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Christine Conniff Sheahan
Networking® Magazine Publisher

January 2012

 

Dear Reader,
Networking® magazine is proud to celebrate the 11th anniversary of our annual David Awards Breakfast at the Crest Hollow Country Club on Thursday, January 19th. We are excited about our selection of the eight Renaissance men being honored on this inspirational morning. Many thanks go to the presenting sponsor Bank of America and Bob Isaksen, president Long Island Market and a 2009 David Award honoree, Lorraine Aycock, Bank of America Long Island vice president and community relations manager, the circle sponsors, advertisers, our David Awards committee and all who have come together to make the breakfast a great event. It is a grand celebration of the spirit of giving. We look forward to seeing you at what has proven to be a very special start to the New Year.

As Networking® magazine celebrates the beginning of its 22nd year, we applaud all our friends and supporters who have made our publication the sought-after source of information that it is today. Networking® magazine has become a leading resource for entrepreneurs, small business and large corporate decision makers. It is certified as a woman-owned business enterprise by the New York State Department of Economic Development.
Each year a portion of the net proceeds from the David Awards has benefited a worthy cause. To date we have donated over $100,000 to Long Island charities. The beneficiary this year will be East End Hospice, Inc., providing strength, support and love to families in the most difficult of times.

Our 2012 David honorees are:

Senator Alfonse D’Amato, Founder and Managing Director of Park Strategies, LLc, introduced by Kate Murray, Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead; Michael J. Dowling, President and CEO, North Shore LIJ Health System, introduced by Dr. Jennifer Mieres, Senior Vice President, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for North Shore LIJ; Peter J. Elkowitz Jr., President and CEO, The Long Island Housing Partnership, Inc., introduced by Michelle DiBenedetto, Director of Public Outreach and Special Programs for LIHP; William J. Johnson, Tuskegee Airman, introduced by daughter Terry DePass; Marty Lyons, Founder, The Marty Lyons Foundation; Senior Vice President of Operations, The Landtek Group, Inc.; The College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2011, introduced by daughter Megan Lyons, a member of the National Honor Society at Smithtown West; Jim McCann, Founder and CEO, 1-800-FLOWERS, introduced by Kathleen Rice, Nassau County District Attorney; Arthur J. Saladino, Co-Chairman of the Board, Don Monti Memorial Research Foundation, introduced by daughter Danielle Faria, executive vice president, Don Monti Memorial Research Foundation; and Water Stockton, President and CEO, Independent Group Home Living Program, introduced by Ann Liguori, sports radio and television broadcaster, President of Ann Liguori Productions and Founder of the Ann Liguori Foundation.

We are pleased to welcome our 2012 Master of Ceremonies, Bernadette Castro, former Commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. She continues to serve as a member of the Long Island State Parks Commission. Castro became famous at age four when she was able to easily open her family’s Castro Convertible sofas on their television commercials. In 2010, she and her children re-launched the business with the popular Castro Convertible Ottoman. Her grandchildren are now opening the ottoman on the company’s website – castroconvertibles.com.

Dr. Adrienne O’Brien, our Master of Ceremonies for eight years and the former dean of the School of Media and Arts at New York Institute of Technology has retired to Canandaigua, New York. While she is unable to join us at this year’s David Awards Breakfast, we are delighted that she has agreed to remain on our David Awards committee.

Rev. Reginald Tuggle, Pastor, Memorial Presbyterian Church, Associate Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Nassau Community College, will give the invocation for the David Awards. Join us and be inspired.

As we embark on 2012, we at Networking® magazine thank you, our readers and advertisers, for your continued support, especially in these difficult economic times. Our mission as a business monthly remains the same - to bring you “Who’s Who and What’s What,” and since 2007 “What’s Green” for the New York Metro area.

Best wishes for a Happy New Year,
Christine Conniff Sheahan
Publisher

 

 

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