HER JOB: YOUR WELLNESS

Written by admin on November 21, 2008. Posted in Special Sections, WESTYS

HEALTH CARE PROS Overseeing a staff of 500 that provides affordable healthcare to New Yorkers of all ages and income levels requires unfailing dedication. And few are more dedicated to her community than Barbra Minch. “I have been living on the Upper West Side for 35 years, pre-, pre-, pre-gentrification,” Minch said. “I raised my
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CRITICAL CARE AT CRUCIAL MOMENTS

Written by admin on November 21, 2008. Posted in Special Sections, WESTYS

HEALTH CARE PROS As director of the critical care unit at Roosevelt Hospital, Dr. Hassan Khouli oversees some of the most dramatic and intense interactions that patients, families and loved ones will have with a healthcare facility. Khouli acts as a liaison between healthcare professionals and patients, who tend to be among the hospital’s sickest,
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ONE-WOMAN HR DEPARTMENT

Written by admin on November 21, 2008. Posted in Special Sections, WESTYS

ENTREPRENEURS Pat Craddick left Wall Street to spend more time with her daughter, a public school student. But she discovered that her support was also needed elsewhere: many public school parents were missing a place where they could learn to write resumes, prep for interviews and look for jobs. So Craddick created ParentJobNet, a nonprofit
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A CITY HIGH-RISER

Written by admin on November 21, 2008. Posted in Special Sections, WESTYS

REAL ESTATE ROYALTY Growing up in New York City, Susan M. de Franca got a firsthand look at real estate. The oldest of four sisters, she grew up in a real estate family with a father who was a real estate owner and manager, and a mother who was a residential real estate broker. “I
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BUILDING FROM THE GROUND UP

Written by admin on November 21, 2008. Posted in Special Sections, WESTYS

REAL ESTATE ROYALTY Shlomi Reuveni remembers paying $950 per month for his first Manhattan apartment. Needless to say, the units with which he currently works as the senior managing director and executive president of Brown Harris Stevens would have been just a tad out of his price range at that time. Reuveni now deals with
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TIVY GETS BACK TO BISTRO BASICS

Written by admin on November 21, 2008. Posted in Special Sections, WESTYS

RESTAURATEURS Matthew Tivy says he is a natural-born foodie. “I always loved to eat,” said Tivy, 47, a chef and the owner of the Cafe du Soleil and Tokyo Pop bistros. “It was one of my favorite things to do in life.” And like any appreciator of good food, his enthusiasm was noticeable: “I was
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LEAVING LAW FOR CRAW

Written by admin on November 21, 2008. Posted in Special Sections, WESTYS

RESTAURATEURS Eleven years ago, Joan Gallo began thinking about crawfish. A downtown lawyer at the time, Gallo said a friend convinced her to help get a new Ninth Avenue restaurant off the ground. A year later, she signed on full time. “It was a huge change,” she remembered. Today, she still runs Delta Grill, a
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THE FINE DINING DROUGHT HAS ENDED

Written by admin on November 21, 2008. Posted in Special Sections, WESTYS

RESTAURATEURS All Don Evans wanted was a nice place to eat near his West 70s apartment. Little did he know that this urge would eventually become the start of a dining renaissance that has helped reshape the culinary landscape of the Upper West Side. Evans, a law school graduate, former mayor’s assistant and one-time lobbyist,
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