Pace University’s women’s lacrosse team joined college athletes from across the country at the White House on Monday to celebrate the team’s 2023 NCAA National Championship. The Setters joined 47 teams from schools across the country including University of Texas, Penn State, University of Virginia, Stanford University, and University of North Carolina, among others. The teams represented 19 sports from all three NCAA divisions — national championship winners — that were recognized on the South Lawn of the White House as part of “College Athlete Day.” “You made tremendous sacrifices — training through injuries, birthdays, vacations, and even a pandemic,” […]

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 […]