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2022
OF BROOKLYN
SVETLANA
LIPYANSKAYA, MPA TONDALAYA LONDON
FARAH N. LOUIS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
NYC HEALTH + HOSPITALS/
CONEY ISLAND
VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS SERVICES
BROOKLYN CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE
COUNCILWOMAN
NEW YORK STATE’S
45TH COUNCIL DISTRICT
What has been your best moment in business?
help my community and to improve our community
hospital is something that I do not take
lightly.
What is your secret to success?
A great team is my secret to success.
Who inspires you?
Having the opportunity to work with some
amazing women because of their tenacity
and resilience. Their effort and care for our
patients in the face of tremendous adversity is
something that I will carry with me for the rest
of my life.
What has been your best moment in business?
Commerce what I enjoyed and valued most
were my relationships with people.
What is your secret to success?
To multiply the options available to you and
make the most of them, keep learning, and
become better at what you do every day. I
also surround myself with good people who
can see things from a different perspective
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Who inspires you?
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championed access to affordable housing,
tech education opportunities in schools, sustainability
of minority and women-owned
small businesses, and equitable healthcare to
improve the quality of life of constituents.
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Brooklynite, was raised in an immigrant and
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propelled her into advocacy, community organizing,
and ultimately a career in public service.
TANJA MANNHEIM DEVIN MATHIS
CO-OWNER
LEMON & OLIVES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
URBAN GLASS
What has been your best moment in business?
It would be partnering with World Central
Kitchen during the Covid pandemic feeding
hospital workers and the elderly.
What is your secret to success?
When you do what you love you are always
successful. Success comes from the heart.
Who inspires you?
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since he created my entrepreneurial spirit. He
started his own dairy business in the 1930’s in
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ful dairy business inspired me to dream big.
What has been your best moment in business?
Being dedicated to my career by creating access
for all to the arts and creating infrastructure
and access to a fair living for the thousands
of underappreciated, undervalued,
underpaid artists that bring rich, creative life
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What is your secret to success?
One key to success is hiring the right people
and then supporting them and giving them
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Who inspires you?
The power of art and artists inspires me. I am
a passionate supporter of strengthening the
arts and cultural communities, focused on ensuring
that all individuals have an equal role
in creating an equitable, just, and engaged
society.
LINDA KIRK
SERIAL ENTREPENEUR, EDUCATOR
PALACE HALL, DESTINED FOR
SUCCESS, DESTINY’S JEWELS
What has been your best moment in business?
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meet people in different capacities. I enjoy
networking and being able to uplift people of
all kinds.
What is your secret to success?
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at “losses” as lessons.Trying is an accomplishment.
Keep going, because there is a light at
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lomat for the country I am from, inspires me.
He inspires me because of his positive qualities
and achievements that have made life possible
for our family. He is a hard worker and
works with his heart which has helped him
touch many communities. This is something
that I would like to do.