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Business Council of Westchester
2015 Annual Dinner, Rye Brook
On October 27, the Business Council of Westchester held its Annual Dinner at the Hilton Westchester in Rye Brook. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo was honored as the special guest, and TODAY show commentator Mark Halperin served as the featured guest. Pictured: “Game Change” author Mark Halperin; Jean Marie Connolly, senior director, BNY Mellon Wealth Management; and Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson, partner, Thompson & Bender.
The College of New Rochelle
Common Core Task Force Public Session, New Rochelle
The College of New Rochelle hosted the first public session of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force on October 29 in the college’s Maura Hall. Pictured: Jay Quaintance, New
York State assistant secretary of education; Judith Huntington, president of The College of New Rochelle; and task-force chairman Richard D. Parsons, senior advisor, Providence Equity Partners, LLC, and former chairman of the board of Citigroup, Inc.
Pace Women’s
Justice Center
Making a Difference Benefit Dinner, Tarrytown
Pace Women’s Justice Center (PWJC) held its annual Making a Difference Benefit Dinner
on October 28 at The Tappan Hill Mansion in Tarrytown. The event raised more than $150,000 to aid the PWJC. Pictured: Cindy J. Kanusher, Esq., executive director, PWJC; Chairman Mike Kaplowitz of the Westchester County Board of Legislators.
Westchester County Association
Economic Forecast Breakfast, White Plains
County Executive Rob Astorino unveiled plans for a new Westchester BioScience & Technology Center during the WCA’s Economic Forecast Breakfast at the Westchester Marriott on January 7. Pictured: Jack Kopnisky, CEO of Sterling National Bank; William M. Mooney Jr, president and CEO of the WCA; and Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino.
Thompson & Bender
Westchester County Association
Annual Holiday Party, Rye
On December 2, more than 200 of Westchester’s business professionals gathered at the Westchester Country Club in Rye for the WCA’s Annual Holiday Party. Pictured: Dawn French, VP of Marketing and Community Outreach, White Plains Hospital; Michael Schiliro, VP of PCSB; Melinda White, Senior VP of Commerical Banking, Wells Fargo.
Holiday Networking Event, White Plains
Thompson & Bender held its annual holiday networking event on December 16 at 42 The Restaurant in The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester, in White Plains. More than 100 business leaders, officials, and dignitaries attended the event. Pictured: Kathryn Walsh, senior editor of 914INC.; Geoff Thompson, partner, Thompson & Bender; and Joanna Straub, executive director, Nonprofit Westchester.
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