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New Rochelle Chamber Honors Women of Excellence

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – The New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce recently honored four community members at its 12th annual Women of Excellence Award Dinner at Beckwith Pointe.

From Left to Right: Frank Miceli, New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce Board President; Alisa Kesten; Amy Torigian Parise; Ivar Hyden, City Councilman; Lina Arboleda; Jackie Agudelo; Bob Marrone, Executive Director of the Chamber

From Left to Right: Frank Miceli, New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce Board President; Alisa Kesten; Amy Torigian Parise; Ivar Hyden, City Councilman; Lina Arboleda; Jackie Agudelo; Bob Marrone, Executive Director of the Chamber

Photo Credit: Contributed-New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce/AaronKershaw.co
by Stephanie Mojica

This year’s honorees were:

  • Jackie Agudelo of United Community Center of Westchester won the Humanitarian Award.
  • Maria Jose, past Rotary Club chapter president and board director of the Chamber of Commerce, won the Business and Professional Award.
  • Alisa Kesten, executive director of Volunteer! New York, won the first Muriel Zaukas Woman of Outstanding Achievement award.
  • Amy Torigian-Parise, founder of Butterflies from Jodie, won the Community Outreach Award.

Chamber representatives along with state and local dignitaries also awarded Lina Arboleda, a student at the College of New Rochelle, the Young Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship. 

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