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
