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“Kings” networking The networking expo Attendees filled the expo roon
were Contour Mortgage Executive Vice
President and Director of Sales Danny
Pisani, North Shore Towers Board of
Directors President Bob Ricken and
Sandwire CEO Adam Schwam.
“It’s a very humbling experience,” said
Pisani. “I feel humbled to be honored
among so many great men.”
“It’s good to be king,” said James
Metzger, chairman and CEO of The
Whitmore Agency, the event’s lead sponsor
and King Class of 2018.
Honorees included:
Hon. Dr. Anthony D. Andrews Jr.
Dr. Alfredo Astua, NYC Health +
Hospitals/Elmhurst
Michael Balboni, President and
Managing Director, Redland Strategies
Bill Blaney, Creative Director, SMM
Advertising
Sammy Chu, CEO of Edgewise Energy
Raj Devasagayam, Dean of Business,
SUNY Old Westbury
Dr. Thierry Duchâtellier, Cardiologist,
Mercy Medical Center
Pernon Dunston, CEO, Golden Life
Group, LLC
Dr. Triantafillos Fillos, Oncologist, NY
Cancer & Blood Specialists
Jason W. Hake, Esq., Winkler Kurtz,
LLP
Dr. Igor Israel, Chief Medical Officer
and Director of Medicine, Parker
Jewish Institute for Health Care and
Rehabilitation
Phil Jensen, VP, Worldwide Flight
Services
Dr. David Joseph, Director of
Orthopedics, NYC Health + Hospitals/
Elmhurst
Kyriakos Kaimis, VP and General
Manager, Custom Computer Specialists,
Inc. Major Chuck Kilbride, Toys for Tots /
USMC
Nelson Lee, Branch Manager, Flushing
Bank
Stu Loeser, Founding Principal Stu
Loeser & Co.
Carl Mattone Jr, VP of Asset
Management, CFM Development
William Mitaritonna, Teacher, Coach,
Author of Last of the Redmen: Memoir of
a St John’s Basketball Walk-On
Matthew Nartowicz, VP and Nassau
County Regional Branch Manager,
American Community Bank
Mark Phillips, Director of Construction,
Aviation Holt Construction
Tony Piscopio, Douglas Elliman
Slawek Platta, The Platta Law Firm, PLC
Jim Powers, CEO, All Star Limousine
Mike Prohaska, Business Manager,
Local 79
Frank Raffaele, Founder/Chief,
COFFEED
Sami Saatchi, SVS Fine Jewelry
Evantz Saint-Gerard, Lic. Real Estate
Salesperson, Keller Williams Realty
Landmark
Chuck Scarborough, Anchor, WNBC
Jeffrey Schlossberg, Attorney, Jackson
Lewis
William Squires, Owner/Partner, FBA
National
Travis Terry, Chief Operating Officer,
Capalino + Company
Luis Vazquez, President/CEO, Long
Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Michael Viggiano, Executive Vice
President, Skanska USA Civil Northeast
Etan Walls, CEO/COO, Adjuvant
Health and Allied Physicians
Jeff Weiner, Owner and CEO, HKM
Associates
Jerry Walsh, CEO, St. John’s Episcopal
Hospital
Danny Wu, Owner, Thom Thom
Restaurant
Roger Xia, President of Sino-America
Commerce Association/Accord Power
Inc.
William Mitaritonna receives his award Dr. Thierry Duchâtellier and his guests
Jerry Walsh (left), CEO, St. John’s
Episcopal Hospital, in the VIP Michael Viggiano, Jeffrey Schlossberg and guest
Dr. Triantafillos Fillos and his family and friends
Luis Vasquez, Vicki Schneps, Hall of Famer Bob
Ricken and wife
Tony Piscopio with Douglas Elliman
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