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PROMOTIONS, ANNOUNCEMENTS & APPOINTMENTS Deligiannidis named mation Technology, Ann Freese ensures the tive M.B.A. from University of Maryland. She bank’s technology supports its overall opera- is a graduate of the National School of Banking. medical director tions and business goals, and is aligned with Active in the Rotary Club of Rockaway, ManDr. Konstantinos Deligiannidis has been named medical director of Northwell Health House Calls after serving as the program’s director of education and quality since 2016. In his position, Deligiannidis provides direct care and supervises a multidisciplinary staff to deliver quality health care to vulnerable, frail elderly patients in their homes in Long Island, Queens and Manhattan. “Dr. Deligiannidis brings strong leadership and collaboration among colleagues along with honed clinical skills in treating patients at home with multiple chronic illnesses,” said Dr. Zenobia Brown, medical director and vice president of population health care management at Northwell Health Solutions. DELIGIANNIDIS “Along with his colleagues, he stays committed to treating patients during the coronavirus pandemic and delivering Covid-19 vaccines to homebound individuals.” Prior to joining Northwell, Deligiannidis practiced as a family medicine physician at the Barre Family Health Center at UMass Memorial Health Care in Barre, Massachusetts. He earned his BA at Harvard University, his MPH at the Boston University School of Public Health, and his MD at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Board-certified in family medicine, Deligiannidis holds the position of associate professor in medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. A recipient of numerous honors and awards, Deligiannidis was named House Call Educator of the Year in 2018 by the American Academy of Home Care Medicine. Northwell’s House Calls program is a national leader in providing home-based primary care to medically complex seniors. .
Ridgewood promotes four to First VP Ridgewood Savings Bank promoted four longtime employees to first vice president. Collectively, the four employees - Ann Freese, Gregory Hrycak, LouAnn Mannino and Mirsada Tagani - possess over 150 years of experience at Ridgewood alone. As first vice president and director of Infor-
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long range strategic management goals. She supervises Information Technology and Records Management and monitors external risks and threats to protect the bank. Her career at Ridgewood began in 1989 as management trainee. Freese received her M.S. in banking and money management from Adelphi University and her undergraduate degree in finance from SUNY New Paltz. She helps to “multiply the good” in the community by supporting many of the FREESE Bank’s Spirit of Ridgewood events and charities. She resides in Franklin Square with her husband and three children. As first vice president and director of Commercial Lending, Gregory Hrycak is responsible for sourcing, originating, and underwriting the process of commercial real estate loans throughout the five boroughs, Westchester County, Long Island, and the Lower Hudson Valley region. Hrycak received his undergraduate degree in management from St. John’s University and his M.B.A. in finance HRYCAK from Adelphi University. He helps to multiply the good in the community by volunteering with the Interfaith Nutritional Network (INN), a Long Island food pantry based in Hempstead. A resident of Valley Stream, Hrycak is married and enjoys working on his ’65 Buick Wildcat convertible. As first vice president and director of Branch Operations, LouAnn Mannino is responsible for running the bank’s branch network. She also coordinates staff training, customer outreach, business growth, and ensures that sales and a great client experience are met. Her career began at Ridgewood as a part-time teller in the main branch. Mannino received her MANNINO undergraduate degree in organizational management from St. Joseph’s College and an Execu-
nino helps to multiply the good as Treasurer of Rockaway W.I.S.H. (Women Inspired to Support & Help), as a lector at St. Francis de Sales Parish, and as a gala fundraiser at Xavier High School, where her son is a senior and president of the student council. Married, she resides in Belle Harbor. As first vice president and director of Digital Channels, Mirsada Tagani is responsible for personnel who carry out the Bank’s check clearing and payments, online, digital and mobile accounts, Ridgewood Financial Academy, the bank’s Customer Contact Center, along with product development and implementation. Her career at Ridgewood began in 1992 as a parttime teller. TAGANI Tagani received both an M.B.A. and an M.A. in management from St. Joseph’s College and her undergraduate degree in Finance from Baruch College. She is a graduate of the National School of Banking and serves in an advisory capacity on the board of NCR Corporation, and Fiserv. An active fundraiser for Make-A-Wish Foundation, Tagani supports bank events in the communities Ridgewood serves. She is a resident of Whitestone and is married with two children. Queens Chamber of Commerce 75-20 Astoria Boulevard, Suite 140 Jackson Heights, N.Y. 11370-1131 Entire Contents Copyright 2021 by Queensborough. All letters sent to the QUEENSBOROUGH should be brief and are subject to condensation. Writers should include a full address and home and office telephone numbers, where available, as well as affiliation, indicating special interest. Anonymous letters are not printed. Name withheld on request. No such ad or any part thereof may be reproduced without prior permission of the QUEENSBOROUGH. The publishers will not be responsible for any error in advertising beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Errors must be reported to the QUEENSBOROUGH within five days of publication. Ad position cannot be guaranteed unless paid prior to publication. BQE Media assumes no liability for the content or reply to any ads. The advertiser assumes all liability for the content of and all replies. The advertiser agrees to hold the QUEENSBOROUGH and its employees harmless from all cost, expenses, liabilities, and damages resulting from or caused by the publication or recording placed by the advertiser or any reply to any such advertisement.
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