40 The QUEE NS Courier • business • march 14, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com business s Chamber honors eight The Queens Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Business Persons of the Year event at Terrace on the Park on March 7. This year’s honorees were: Flushing Bank President and CEO John Buran for large business; Parker Jewish CEO Michael Rosenblut for medium business; Emily Lin of Lin & Associates for small business; Queens College President Dr. James Muyskens for sustainable business; Queens Theatre Director Ray Cullom for not-for-profit; Songza CEO Elias Roman for entrepreneurship; Amy’s Bread founder Amy Scherber for expansion in Queens; and Tully Construction Co., Inc. President Peter Tully will be honored as a community hero. Assembly Presentations. Front: Elias Roman, CEO, Songza; John Buran, President/CEO, Flushing Bank; Amy Scherber, Founder, Amy’s Bread; Assemblymember David Weprin; Senator Jose Peralta; Michael Rosenblut, Parker Jewish Institute; Emily Lin, Principle, Lin + Associates Architects; Carol Conslato, conEd, Chamber President. Rear: Jack Friedman, Exec. VP, Chamber; James Muyskens, President, Queens College; Ray Cullom, Exec. Dir., Queens Theatre in the Park; Dan Scully, VP, Tully Environment accepting award for Peter Tully. Flushing Bank Astoria Federal Savings: Mayra DiRico, Sr. VP, Dir of Retail Banking and Tania Broschart, Asst. VP and Branch Manager. Judith Limpert, VP, Alma Bank; Frank Macchio, Board of Director, Queens Chamber; Al Crecco, Developer, Oakridge Building Corp.; honoree Emily Lin, Emily Lin + Associates Architects. Maryann McAleer, Dir. of Development, Queens Centers for Progress; Raymond Irrerra, Raymond Irrerra + Associates Architects; Sher Sparano, Benefits Advisory Service. Carol Conslato, conEd, Chamber President. Queens County Savings Bank: Adrian Peters, Second VP & Branch Mgr.; Christopher Beck, VP, Business Relations Officer; John D’Angelo, VP & Branch Mgr.; Lucy Hossain, Second VP & Branch Manager. Victoria Schneps-Yunis, Publisher, Schneps Communications; Francese Resheske, conEd, Sr. VP and President, Queens Theatre in the Park. (Left) Emily Lin’s family and associates. Parker Jewish Institute (Left) Meryl Cullom; honoree Ray Cullom, Exec. Dir., Queens Theatre in the Park; Leslie Lannon, Development Dir., Queens Theatre in the Park; Bruce Levine, Board Member, Queens Theatre in the Park. GJDC members meet The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation had its membership meeting on February 27. Carl Fields, Jr., interim executive director of Jamaica Center For Arts & Learning; Greg Mays, president, A Better Jamaica; Pearline Horne, managing partner of Nomad Marketing Group; Cedric Dew, executive director of Jamaica YMCA; and Andrew Manshel, executive vice president of Greater Jamaica Development Corporation. Gustavo Buitrago, vice president and business banking team leader for Flushing Bank; Matthew Kammer, vice president and senior loan officer for TD Bank; Carl Fields Jr., interim executive director of Jamaica Center For Arts & Learning; and Carlisle Towery, president of Greater Jamaica Development Corporation. Simone Price, executive director of Sutphin Boulevard Business I m p r o v e m e n t District and Kristy Nguyen, of College and Career Mentoring at Queens Satellite High School for Opportunity. Dr. Dorothy Ogundu, M.D., and her daughter. Yvonne Reddick, district manager of Community Board 12; Jacqueline Boyce, former chair of Community Board 12; Maylean Brown-Thompson, resident; Philippa Kateron, executive director of Council for Airport Opportunity; Ricardi Calixte, neighborhood development director of Queens Economic Development Corporation; Susan Deutsch, consultant for Greater Jamaica Development Corporation; and Justin Rodgers, director of economic development of Greater Jamaica Development Corporation.
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