STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 The Staten Island Chamber of Commerce recently hosted its Leading Ladies Collective closing celebration at San Jeronimo Restaurant & Bakery in Port Richmond, welcoming more than 50 women from Staten Island\u2019s business, nonprofit, and civic communities for an evening of connection and celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeeing this group come together again tonight is incredibly meaningful,\u201d said Linda Baran, president and CEO of the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce. \u201cThe Leading Ladies Collective is about connection, support, and making sure women in business know they are not doing this alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event marked the completion of the Chamber\u2019s second Leading Ladies Collective cohort, an initiative designed to support women business owners and nonprofit professionals through leadership development, practical skill-building, and peer connection. The program was made possible through funding secured by New York State Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton.<\/p>\n
\u201cGrateful for a night celebrating some of Staten Island\u2019s incredible female business owners and entrepreneurs at the Staten Island Chamber Leading Ladies Ceremony,\u201d said Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, who served as the evening\u2019s keynote speaker. \u201cCongratulations to the incredible honorees whose work continues to inspire and uplift our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2025\u20132026 Leading Ladies Collective graduates included: Andrea Brognano, Therapy Connection; Dorothea Martin, BDEM Services LLC; Sophia Lu, Hema Designs; Canny Rojas, Mole Poblano Asuncion Corp; Angie Russo, The Shoppe; Christine Jackson, Sunny Side Up Birth Co; Danielle Raleigh, Egger\u2019s Ice Cream Parlor; Leilani Bernadskiy, With a Touch of Aloha; and Vivan Zhang, Sweetie House Playground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 The Staten Island Chamber of Commerce recently hosted its Leading Ladies Collective closing celebration…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-125578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}