On December 2nd, 2020 the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce hosted their 18th Annual Emerging Leaders Competition virtually. Sponsored by St. Josephs College, the Chamber hosted sixteen high schools with over two hundred and sixty-five students participating.
This unique competition was developed to challenge students to think beyond the scope of the classroom and gives them the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and capabilities in a business environment. Students are presented thirteen categories to participate in at the beginning of the school year and work diligently to present their solutions to our volunteer judges who work in various professions. Over the years, the event has grown to be a true island-wide competition and provides an opportunity to build on many of the programs that exist at the local high schools and fills a gap for those schools that don’t have a business-related club like Young Leaders and DECA.
We want to thank our sponsors who took time out of their schedules to facilitate this event:
Asher Allweiss- Cobra Commercial Capital
Lauren Perry – National Grid
Andrea Bonilla – Source the Station
Ashley Benson – St. Joseph’s College
Barry Lites – Law Offices of Barry D. Lites LLP
Bob Bontempi – The Quay Group
Kelly Cortes – St. Joseph’s College
Bushra Dano – People’s United Bank
Amanda Vardakas – H2M Architects + Engineers
Diane Palma – digho image marketing
Maria Misko – digho image marketing
Jennifer Cassidy – People’s United Bank
Kiera McCourt-Davis – People’s United Bank
Robert Ansell – Power-Flo Technologies
Steve Hearl – H2M Architects + Engineers
Susan Pollock – St. Joseph’s College
Vita Scaturro – Chase Bank
Kim Poulos – KGI Design
Cooper Macco – Macco Law Group
Jennifer Leveque – Next Generation Long Island
Dorothy Roberts
Angela Perrone
Jerry Cohen – Five Towns College
Linda Mitchell – former director of the Entrepreneurial Institute Found.
Kai Johnson – Cynthia Ann Boutique
Matt David – St. Joseph’s College
Stacy Shapiro – GF Sports
Marc Gerstein – GF Sports
Liz Harnos – Burr Travel
This year, in addition to adapting to a virtual platform, The Chamber introduced a “Scholarship Program”. Designed for Seniors who have participated in the competition in prior years, this year, there were two extraordinary winners:
1.Jamie Saturno from Northport High School
2. Gurvir Singh from Herricks High School
This year has been a difficult year for students and teachers, and we are overwhelmed with gratitude for their participation. In addition, we would not be able to host this event without our sponsors:
Presenting Sponsor
St. Joseph’s College
Corporate Sponsors
Power-Flo Technologies
digho image marketing
H2M Architects + Engineers
Vita Scaturro, Chairwoman of the Board
Len Marks Photography
People’s United Bank
Goodpep Digital Marketing
The winners from the Emerging Leaders Competition are listed below:
SPORTS MARKETING A
FIRST PLACE: Anthony Martino- Bixhorn Technology Center
SECOND PLACE: Isaias Vilato- Westbury H.S
THIRD PLACE: Zachary Graber- Commack H.S.
SPORTS MARKETING B
FIRST PLACE: Matt Kellner & Jackson Bullaro- Syosset H.S
SECOND PLACE: Noah Friedland- Half Hallow Hills East H.S
THIRD PLACE: James Rush & Logan Day- Jericho H.S
ENTREPRENEURSHIP A
First Place (tie):
Karan Kaknia and Gurvir Singh (Herricks H.S)
Probleen Kaur and Kelly Fang (Herricks H.S)
SECOND PLACE: Nabeeha Ilyas (Harborfields H.S)
THIRD PLACE: Zoe Papazoglou and Avi Gupta (Commack H.S)
ENTREPRENEURSHIP B
FIRST PLACE– Krish Pamnani and Nicholas Thomas (Syosset H.S)
SECOND PLACE – Chris Duban & Ian Peckman (Wellington C Mepham HS)
THIRD– Pearl Chen & Elisa NG (Jericho H.S)
GRAPHIC DESIGN AND BRANDING
FIRST PLACE: Aidan Longueville – Bixhorn Technology Center
SECOND PLACE: Becca Storella & Aaron Platt – Syosset H.S
THIRD PLACE: Watson Baek & Iniya Ramesh – Herricks H.S
HOSPITALITY
FIRST PLACE: Kyle Dapice- Syosset H.S
SECOND PLACE: Nicole Feibel- Harborfields H.S
THIRD PLACE: Josh Dong & Blake Mayourian- Jericho H.S
NOT FOR PROFIT FUNDRAISING
FIRST PLACE: Kevin Zhu & Eason Pan- Jericho H.S
SECOND PLACE: Sarah Ninan & Roshni Patel- Herricks H.S
THIRD PLACE: Elina Ng & Zara Quizilbash- Jericho H.S
HUMAN RESOURCES
FIRST PLACE: Jennifer Buckley & Alexandra Gunning: Kings Park H.S
SECOND PLACE: Frank Jiang & Douglas Chen: Jericho H.S
THIRD PLACE: Julia Panzavecchia: Harborfields H.S
RETAIL MARKETING A
FIRST PLACE: Allison Lee & Shania Mehta- Jericho H.S
SECOND PLACE: Faith Cammarata & Michael Maznio – Oyster Bay H.S
THIRD PLACE: Olivia Kanfino & Joseph Cramer- Commack H.S
RETAIL MARKETING B
FIRST PLACE: Jennifer Slattery & Ellie Simkhai- Herricks H.S
SECOND PLACE: Laura Zhao & Emma Schwarzwald- Jericho H.S
THIRD PLACE: Giana Sinni & Adriana Doremus- Bixhorn Technology Center
ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING
FIRST PLACE: Hannah Proce – Harborfields H.S
SECOND PLACE: Brenna Parker & Olivia Orlando – Northport H.S
THIRD PLACE: Molly Goldstein & Alexa Brecher – Syosset H.S
PUBLIC RELATIONS
FIRST PLACE: TIE between Vivienne Lin & Chrstine Ling of Syosset H.S and Samantha Regenbogen & Dylan Guzman of Commack H.S
SECOND PLACE: Matthew Imbrosciano of Kings Park H.S
THIRD PLACE: TIE between Patrick Walsh & Rachel Singer of Oyster Bay H.S and Valia Kavrakis & Liam McKenna of Northport H.S
HEALTHCARE
FIRST PLACE: Janice Rateshwar & Chelsea Patrick- Jericho H.S
SECOND PLACE: Evan Burke & Brendan Connolly- Northport H.S
THIRD PLACE: Olivia Katz & Maya Almaliah- Syosset H.S
TOURISM
FIRST PLACE: Carolyn Lau & Laren Liu – Herricks HS
SECOND PLACE: Elaine Jiao & Jessica Adel from Jericho HS
THIRD PLACE: Samuel Sherry from Syosset HS
INTERVIEW 11/12
FIRST PLACE: Marianna Kowalski- Bixhorn Technology Center
SECOND PLACE: Sana Nabi – Herricks H.S
THIRD PLACE: Leomarvin Abreu- Bixhorn Technology Center
INTERVIEW 9/10
FIRST PLACE: Davinder Chopra- Herricks H.S
SECOND PLACE: Michael Sabesan- Jericho H.S
THIRD PLACE: Jocelyn Chu- Herricks H.S
INTERVIEW LIFE SKILLS
FIRST PLACE: Michael Winiawksi
SECOND PLACE: Even Golden
THIRD PLACE: Emmanuel Hall