Two regional economic development advocates recently announced the recipients of their respective annual leadership awards.
At its 2012 Fall Leadership Dinner and APEX Awards presentation, the Westchester County Association will honor the late Richard D. Schaab Sr. with its Legacy Award.
Schaab, an Ossining resident and long-time vice president of the WCA, died in April at age 71.
WCA President William Mooney has also said the organization would dedicate a portion of its annual dinner, which will be held Nov. 1 at the Hilton Westchester in Rye Brook, to the late Sy J. Schulman.
Schulman, who died Sept. 1 from pancreatic cancer at age 86, served as president of the WCA for nearly 20 years, worked as a planner on the local, county and state levels, and was elected mayor of White Plains in 1993, where he served until 1997.
Other WCA honorees include Ron Belmont, mayor and supervisor of the town of Harrison, who is receiving the Alfred B. DelBello Visionary Award; Joel Seligman, president and CEO of Northern Westchester Hospital, who is receiving the APEX Award for Advocacy; Marialisa Zywotchenko, owner and president of Cyrus Contracting Corp., who is receiving the APEX Award for Young Professionals/Small Business; and Judith Spitz, chief information officer and senior vice president of Verizon, who is receiving the Purchase College Award for Entrepreneurial Science.
Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress, based in Newburgh, announced nine recipients of its Regional Leadership Awards, who will be recognized during Pattern”™s annual awards reception Nov. 8 at Anthony”™s Pier 9 in New Windsor.
Pattern 2012 Regional Leadership Award recipients include:
Ӣ Steve Lant, of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., who will receive the Excelsior Award;
Ӣ The marketing and branding campaign of NY BioHud Valley, which will receive the Economic Development award;
Ӣ The volunteers serving on the Mid-Hudson Regional Economic Development Council, who will receive the Regional Achievement award;
Ӣ The Rocking Horse Ranch and SplashDown Beach Water Park, located in Highland, which will receive the Tourism award;
Ӣ The Center for Discovery, located in Harris, which will receive the Health care award;
Ӣ Clearwater, located in Beacon, which will receive the Conservation and Land Use award;
Ӣ The city of Yonkers, which will receive the Improvement of Urban Areas award;
Ӣ Judith LaBelle of Glynwood, located in Cold Spring, who will receive the Agriculture award;
Ӣ Karen VanHouten Minogue, of The Community Foundation of Orange and Sullivan, who will receive the Regional Fellows Award, and
Ӣ Arthur Weintraub, formerly of the Northern Metropolitan Hospital Association, who will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.
“The effort to integrate regional leadership is not easy, and yet we find ourselves at a time when the failings of our economy demand innovated leaders and creative ideas that cross municipal borders,” said Pattern President and CEO Jonathan Drapkin, in a statement.
