For over thirty years, Schneps Media has been making a community of extraordinary Power Women and celebrating those that make Queens a thriving and vibrant place to work and reside.
Victoria Schneps began this journey in 1994 with only one newspaper, The Queens Courier, which she launched from her front room. At this time, her visionary management has expanded to incorporate over 10 media retailers below the Schneps Media umbrella.
Upon noticing the dearth of recognition for girls at male-dominated awards occasions, Schneps determined to take motion. Thus, Energy Girls of Queens was born as a platform to honor and unite feminine trailblazers throughout a variety of industries.
This yr’s Energy Girls ceremony, which happened on Feb. 27 at Russo’s On The Bay in Howard Beach, introduced collectively probably the most inspirational feminine leaders that Queens has to supply. Together with the brand new 2025 Energy Girls, many honorees returned to be honored and named as ‘ICONs.’
Beginning at 5 p.m., a VIP Energy Hour the place every honoree was interviewed by Director of Occasions Toni Cimino to assist the honorees be taught extra about one another. It additionally gave honorees a chance to fulfill each other and community earlier than the remainder of the visitors arrived. The honorees joined the visitors for an final networking cocktail social gathering the place honorees and visitors related and constructed relationships earlier than heading into the high-energy award ceremony at 7:30 p.m.
Camp Rise Up was the native trigger for the occasion with 100% of the raffle proceeds going to the camp.
Camp Rise Up is a summer time camp for homeless teenagers that mixes social-emotional studying and recreation to construct shallowness, life abilities, and relationships whereas addressing crucial psychological well being points.
Monica Morales, an Emmy Award-winning reporter for PIX11, the groundbreaking information station in New York, was the Mistress of Ceremonies and co-hosted with Eliabeth Schneps Aloni SVP Occasions at Schneps Media. They known as up every honoree one after the other to bop down the crimson carpet and gather their award.
One of many returning honorees being acknowledged as an ICON on the occasion was Nancy Martinez, Government Director at New York Profession Coaching Faculty, LLC. Martinez expressed her deep gratitude for the award and congratulated her fellow honorees.
“It has huge significance (to be honored as an ICON). It reveals that somebody nominated me, and so they say that I’m continuous. For the final 20 years, I’ve been working exhausting to assist my neighborhood – particularly in vocational coaching,” she defined.
Trish Gathers, president and CEO at The Carmelite System, was one other influential chief who was awarded the ICON title throughout the ceremony.
Gathers remarked that it was wonderful to be in the identical room as a bunch of girls so devoted to serving to others locally, particularly those that assist the struggling or marginalized.
She additionally mirrored on a time in her profession when a person requested her what it felt wish to hit the glass ceiling.
“It was a wake-up name for me. I noticed that I used to be not in the suitable place. At the moment, I used to be solely actually a director, so I had the braveness to say, ‘Okay, I would like to maneuver on.’ Now, I’m the CEO of a brand new group, and I’m very happy with it,” Gathers mentioned.
“When you’ve got individuals who place obstacles in entrance of you, it may possibly generally be a wake-up name to let you realize that you should change your path a bit bit.”
Jacqueline de Dios, Lead Supervisor in Enterprise Improvement at R.F. Wilkins Consultants, celebrated her first time as a Energy Girl honoree by commenting on how a lot she was “in awe” of the ladies that she was surrounded by. She felt “very humbled” by the award and believes she is in a really fortunate place proper now.
“I’ve labored within the nonprofit non-public and authorities house, elevating funds, grants, capital sourcing, and writing profitable proposals with a purpose to help and finance the whole lot from after-school applications to youth applications to redevelopment initiatives to empowerment applications for girls,” de Dios added.
“In the whole lot that I’ve completed, there’s all the time been a drive in direction of creating entry for people who find themselves typically marginalized, whether or not or not it’s by race, gender, class, and so forth. That’s all the time been probably the most gratifying a part of my work.”
As a colleague of de Dios and a first-time Energy Girl herself, Louise Reyes, Compliance Supervisor at R.F. Wilkins Consultants, felt “empowered and blessed” to characterize her firm on the esteemed occasion.
Reyes invited her entire household to hitch her for the celebration and believes that “as a minority lady,” she is most gratified by serving to others like her attain their objectives.
“The occasion is wonderful. To be in a room filled with highly effective leaders and trailblazers, I’m simply so proud and grateful to be part of this neighborhood, and I wish to thank Schneps Media for organizing this occasion and persevering with to empower girls throughout Queens,” she remarked.
In the meantime, Natasha Lelia Turner, Mission Administration at JFK Redevelopment Program and The Port Authority of NY & NJ, described the honour as “actually empowering” and a mirrored image of the very best of what the Queens neighborhood can do.
“I like making an impression in my neighborhood, particularly serving to others,” she defined. “For ladies from completely different areas to return collectively and have fun one another is wonderful.”
Marisa Von Wieding, Vice President of Operations and The New Terminal One at JFK, additionally mirrored on being surrounded by “all of those completed girls,” a few of whom she has labored intently with all through her profession.
“I like my job, so what’s necessary to me is the place we’re proper now in the midst of the event aspect and bringing a constructing to life. Then working it and turning it into an amazing expertise for the entire touring public,” she remarked.
With it being the primary time she was at a Energy Girls occasion, Von Wieding believed it was “completely great” and a “actual privilege.”
Later within the night, Karen Paige, Government Vice President and COO at Episcopal Well being Companies couldn’t consider the extent of accomplishment and energy of the honorees within the room. She was blown away by the occasion and joked, “Schneps is [like the] Emmy’s!”
“Nevertheless, most significantly, I consider that this award isn’t just about me, however it’s about representing EHS and the neighborhood and the analysis, so I’m so humbled and proud to be right here tonight,” Paige added.
“There are such a lot of issues that we do, however for me, my drive is to rise up every single day to be sure that we’re delivering best-in-class, high-quality, person-centered care to the entire folks on the peninsula and the encompassing areas.”
Dr. Sabiha Raoof, CMO and Affected person Security Officer/Chairperson at MediSys Well being Community shared the identical sentiment of pleasure and honor to be in a room filled with unimaginable folks.
“I’m an immigrant lady who got here right here with a dream. Right here I’m immediately after attaining my dream, and I’ve completed plenty of stuff that I’ve been eager to do all my life,” she defined.
“I bought a chance on this nice nation. Folks from everywhere in the world will include their goals and obtain them right here.”
Raoof can be a breast most cancers survivor and is now engaged on making a most cancers middle for her hospital. Seeing her sufferers get the absolute best care, “like I bought as a most cancers affected person,” can be probably the most gratifying a part of her profession.
Sr. Phillip Ann, Administrator for Ozanam Corridor at The Carmelite System, was one other honoree who expressed her deep pleasure for the popularity of her work. Nevertheless, she defined, “The work we do will not be about me however in regards to the individuals who make it attainable.”
She believes the very best a part of her job is serving the residents of Ozanam Corridor and ensuring everyone’s wants are met.
Ana Tagle, the Assistant Administrator for Ozanam Corridor at The Carmelite System, was additionally honored throughout the ceremony. She defined that she felt “empowered and humbled” all through the night.
“My ardour actually is to work with the aged and the truth that I’m able to do that every single day like I wished to as I grew up is so gratifying. It’s stunning,” Tagle remarked.
“I believe this occasion is wonderful. Acknowledging people who work very exhausting and what they’ve been in a position to accomplish. It’s nice to have the help of those folks and the neighborhood. It’s great.”
Karen Ali, COO at JFK Millenium Companions, was overjoyed to be honored in the identical class as the ladies round her and added that it “means the world to me.”
“I’m surrounded by a crew of individuals which can be wonderful and I believe the chance to guide and be taught from the folks round me is probably the most gratifying a part of my work,” she mentioned.
One other ICON honored on the occasion was Monique Edwards, Senior Buyer Service and PMO Supervisor at Alstom. She summed up what the night meant to her in three phrases: “sisterhood, neighborhood, and comradery.”
Edwards loves to the touch folks’s lives together with her work and believes that the whole lot she will do together with her profession is “an honor and a privilege.”
Cecelia Solozano-Bahr, Supervisor for Business/Contract Administration at Alstom, devoted her award to the “future Energy Girls” and all these within the room together with her. She defined that her crew challenges her ” every single day” and values every one among them.
Solozano-Bahr additionally made a touching tribute to Edwards for his or her work collectively: “This girl beside me here’s a true inspiration and a real icon and I thank her for being that instance to me.”
Sr. Phillip Ann and Ana Tagle of The Carmelite System having fun with the ceremony. Photograph by Ramy MahmoudMichelle Stoddart, Senior Vice President of Neighborhood Improvement and Public Affairs at Resorts World New York Metropolis, was one other returning honoree named as an ICON on the occasion.
“The popularity is actually particular as a result of I do know the work that Schneps places into the neighborhood and actually simply seeing all which can be on this place and the place I’m immediately,” she defined.
“It’s very particular to have them honor me, and it’s very particular to be amongst all the ladies right here tonight. It offers a chance to see who else can be doing nice issues. I actually respect the honour from Schneps.”
Stoddart is most gratified by the help she can provide to neighborhood organizations, which in flip helps their neighbors and neighborhood. She can be thrilled that she has been in a position to attend the Energy Girls occasions ceaselessly and see all of her fellow honorees.
“I like to see how proud the entire girls are of receiving this honor and the comradery that all of us now have. This award actually kinds a particular group for us,” Stoddart added.
The occasion was sponsored by The Port Authority of NY & NJ, JFK Redevelopment Program, Resorts World New York Metropolis , New York Profession Coaching Faculty, LLC, The New Terminal One at JFK, JFK Millennium Companions, MediSys Well being Community, Alstom, Episcopal Well being Companies, R.F. Wilkins Consultants, The Carmelite System, Carith Ministries, Ms. New York Senior America, Argus Neighborhood, Inc., GAMCO Company, JFKIAT, LaGuardia Gateway Companions, NuHealth/NUMC, Queens School, Queens Public Tv, The Floating Hospital, Ridgewood Financial savings Financial institution, Ponce Financial institution, East 27 Inventive, and Miss Jessie’s.
The total record of the Energy Girls of Queens is beneath. To be taught extra about these unimaginable girls, go to PowerWomenQNS.com
Energy Girls ICONs:
Gina Battagliola, Director of Terminal Redevelopment, JFKIAT
Stacy Bliagos, Government Director, HANAC, Inc.
Lelina Chang, President, GAMCO Company
Lauren Dascalopoulos, Normal Supervisor, Hawaiian Airways
Susana Desa, Vice President of Operations, JFKIAT
Monique Edwards, Senior Buyer Service and PMO Supervisor, Alstom
Trish Gathers, President and CEO, The Carmelite System & Founder Carth Basis
Debra-Ellen Glickstein, Founding Government Director, NYC Children RISE
Suzette Gordon, President and Chief Government Officer, SCO Household of Companies
Frances Kweller, Founder and Proprietor, Kweller Prep Tutoring.
Dr. Christine Mangino, President, Queensborough Neighborhood School
Nancy Martinez, Government Director, New York Profession Coaching Faculty, LLC
Suzette Noble, Chief Government Officer, LaGuardia Gateway Companions
Patricia Robinson, Chief Administrative Officer, Better Jamaica Improvement Company
Dianna Rose, Principal, Dianna Rose & Associates
Megan C. Ryan, Chief Authorized Officer, NuHealth/NUMC and A Holly Patterson Prolonged Care Facility
Michelle Stoddart, Senior Vice President of Neighborhood Improvement and Public Affairs, Resorts World New York Metropolis
Dr. Miriam Vega, President & Chief Government Officer, Argus Neighborhood, Inc.
Angela Wambugu Cobb, Vice President for Institutional Development, Suny Previous Westbury
Energy Girls 2025:
Karen Ali, Chief Working Officer, JFK Millennium Companions
Dr. Hadeel Alkhairw, Chief High quality Officer, NYC Well being + Hospitals/Elmhurst
Sr. Philip Ann, Administrator, Ozanam Corridor, The Carmelite System
Mary Archana Fernandez, Director: Household Help Companies, South Asian Council for Social Companies (SACSS)
Kim Bargfrede, Vice President, Residential & Youth Justice Companies, SCO Household of Companies
Joan Caliendo, Present Ms New York Senior America, Ms. New York Senior America
Melora Chang, Vice President, GAMCO Company
Cassandre Deus, Regional Director, Residential & Youth Justice Companies, SCO Household of Companies
Edith Duchatelier, Assistant Vice President and Department Supervisor, Ridgewood Financial savings Financial institution
Jacqueline de Dios, Lead Supervisor, Enterprise Improvement at R.F. Wilkins Consultants
Erica Ford, CEO, LIFE Camp, Inc.
La-Vena Francis, Vice President of Area Operations, YMCA Better New York (Queens)
Dr. Ellen Hagopian, Director of the Queens Most cancers Heart, NYC Well being + Hospitals/Queens
Helena Han, PhD, BCBA-D, LBA, SBL, Head of Faculty, AYM
Shamise Harvin, Profession Readiness Specialist, SCO Household of Companies
Tanya Hobson-Williams, Esq., Principal Legal professional, Hobson-Williams, P.C.
Tayler Jackson Kanu, District Director, Workplace of Congresswoman Grace Meng
Jennifer Jarvis, Vice President for Pupil Affairs and Enrollment Administration, Queens School
Nicole Johnson, Emmy Award Profitable Journalist, PIX11
Dr. Cecilia N. LaRoche,Proprietor-Dentist, LaRoche Dental
C.J. Marie, Quick Previous Ms New York Senior America, Ms. New York Senior America
Nancy Y. Martinez, Assistant Vice President | Deposit Companies Officer, Ponce Financial institution
Dr. Meghan Miller Ed.D MPH CHES-TFH, Director of Well being Training, The Floating Hospital
Teah Moe, Deputy Government Director, Southern Queens Park Affiliation
Sadiah Mohammed, President & Licensed Customs Dealer , Oceanair Logistics Inc.
Monica Morales, Emmy Award Profitable Reporter, PIX11
Tunisia Morrison, Co-Founder, The Voice of Youth Adjustments All the things Inc.
Montell Moseley, Founder, Useful resource Advocate, and Peer Counseling for a Caring Neighborhood, Inc.
Raquel Moss, Neighborhood Outreach Supervisor, The Port Authority of NY & NJ
Noran Omar, Queens Public Tv
Andrea Ormeno, Girls’s Enterprise Heart Director and Deputy Government Director, Enterprise Companies, Queens Financial Improvement Company (QEDC)
Karen Paige, MBA, RN, CPPS, CPXP, OCN, Government Vice President & Chief Working Officer, Episcopal Well being Companies
Deborah Rajeh, District Director, The Studying Expertise – Astoria and Middletown
Sabiha Raoof, MD, FACR, FCCP, CMO, CMO & Affected person Security Officer, Chairperson Radiology, MediSys Well being Community
Louise Reyes, Compliance Supervisor, R.F. Wilkins Consultants.
Ana Tagle, Assistant Administrator; Ozanam Corridor of Queens, The Carmelite System
Tanusa Thuraisingam, Proprietor, Legislation Workplaces of Tanusha Thuraisingam PLLC
Ina L. Salley, Director Of Admissions, Ozanam Corridor of Queens Nursing House
Sudha Setty, Dean and Professor, CUNY Legislation
Cecilia Solozano-Bahr, Supervisor – Business/Contract Administration, Alstom
Tanusha Thuraisingam, Proprietor, Legislation Workplaces of Tanusha Thuraisingam PLLC
Natasha Lelia Turner, ACE, Mission Administration– JFK Redevelopment Program , The Port Authority of NY & NJ
Jodia Vanel, Founder, Nesvanmar
Marisa Von Wieding, Vice President of Operations, The New Terminal One at JFK
Linda You, FNP-C, Director of Scientific Companies, The Floating Hospital
