Past Recipients
2019Senior Vice President, Commercial Regional Group Manager Suburban NY Middle Market, Not-For-Profit Lending, TD Bank
2018President and CEO at GSE Dynamics, Inc.
2017•Founder, Epoch 5 Marketing and Public Relations
•Board of Directors, United Way
•Served in leadership and volunteer roles:
– Quality Review Board, Stony Brook Hospital
– Regional Plan Association
– Citizens Review Board
– Suffolk County Small Business Advisory Commission – Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce
– Long Island Partnership
– Family Service League
– Nassau County Boy Scouts
– Stony Brook University
2016• Founding Director, The Energeia Partnership at Molloy College
• Serves on several Long Island non-profi t boards and committees:
– Board Member, Pal-O-Mine Equestrian
– Founding Member and Vice President, Social Enterprise Alliance LI
– Board Member, Long Island Arts Alliance
– Council Member, Long Island Regional Planning Council
– Board Member, Babylon IDA
– Board Member, Wyandanch Rising, LLC
– Advisory Board Member, Suffolk County Police Commissioners
Council
– Advisory Board Member, Educational Leadership for Diverse
Learning Communities Doctoral Program at Molloy College
– Board of Directors, NYS Empire Justice Center
• Founder, Women on the Move
2015• Group Director and Senior Vice President, Signature Bank
• Founder of two executive roundtables for Long Island chief financial
officers, consisting of more than 110 CFOs who meet monthly on
day-to-day challenges faced by financial executives
• Founder of Financial Executive Women (FEW), a CFO Roundtable for
Women CFOs of privately held companies
• Serves on several boards including:
–– Northeastern Regional Board of the American Heart Association
(Chairperson)
–– Real Estate Practitioners Institute
–– Long Island Real Estate Group
–– Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
–– Long Island Software and Technology Network (LISTnet)
• Recipient of numerous recognition awards, including:
–– Long Island Business News Top 50 Most Influential Women in
Business
2014• Director of Financial Shared Services and Treasury at Adecco Group
North America
• Licensed CPA and CGMA (Chartered Global Management Accountant)
and member of the AICPA and NYSSCPA
• Member of the Adecco Diversity and Inclusion Business Council and
organizer of Adecco’s many charitable and volunteer events, including:
– Take your children to Work Day
– Hurricane Sandy victim assistance
– Woman’s Dress for Success
• Volunteer at the Holbrook food pantry where she leads the efforts in food
and coat drives, blanket collections, school supply collections, adopt-afamily
and dozens of collections for single mothers needing assistance
• Ongoing Make-A-Wish Foundation supporter and Breast Cancer Walk
participant
• Hauppauge PTA member (12 years) and past PTA VP and Treasurer
2013• President & Founder of the Long Island Development
Corporation family of economic development entities
• Recognized for her efforts as an innovative leader in
small business lending by four US Presidents, the US
Congress and several NY State Governors
• Founded or held a key role in:
–– Women’s Economic Development of LI
(Founder)
–– LI Women’s Agenda (Founding Board Member)
–– Natl. Association of Women Business Owners
(Corporate Officer)
–– Long Island Partnership (Corporate Officer)
• Serves on the Boards of several economic and
community development organizations including
the LI Community Foundation and Nassau AHRC
Foundation & Trusts
2019Director of Freshman Admissions, Adelphi University
2018Regional Account Director at Crossover Health
2017•Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management Adelphi University
– Responsible for student admissions strategy and enrollment operations
•Mentor, NYS Association for College Admissions Counseling
•Presenter, National Association for College Admission Counseling National Conference
•Served in leadership roles:
– Bryant University
– Nassau Counselors’ Association
2016• Partner, Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP
• Guest Lecturer, Touro Law School and Hofstra University
• Member, Touro Law School’s
– Alumni Council
– Mentor Program
– Dean’s Advisory Board
• Event Chair, American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women Luncheon”
• Member, Long Island Association’s Rising Professionals Affi nity Group
• Past Member of:
– Huntington Chamber of Commerce’s Women-in-Business Committee
– LIREG Women’s Group
2015• Group Director, Vice President Investments, Signature Securities
• Specializes in retirement planning and captive management and
considered one of the company’s top advisors with close to $2 billion in
assets under management
• Received several recognitions, including:
–– Member of Citigroup’s Presidential Advisory Council at age 28
–– Long Island Business News Top 50 Most Influential Women in
Business
–– Honoree for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women
Luncheon in 2012
–– Huntington’s Woman of the Year in 2014
• Co-founder of the Friends of Huntington Station Latin Quarter, a nonprofit
organization focused on the betterment of Huntington Station.
Serves on several committees, including the annual community fair,
neighborhood cleanups, project development and annual toy drive
2014• Senior Director, Ambulatory Network Development at the North
Shore-LIJ Health System
• Responsible for collaborating with Real Estate Services to ensure the
development of ambulatory sites in key market areas
• Responsible for bringing programs and services identified as critical
to improving the health status of the community, on schedule and on
budget
• Founder of the NSLIJ – Port Washington Runners, which encourages
employee wellness
• Founder of the Port Washington Mommy Swap, to bring together
moms in the community to share resources and advice, and make
new friends
• Member of the Planning Committee for the Port Washington Public
Library
• Actively involved with the Girl Scouts of Nassau County, the Hispanic
Counseling Center and the Port Washington Parents Resource Center
2013• Process Development Manager, The Estee Lauder
Companies, Inc.
• Responsible for managing and providing
development plans for process engineers and
optimization of equipment/processes for new and
existing processes
• Held positions at:
–– The Society of Women Engineers (Former
President and Treasurer)
–– The American Institute of Chemical Engineers
(Former Vice President)
• Memberships and volunteer activities include:
–– Member of The Society of Cosmetic Chemists
–– Volunteer for Breast Cancer Awareness
–– Saint John’s University Bread for Life Sponsor-a-Family
Volunteer