The 22nd Northeast Grand Business Salon was presented by WOMENINBUSINESS.ORG, was held at The Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City NJ on Friday, May 1st, 7:00 – 9:00 PM and continued on Saturday, May 2nd, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
The Salon attendees could overnight their stay on May 1st for the exciting Friday night panoramic interactive TalkWalk and more – OR – just participate at The Celebrity Theatre in The Claridge Hotel on Saturday, May 2nd for the high energy, one-of-a-kind program.
Salon participants enjoyed curated networking and actionable engagement with influentials. Rooted in this historic Atlantic City destination, attendees were inspired to connect through enhanced camaraderie as they shared their spirit and sparkle celebrating SweetSuccess, the women’s achievement journey.
The innovative Salon provided interesting, entertaining and productive time well spent for busy working women.
Salon featured leadership, structured interactives, ultra personalized experiences, Woman of The Year, Honorees, extraordinary experts and customized connective Story Showcases.
The 2026 Grand Business Salon was a unique, exciting opportunity to enjoy, network, appreciate and share an original taste of SweetSuccess up close and personal for executives, entrepreneurs, professionals, business owners sectors.
Participants directly interacted with outstanding women leaders who were honored for leadership beyond the attainment of wealth, power, fame: who they helped, how they felt and what they changed.
The 2026 Honorees included: Elaine Barsoom, Woman of the Year; Meg Columbia-Walsh, Trailblazer Honoree; Kelly Brozyna, Featured
Honoree; Stacey Chillemi, Media Honoree; Hilary Fordwich, National Honoree; Precious Williams, Legacy Honoree; Valerie Jensen,
Nonprofit Honoree; Nina Gann, Luminary Honoree; Jessica DiMaria, Entrepreneur Honoree; Marialisa Zywotchenko, Role Model Honoree; and Dr. Adal Hussain (Dr. Abbey) – the first man in the history of WomeninBusiness.Org to receive the Humanitarian Award for 50 years of his dedicated work as a worldwide humanitarian. Posthumously honored was Madame Sara Spencer Washington, the Commemorative Honoree (1889-1953).
The Project Legacy 2026 Role Model Recognition included: Deborah Schader, Philly Yonta, Judy Link, Dorothy Kulisek, Marie Incontrera, Lori Tatarsky and Cindy Fertsch.
The entire Honoree list can be viewed on the WOMENINBUSINESS.ORG site. Women you know. Women you should know.
Prior Honorees (Associates) include: world record holders, a retired NY State Supreme Court Justice, best-selling authors, CEO’s, doctors, and other distinguished leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals.
In a distinctive tribute on the stage Saturday, May 2nd – Sara Spencer Washington was recognized as The Commemorative Honoree in conjunction with a special surprise video that was shown for the Salon participants.
Attendees cordially mixed business and pleasure with a point through valuable introductions to women from different business sectors.
On and off The Celebrity Theatre stage, participants were introduced to outstanding special guests, role models, mentors and Honored Associates who provide insights, ideas and inspiration – with a cherry on the top. No stress, just SweetSuccess!.
The creative Salons are not cookie cutter business expos or conferences. Salons have no political agendas. A Grand Business Salon without dessert – is just a meeting.
The May 2026 Salon was a perfect kick-off ticket to celebrate and acknowledge National Small Business Week in the U.S. by meeting positive minded women at all levels of their careers and business achievements.
The many interactive highlights included Friday night’s Full Flower Moon TalkWalk and Saturday’s Project Legacy Certificate presentation recognizing amazing women role models. The Saturday Program also included the exciting WomenInBusiness.Org signature ice breaker, wine painting – the wine was in the paint!
In Salon, renew or build new meaningful business relationships: badgeless – and unafraid.
Hundreds of people came from all over the USA to the Atlantic City NJ Salon including participants from Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, NY Maryland and Pennsylvania. Former NY Supreme retired Judge Evelyn Laporte and women CEO’S , C-suite executives, nonprofit executive directors, best-selling authors, lawyers, IT Professionals and other outstanding leaders attended The 22nd Northeast 2026 Grand Business Salon.
The World Liberty TV Team was in attendance as a media partner and official videographers and photographers of the experience event.
Our Co-Publisher Dr. Adal Hussain (Dr Abbey), was the first man in the history of WOMENINBUSINESS.ORG to receive the Humanitarian Award for his 50 years of work as an Humanitarian.
We all proud of him. Dr. Adal Hussain has received over 400 awards for his dedicated humanitarian efforts around the world. Learn more by going to Humanitarians of the World Inc or click here.
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“Danny” Aiello Jr. is an American actor who has appeared in numerous motion pictures, including Once Upon a Time in America, Ruby, The Godfather: Part II, Hudson Hawk, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, Léon: The Professional, Two Days in the Valley, and Dinner Rush. He had a pivotal role in the 1989 Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing as Salvatore “Sal” Frangione, the pizzeria owner, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Aiello is also known for his role as Don Domenico Clericuzio in the miniseries, Mario Puzo’s The Last Don.
Aiello broke into films in the early 1970s. One of his earliest roles came as a ballplayer in the 1973 baseball drama, Bang the Drum Slowly, with Robert De Niro. Aiello had a walk-on role as small-time hood Tony Rosato in The Godfather Part II (1974), ad-libbing the famous line “Michael Corleone says hello!” during a hit on a rival gangster Frank Pentangeli (Michael V. Gazzo).
In 1980, Aiello had a co-lead role with Jan Michael Vincent in Defiance, about some Manhattan residents who fight back against the thugs terrorizing the neighborhood. The next year, he received considerable acclaim for playing a racist New York City cop in Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981) with Paul Newman.
In 1981, Danny Aiello won a Daytime Emmy award for his appearance in an ABC Afterschool Special called A Family of Strangers.
Aiello’s singing has been on display in films such as Hudson Hawk (1991), Once Around (1991), and Remedy that starred his son Ricky Aiello and Jonathan Doscher. He has released several albums featuring a big-band sound including I Just Wanted To Hear The Words (2004) and Live From Atlantic City (2008). Aiello and EMI songwriter Hasan Johnson released an album in 2011 of standards fused with rap entitled Bridges.
He played the title character for the video of Madonna’s song, “Papa Don’t Preach” (1986).
Aiello’s Broadway theatre credits include Gemini, The Floating Light Bulb, Hurlyburly, and The House of Blue Leaves. He also was in the 1976 Broadway play Wheelbarrow Closers, directed by Paul Sorvino.
In July, 2011, opened Off Broadway in the two-act drama The Shoemaker, written by Susan Charlotte and directed by Antony Marsellis. The play is a stage version of his 2006 movie A Broken Sole, which began life in 2001 as a one-act play.
