Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS) in White Plains 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 and online at 6:30 p.m. Proceeds from the gala will be used to support programs that serve 20,000 Westchester residents each year, of all ages and backgrounds, who face struggles relating to mental issues.
Blumberg has been a board member for 10 years serving as president for the past three years. Previously she served as president of the Board of the Greenburgh Library and is currently a member of the Edgemont Board of Education. Professionally, she is an executive coach and organizational consultant. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master”™s degree from American University.
Stewart-Cousins is widely recognized as a trailblazer in local and state government who has advocated for the underserved and championed the needs of working families. She has overseen the passage of historic and transformative legislation on issues, including voting reforms, gun safety, women”™s rights, health care, immigration and Dreamers and the LGBTQ community.
In 2019, she shattered the glass ceiling when her peers elected her as temporary president and majority leader of the state Senate.
Before her election to office, she was the first African American to serve as director of community affairs for Yonkers.
She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Pace University, her teaching credentials in business education from Lehman College and her Master of Public Administration degree from Pace University.
To join in celebrating WJCS’s 2022 honorees and to support the work of WJCS.
Founded in 1943, WJCS is one of the largest nonsectarian, not-for-profit, trauma-informed human services agencies in Westchester.
