NEW YORK HOTEL TRADES COUNCIL & HOTEL ASSOCIATION of N.Y.C., Inc. AND LOCAL 6 CLUB EMPLOYEES AND DIVISION A HOTELS 2019 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY AND LUNCHEON Theater Ballroom I & Ballroom II Grand Hyatt New York Hotel Park Avenue at Grand Central New York, NY 10017 Friday, June 21, 2019 PROGRAM 10:00 A.M. Coffee Reception 11:00 A.M. Welcome: Mr. Andrew Windsor Co-Chairmen’s Address: Mr. Vijay Dandapani Mr. Peter Ward Funds’ Chief Executive Officer’s Address: Dr. Robert Greenspan 2019 NYHTC & HANYC, Inc. Awards Presentation: Mr. Lawrence Momo Luncheon Immediately to Follow THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE NYHTC & HANYC, Inc. TRAINING AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND CO-CHAIR TRUSTEES Peter Ward Vijay Dandapani President – NY Hotel Trades Council President & CEO Business Manager – Local 6 Hotel Association of N.Y.C., Inc. UNION TRUSTEES EMPLOYER TRUSTEES Chris Cusack Daniel Costello Executive Vice President Counsel – Hilton Worldwide NY Hotel Trades Council Sam Grabush District Director – Local 6 Vice President of Operations – Highgate Hotels James Donovan George Greene President - Local 6 Vice President – Labor Relations General Organizer Marriott N. America NY Hotel Trades Council Robert Lafferty Lynn Hoffard Regional Director of Human Resources Business Agent – Local 6 Highgate Hotels Larry McNeil Thomas Mituzas Business Agent – Local 6 Vice President – Labor Relations MCR Development LLC Richard Maroko Recording Secretary Richard Seifert NY Hotel Trades Council Director of Labor & Employee Relations Executive Vice President - Local 6 Loew’s Corporation Sam Silverman Regional V.P. – H. R. /Employee Relations Presentation Services Audio/Visual CO-COUNSEL Vincent F. Pitta, Esq. David Rothfeld, Esq. Pitta LLP Kane Kessler, P.C. Marcelle J. Henry, Esq. Robert Sacks, Esq. Pitta LLP Kane Kessler, P.C. OFFICERS OF THE TRAINING AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND Dr. Robert Greenspan Chief Executive Officer Harry Veras Chief Financial Officer Andrew J. Windsor Director, Scholarship Fund THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE DIVISION A EDUCATION AND SCHOLARSHIP FUND CO-CHAIR TRUSTEES Peter Ward Marilyn Quinn Lipman President Associated Hotels and Motels of Greater NY NY Hotel Trades Council Business Manager, Local 6 UNION TRUSTEES EMPLOYER TRUSTEES Chris Cusack Vijay Dandapani Executive Vice President President & CEO NY Hotel Trades Council Hotel Association of N.Y.C., Inc District Director - Local 6 Richard Maroko Recording Secretary NY Hotel Trades Council Executive Vice President - Local 6 CO-COUNSEL Vincent F. Pitta, Esq. David Rothfeld, Esq. Pitta LLP Kane Kessler, P.C. Marcelle J. Henry, Esq. Robert Sacks, Esq. Pitta LLP Kane Kessler, P.C. Robert M. Saltzstein, Esq. Robert M. Saltzstein, P.C. OFFICERS OF THE DIVISION A SCHOLARSHIP FUND Marcia E. Azeez, CPA, CGMA Plan Administrator Division A Funds Gerald Sammartino Benefits Coordinator Division A Funds NYHTC & HANYC, Inc. and DIVISION A REPRESENTED EMPLOYERS HOTEL/CLUB/CASINO GENERAL MANAGER 11 Howard Hotel Thomas Lunsford Arthouse Hotel Connie Wang Courtyard by Marriott Herald Square Alpha Barry Dominick Hotel Brendan Moraes Doubletree Suites Times Square Hilda Garvey Embassy Suites Secaucus – Meadowlands Rebecca Kirisits Four Seasons Mehdi Eftekari Grand Hyatt New York John Schafer Hotel at Times Square Chandrawattie Sunny London NYC Edward Costa Lowell Hotel Heiko Kuenstle Manhattan Club Joshua Wirshba Metropolitan Club Anthony Nuttal New York Hilton Diarmuid Dwyer Novotel New York John Sinclair Omni Berkshire Place David Chase Park Lane New York Vikram Sardana Parker New York Sylvie Fayolle Peninsula New York Jonathan H. Crook Plaza Hotel George Cozonis POD 39 Leo Glazer Ritz Carlton Central Park Elizabeth Mullins Skyline Hotel Mark Hurewitz St. Regis New York Herman Elger The Carlyle Giovanni Beretta The Maxwell NYC Brendan Moraes The Michelangelo Glenda Simmons The Pierre Christian Hommerich The Redbury New York Gary Thomas The Roosevelt Hotel Marc Starnagle NYHTC & HANYC, Inc. and Division A AWARDS SELECTION COMMITTEE Lawrence Momo Director of College Counseling Trinity School and Committee Chairperson John W. Buckley Vice-President for Undergraduate Enrollment Fordham University Beverly Fox Associate Dean of Studies Sarah Lawrence College Diane McKoy Senior Associate Director Undergraduate Admissions Columbia University Elise M. Rodriguez Director of College Counseling The Dalton School The NY Hotel Trades Council & Hotel Association of NYC, Inc. Scholarship Program is grateful to the following employers for their generosity. Your donations helped to defray the costs of this Awards Ceremony and Luncheon. CPS 5 New York Athletic Club Brook Club New York Hilton Midtown Four Seasons Hotel New York Palace Harmonie Club New York Yacht Club Harvard Club Omni Hotels & Resorts Hilton Times Square Park Central Hotel Hotel 57 LLC Peninsula New York Hotel Hotel Indigo Resorts World Hotel Plaza Athenee NY Sheraton NY Interstate Management SNS Staging Inc. Jakes 58 St. Regis Kitano New York Hotel University Club Lotos Club Trump International Hotel & Tower Ludlow Hotel Wellington Hotel Marriott International Windham New Yorker Metropolitan Club Millennium Broadway The scholarship program is again honored and grateful to receive a generous donation of $50,000 from Mr. Mario Gabelli and the Gabelli Foundation. Mr. Gabelli’s father, Joseph Gabelli, was a longtime Local 6 member who worked as a sous chef in a number of shops, including the historic Hotel Astor and Savoy Plaza Hotel, as well as the University Club and Luchow’s. Mr. Gabelli's kindness has once again made additional scholarships available this year. We sincerely thank Mr. Mario Gabelli and the Gabelli Foundation for this generous contribution to our scholarship program. VITO J. PITTA SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS BARBARA ADJEI – The Pierre AARON AGUDELO – Ritz Carlton Central Park TAASEEN ALI – Plaza Hotel SUITY BANDYOPADHYAY – Parker New York DAVID BUNETA – New York Hilton RYAN DWYER – Grand Hyatt New York XANDER FANN – St. Regis New York FEIZZA FAZILATUN – Omni Berkshire Place MATTHEW GAMERO – New York Hilton STANLEY GRULLON – The Redbury New York JASMINE HUANG – Dominick Hotel CITLALLI HUERTA – The Maxwell NYC FARDEEN HUSSAIN – The Carlyle HUBERT KOLODZIEJ – Hotel at Times Square GLENN KONTOR – The Roosevelt Hotel TSERING LAMA – Dominick Hotel YAN FEN LIANG – POD 39 TIFFANY LIU – Park Lane New York VASKAR MASKEY – Peninsula New York OWEN MCKINNEY – Ritz Carlton Central Park TIMOTHY NGUYEN – Doubletree Suites IMAN OMAR – Omni Berkshire Place ALISON PARISH – Courtyard by Marriott Herald Square SABINA PROCHOWSKI – Skyline Hotel MADEHA RAMISA – The Michelangelo & New York Hilton MARIA REYES-TORRES – London NYC NADIA TAVAREZ – Embassy Suites Secaucus - Meadowlands BRIAN VALERIO – Novotel New York FION WONG – Four Seasons AKUA YEBOAH – London NYC & Lowell Hotel CATHERINE YIP – Manhattan Club FRANK E. SARIS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNER MARIAH MENDEZ – Metropolitan Club DIVISION A SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS SUNNY KWONG – 11 Howard Hotel JEFFREY LIM – Arthouse Hotel 2019 VITO J. PITTA SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS BARBARA ADJEI – The Pierre At the High School of American Studies at Lehman College (HSAS), Barbara is the creator and administrator of numerous foreign language blogs where she posts vocabulary lists, grammar explanations and language learning advice for about 5,000 followers. She is the President of the Drama Club, a member of the Environmental Club and participant in “Girls Who Code at HSAS” where she recently completed its Summer Immersion Program. Barbara also created a foreign language curriculum at her former middle school designed to teach children French to A2 level. Her hobbies include following tennis, coding/web design and reading. She will attend Dartmouth College and plans to study Linguistics and Computer Science. AARON AGUDELO – Ritz Carlton Central Park Aaron attends The Fieldston School and is a member of the Varsity Track and Field Team. He is also a musician, skilled in both the Violin and Bassoon, and has received multiple Fellowships for both instrumental and vocal excellence. Aaron has been a member of the world renowned Young People’s Chorus for over a decade performing three yearly concerts at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Kaufman Concert Hall. In 2018, Arron traveled with the Chorus to Japan, visiting 15 cities and giving 23 concerts. He will attend Colby College and will major in Mathematics and Science. TAASEEN ALI – Plaza Hotel At Stuyvesant High School, Taaseen is the Captain of the Varsity Fencing Team, President of the Computer for Science organization, plays the Flute as the principal chair for the Concert Band, is a member of the ARISTA Web Development Committee, a songwriter and tech crew member for the school’s SING! Performances and volunteers as a StuyPrep tutor for middle school students. He placed the 2nd in the 25th Annual Toshiba Exploravision Competition in science and technology. His hobbies include computer programming, writing music and playing guitar. Taaseen will attend New York University majoring in Engineering. SUITY BANDYOPADHYAY – Parker New York Suity is a member of the Pre-Medical Society at Stuyvesant High School. She is a member of the Copy Department for the school’s newspaper, a tutor in Math and English, an editor on the Yearbook Committee, a member of the stage and art crew for the school’s SING! Performances and works as a Monitor at the Attendance Office. Suity participates in Kuchipudi, classical Indian dance, as well as has run a marathon with the New York Road Runners. She