
Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate the 2023 Empowerment Awardees!
2023 Empowerment Awardees
- James Addison Good Neighbor Award – Lisa Mitzen – Business for Good
- Social Justice Award – Kokese Ballou – CDPHP
- Susan Rosenthal Women in Business Award – Tanya Perrault – Lynkwell/Livingston Energy Group
- Katherine S. Rozendaal Volunteer Award – Anna LaLoe – Saratoga Shredders
- Empowerment Award – Raysheea Turner & Kimberley Wallace – Wallace Turner Law, LLP
- Advocacy Award – Mara Ginsberg – To Life!
- Youth Empowerment Award – Coach Carmen Duncan – Mission Accomplished Transition Services, Inc.
- Arts & Culture Award – Shana Gourdine – Unmasking Motivation
- Young Excellence Award – Ella Schoenborn – ProjectElla
Thank you to our sponsors:
2023 Corporate Sponsor

Premiere Sponsor
Empowerment Sponsor
Justice Sponsors
Freedom Sponsors
Peace Sponsor
Award Sponsors
Friend Sponsors
ABS Solutions
PWR Performance Wellness Recovery
Capital Bank
Copps DiPaola Silverman, PLLC
In-Kind Sponsors
Congratulations to the 2022 Achievement Awardees:
President’s Circle Award, Alissa Quinn
- Kathleen “Casey” DiPaola
- Lorraine Silverman
- Tatiana Cunningham
- Arsyl De Jesus, M.D.
- Maura Furey
- Jacquelyn Szczepanik
- Kishani Choudhury
- Marcella Hammer
- Anzala Alozie
- Isabella Getter
If you have any questions or would like information about sponsorship opportunities, please email Lauren Trunko, or call her at 518.374.3394 x135