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Meet Jeff Winthal, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships at United Way of Westchester & Putnam, one of our 2026 Millennial & Gen Z Award honorees!

💰 Jeff has secured more than $3 million in funding for United Way, using data to understand community needs and find new grant opportunities.

🎒 That work helps make possible afterschool programs, free backpacks and food distributions for local families. He's also pursuing his Ph.D. and always has a dad joke ready.

Congratulations, Jeff! Join us:

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕖 6 to 9 PM ET
📍 The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

#WestfairOnline #WhitePlainsNY #WestchesterNY #Nonprofit #NextGenLeaders

@unitedwaywp Jeffrey Winthal, 2026 Westfair Millennial & Gen Z Award honoree

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Meet Alicia Waldie-Coleman, Associate Vice President of Finance at Andrus, one of our 2026 Millennial & Gen Z Award honorees!

💼 Alicia started at Andrus at 16 and has spent more than two decades there, rising from Accounts Receivable Associate to AVP of Finance. In 2023, she stepped up as CFO during a leadership transition.

🎨 She's also a dancer, painter and arts advocate, and helps care for Andrus' newest therapy dog.

Congratulations, Alicia! Join us:

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕖 6 to 9 PM ET
📍 The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

#WestfairOnline #YonkersNY #WestchesterNY #Nonprofit #NextGenLeaders

@andruschildren Alicia Waldie-Coleman, 2026 Westfair Millennial & Gen Z Award honoree

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Meet Wesley Velo, P.E., Senior Associate at Cuono Engineering, one of our 2026 Millennial & Gen Z Award honorees!

🏗️ Wes joined Cuono Engineering in 2016 and has grown into one of the firm's key leaders. His work includes the new Guiding Eyes for the Blind Wellness & Training Facility and renovations at The Arc Westchester's Ann Manzi Center.

👷 Just as important: he mentors the younger engineers coming up behind him.

Congratulations, Wes! Join us:

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕖 6 to 9 PM ET
📍 The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

#WestfairOnline #WhitePlainsNY #WestchesterNY #Engineering #NextGenLeaders

@cuonoengineering Wesley Velo, 2026 Westfair Millennial & Gen Z Award honoree

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Meet Joshua Smith, Attorney at Pullman & Comley, one of our 2026 Millennial & Gen Z Award honorees!

⚖️ Joshua focuses on mergers and acquisitions and was selected to The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch in 2026. Before law, he worked as a beer distributor in California.

⚾ At the firm, he turned Pullman's softball team into the Fighting Comley's. Outside the office, he's a birdwatcher, gardener, surfer and board member of the Pieper Olson Foundation.

Congratulations, Joshua! Join us:

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕖 6 to 9 PM ET
📍 The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

#WestfairOnline #BridgeportCT #FairfieldCounty #CorporateLaw #NextGenLeaders

@pullmancomley Joshua Smith, 2026 Westfair Millennial & Gen Z Award honoree

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Meet AnnMarie Puleo, Director of the University Advisement Center at Western Connecticut State University, one of our 2026 Millennial & Gen Z Award honorees!

🎓 AnnMarie modernized an advising model that hadn't been redesigned since 1983. Her team has served more than 4,000 students since 2021, while first-year retention rose from 70% to 76%.

⚽ She also mentors about 200 student-athletes as ambassador to the WCSU Men's Soccer Team and co-founded the WCSU Cares Fund.

Congratulations, AnnMarie! Join us:

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕖 6 to 9 PM ET
📍 The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

#WestfairOnline #DanburyCT #FairfieldCounty #HigherEducation #NextGenLeaders

@westconn AnnMarie Puleo, 2026 Westfair Millennial & Gen Z Award honoree

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Meet Rahim Hirani, MD-PhD Candidate at New York Medical College, one of our 2026 Millennial & Gen Z Award honorees!

🔬 Rahim's research targets a devastating inherited skin disorder, RDEB, with the goal of helping patients around the world.

🤝 He served two years as student body president, helped build the Pre-Health Enrichment Program and secured $300,000 in grant funding to sustain it. He was also a finalist for the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.

Congratulations, Rahim! Join us:

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕖 6 to 9 PM ET
📍 The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

#WestfairOnline #WestchesterNY #MedicalResearch #Healthcare #NextGenLeaders

@hiranirahim @nymedcollege Rahim Hirani, 2026 Westfair Millennial & Gen Z Award honoree

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The list is out. Now meet them.

✨ Our 2026 Millennial & Gen Z Award honorees are leaders in healthcare, education, finance, law, engineering, hospitality, government and nonprofits across our region. On Nov. 12, you can congratulate them in person.

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕖 6 to 9 PM ET
📍 The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT

🎟️ Get your tickets. Link in bio!

#WestfairOnline #NorwalkCT #FairfieldCounty #MillennialGenZAwards #NextGenLeaders

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Meet Dr. Jade M. Felder, Assistant Vice President, University Advisement Strategy and Innovation at Mercy University, one of our 2026 Millennial & Gen Z Award honorees!

🎓 Dr. Felder leads a team of more than 40 across three campuses. Her redesign of Mercy's advising model has contributed to record first-year retention rates.

🎶 Outside the office, she sings second soprano with the New York Choral Society and has written two books.

Congratulations, Dr. Felder! Join us:

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕖 6 to 9 PM ET
📍 The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

#WestfairOnline #WestchesterNY #HigherEducation #WomenInLeadership #NextGenLeaders

@mercyuniversityny Jade Felder, 2026 Westfair Millennial & Gen Z Award honoree

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Meet Rocky DeLuca, Vice President, Property Management at Newmark, one of our 2026 Millennial & Gen Z Award honorees!

🏢 Rocky leads with collaboration. His team says he truly wants their input, focuses on the work instead of hours in the office, and invests in developing people from within.

🤝 He's involved with BOMA Westchester, serves on the board of the Stamford Public Education Foundation and the Next Wave Leaders Council of the Ronald McDonald House, and supports CREW.

Congratulations, Rocky! Join us:

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕖 6 to 9 PM ET
📍 The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

#WestfairOnline #StamfordCT #FairfieldCounty #CommercialRealEstate #NextGenLeaders

@newmark Rocky DeLuca, 2026 Westfair Millennial & Gen Z Award honoree

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Meet Jenny Delorbe, Clinical Billing Liaison at Yale University and Associate Professor at The College of Westchester, one of our 2026 Millennial & Gen Z Award honorees!

📚 Jenny bridges healthcare and higher education. With more than 15 years in healthcare operations, she also teaches at several universities in Fairfield County and is pursuing her Doctor of Education at Sacred Heart University.

🎓 She has mentored hundreds of students, and she's a proud mom of five!

Congratulations, Jenny! Join us:

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕖 6 to 9 PM ET
📍 The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

#WestfairOnline #FairfieldCounty #HigherEducation #Healthcare #NextGenLeaders

@yale @collegeofwestchester Jenny Delorbe, 2026 Westfair Millennial & Gen Z Award honoree

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Be in the room for the Hispanic Innovators Awards 2026!

🌎 We're celebrating Hispanic and Latino entrepreneurs, executives, professionals and community leaders who are building businesses, breaking barriers and making an impact in Westchester and Fairfield counties.

📅 Thursday, December 3
🕖 5:30 to 8 PM ET
📍 The Palace Theatre, Stamford, CT

👉 Register now. Link in bio!

#WestfairOnline #StamfordCT #FairfieldCounty #HispanicInnovators #LatinoBusiness

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Meet Lillie Davis, Business Development Officer at Mutual Security Credit Union, one of our 2026 Millennial & Gen Z Award honorees!

🤝 Lillie has a gift for people. Her colleagues say she only needs to see your face once to remember your name for life.

💙 She has built lasting partnerships for the credit union across Shelton, Bridgeport, Stratford and all over Connecticut, and she's deeply involved in community impact programs, volunteering and her daughters' school activities.

Congratulations, Lillie! Join us:

📅 Thursday, November 12
🕖 6 to 9 PM ET
📍 The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, CT

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

#WestfairOnline #FairfieldCounty #SheltonCT #CreditUnion #NextGenLeaders

@mutualsecuritycu Lillie Davis, 2026 Westfair Millennial & Gen Z Award honoree

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