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Top businessmen in Queens to be honored
tonight at Schneps Communications event
Danny Zausner, Chief Operating Officer, USTA Billie
Jean King National Tennis Center
Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, PhD, President, Queens
College
Joseph Pistilli, CEO/Chairman of the Board of Pistilli
Realty Co. and Chairman of the Board, First Central
Savings Bank
Faustino Quintanilla, Executive Director and
Curator of Art Gallery, Queensborough Community
College
STAR OF STARS
Ruschell Boone, NY 1 News Anchor
LEADER IN EDUCATION AWARD
Dennis Walcott, CEO, Queens Library
Halvatzis Family, owners, Amorelli Realty and Halvatzis Realty
Business leaders of the “World’s
Borough” will be honored tonight
at Schneps Communications’
“Kings of Queens” awards and
networking event.
The evening’s festivities will
honor the most influential and
powerful businessmen in Queens.
A crowd of hundreds, including
some of the leading business
professionals in the borough, will
gather from 6 to 9 p.m. tonight at
Terrace on the Park in Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park. Ruschell
Boone, NY 1 News Anchor, will
be feted as the “Star of Stars” and
will serve as emcee.
Over 30 of the most prominent
businessmen in Queens will be
recognized for their efforts in their
industries and their communities.
Three incredible individuals will
receive the “Leader in Education”
Award: Felix V. Matos Rodriguez,
PhD, President, Queens College;
Dennis Walcott, CEO, Queens
Library; and Faustino Quintanilla,
Executive Director and Curator
of Art Gallery, Queensborough
Community College.
The Family Business Award
will be presented to the Halvatzis
Family, owners, Amorelli
Realty and Halvatzis Realty; the
Philanthropist of the Year/Hall of
Fame Award is going to Joseph
Pistilli, CEO/Chairman of the
Board of Pistilli Realty Co. and
Chairman of the Board, First
Central Savings Bank; and Danny
Zausner, Chief Operating Officer,
USTA Billie Jean King National
Tennis Center, will receive the
Hall of Fame Award.
The event includes a VIP Hour,
cocktail hour, a business networking
expo, dinner and a raffle
supporting Quality Services for
the Autism Community (QSAC)
and the Rockaway Development
& Revitalization Corporation
(RDRC).
The event’s sponsors include
Parker Jewish Institute for Health
Care & Rehabilitation; Flushing
Bank; National Grid; Investors
Bank; New York RX Card; EIHAB
Human Services; Queensborough
Community College; Queens
College; CUNY; New York
Community Bank;
Jacobs Engineering; First
Central Savings Bank; NewYork-
Presbyterian Queens; Pistilli Realty
Group; Delta; USTA; VIVO; Gary
Park Law Office; NYC Health &
Hospitals/Queens; NYC Health
& Hospitals/Elmhurst; Redken
Saloon Salon, EASCO and Godiva.
The New York Daily News is a
media sponsor.
HALL OF FAME
LEADER IN EDUCATION
PHILANTHROPIST OF THE YEAR/
HALL OF FAME
LEADER IN EDUCATION
FAMILY BUSINESS AWARD