2022
COURIER L 22 IFE, MARCH 11-17, 2022
OF BROOKLYN
LAQUIN ALEXANDER GINA ARGENTO SHARON AZIZ
KARLINE BARTHE
CEO AND PRESIDENT
BROADWAY STAGES
PRODUCTION MANAGER
MASS APPEAL
PARAMEDIC
FDNY
CO-FOUNDER, VICE PRESIDENT
NYC HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
ASSOCIATION
Gina Argento is president of Broadway Stages,
the largest full-service television and production
company outside of Hollywood, with over
a million square feet of space and nearly 50
soundstage across Brooklyn, Queens and Staten
Island. The production company is home
to many of television’s most popular shows, including
The Good Fight, Billions, Crashing, Blue
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more.
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Greenpoint, Camp Brooklyn Fund, Boy Scouts
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ber of Commerce, Solar 1, Kingsborough
Community College and many more.
What has been your best moment in business?
By day I’m a production manager for a top
production company and all other times I’m a
writer, director, and producer under my own
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Group.
What is your secret to success?
Staying authentic. With social media playing
such a large part in our lives, it’s very easy to
lose yourself.
Who inspires you?
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along with my dad who inspires me to have
a kind heart towards others. Lastly, other creatives
in my circle inspire me to keep creating.
What has been your best moment in business?
Being able to help every single patient I come
in contact with. Being in the pre-hospital care
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are relying on us to save their lives.
What is your secret to success?
Believing in myself everyday and having a
positive outlook on life.
Who inspires you?
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been on the job for 25 years and was the one
who actually inspired me to apply for this job!
What has been your best business moment?
Asserting myself into the communities we targeted.
As a nurse and being in nurse leadership
roles I’ve worked in already well founded
organizations, which means I would have to
integrate and merge building concepts that
are already in place.
What is your secret to success?
Consistency, patience and fair honest communication.
If you are honest and play fair with yourself and
with your partners; and team the results will not lie.
Who inspires you?
The great women like my mother who came
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cial instability and my two beautiful children
and business partner.
AYANNA BEHIN ROXANNE BENEMERITO
DIRECTOR OF TRAINING &
CONFLICT CONSULTING
NEW YORK PEACE INSTITUTE
BRANCH MANAGER
DIME COMMUNITY BANK
What has been your best moment in business?
When community members who have been
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stood their colleagues or neighbors, why they
have misunderstood each other, and together
begin to chart a course forward for their relationship,
their neighborhood, or their team.
What is your secret to success?
The secret to my success is that I remember
to center the issues and the individuals in the
conversations that I facilitate and mediate.
Who inspires you?
I am inspired by people who are kind, intelligent,
honest, and generous as well as people
who give their skills to their communities.
What is your best moment in Business?
When I opened a new branch in Bay Ridge
because it was rewarding to see everything
come together to make the day of the grand
opening a huge success.
What is your secret to success?
I credit that to hard work, dedication, and
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staff; I want them to feel like family and that
their best interest is important to me.
Who inspires you?
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well as my husband and parents to be proud.
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ing.