The Business Council of Westchester partnered with Valley National Bank for the return of the popular Leadership Conversations Series, which resumed on June 13 with an in-person discussion with Thomas Iadanza, President of Valley National Bank. BCW CEO Marsha Gordon led the discussion with Iadanza, which touched on the recent banking liquidity crisis, workplace diversity, hiring new talent and learning from young professionals, among other topics. Iadanza said that Valley weathered the March banking crisis well because the Wayne, N.J.-based bank’s 240 branches are a strength. “Our average size deposit is $60,000, so pretty much 75% of our deposit base […]

The BCW hosted the fourth edition of its State of Westchester’s Economy series on Thursday focusing on health and life sciences. BCW President & CEO Marsha Gordon hosted the webinar, whose guests included Laurie Ann Walsh, DNP, RN, Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester; Scott Edelman, Executive Director, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital; George Poth, Vice President, Regeneron Pharmaceutical; Dr. Rajiv Ratan, M.D., Ph.D., Winifred Masterson Burke Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience, Associate Dean (affiliate) Weill Cornell Medicine, Chief Operating Officer, Director, Laboratory for Neural Redox Biology and Homeostatic Transcription, Burke Neurological Institute; Josh Ratner, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy […]

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John B. King, Jr., Chancellor of the State University of New York (SUNY), shared his goals for higher education on the BCW’s KeyBank Speaker Series held Monday. The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive university system in the United States and spans 64 campuses throughout the state. King said that SUNY’s trustees and Gov. Kathy Hochul are committed to ensuring that SUNY is the best public university system in the country. To put SUNY in the top position, King described four core pillars of work that must be done, including: student success; research and scholarship; diversity, equity, […]

Leaders in real estate, economics and finance discussed industry trends and market influencers and how they are impacting the commercial sector in Westchester County and beyond at a forum last week hosted by Fordham University’s School of Professional and Continuing Studies and The Business Council of Westchester. “Let’s Get Fiscal! — How Real Estate and Finance Trends Are Reshaping Westchester’s Economy” was presented virtually June 1 and featured Nikki Greenberg, founder and Chief Innovation Officer, Real Estate of the Future; Al Gutierrez, Managing Director, Brokerage, JLL; and Melinda White, Commercial Banking Leader, Hudson Valley, Wells Fargo. The discussion was moderated […]

  Joined by some 100 members and guests, the BCW’s Government Action Council hosted its 8th annual Westchester County Board of Legislators Reception on June 1 at the Cambria Hotel in downtown White Plains. BCW President and CEO Marsha Gordon opened the meeting citing the unique opportunity the informal off-site gathering provides. A highlight was the opportunity to hear from Vedat Gashi, the newly elected Board Chair. The meeting was his first with the county’s business community since assuming the leadership on May 15th. Gashi told of his journey from Kosovo to American citizenship and pledged to work cooperatively with […]