White Plains Hospital adds to its staff
White Plains Hospital has announced the following staff appointments:
ASHLESHA DAYAL specializes in obstetrics and gynecology. She received her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine, completed her residency at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and the first of two maternal fetal medicine fellowships, at Columbia University; her second was at Montefiore Medical Center. Dayal is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as the MFM subspecialty.
FRANCINE EINSTEIN specializes in obstetrics and gynecology. She received her medical degree from Jefferson Medical College, completed both her internship and residency at St. Barnabas Medical Center and her clinical fellowship in maternal fetal medicine at Montefiore Medical Center, followed by her post-doctorate fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Einstein is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology as well as the subspecialty of maternal fetal medicine.
SHARON GRUNDLAND specializes in behavioral health. She received her medical degree from Sackler School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine internship at NSLIJ Health System, where she also completed her psychiatry residency as well as a psychosomatic medicine fellowship. Grundland is board certified in psychiatry.
MOHINI GURME specializes in neurology. She received her medical degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University, completed her internal medicine internship at Bassett Healthcare and completed her neurology residency at the University of California Davis Health System, followed by a clinical neurophysiology fellowship at UCLA and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Gurme is board certified in neurology.
MARIA LUFRANO specializes in gastroenterology. She received her medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, completed her internal medicine residency at North Shore University Hospital, and completed her fellowship in gastroenterology, also at North Shore University Hospital. Lufrano is board certified in internal medicine as well as the subspecialty of gastroenterology.
SMITHA NAIR specializes in pulmonary/critical care medicine. She received her medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, and completed her internal medicine internship at Nassau University Medical Center followed by her internal medicine residency at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, where she remained for her fellowship in pulmonary/critical care medicine. Nair is board certified in internal medicine with a subspecialty in critical care medicine and pulmonary disease.
NARGIS SAVANI specializes in behavioral health. She received her medical degree from Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and completed both her psychiatry internship and residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Savani is board certified in psychiatry.
STEPHANIE SIMS specializes in radiology. She received her medical degree from Mount Sinai School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine internship at Lenox Hill Hospital and returned to Mount Sinai to complete her radiology residency and fellowship in breast and body imaging. Sims is board certified in radiology.
CYNTHIA BYRNE is a physician assistant specializing in surgery. She received her physician assistant certificate from University of Medicine and Dentistry after obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree at Hunter College. Byrne is certified as a physician assistant by the National Association of Physician Assistants.
SILVIA GRES is a nurse practitioner specializing in internal medicine. She received her Master of Science degree from Pace University, School of Nursing. Gres is certified as a nurse practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
ANITHA XAVIER is a nurse practitioner specializing in internal medicine. She received her Master of Science degree from the College of Mount Saint Vincent. Xavier is certified as a nurse practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Goldschmidt named agent for three flex properties
ERIC S. GOLDSCHMIDT, senior partner at Scarsdale-based Goldschmidt & Associates, has been appointed the exclusive sales agent of a three-building package of flex properties, totaling approximately 103,000 square feet in northern Westchester County. The addresses are 99 Castleton Ave., Pleasantville, and 10 St. Charles St. and 17 Gramercy Place, both in Thornwood.
This is the first time these properties are being offered for sale as a package. All three properties were built, owned and managed by the late Theodore Furst of Duke Millwork and Duke Realty.
White Plains law firm adds to its staff
LEE J. LEFKOWITZ and DAVID V. MIGNARDI have joined the White Plains law offices of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott LLC.
Lefkowitz joins the firm as an associate in the financial services litigation practice group. Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP. He had worked as a postgraduate fellow for New York State Supreme Court Justice Doris Ling-Cohan. Lefkowitz received his J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University, cum laude, and his B.A. from Binghamton University, cum laude.
Mignardi joins the firm as an associate in the financial services litigation and bankruptcy and restructuring practice groups. He focuses his practice on complex commercial, real estate and banking litigation with an emphasis on financial services and bankruptcy litigation. Mignardi received his J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University and his B.S. from the Manhattan College School of Business, magna cum laude.
Hudson Valley Hospital wins Guardian of Excellence Award
For the fourth time in recent years, Hudson Valley Hospital Center (HVHC) has captured one of Press Ganey”™s prestigious awards ”” the 2014 Guardian of Excellence Award for clinical excellence. The award from Press Ganey was received at the organization”™s recent annual convention in Orlando.
“This is no easy feat,”™”™ Hudson Valley Hospital Center President John Federspiel said. “To qualify, our medical and employee staff had to receive scores that are higher than 95 percent of the hospitals in the country. I am very proud to lead such a dedicated team.”™”™
HVHC received the organization”™s Success Story Award for employee satisfaction in 2006 and for patient satisfaction in 2012. It also received the Guardian of Excellence Award in 2013 for patient satisfaction and now for clinical excellence.
The Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award is a health care industry symbol of achievement. Fewer than 5 percent of all Press Ganey members reach this threshold and consistently maintain it for the one-year reporting period. Press Ganey partners with more than 10,000 health care facilities, including more than half of all U.S. hospitals, to measure and improve the patient experience.
IVI International hires senior project manager
MATT PHEANIS has been hired as senior project manager”“reviewer by IVI International Inc., a construction risk management and due diligence consultancy headquartered in White Plains.
Responsible for conducting Phase I environmental site assessments (ESAs) and communicating any issues that arise during this process to clients, Pheanis will write detailed reports and review reports written by others and previous reports to ensure that they meet both IVI and client protocols.
“Matt has extensive experience managing environmental site assessments with speed and accuracy and he is also experienced in reviewing the work of others,” said Charles Mulligan, director of Phase I and Zoning Compliance.
With more than 10 years of experience in the environmental industry, Pheanis comes to IVI from Partner Engineering and Science Inc. As a project manager he managed multiple Phase I environmental site assessments for private commercial banking institutions. Prior to that, he worked for four years as a project scientist at Geologica. Pheanis will be based in the San Francisco Bay area.
PepsiCo CEO Nooyi honored
PepsiCo Chairwoman and CEO INDRA K. NOOYI was honored Nov. 13 by Jacksonville University with its inaugural Presidential Global Citizen Award. She was recognized as one of the world”™s most powerful business leaders for her commitment to bettering society and improving the planet.
It is given to a visionary leader whose influence is felt “well beyond the bounds of his or her recognized responsibilities” and who embodies JU”™s ideal of a “globally engaged citizen creating opportunities to lead, live and learn.”
Nooyi called it “an absolute honor and true privilege to accept the award. I am humbled to receive an award that focuses on the citizen. All businesses must understand that citizenship is not tangential to the business. It is the business. One of my biggest priorities has been to transform PepsiCo into the best corporate citizen possible.”
College President Tim Cost praised Nooyi for her vision, tenacity and compassion and for exemplifying “one of the most important things we stand for here at JU: a commitment to global engagement.”
White Plains firm honored
The law firm of Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano LLP has received a tier 1 ranking for elder law in the New York metropolitan region by U.S. News ”“ Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” 2015. This marks the fifth consecutive year that the firm has been recognized for its professional excellence. Achieving a top-tier ranking signals a combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
Enea, Scanlan & Sirignano, with offices in White Plains and Somers, concentrates its practice on elder law planning, asset protection planning, wills, trusts and estates, Medicaid applications (home care and nursing home), guardianships, nursing home negligence, special needs planning, estate litigation, as well as real estate, corporate and commercial law.
New regional director at Pentegra
JEFFREY JOHNSON has joined Pentegra, headquartered in White Plains, as its regional director for qualified plan sales. Reporting to Pete Swisher, Pentegra senior vice president of national sales, Johnson will spearhead the company”™s business development efforts in the Southwest.
Swisher said, “With extensive knowledge of qualified retirement plan solutions, strong relationships and a solid track record of success, he will be instrumental in working to expand the organization”™s scope, reach and relationships throughout the Southwest.”
Johnson will be based in Phoenix.
Volunteer New York! named top-rated nonprofit
Volunteer New York! has been honored with a 2014 Top-Rated Nonprofit Award by GreatNonprofits.org, a provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations.
“We are proud of our accomplishments this year, including another successful year for our 9/11 community action day that helped launch the Westchester County Diaper Bank with the Junior League of Central Westchester,” said board chairman Mark Rollins. The Top-Rated Nonprofit award was based on the large number of positive reviews that Volunteer New York! received ”“ reviews written by volunteers, agencies and program participants.
Bach to oversee corporate hospitality at KPMG women”™s PGA tourney
The PGA of America has appointed MEREDITH A. BACH as corporate hospitality sales manager for the inaugural KPMG Women”™s PGA Championship, to be held at June 9-14 at Westchester Country Club.
Bach, who has an extensive background in event management, sports marketing and communications, will oversee all aspects of the championship hospitality venues, from sales to quality of service and serve as the primary onsite contact for all corporate clients.
An accomplished event manager with more than 20 years of experience in finance, fashion, sports and media industries, Bach has developed strong relationships with high-profile athletes and industry leaders. She worked in a similar capacity with the United States Tennis Association for its U.S. Open corporate hospitality programs and has been successful in developing and utilizing strategic partnerships for a broad range of world-class events.
A former American Express senior manager who specialized in global advertising and brand management, Bach also was the Polo Ralph Lauren senior director of sports marketing, who administered events for golf and tennis brands, working with various LPGA stars.
The KPMG Women”™s PGA Championship will be the first women”™s major run by the PGA of America, which operates the annual PGA Championship and biannual Ryder Cup competition.
TD Bank names Larchmont manager
TD Bank has named SUSAN C. FULLER as manager of the Larchmont branch at 1289 Post Road. She is responsible for new business development, consumer and business lending, managing personnel and overseeing the day-to-day operations at the store serving customers throughout a region that includes New Rochelle, Larchmont, Mamaroneck and Harrison.
Fuller has 40 years of retail and business banking experience. Prior to joining TD Bank, she served as business banker at Citibank in Mamaroneck and as a branch manager at Dime Savings Bank in Scarsdale.
NYPA”™s Anderson honored
JILL C. ANDERSON, vice president of public and regulatory affairs for the New York Power Authority (NYPA), was recently recognized by Diversity Journal as one of the Women Worth Watching in 2015. Anderson is being honored for her leadership in positioning NYPA to meet the challenges of an industry undergoing rapid technological change and helping to redefine the electric utility industry in New York state.
Anderson also serves as chief of staff to NYPA”™s President and CEO Gil C. Quiniones and is a member of the executive management committee. Her responsibilities include corporate communications, community and government affairs, legislative and regulatory affairs, project development and licensing and energy policy and sustainability.
Anderson has served as president of the New York State Women in Communications and Energy.
Berg receives Super Lawyer distinction
STUART BERG, a partner in the real estate department of Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever LLP in White Plains, has been named to the 2014 edition of New York Metro Super Lawyers, a listing of the region”™s outstanding attorneys who are recognized for professional achievement in the New York metropolitan area.
Berg has earned the reputation as the “go-to” lawyer to facilitate multimillion-dollar real estate transactions. He has been involved in the acquisition and sale of numerous buildings in New York City and throughout the country. During the recent economic downturn, he played an instrumental role in turning around distressed assets and modifying loans.
He is one of three partners at Kurzman Eisenberg to be honored as a 2014 Super Lawyer, joining Jessica Galligan Goldsmith, head of the trusts and estates department, and Richard L. Chadakoff of the real estate department.
Central Hudson offers billing and assistance programs
Customers experiencing a financial hardship this winter are encouraged to apply for a Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) grant through their local Department of Social Services. Those who qualify may also be eligible to receive additional benefits from Central Hudson.
“Customers who are eligible for HEAP and use electricity or natural gas as their primary heating source may receive a regular benefit $350 to $400, depending on family income guidelines, applied toward their Central Hudson account,” said Charles A. Freni, senior vice president of customer services, adding that eligible customers who use electricity or natural gas to heat their residence may also qualify for an additional emergency HEAP benefit of $350 to $490 beginning Jan. 2.
Eligibility for HEAP benefits, which opened Nov. 17 is determined by income and family size; this season, for example, a family of four earning up to $50,629 per year may qualify.
“All Central Hudson customers who receive HEAP benefits toward their account during the 2014-2015 HEAP season will also be issued a bill credit of between $5.50 and $23 per month on their Central Hudson bill, depending on the type of service received, for a maximum of 12 months,” said Freni. “We”™re pleased to provide this support for our customers who may be facing financial difficulties.”
For more information, visit otda.ny.gov/programs/heap/program.asp and for more on all of Central Hudson”™s assistance and billing programs, visit CentralHudson.com and click on “Your Home.”
Hudson Valley Honor Flight to debut film
A red carpet world premiere of the documentary film “Hudson Valley Honor Flight: Generation Bridge” Jan. 24, 5 p.m., at the Paramount Theatre in Middletown will be hosted by Hudson Valley Honor Flight.
The film, produced by Rockland County resident Joe Allen, senior vice president, employee communications and community affairs at Active International at Pearl River, documents Hudson Valley World War II veterans”™ experiences and tells the story and mission of Hudson Valley Honor Flight, which provides a day of honor bringing WWII veterans free of charge to the nation”™s capital to visit the WWII memorial.
The film also captures the interactions of veterans working with teens in area schools to provide insight into the World War II era. It documents the sharing of information with area high school and middle school students.
“We are excited that after a year of producing this film, we will finally be able to celebrate the world premiere of this amazing story right here in the Hudson Valley, with our WWII veterans in attendance,” said Frank P. Kimler, chairman of the Hudson Valley Honor Flight board of directors.
Tickets are on sale now. General admission is $15 and VIP tickets are $75. VIPs will have priority seating and a meet-and-greet reception, including food and beverage, with the film”™s veterans and producers afterward. Tickets can be purchased at middletownparamount.com or at the box office. WWII veterans may visit the Paramount box office in advance to receive tickets at no cost. For more information, contact Hudson Valley Honor Flight at 845-391-0076.
Nolletti receives trial advocate certification
The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) has announced that James J. Nolletti of Collier, Halpern, Newberg, Nolletti & Bock LLP in White Plains has successfully achieved board certification as a trial advocate. The NBTA was formed out of a strong conviction that both the law profession and its clients would benefit from an organization designed specifically to create an objective set of standards illustrating an attorney”™s experience and expertise in the practice of trial law.
Nolletti, joins a growing number of trial attorneys that have demonstrated their commitment to bettering the legal profession by successfully completing a rigorous application process and providing the consumer of legal services with an objective measure by which to choose qualified and experienced legal counsel.
The elaborate screening of credentials that all NBTA board-certified attorneys must successfully complete includes demonstration of substantial trial experience, submission of judicial and peer references to attest to their competency, attendance of continuing legal education courses, submission of legal writing documents, proof of good standing and passing of an examination.
Stramiello named project manager
Verticon Construction Ltd. has hired JOHN STRAMIELLO as project manager after being awarded the contract for a project in the Wappinger Central School District. Stramiello will be spearheading the project for the school district while adding his skills to the current estimating team of Verticon, which includes Jim Seckler, Joe D”™Angelico and co-owner Alan Zuckerman.
Stramiello, who is from Circleville, has crossed paths with Monroe-based Verticon while working with his father at New York Earth & Structures, an excavation and site development company, when the companies collaborated on the Inspire Cerebral Palsy Center in Goshen.
Information for these features has been submitted by the subjects or their delegates.
