After hours with Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, at left, host of MSNBC”™s “Morning Joe” show and keynote speaker at
The Business Council of Westchester”™s annual dinner, with Business Council President and
CEO Marsha Gordon; MSNBC”™s Mika Brzezinski and Christopher O”™Callaghan of
Cushman & Wakefield, Business Council board chairman.

 

The Business Council of Westchester”™s annual dinner Oct. 8 brought out 425 persons to the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook, where MSNBC morning-show host Joe Scarborough was keynote speaker. His MSNBC colleague, Mika Brzezinski, made a surprise appearance on the dais from her Westchester home.

Scarborough entertained the crowd with humorous recollections of his work with Brzezinski and years in politics as a conservative Republican congressman from Florida, but ended on a serious note. “We have got to re-learn civility in this country,” he said. “We”™ve got the haters outnumbered, we really do.”

Business Council President and CEO Marsha Gordon said 180 businesses became new Business Council members in the last year. “Our role is clear: the Business Council must continue to work to create opportunities to help you grow your businesses,” she said.

Christopher O”™Callaghan, board chairman, said the Business Council has nearly 1,200 members, but noted there are 35,000 businesses in Westchester to potentially speak to federal and state officials as a unified voice for business. “We need a sledge hammer to swing to be heard,” he said.

 

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Developer Robert Weisz, president of RPW Group, with White Plains Mayor Joseph Delfino.

Business Council board members, from left, John D”™Agostino, KeyBank; Katherine Conits,
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, and Jim O”™Toole, James P. O”™Toole Consulting.

 

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Business Council board members, from left, Kenneth Theobalds, Entergy Corp., and
Larry Gottlieb, Burson-Marsteller, with Michael J. Smith, Berkeley College

The Business Council dinner drew 425 persons to the Hilton Rye Town in Rye Brook.