Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) recently announced that it will be honoring WJCS Board President Mariquita Blumberg and New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins on April 5 at the Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, New York, and online at 6:30 p.m. Proceeds from the gala will help support programs that serve 20,000 Westchester residents each year, of all ages and backgrounds, who face struggles relating to mental health, trauma, disability, aging and developmental, educational and social problems affecting children and youth.
Founded in 1943, WJCS is the largest provider of outpatient-licensed community-based mental health services in Westchester and one of the largest human service organizations in the county.
For the past 10 years, Blumberg has supported WJCS, becoming chair of the marketing committee while serving on several other boards.
She is an executive coach and organizational consultant, supporting executives in small and mid-sized companies as they scale their business, their organization and their executive team all at once. She attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning a B.A in economics and a MSOD from the AU/NTL program at American University.
A trailblazer in local and state government and a champion for progressive action, Stewart-Cousins in 2012 became the first woman and African American to lead a New York State legislative conference.
WJCS CEO Seth Diamond, said “”¦ Every day Mariquita and Senator Stewart-Cousins demonstrate the power of commitment and the power of the individual to create positive change.”
