"Business Leader Of The Year Award"
Presented to Debert Cook
by the African American Chamber
of Commerce of Westchester and Rockland Counties
September 26, 2004--Robin L. Douglas (L)
president and founder of the African-American Chamber of
Commerce of Westchester and Rockland Counties (AACCWRC)
and former NBA star, Cal Ramsay (r) of
the NY Knicks present, Publisher, Debert Cook
with the Business Leader of the Year Award during during
their 7th Annual Awards & Scholarship Dinner at the
Hilton Rye Town in Rye, New York.
Other honorees included Paula Redd-Zeman,
Commissioner of Westchester County Human Resources; Hon.
William Darden, Rockland County Legislator. The
Chamber is also recognizing the Westchester Business Journal,
published by Dee DelBello as Westchester
County Business of the Year and Edna I. Rivera,
Executive Director of HOGAR as this year's Rockland County
Businessperson of the Year. All honorees will receive an
award provided by The Mount Vernon
Fine Art Gallery.
"This dinner is a not only a fundraiser for our young
chamber," said Robin Douglas, Chamber President/CEO/Founder,
"but it is also an opportunity for our membership,
the business and social community to join the Chamber in
praising the accomplishments and contributions of this year's
honorees."
Dinner Chairman, John Tuller, Director
of Community Affairs for the Journal News along with co-chairs
Yvonne Forbes, Vice President, Wacovia
Bank; Ana Mollinedo, Vice President, Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc; Hector Ramirez,
Vice President, Citibank and T. Daniel Tearno,
Vice President, Heineken USA invite businesses and individuals
to advertise in the commemorative journal as well as attend
the dinner. Ticket prices begin at $100 per person.
The evening's entertainment wasl be provided by Woody
Wood Working Music. Attendees will also receive
a one-year paid subscription to Black Enterprise Magazine.
One of the Chamber's annual sponsors.
The AACCWR, Inc. was established June 28, 1996 as an independent
not-for-profit agency, to aid, counsel and protect the interests
of African American businesses. The mission is to preserve
competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the
overall economy of Westchester and Rockland Counties.
To join the Chamber or for additional information please
call (914) 699-4749 or log on to www.AfricanAmericanChamberOfCommerceNYS.org.
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