{"id":174919,"date":"2026-03-25T17:44:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/174919\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:44:39","slug":"greater-jamaica-development-corporation-hosts-fifth-annual-women-who-lead-reception-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/174919\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Jamaica Development Corporation hosts fifth annual \u2018Women Who Lead\u2019 reception \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Numerous community members and leaders were on hand for the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation\u2019s fifth annual \u201cWomen Who Lead\u201d reception.<\/p>\n

Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

The Greater Jamaica Development Corporation<\/a> hosted its fifth annual \u201cWomen Who Lead\u201d reception in honor of Women\u2019s History Month on Tuesday, March 24, at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center, located at 153-10 Jamaica Ave. in Jamaica<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Staff members from the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation at the fifth annual Women Who Lead reception. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

The event honored four women for the strong positive impact they have made on the Jamaica and southeast Queens communities. They were celebrated for their leadership, service and commitment to the community.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we gather to recognize and uplift incredible women who are leading all industries, breaking barriers, creating lasting impacts in our communities,\u201d Greater Jamaica Development Corporation President and CEO Justin Rodgers said. \u201cWe are proud to celebrate not just the accomplishments, but the influence and inspiration women bring to the next generation of leaders.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s honorees included FS Vector<\/a> Managing Principal Megan Hannigan, Office of New York City Council Member Nantasha Williams<\/a> Deputy Chief of Staff Whitney Mulzac, New York City Department of Small Business Services<\/a> Assistant Commissioner of Neighborhood Development Raquel Olivares and Bella Lulu\u2019s<\/a> Co-Founder and Managing Director Karen Calle.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>(Left to right) Greater Jamaica Development Corporation President and CEO Justin Rodgers, Business Services and Special Events Director Vivi Acosta, Honorees Karen Calle, Raquel Olivares, Whitney Mulzac and Megan Hannigan and Greater Jamaica Development Corporation Chief Administrative Officer Patricia Robinson. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

Hannigan received the award for Excellence in Social Responsibility. Mulzac got the award for being a Champion of Advocacy and Public Service. Olivares was given the Community Impact Service Award and Calle received the Excellence in Business Award.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Megan Hannigan (second from left) receiving her award. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud
\n\"\"<\/a>Whitney Mulzac (third from left) receiving her award. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud
\n\"\"<\/a>Olivares (third from left) receiving her award. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud
\n\"\"<\/a>Karen Calle (third from left) receiving her award. Photo by Ramy Mahmoud<\/p>\n

Sponsors that helped the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation put this reception together included Resorts World New York City<\/a>, Flying Food Group<\/a>, Wells Fargo<\/a>, First Citizens Bank<\/a>, ASUR Airports<\/a>, KeyBank<\/a>, Verizon<\/a>, Webster Bank<\/a>, Con Edison<\/a> and American Airlines<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Numerous community members and leaders were on hand for the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation\u2019s fifth annual \u201cWomen Who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[71131,71132,9,24,63,122,124,123,71133],"class_list":["post-174919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-gjdc","tag-greater-jamaica-development-corporation","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-women-who-lead-reception"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174919","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=174919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}