain Management, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

 

Matt Slater

Town Supervisor, Town of Yorktown

 

Marco Tolisano

Senior Sales Analyst & Director of Oil Operations, Robison Energy Commercial LLC

 

Jennie Valles, MD

Attending Neurologist, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital

 

Juliette Vendryes

Administrative Director, Cardiology & Pulmonary Services, NewYork-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital

 

Steven Vescio

Mayor, Village of Briarcliff Manor and CFO, LAWS Construction Co.

 

Adam S. Weissman, Ph.D.

Founder, President and CEO, Weissman Children’s Foundation and The Child & Family Institute

 

Raymond Wilcox Jr.

Executive Director & Brand Strategist, Yonkers Arts, Inc.

 

Daniel Wright

Director of Business Development, JDM Benefits

 

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