Queens Gazette

Greater Jamaica Development Corporation Holds Annual Gala


The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation (GJDC) held their annual gala which was held at on November 20, at Second Floor NYC in Manhattan

 

Photos Walter Karling

At the end of the Gala:  Emcee CLODAGH McGOWAN, Queens reporter for NY1;   honoree DARRYL TOWNS, Regional Director for Government Affairs of American Airlines;   GJDC President & CEO  HOPE KNIGHT;    honoree NYC Councilman I. DANEEK MILLER;   PETER KULKA,  Chairman of the Board of Directors of the GJDC;    honoree ROBERT EZRAPOUR, a Principle of the Artimus Real Estate Development Company.

 

 

 

 

GJDC President & CEO  HOPE KNIGHT gave the closing remarks with a brief history of the organization and future development plans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spotted at the entry sign-in desk DEREK IRBY,  the Executive Director of the 165th Street Mall Improvement Association.

 

Enjoying the evening’s festivities:  GJDC’s VIVI ACOSTA, Business and  Financial Services manager, along with VIGNIKE  ANDERSEN, Marketing and Community Engagement manager.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staffers of the Artimus Real Estate Development Company celebrate their award of recognition.

 

Also seen at the Gala:

 

 

 

RICHARD WERBER of Foresight Consulting;  GJDC Board Chairman PETER KULKA;   REBECCA DEUTSCHER of Deutscher & Daughter;  and ARTHUR BENJAMIN, Jr. of Access1 Communications.

 

 

CATHY HUNG of the Jamaica Center of Arts & Learning and JUDY TUCKER of Steuben Foods.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica:   NORMAN FAIRWEATHER and the pastor, the Rev. PATRICK O’CONNOR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Councilman I.DANEEK MILLER (one of the Gala honorees) along with GJDC CEO and President HOPE KNIGHT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1st, 3rd, and 5th from left from The New terminal One at JFK:  MICHAEL FOLEY,  KIMBERLY HARDY; and BRYAN WHITE along with HOPE KNIGHT, CEO & President of the GJDC and PHILIPPA KARTERON, CEO & President of Galleria Noire

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