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2024 BWA Winners

MEET THE 2024 HERALD PREMIER BUSINESS WOMEN OF LONG ISLAND AWARD WINNERS

ACCOUNTING

MARY SANTOLI

Director of Small Business Services
Prager Metis CPAs

TIFPHANI WHITE-KING

Principal,
US National Tax Practice Leader
Mazars

BANKING & FINANCE

ADRIENNE GREENE

Vice President, Market Manager
Valley Bank

PATRICIA KIELAWA

Vice President
Business Relationship Manager
Hanover Bank

THERESE MORA

Vice President Branch Banking
Dime Bank

NIKKI THEISSEN

Director Of Membership Development
Teachers Federal Credit Union

GLORIA WEBB

Vice President, Business Banking
Valley Bank

COACHING

LIZ BENTLEY

Founder & President
Liz Bentley Associates

ENERGY & UTILITIES

RETHA FERNANDEZ

Strategic Engagement Manager
National Grid Ventures

WENDY FRIGERIA

Strategic Communications
National Grid

ANGELA HAYES

Director, Customer Experience Group
Paraco Gas

WENDY HOLSBERGER,
PE, PTOE

Managing Director,
Long Island & Albany
VHB

ENTREPRENEUR

MAE CAIME

Founder & CEO
Amaezing Midlife & Beyond

AIMEE
KESTENBERG ELAN

Founder & Designer
The Affordable Luxury Group
– Aimee Kestenberg

VALERIE NIFORA

Author
Unleash the Power of You

ELIZABETH POLKE

President & CEO
Prodigy Consultant Group Inc.,
All Choice Energy LLC.

NATALIE REBUCK

Principal Designer
Re: Design Architects

GOVERNMENT

ANISSA D. MOORE

Deputy County Executive,
Health & Human Services
Nassau County

HEALTHCARE & WELLNESS

SEEMA BHANSALI, ESQ.

Vice President of Employee
Experience and Inclusion
Henry Schein

JENNIFER LEVEQUE

Senior Clinical Research Associate,
Founder,
Labcorp Drug Development,
Whipped Lash ®

EVE LUPENKO,
MD, FAAD

Director of Dermatology
Greenberg Cosmetic Surgery

MARIA ELENA PENA,
MD, ABOM

Director of Cardiometabolic Disease
Saint Francis Hospital,
Catholic Health

KELLY TALLAKSEN

Doctor of Metaphysical Hypnosis
Hearts in Harmony Hypnosis

TAMEKA WALLACE

Associate Executive Director,
Peri-Operative Services
Glen Cove Hospital

LEGAL

YVONNE R. CORT, ESQ.

Partner
Capell Barnett Matalon & Schoenfeld LLP

STEPHANIE D’ANGELO, ESQ.

Principal
D’Angelo Law Associates, P.C.

CHRISTINA JONATHAN

Principal
Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP

LAUREN E. MONAGHAN, ESQ.

Partner
Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP

VICTORIA SPAGNOLO

Associate Attorney
The NHG Law Group, P.C.

MELISSA NEGRIN-WIENER, ESQ.

Founder and Managing Partner
Cona Elder Law PLLC

LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT

JENNIFER MOCK DONOHUE

Senior Vice President
Disney Advertising Local

MORGAN TAYLOR

Vice President, Business Operations
BSE (NY Liberty & LI Nets)

MEDIA

KRISTA BENNETT DEMAIO

CEO & Founder
LI Beauty Scene

NOT-FOR-PROFITS

LAURA N. HARDING, ESQ.

President
ERASE Racism

EILEEN MINOGUE

Executive Director
Book Fairies

EILEEN MCDONALD EGAN

Executive Director/CEO
Community Mainstreaming Associates, Inc.

ROSEMARIE NANIA

President
BELOvEDS, A Nania Foundation Inc.

SUCI PADRO

President
NAHREP – National Association of
Hispanic Real Estate Professionals®

MINDY PERLMUTTER

Executive Director
Jewish Community Relations
Council of Long Island

TINA TOULON

Executive Director
New York Cancer Foundation

REAL ESTATE

MELISSA NAEDER

Senior Associate
Cushman & Wakefield

DOREEN SPAGNUOLO

CEO
Long Island Board of Realtors

TECHNOLOGY

KARA CANNON

CEO
Enzo Biochem

MICHELLE FERNANDEZ

Global Head of Technology
Nokia

Dr. SUBRINA OLIVER

CEO
O-High Technologies, LLC

TRAVEL

MICHELE CHUBALASHVILI

CEO
Vitas Travel Service

SPECIAL AWARDS

NEXT GENERATION - UNDER 30

ALEXIS EBANKS

2024 Miss Long Island Teen
Miss Long Island Pageants

KATHERINE WANG

2024 Miss Long Island
Miss Long Island Pageants

SPECIAL TRIBUTE

IN MEMORIAM:
KAREN TENENBAUM

Founder
Tenenbaum Law, P.C.

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