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nder 40’ Awards & Networking Event
Corey J. Muirhead
Director of Contracts & Business Development
Logan Bus Co. Inc. & Affi liates
Dr. Noël Natoli
LI Plastic Surgical Group
Kellie Newman
Administrative Assistant
Century 21 Amiable II
Michael Newman
Vice President, Director of Operations
Standard Refrigerators Inc.
Nelson Nigel
CEO
Kidmoto Technologies
Jaclyn Peranteau
Professional Engineer
Prime Engineering
Anthony Perrotta
Licensed Associate R.E. Broker
Signature Premier Properties
Stephania Quiroz
Sr. Manager, Digital Marketing
Charity Water
Ali Rashid
President
Kingsland Properties
Amanda Seppi
Branch Manager East Northport
Investor’s Bank
Jason Sidana
Founder & CEO
MidknightGenius.com
Karen Signoracci Suero
Founder
KSS, Ltd.
Shanta Speller
CEO
Bunch of Balloons
Bryan Trindade
Senior Designer
Digital Natives Group
Maurizio Vendittelli
General Manager
Il Bacco
Juan Vides
Founder
TechACS
Brendez Wineglass
Project Manager /Creative Strategist / Event Producer
/ Social Broker
Power Social Events
Kellie Newman, an administrative
assistant with Century 21 Amiable Realty
II, which was a Copper Sponsor, revealed
her humility when she said that she didn’t
want the award at fi rst because she doesn’t
like to be the center of attention, but her
family and friends encouraged her.
“It’s nice to be recognized for things
that you do every day that sometimes you
think don’t get noticed,” Newman said.
Yarik Kim, an audit and accounting
manager for Schwartz & Company, LLC,
agreed that he never thought about recognition
while “going through the grind of
doing what you do best.”
“It’s very rewarding, that’s for sure, especially
to be recognized at such a young
age,” Kim said. “I think for a lot of nominees
it adds a lot of value in the sense that at
such a young age they’ve been recognized
for their achievements up to this point.”
Jaclyn Peranteau started her own business,
Prime Engineering, eight years ago
and said that entrepreneurs like herself
don’t oft en get this type of praise.
“When you work for yourself, you rarely
stop and thank yourself for the work you do, so
events like this are very nice,” Peranteau said.
For Azmat Hussein of Mazars USA
LLP, the event was about more than recognition.
Th e self-professed “desk freak”
said that networking is an important part
of reaching his goal of becoming a partner
in the practice.
“I was always more technical than social
when it came to meeting people,” Hussein
said. “But if I don’t do networking, I don’t get
my name out there and I can’t get business.”
Photos by Corazon Aguirre and Ryan Kelley
Th e event also included a raffl e with prizes
like a trip to Cancun, Mexico, an $1,800
Dale Carnegie Scholarship and more. All of
the approximately $2,000 in proceeds from
the raffl e will be donated to Soccer Kids
NYC and the Queens Library for Teens.
Sponsors of the event included Copper
Sponsor Century 21 Amiable II; Photo
Booth Sponsor Dale Carnegie; Balloon
Sponsor Bunch of Balloons; Journal
Sponsor Investors Bank; National Grid;
Mazars USA LLP; New Empire Corp.;
First Central Savings Bank; Forchelli
Deegan Terrana LLP; Lyons Mortgage
Services; Schwartz & Company LLP; Il
Bacco; Broadway Stages; and Sandwire.
Media Sponsors were Th e Queens
Courier, QNS, LI Press, Bethpage Best of
the Boro, Daily News, and Medcast Plus.
Bourbon Street
Nick Fennell of Dale Carnegie (right) presents the winner with an $1,800 Dale Carnegie scholarship
Victoria Schneps, Brendez Wineglass, Philippa
Schwartz & Company LLP Karteron, Connie DeLaigle and Gianna Gelosi
Bentley Zhao with his Developer of the Year
award.