It was a packed and exciting celebration at the Huntington Hilton as thirty of Long Island’s leading young professionals, all under the age of 30, were honored at the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce’s “Celebrate Long Island’s Young Professionals” Recognition Event.  Each individual was selected and recognized for their outstanding commitment, unique talent and philanthropic spirit within Long Island’s business and civic communities.  “It is inspiring to see the room filled with so many talented young professionals.  These young people are our future and each sets an example within our communities as a true leader,” said Jim Kelly, Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce Chairman.

The 30 honorees include:

• Doug Atkins Forchelli, Curto, Crow, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo &Cohn, LLP
• Lauren Bayles Huntington Chamber of Commerce
• Alex Borg Borg & Borg Insurance
• Rita Ciaffone Fern’s Creative Thimble
• Erin Colton News 12 Long Island
• Stephanie Condra Splashes of Hope
• Jennifer Enright BAE Systems
• Matthew Ferdon Office of Assemblyman Andrew Raia
• Laura Fisher RSVP Events NY
• Greg Galant Sawhorse Media
• Robert Harper Farrell Fritz, PC
• Nikki Hess Party 105 Radio
• Jason Kalmar Tranquil Mayhem LLC
• Kerri Kankula Arch Dental of Huntington
• Kanishka Kelshikar Adelphi University
• Isaac Kremer Oyster Bay Main Street Association
• Megan Lavery Town of Huntington
• Jennifer Lawrence JVKellyGroup, Inc.
• Cara Long Boyd Interiors
• Chris Lopinto ExpertFlyer.com
• Joseph Maddalone University of Scranton
• Kelly Manzer The Safarik Group at Smith Barney
• Caitlin Meuser Walt Whitman High School
• Susannah Mrazek Town of Huntington
• Nina Petraro Bastardi Farrell Fritz, PC
• Evan Proios Suffolk County Community College
• Andrew Rudister MAXBURST, Inc.
• Genevieve Sloup RSVP Events NY
• Jourdan Urbach Children Helping Children
• Christina Walsh Ameriprise Financial

The program was sponsored by  Arch Dental of Huntington, Briarcliffe College, Newsday, JVKellyGroup,Inc. BAE Systems, The Home Depot, Walsdorf Insurance Agency , Adelphi University, News12 Long Island, Assemblyman Andrew Raia, North Shore Financial Group of MetLife, Farrell Fritz PC, EvoNetworks, Party 105, UBS Financial, The Safarik Group at Smith Barney, PK Metals and Forchelli, Curto, Crowe, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Cohn, LLP.