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Dr. Ray Ann Havasy
Founder and Executive
Director
The Center for Science
Teaching and Learning
A scientist, educator,
and not-for-profit
business executive for
over 20 years, Dr. Ray
Ann Havasy now runs a
group focusing on STEM
or Science Technology
Engineering and Math.
She received her bachelor's
degrees in zoology and education
from Connecticut College
and Davis and Elkins College and her masters and doctorate
degrees in biology and education from Columbia University.
She was a science teacher, district wide science coordinator
and middle school principal.
She founded and is executive director of The Center for
Science Teaching and Learning, a non-profit focusing on
STEM that also runs various competitions. The group
recently won a grant from New York State to develop community
based STEM centers and plans to open Dinosaurs! and
Peoples United Bank Animal Adventure, two new attractions
for Long Island. Dr. Havasy is a tireless advocate for students
and has been interviewed by The New York Times, USA
Today and others.
Kerry Gillick-Goldberg
Principal
kgg enterprises
Kerry Gillick-Goldberg
specializes
in publicizing and
growing the impact of
nonprofits and their
causes as well as more
traditional companies.
Gillick-Goldberg has
more than 20 years’
experience in business
development pertaining to
apparel and non-profits, public
relations and cause-related marketing. She transformed
the merchandising and sales of the One is Greater Than
None (1<0) charity from handmade bracelets to a licensed
line of junior active wear, formerly sold at Bloomingdale’s,
nationwide at independent stores and online, helping
children in need and resulting in the rescue of 48 children
enslaved in Ghana, Africa.
Since 2013, Gillick-Goldberg has assisted the Albanese
Organization in positioning Wyandanch Village as a new,
convenient, live/ work Transit Oriented Development
(TOD) community. And she helps Allied Physicians Group
with public relations, marketing, its annual conference
and the Allied Foundation.
Justina Kalaj
Vice president and Divisional
Merchandise Manager
Ladies Apparel
Lord & Taylor
Many people love shopping
at Lord & Taylor.
Justine Kalaj is one of the
reasons.
Kalaj grew up in
Sunnyside, Queens and
graduated from Fordham
University, before in 2004
starting her career at Lord &
Taylor.
She completed the executive training
program and was hired as an assistant buyer, promoted to buyer
of eveningwear, winning Red Rose Achievement Awards in
2009 and 2010.
In 2013, she was promoted to divisional merchandise manager
of Dresses and Suits and awarded DMM of the year in 2015.
In 2017, she was promoted to her current role, vice president
for Lord & Taylor Ladies Apparel, becoming a high-ranking
executive at one of the nation’s best known retailers.
“I am always working even when I’m not,” she says. “I am
constantly observing trends, people and always engaged and
aware of Y ‘you,’ my customer. You drive me to do what I do
every day and that is to ultimately always make sure you look
your best.”
Rachel Hersh
Sales Director, North America
Prestige Capital Corporation
Rachel Hersh helps
companies get the money
they need - often paving
the path for growth.
She has many years
of experience as an
executive in commercial
finance, factoring and
business development and
a successful track record
of working with hundreds
of companies, from start-ups
to high-growth companies to
turnarounds.
Hersh works with an extensive network of capital providers
such as private equity firms, equipment finance
providers and inventory lenders to help clients grow their
businesses. She is an active member of the Commercial
Finance Association, International Factoring Association
and Turnaround Management Association. Hersh was
recognized as a Top Woman in Business on Long Island by
Long Island Press. Hersh has written many articles and is
a regular speaker and panelist discussing factoring for
early stage and mid-size companies at groups such as the
Daymond John Academy, LaunchPad Long Island, FoodTech
FastTrack, New York New Jersey Minority Supplier Development
and accounting firms for continuing professional
education credits. . She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology
from Brooklyn College
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