In the Company of Amazing Women

                           

While attending the annual ceremony for Long Island Business News' annual Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business Awards, I kept wishing that I'd brought my two young daughters. I usually don't miss a chance to expose Gabby, 13, and Gillian, 10, to smart and successful women, but I assumed this was more of an "adult" event. Turns out that a good number of the 650 attendees were young children whose mothers, no doubt, share my feelings!

In any event, it was a wonderful night, and I'd like to congratulate all my fellow honorees, including Dori Scofield, founder of Save-A-Pet Animal Rescue; Dr. Jean Cacciaubaudo, Chief of Cardiology at Southside Hospital; Suffolk County Clerk Angie Carpenter, and so many other extraordinary women. And a shout-out to the new friends I made when the honorees were lined up alphabetically: Cat Taylor, assistant VP of Oncology Services at South Nassau Communities Hospital (standing in front of me) and attorney Miriam E. Villani of Sahn Ward Coschignano & Baker (who brought up the rear, immediately behind me).
 
Congratulations ladies! You all rock! And thank you for being a great example for all our daughters!