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Elite Professionals: New Year Veterans Benefit
 

Tery Fugate, James Gross, & Sandy Jacolow Chief Information Officer of Silverstein Towers

Sitting:
Tery Fugate, James Gross, & Sandy Jacolow Chief Information Officer of Silverstein Towers
  First Row: 
Larry Blascovich Senior VP & Group Leader Signature Bank, Greg James, Oksana Tanasiv
Artist, Singer/Songwriter  Shane, Gloria T. Cressler Event Producer &  President & CEO Elite Professional Networking Group, Irina Popa a former Gymnast & Nutrition & Wellnes Expert, Latin Celebrity & Speaker, Karen Hoyos,Interior Architects Lee Wright, Andrea Spring Director Blue Star Jets,  David Mashin Partner Emperors Brand.
Second Row:
Sam Liebowitz Producer & Host Talking Alternative Broadcasting, Anton Werner, models with Richard Alan of Richard Alan Management, Zina  Mashin,President Emperors Brand, & Kenneth Flornes Director of sales of Silverstein Properties

  A Happy New Year for Networking    

 Article by: Gloria Consolacion T. Cressler

Editor: Black Tie International Magazine

 Photograph by: Barry Brown of Barry Brown Studios

 

 We kicked off the New Year by having a wonderful event on Monday evening, January 14.  While we would normally have a respite from so many holiday celebrations, there was so much demand for a networking party that we went ahead and scheduled the January festivities.  And it turned out to be one of our most popular, fun packed events ever!   If this is how things are going to unfold, we will have to have a marvelous year ahead of us!

 

The event was hosted by Elite Professional Networking Group, Black Tie International Magazine, Power Team International, Giorgio G Cognac , Emperors Brand and the AR-1 Supercar.  The event was at the always-popular Trump Tower International World Bar, near the United Nations.  Cozy, homey, and inviting, the World Bar is a great party venue.  It has spectacular views and a vibe that brings a smile to everyone!

 

Anticipating a fun evening, our guests arrived ahead of time.  David and Zina Mashin, co-owners of Emperors Brand were on hand early. Their company provides some of the world’s finest vodkas and Giorgio G Cognac (of famous designer Giorgio GUCCI).  For those with discriminating taste and high standards, Emperors Brand and Giorgio G Cognac is the sought after name. Manny Sloan Manager of Wine World Wide Incorporated was also among our first guests.

 

We were very lucky, again, that the award-winning director, producer & writer Dean Love (of Life on Mars, Queen Elizabeth 1st the virgin queen and other movies) took the time to attend the event. Dean Love came with his guest Duvall O'Steen SAG Actor who has appeared in TV shows in NY & Paris and ia  a Host for Jewelry Brands and marketing consultant for Jewelry TV.  We’re also happy to see Mr. Kenneth Flornes, the director of Corporate Suites, as well as Sandy Jacolow  the chief information officer of Silverstein Properties of the billionaire Larry Silverstein and also of the World Trade Center. We had a special mix of other A-list professionals helping us celebrate the new year – corporate executives, attorneys, architects, fashion designers, bankers, models and movie executives.

 

Our entertainment for the night was recording artist Shane.  Her creative spirit goes straight to the heart with her majestic rock and soulful dance tunes. Shane is able to move seamlessly from her newly self-written compositions to some more familiar songs from the Bill Board charts.  Her rich voice and skillful arrangements left everyone amazed.  

 

We had a very big surprise during the evening. Even with a busy meetings with sponsors and a heavy television schedule, Indy race car driver Luca Forgeois (2011's USF2000 National Champion) came to the event.  Guests were thrilled to have the opportunity to have a picture taken with this young champion.    

 

Famed designer and car builder Nick Alessi of the AR-1Supercar, our regular sponsor and host, was also present. Guests enjoyed talking to him about his unique AR-1Supercar. While the new Bentley at the recent Detroit Auto Show was acclaimed to have a horsepower rating of 616, the AR-1Supercar pushes out 750 horsepower with its unique engine and twin turbo design.

 

It was Nick’s dream to build the world’s finest automobile by combining three elements: cutting edge art, super-power and premium luxury features. With a limited production of just fifty cars, the AR-1 Supercar is a ‘must have’ for the serious car enthusiast.  There is really no other car that turns heads and leaves viewers so amazed.  The AR-1 Supercar has been featured in a number of television shows and videos.  Everyone agrees it is the perfect “fast and furious” vehicle to be featured in a future action film.  

 

 

Once again, special thanks goes to Kenneth McClure, who is both the general manager of the Trump Tower International World Bar and the vice president of Hospitality Holdings.  The firm Hospitality Holdings owns and manages nine establishments, including the Empire Room at the Empire State Building, the Carnegie Club and the Campbell Room at Grand Central Station.  Ken, along with his staff, created the perfect party experience. Great food and drinks! They always give us the best service.

 

We held our silent auction again.  We would like to thank all the guests who participated and our good friends who so generously donated items. All the money collected are donated to the Sandy Relief Fund, We plan to continue to hold silent auctions at our upcoming events.

 

I want to thank all our guests and our sponsors for supporting our events.  A big shout out also for all the help of Gerry Mckeon, the publisher of Black Tie International Magazine, Mr. Herbert J Mones, Dr. Thomas Mallios, Barry Brown of Barry Brown Studios, Rachel Prozeller (who handles the silent auction, she did a great job), Husain Ansar, Kosima Malikyan, Lydia Garcia, Jun Pasiculan and many others that helps make our events successful all the time.
Enjoy the pictures.

 
Our guests that are not in the pictures are:
 
Michael Latulippe Founder New York Software Engineers, Chris Foye President & Founder The Chris S. Owens
Foundation, Daniel Modiano President Levron, Irena Skoda Architect/Partner Skoda Design + Architecture, PLLC,
Diego Garay AIA President Point, Diane Saltiel Vice President Rubicon Property, Greg James Director of Operations
K.A.A.T.N. Studios, Vivian Colon Senior Sales Manager HHM (Candle Suites Hotels), Daphne Hanna Director of Sales
Holiday Inn Express Fifth Avenue, Elena Vasilevsky CEO/Creative Designer Elena V Designs.  
Atty. Ana Crnilovic of C & P of Lawrence MA, Andrew Rotstein Council Scarola Malone & Zubatov LLP, Warren
Lederman TMZ Entertainment/News, John Scandalios Political Candidate Flushing New York,
 
Lina La Rocca Business owner from Palermo Italy, Judy Hoffman Manager of Fire & Ice Jewelry Store, Tony Ventolora
with Motion Pictures & Film, Kim Urciuoli Business Account Manager AT&T, Ellen Gross of Essential Coaching, Maya Beridze
Interpreter/Translator & Editor (Giorgian & Russian) Bruce Conroy Founder Senses New York Salon & Spa,
Marnee McCarthy TitleVest, Amanda Kaiman Wu JOHNSON Cornell University, Denise Lyn Horneck of
   Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Brittany Derasmo Event Planning, Public Relations, Maxine Kabol Special Events, 
Patrick Cashin Fashion Photographer of NYC FIT, Rafael Marin Fashion Photographer of NYC and many more sorry
we can not put all the names of the guests we were full house.  
 
 Save The Date 

Our next event is on February 12, our Valentine’s Day Celebration.   I am one of the lucky people to have been born on Valentine’s Day. So, we will definitely have at least one birthday cake that evening. If you are celebrating your birthday in February or March or any time that we are doing our events, let us  know ahead of time so we can get you a birthday cake and sing you Happy Birthday at the night of the event.

 

Our St. Patrick's Day Celebration is slated for March 14
 
It promise to be a good one - we will have a lot of wonderful top executives flying in from all over the world to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with us.

This is your host Gloria Cressler signing off. 
See you on our next fabulous event.

For information on any information in this article, or for invitations to our upcoming events, or sponsorship information for our upcoming events, or to be a sponsor for Indy Champion race driver Luca Forgeois, please feel free to get in touch with us at queenglori@aol.com or gloria@blacktiemagazine.com 
You can also call us at 1-718-803-0022 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

 

Gloria T. Cressler

President & CEO

Elite Professional Networking Group

Editor: Black Tie International Magazine

Member: United Nations Association

Bill Kovari President & CEO Elimont Inc. and Nina

 

Bill Kovari President & CEO Elimont Inc. and Nina

Gerard Mc Keon and James Gross of Louis C. Ciliberti Associates Ltd

Gerard Mc Keon and James Gross of Louis C. Ciliberti Associates Ltd

Kris Romanczyk of Kris Roman Productions Singer/Songwriter Shane, John Dentato Music

Kris Romanczyk of Kris Roman Productions Singer/Songwriter Shane, John Dentato Music
composer, Barbara Mauger Asst. Supervisor Harrisburg News Co. & Dave
Michaels of DMO Productions

 

 Singer/Songwriter Shane and Interior Architect Lee Wright

 Singer/Songwriter Shane and Interior Architect Lee Wright

Slavika Nikolic Architect, Jennie Ma VP Associate Broker Corcoran Group, Sam Liebowitz 

Slavika Nikolic Architect, Urban Bond,Jennie Ma VP Associate Broker Corcoran Group, Sam Liebowitz  Producer & Host Talking Alternative Broadcasting, Dr. Hong Zhang with Double Diamond Wellness

Richard Alan of Richard Alan Management and his models.

Richard Alan of Richard Alan Management and his models.

Diego Gil of Deutsche Bank Securities and other guest

Diego Gil of Deutsche Bank Securities and other guest

Victoria Ricciuti President Techno Solutions Group and  Peter Ricciuti CFO Techno Solutions Group   

Victoria Ricciuti President Techno Solutions Group and
 Peter Ricciuti CFO Techno Solutions Group                 

Gloria Cressler and Zina Mashin. We surprised her with a birthday cake

Gloria Cressler and Zina Mashin. We surprised her with a Birthday cake

Gloria Cressler, Host & President & CEO

Gloria Cressler, Host & President & CEO
EliteProfessional Networking Group, Latin Celebrity Karen Hoyos receiving a door prize from Zina  Mashin President of Emperors Brand

Zina Mashin giving door prize to Abrahim Koch of Generation Renovation

 Zina Mashin giving door prize to Abrahim Koch of Generation Renovation

  Gerard Mc Keon, Jasmine Sandler, President of Agent-Cy online Marketing

  Gerard Mc Keon, Jasmine Sandler, President of Agent-Cy online Marketing
 and Terry Fugate.

Christine Labate of Design for Growth, Clovis Gniguessi, Eddie Novetti, President  & Founder Business Consulting of America, Leslie Novetti

Christine Labate of Design for Growth, Clovis Gniguessi, Eddie Novetti, President  & Founder Business Consulting of America, Leslie Novetti

Lee Wright, Sandy Jacolaw, Chief Information Officer, Silverstein Properties, Mina Deutsch, President of Mina D. Jewelry

 Lee Wright, Sandy Jacolaw, Chief Information Officer, Silverstein Properties, Mina Deutsch, President of Mina D. Jewelry

Singer/ Songwriter  Shane

 Singer/ Songwriter  Shane

Nancy Nick Alessi, President AR-1 Supercar

 Nick Alessi, President AR-1 Supercar
& Jim Swiger, Director Enviro Global Solutions

Yulia Vash, Gerry Mckeon Publisher Black Tie International Magazine, Victoriya Mikelzon and Clovis Gniguessi

Yulia Vash, Gerry Mckeon Publisher Black Tie International Magazine, Victoriya Mikelzon and Clovis Gniguessi

Andrea Spring Director Blue Star Jets & Latin Celebrity & Speaker Karen Hoyos

Andrea Spring Director Blue Star Jets & Latin Celebrity & Speaker Karen Hoyos

Eddie Novetti, Leslie Novetti, Nataly Stern President of VN Stern Gallery

Eddie Novetti, Leslie Novetti, Nataly Stern President of VN Stern Gallery
& artist Oksana Tanasiv

Eddie Novetti, Steven and Leslie Novetti

Eddie Novetti, Steven and Leslie Novetti

 Husain Ansar, Atty. Michael Todd Mueller, Gloria Cressler, Irina Popa, Zahir Ziani

 Husain Ansar, Atty. Michael Todd Mueller, Gloria Cressler, Irina Popa, Zahir Ziani

 James Gross, Kenneth Flornes, Director Silverstein Properties, Archict Lee Wright, Sandy Jaclow, CIO Silverstein Properties.

 James Gross, Kenneth Flornes, Director Silverstein Properties,
Larry Blaskovich Archict Lee Wright,
Sandy Jaclow, CIO Silverstein Properties.

Indy Race Driver USF 2000 National Champion, Luca Forgeois, James Swifder,

Indy Race Driver, USF 2000 National Champion, Luca Forgeois, James Swifder,
 Qi Fei-Long, Eastern Medicine Doctor

Diego Gil, Luca Forgeois, Victoriya Mikelzon, Yulia Vash

Diego Gil, Luca Forgeois, Victoriya Mikelzon, Yulia Vash

 Karen Hoyos, Eddie Novetti, Leslie Novetti, Luz. K. Cuellan, Luca Forgeoise

 Karen Hoyos, Eddie Novetti, Leslie Novetti, Luz. K. Cuellan, Luca Forgeoise

Kenneth Flornes, Director of Silverstein Properties, Gloria Cressler

Kenneth Flornes, Director of Sales, Silverstein Properties, Gloria Cressler


The AR-1

The AR-1 is American Attitude-
Leading in style, leading in performance, and leading the super car pack.
 

Past Events

Elite Professionals: Holiday Veterans Benefit
     1st Row   Qi Fei-Long Eastern Medicine Doctor, Mario Oliveri of New Yankees, Gloria T. Cressler Producer of the Event
Elite Professionals: Thanksgiving Veterans Benefit

1st Row: Diane Bacchus-Quddus Co-Founder & President Qversal Global, Marc Segelnick Partner Central Securities, YiLing Li Pesident UCT Int. Culture Dev. Inc., Glloria T. Cressler Event Producer, President & Founder Elite Professional Networking Group, Gloria Cabrera President Gloria Cabrera Salon and Spa and Tess Medina of Manager Gloria Cabrera Jewelry,  Dr. Andy McCabe 

2nd Row: Teri Fugate the husband of the late Valerie Shakespear, Jim Swiger Managing Director Enviroglobal Solutions, Bill-Lee Lanndis Director of Film & Talent, Nancy Duffy of Tavola D' Arte, Atty. Barbara Macina, Edward Novetti Director of Operations Tilden Associates,

3rd Row: Angelo Moultair VP Branch Manager Chase Bank, Ilya Zlobin The Global Information Network, Capt. Trent Love Veterans of the month, Professional Indy Race Car Driver Luca Forgeois 2011's USF2000 National Champion, Celebrity Architect Stephen Valentine, Guinevere Gallery Director and Randy Lombard Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker

 

Friends of Black Tie / Elite Professionals: Platinum Awards 
 Lawrence Blascovich Group Director,Senior VP Signature Bank, Ariana Datil, Miss Northern US, gloria cressler,col.gonyo, gerard mc keon
Friends of Black Tie / Elite Professionals: Platinum Awards 

Lawrence Blascovich Group Director,
 Senior VP Signature Bank, Ariana Datil, Miss Northern US .
awardee
LTC James Gonyo ll
Commander Battalion of the 1st

Battalion 69th Infantry,
 Awardee
Bill Walsh 
President & Founder Power Team International,
 Gerard Mc Keon
Publisher and Founder Black Tie International Magazine,
and the Producer of the Event
Gloria T. Cressler
President & Founder Elite Professional Networking Group

 

 
elire professionals May event
Elite Professional Networking: May Veterans Benefit
Front row:
Petra Kopf Hampton Social Network, Sgt. Jose Sanchez Veteran Honory, Steven Engelson CEO Encom Alliance,
Anton Werner, TV Broadcaster & Distributor at MARK 7 STUDIOS
Second Row: Gloria Cressler President Elite professional Event Producer, Tony Rose Dir. of TR Luxury & Mrs. Rose,
Third Row: Tery Fugate, Author & Style & Life Coach Susan Korwin, Marc Segelnick Partner Central Securities of America,
Donna Scott celebrity Skin Specialist. Ariane Datil Miss New Jersey 2012, Sherry Kumar of Euro Circle, Jared Ginsberg President Classic Act Sports,
Back Row:  Ilya Zlobin of Global Inf. Network, Dr. Robert Korwin, Bill Lanndis Director of Film & Talent of T2 Entertainment, Celebrity Architect
Stephen Valentine, Clovis Gniguessi of Sangopire, Inc. & not in the picture HRH Prince Oriteme & Ambassador and Mrs. Irmeli
Viinanen of Finland other Important guests. 
 
Marc Segelnick Partner Central Securities of America, Nancy Duffy Hospitality Professional, Zoraida Orellana Make Up Artist, Bill Lanndis, Karen Hoyos, Gloria T. Cressler, Veteran Corporal Nichols Calabris and Mrs. Calabris, Reverend David Johnson, Julian Sturton, Eugene  Torand, Celebrity Architect Stephen Valentine, Award Winning Producer, Director & Writer Dean Love, Neal Johnson, Larry Blascovich,
Elite Professional Networking: April Veterans Benefit
 
Elite Professional Networking: St Patrick's Day
 
Valentines Day Red Carpet Event
 
elite professional networking group holiday reception
Holiday Red Carpet Event 2011
 
 
 

Celebrating 250th Anniversary of NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade

 

 

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