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TALENT Rising Stars
In Westchester’s highly talented professional landscape, several young business leaders are taking their game to the next level.
An Exceptional Workforce
With some of the most talented, educated and driven professionals in the country, Westchester offers the human capital and highly-developed skills to help businesses succeed.
“With roughly half of our residents holding a bachelor’s degree or higher, Westchester’s workforce offers a powerful advantage to local businesses of all sizes,” says Westchester County Executive George Latimer. “In addition, our prime location, our easy accessibility and our outstanding quality of life continues to draw talent not only from the region, but from across the country.”
Nurturing Talent and Innovation
“Incubators” are business development centers that assist new businesses and typically offer an array of services, including seed funding, marketing, legal, and accounting services, office space, mentoring and technical assistance. Learn more about Westchester County Business Incubators on pages 47 and 50.
A New Vision
Meet four talented leaders making their mark in Westchester County.
An Expanded Presence
Sarah Jones-Maturo
President
RM Friedland
Sarah Jones-Maturo is President of RM Friedland, a commercial real estate brokerage company with a primary focus on working with building owners, tenants and buyers in Westchester, Bronx, Rockland, Fairfield and Putnam Counties. In 2019, the firm seeks to expand its investment sales, office
Fostering Community
Chirag Shah
Founder and President Lifestyle Westchester & LifeNY
A lifelong Westchester resident, Chi- rag Shah is the Director of Training and Coaching at Compass, and is also the Founder of Lifestyle Westches- ter. With more than a decade of real estate experience, Shah recognized that each unique community in We- schester has its own story to tell. In 2017, he launched lifestyle Westches- ter, an online platform that highlights, celebrates and supports Westchester
and industrial divisions and increase its service offerings to include a mort- gage division.
“Westchester has a diverse offer- ing of commercial real estate. Many opportunities exist in the industrial, retail, multi-family, office, and office/ medical areas. The County’s busi- ness organizations, like the Business Council of Westchester, act as major connectors in the community. The business community on the whole in Westchester is friendly and easy to navigate.”
communities and businesses in 2017. Lifestyle Westchester’s Instagram has over 18,000 followers and its Face- book Videos have been viewed over 350,000 times, sharing community updates and stories with hundreds of thousands of people.
“Sharing businesses’ unique stories, and giving back to the community through different outreach and chari- table projects is very gratifying. There is a tremendous sense of community in Westchester and I am committed to continuing to help bring together the organizations, businesses and people of this great County.”
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