FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com march 24, 2014 • buzz • THE QUEENS COURIER 47 Send us your announcements & pictures to: The Queens Courier c/o making a buzz: 38-15 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY 11361 • editorial@queenscourier.com subject: making a buzz s people making a buzz COMPILED BY TONIA N. CIMINO CELEBRATING SUCCESSFUL WOMEn As March is Women’s History Month, Assemblymember Catherine Nolan and Dr. Gail O. Mellow, president of LaGuardia Community College, hosted a luncheon to celebrate women in business and public service who have made an impact in Queens. This year’s honorees were Maureen Walthers, publisher and editor of the Ridgewood Times; Victoria Schneps, publisher and CEO of Schneps Communications; Sherilyn Sabba, editor of the Woodside Herald; Carmen Villavicencio, managing director for El Diario La Prensa; and Sandra Wilkin, founder and president of Bradford Companies. PHOTOS BY MIKE DIBARTOLOMEO Jose Orengo, Consultant for Dr. Gail O. Mellow; Debra Markel of Community Board 2; Maryann Gurrado of Community Board 2; Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer; President of LaGuardia Community College, Dr. Gail O. Mellow; Honoree Victoria Schneps, Publisher and CEO of Schneps Communications; Assemblymember Catherine T. Nolan; Honoree Maureen Walthers, Publisher and Editor of the Ridgewood Times; Honoree Sherilyn Sabba, Editor of the Woodside Herald; Honoree Sandra Wilkin, Founder and President of Bradford Companies; and Joseph Conley, Chairman of Community Board Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer; Victoria Schneps; Elizabeth Lusskin, President of LIC Partnership; Assemblymember Catherine T. Nolan; Gianna Cerbone-Teoli, owner of Manducatis Rustica; and Martha Baker, Deputy Director of New York Paid Leave Coalition HONORS & AWARDS Laura Rachiele, seen with Diane B. Call, president of Queensborough Community College, recently received her tenure appointment. She works in the microbiology department of the college. GIVING BACK Congressmember Steve Israel recently joined student volunteers from Great Neck and Port Washington to clean up the Little Neck Bay. HONORS & AWARDS Queens Hospital Center (QHC), part of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, has been recognized by the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) for achieving one of the highest rates in New York State of hepatitis B vaccination for infants. Ninetynine percent of the babies born at QHC from December 1, 2012 to November 30, 2013 were immunized for hepatitis B, and the hospital took additional steps to prevent perinatal transmission of the virus. With the recognition, QHC becomes one of only two hospitals in New York City to be listed in the IAC’s “Birth Dose Honor Roll,” which recognizes hospitals and birthing centers that have high rates for administering the hepatitis B vaccine to newborn infants. APPOINTMENT Borough President Melinda Katz has named Carl Seldin Koerner as her first appointee to the Queens Library’s Board of Trustees. Koerner is counsel at the law firm White and Williams, LLP and partner at Koerner Kronenfeld Partners, LLC, a strategic planning and consulting firm. As one of 19 members on the Queens Library’s Board of Trustees, Koerner will be responsible for helping to oversee all aspects of the library system’s strategy and operations in order to maximize efficiency and utility for all New Yorkers. Koerner takes the Board position previously held by Lillian Gavin. “I am thrilled to announce that Carl Koerner will be the newest member of the Queens Library Board of Trustees,” Katz said. “His extensive experience in compliance and corporate governance issues, coupled with his service as an officer and director on both for profit and non-profit boards, make him an excellent addition to the Board. He will ask the tough questions and work to make Queens Library as transparent and effective as possible.” In addition to his roles in the private sector, Koerner serves, and has served, as an officer and director of publicly traded and privately owned business entities and of charitable and community service organizations. He is a current Board member of the Forest Hills Jewish Center and previously served as its president and treasurer.
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