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LONG ISLAND POWER WOMEN IN BUSINESS
BUSINESS HONORED
Karen Keating, President, Tradition
Title Agency, Inc.
Kelsey Knutsen, Chief Marketing
Officer, Tully Rinckey PLLC
Robyn Kreiner, M.D., Adult &
Pediatric Allergist, Strauss Allergy
& Asthma
Dr. Eve Lupenko, Dermatologist,
Greenberg Cosmetic Surgery and
Dermatology
Joan Hope MacNaughton, Founder
& Artistic Director, Leggz LTD
Runi Mukherji Ratnam, Ph.D.,
SUNY Old Westbury
Samantha Ray, Head of Operations,
American Investment Properties
Gail Ritzert, Partner, Havkins,
Rosenfeld, Ritzert & Varriale, LLP
Gyll Sbrocchi, Senior Mortgage
Loan Officer, Bethpage Federal
Credit Union
Judy L. Simoncic, Partner, Forchelli
Deegan Terrana LLP
Karen Tenenbaum, Managing Partner
and Founder, Tenenbaum Law, P.C.
Davi Tserpelis, SVP Regional
Business Banking Manager, City
National Bank
Cristina Velez, General Manager,
Hampton Inn & Suites at Rockville Centre
Kathy Viard, Broker/Owner,
Signature Premier Properties
Veena Vijayendra, Public Health
Policy Advocate
Julie Watterson, Executive Director,
Kids Clubhouse of Suffolk County
Amy Zaslansky, Founder, The Book
Fairies
Merrill Zorn, President & CEO,
Zorn’s of Bethpage
“I get to be a woman in charge and
in power every day and I just hope
that I can continue to inspire a new
generation of power women,” Biordi
said. “It’s important now more
than ever, especially in this social
climate, that we recognize, connect,
support and empower each other.”
Lorraine Aycock, senior vice president
and market manager of enterprise
business and community engagement
for Bank of America, said that the
importance of such an event is the
ability to bring so many influential
women together to join forces.
“The idea of harnessing all of
this power in one room, it really
speaks to where Long Island is and
how women have been part of the
change and are working together
to really touch so many areas of the
community,” Aycock said.
For Joan Hope MacNaughton, who
has owned her dance studio Leggz
LTD since she was 19, the event was
a reminder that women are capable
of anything.
“Women are naturally powerful,
they just have to realize it themselves
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Vicki Schneps & Joan Hope
MacNaughton
Mario Gomez (seated, third from left) and Platinum Sponsor London
Jewelers and Chanel