Long Island Business News announces 2025 Emerging Leaders Under 30 honorees

Long Island Business News has selected the recipients of this year’s Emerging Leaders Under 30 Awards.

The Emerging Leaders Under 30 Awards honor promising and dynamic young professionals who demonstrate significant professional accomplishments and unwavering integrity, and contribute to the Long Island region through community service as well as a dynamic work ethic. The honorees were selected by the editorial staff of Long Island Business News.

A list of winners is below:

2025 Emerging Leaders Under 30 Awards

Tyler E. Alvarez, Merrill Lynch

Tyler Vincent Andreassi, Premier Polishing Corp.

Jennifer Ashley Blandeburgo, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

David Block, DDK & Company LLP

Jake Blumencranz, New York State Assembly

Brittany L. Boccio, BB Sign Co.

Diamaris S. Burton, The Nicholas Center

Alexander Caba, TPG Architecture

Vincent R. Calvosa, Calvosa Custom Homes

Victoria Catoir, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Mackenzie Andrew Chieco, Aurora Contractors LLC

Ashley Crespo-Calamia, VHB

Juan Carlos Delgado, Brentwood Public Library

Lauren DelGuidice, Henry Schein Inc.

Benjamin Dynkin, Amazon Web Services

Jack Hunter Ebert, Driven Media

Emily Fackelman, MSW, CDP, Futterman Lanza LLP

Zach Feldman, ZLF Productions Inc.

Angela Fioretti, United Way of Long Island

Aarush Garg, SvG Trading Inc.

Hunter Gross, Huntington Township Housing Coalition

Courtney Rose Guiry, Discover Long Island

William Austin Hardy, Austin Interiors Inc.

Casey Huk, H2M architects + engineers

Danielle Kadtke, Stantec

Justin Lott, Big Geyser Inc. and Hal’s Beverage LLC

Kayla Jayde MacKay, Suffolk County Legislature, Office of Legislator Chad H. Lennon

Mohammad Hamza Malik, M&J Engineering

Rhea Manjrekar, Fast Enterprises

Jesus Rene Marquez, Spectrum Designs

Stevens Jonathan Martinez, Office of NYS Governor Kathy Hochul

Steven P. Mathew, Community Care Rx

Kelly Ann Mehr, Cerini and Associates

Raymond Mohler, Little Saint Nick Foundation

Desmond Anthony Mullins, Premier Commercial Real Estate LLC

Bailey A. Murray, Center for Wealth Preservation

Michael Natale, Opulent Pet Health

Ryan O’Connor, UHY LLP

Dana Palmer, Signature Premier Properties

Michael Pfundstein, Dime Community Bank

Joseph James Ragusa, Fuoco Group LLP

Stephanie Reda, Hal’s New York

Courtney Alexandra Riiska, SIBSPlace

Luci Ruddick, Grassi

Dan Schaefer, Winters Bros., a WM Company

John Sears, Long Island Cares

Sloane Somerstein, Adelphi University

Michael P. Spellman, Esq., Schroder & Strom LLP

Alisha Talati, Kaufman Dolowich LLP

Marchella Verdi, The Kulka Group

“The 2025 Emerging Leaders Under 30 honorees are professionally successful, but also understand that giving back is part of the mission. They juggle busy jobs, education and family commitments, and still find the time to make a difference in the lives of others,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, managing director of BridgeTower Media/Long Island Business News. “They are the best and brightest of the next generation of Long Island leaders, and we are pleased to honor each of them.”

The winners will be recognized at a celebration on Monday, Aug. 4, at Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury. Networking, food stations and drinks begin in the Coral Beach area (outdoors, weather permitting) at 4:30 p.m., with the awards celebration at 5:30 p.m. followed by continued networking, an ice cream sundae dessert bar and drinks. The event hashtag is #LIBNevents.

Attendance is limited, with sponsors receiving priority access. Tables are only available as part of a sponsorship. All other guests will have open seating. A limited number of individual tickets will go on sale after the sponsorship deadline.

There are various sponsorship levels available, which include a table for guests, multimedia marketing, logo usage and much more, depending upon sponsorship level. To secure a sponsorship to ensure you and your guests can celebrate together, contact Suzanne Fischer-Huettner at shuettner@bridgetowermedia.com.

Honorees will be profiled in a special section in the August 8 issue of Long Island Business News and will be available online at LIBN.com.

For more information and the most updated listing of sponsors, visit libn.com/event/emerging-leaders-under-30/.