Honors, Accolades and Golf

The last few months of activities in the region provide time for honoring and golfing with the industry.

The Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry celebrated its 60th anniversary with a special June luncheon. Industry leaders across the New York region and nation attended the event to honor the progressive labor-management cooperative organization that is based in Flushing, N.Y. Pictured (l. to r.) are Howard Hirsch, President - New York Electrical Contractors Association; Larry Jacobson, Chairman - Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry; Thomas Van Arsdale, Business Manager, Local Union No. 3, I.B.E.W.; Raymond Melville, Assistant Business Manager, Local Union No. 3, I.B.E.W; Albert Samilenko, President - Association of Electrical Contractors; and Brian McLaughlin, President - Central Labor Council.

The Professional Women in Construction Awards Reception held in March featured many notable honorees, including (l. to r.) Theresa Vigilante, executive vice president, PWC; Steven Sommer, senior vice president & project director, Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc.; Lenore Janis, president, PWC; Bruce L. Warwick, president & chief operating officer, Columbus Centre LLC ; Greta; Davis, national director of supplier diversity, AOLTW.; T.J. Gottesdiener, partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP; and Rodica Kestenband, vice president, Cantor Seinuk Group, P.C. (Photo by Mark Lee Blackshear).

The New York Building Congress held its 2003 Golf & Tennis Outing in July at the North Hills Country Club in Manhasset, N.Y. Pictured in the top photo at right are JoAnne Podell, Senior Managing Director, Cushman Wakefield, Inc.; Dina Frank, President, Mancini-Duffy; Marje Sobylak, Director of Business Development, Cauldwell Wingate Company, LLC; and Davida Rohlf, VP, JP Morgan Chase, low gross score winner. Pictured in the bottom photo are Millard L. Seay, Senior Vice President, New York City Transit; Lawrence G. Reuter, President, New York City Transit; Michael J. Jones, Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.; and Thomas J. O’Neill, President & CEO, Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc.

The first annual ACE NY Golf Outing to benefit the ACE Mentor Program of Greater New York, sponsored by Adelhardt Construction Corporation, hit the links in July at the Nassau Country Club in Glen Cove, N.Y. Enjoying the fun and great weather at the event were John Bonanno of Stateside Contracting; Mike Rodriguez and Maurizio Bertolotti, both of PM Realty/JPMorganChase; and Bob Wilson of Eastern High Voltage.