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Network with the top businessmen and
women at the 'Stars Under 40' event
Meet this year’s most outstanding
young business professionals
at the Stars Under 40 Awards &
Networking event!
On Tuesday, Feb. 13, join
Schneps Communications
Events at the Knockdown Center
(located at 52-19 Flushing Ave.
in Maspeth) from 6 to 9 p.m. as
some of the best and brightest
young stars come together to network
and honor each other for
the work they do in business and
their communities.
Th e event will include a cocktail
hour for honorees and their
guests, a business expo, a dinner
and an awards ceremony.
Raffl es will be sold throughout
the event with the proceeds to
benefi t Soccer Kids NYC and the
Queens Library for Teens.
Gianna Gelosi, an anchor for
News 12, will receive the Star
of Stars Award. Bentley Zhao,
president of New Empire Corp,
will be awarded Developer of
the Year. Jennifer Fernandez,
Administrative Director for
New Immigrant Community
Empowerment (NICE), will
receive the Diversity Award.
Additional honorees
include Stefano Barresi, Agent,
NY Life; Monika Bialokur,
Director of Digital Marketing &
PR at Lyons Mortgage Services,
Inc.; Raymond Castronovo,
Attorney at Forchelli Deegan
Terrana LLP; Kaunteya
Chitnis, VP / Senior Director
of Acquisitions & Development
at MCR Development; Ramona
Ciobanu, Director of Soccer
Kids NYC/Founder, Smart
Kids NYC; Jamie Claudio, Vice
President, Marketing & Sales at
Discover Long Island; Marlie
Cohen, Director of Agency
Programming at Mid Island
Y JCC; Stephen Di Dio, Vice
President & Chief Marketing
& Communication Offi cer for
Queensborough Community
College CUNY; Danna
DeBlasio, Vice President of
Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz;
Luisa Eusse-Roche M.S. Ed.,
Director of Service Coordination
at Human First, Inc; Meredith
Friedman, Partner at VanHorn
& Friedman, P.C.; Adalberto
Garcia, Agent at NY Life; Joe
Gim, Assistant District Attorney,
Nassau County District
Attorney's offi ce; Azmat (Ozzy)
Hussain of Mazars; Brandon
Jeffries of Queens Library;
Yarik Kim, CPA, CFA, Audit
and Accounting Manager at
Schwartz & Company, LLP;
Joshua A. Lafazan, Legislator
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Star of Stars
Gianna Gelosi
Anchor
News 12
Developer of the Year
Bentley Zhao
President
New Empire Corp
Diversity Award
Jennifer Fernandez
Administrative Director
New Immigrant Community
Empowerment (NICE)
Stefano Barresi
Agent
NY Life
Raymond Castronovo
Attorney
Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP
Marlie Cohen
Director of Agency Programming
Mid Island Y JCC
Meredith Friedman
Partner
VanHorn & Friedman, P.C.
Brandon Jeff ries
Teen Center Coordinator
Queens Library for Teens
Kaunteya Chitnis
VP / Senior Director of Acquisitions &
Development
MCR Development
Stephen Di Dio
Vice President & Chief Marketing &
Communication Offi cer
Queensborough Community College
Adalberto Garcia
Agent
NY Life
Yarik Kim, CPA, CFA
Audit and Accounting Manager
Schwartz & Company, LLP
Ramona Ciobanu
Director
Soccer Kids NYC/Founder, Smart Kids
NYC
Danna DeBlasio
Vice President
Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz
Joe Gim
Assistant District Attorney
Nassau County District Attorney's
offi ce
Joshua A. Lafazan
Legislator
Nassau County, District 18
Monika Bialokur
Director of Digital Marketing & PR
Lyons Mortgage Services, Inc.
Jamie Claudio
Vice President, Marketing & Sales
Discover Long Island
Luisa Eusse-Roche M.S. Ed.
Director of Service Coordination
Human First, Inc
Azmat (Ozzy) Hussain
Mazars USA LLP
Rafe Landano
Founder & President
United Sanative & Environmental
Alliance (USEA)
Dominique LaRosa, CHSP
Director of Corporate Sales
The Fox Hollow
Linda Lee, MSW
Executive Director
The Korean Community Services of
Metropolitan New York, Inc.
Rafe Lieber
Executive Vice President - Business
Development & Public Aff airs
Appellate Land Services