48 LONGISLANDPRESS.COM • JUNE 2018
LONG ISLAND POWER WOMEN IN BUSINESS
POWER WOMEN IN By RYAN KELLEY
Some of the most influential
women in the Long Island business
landscape brought their colleagues,
families and friends together for
a night of celebration at the Power
Women in Business awards and
networking event in Great Neck.
Nearly 600 guests filled
Leonard’s Palazzo to see Schneps
Communications recognize Long
Island’s most outstanding women in
business, banking, real estate, law,
not-for-profit and entrepreneurship.
The honorees shared business cards,
enjoyed cocktails and food and
received a beautiful, iconic bronze
award and certificate for the work
they do in their businesses and
communities. The women were also
presented with swag from Godiva,
BottleBargains and Dermarché® Labs.
“We are thrilled because you are it,
you are the stars of the East Coast,”
Victoria Schneps, co-publisher of
Schneps Communications and the
Long Island Press, told the honorees.
“You are the power of Long Island.”
The ceremony was highlighted by
a number of awards of distinction:
Antoinette Biordi, a reporter and
anchor for News 12 Long Island,
received the ‘Star of Stars’ award;
Ann Conroy, president of the Long
Island division of Douglas Elliman
Real Estate, received the Realtor of
the Year award; Kim Gavin and
Renee Wisinski, co-founders of Twin
Tech, LLC received the Innovators
of the Year award; Amy Altman and
Moriah Adamo, partners at Abrams
Fensterman, received the Dynamic
Duo award; Pavneet Kaur Mehra,
vice president of CitiCards Branded
Cards, received the Rising Star award.
The event concluded with a raffle
with 100 percent of proceeds
benefitting the rock CAN roll
organization.
The rest of the Power Women
honorees were as follows:
Dr. Neva Helena Alexander,
Founder, Neva Global Alliance
Lorraine Aycock, SVP & Market
Manager of Enterprise Business and
Community Engagement, Bank of
America
Grace Balucci Doria, CEO, Grace’s
Marketplace
Hon. Ruth Bogatyrow Kraft,
Partner, Vigorito, Barker, Porter, &
Patterson LLP
Annamarie Bondi-Stoddard,
Managing Partner, Pegalis &
Erickson, LLC
Susan Bortone, Director of
Operations, GoHealth Urgent Care
Sandra N. Busell, Partner, Certilman
Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP
Jean Camilletti, Franchise Partner,
Blo Blow Dry Bar
Jennifer Cantin, Director of
Marketing & Development, Lessings
Hospitality Group
Margo Cargill, CEO, Titanium
Linx Consulting, Inc.
Marianela Casas, Assistant
Commissioner for Community
Engagement, Nassau County Police
Department
Stephanie Castro, Associate Group
Director Vice President, Signature
Bank
Shalu Chopra, Community
Advocate
Yvonne Cort, Partner, Capell
Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld, LLP
Cheryelle Cruickshank, CEO,
Human First
Elizabeth Custodio, Vice President,
Community Development & CRA
Officer for NY People’s United Bank
Wendy Dubner Master, President,
Heritage Farm & Garden
Allison Ehrlich, District Manager,
ADP
Brigitte Ferrada, SVP &
Relationship Manager, Capital One
Meredith Friedman, Partner, Van
Horn & Friedman, P.C.
Amanda Field, Commissioner,
Plainview Water District
Loretta Gastwirth, Partner,
Meltzer Lippe
Kim Gates Goldstein, Attorney,
Gates and Goldstein, LLP
Cheri Giglia, Managing Director,
CPA, Supporting Strategies, North
Shore LI
Reena Gulati, Principal Attorney,
Reena Gulati PLLC
Daria Hoffman, Attorney &
Associate Real Estate Broker
Kristen Jarnagin, President & CEO,
Discover Long Island
Melissa Kaiser, Vice President-
Business Development Officer,
Flushing Bank
Deborah Kaminetzky, Owner,
Kaminetzky Law & Mediation, P.C.
Elena Karabatos, Partner, Schlissel
Ostrow Karabatos, PLLC
The 2018 Long Island Power Women in Business. Photos by Allen Ngai and Mike Savitzky