Lord & Taylor Honors Community Leaders

Dozens of supporters cheered as Lord & Taylor honored more than a dozen community members during a special ceremony at the department store’s newly renovated Manhasset location.

Honorees included Long Island Press Publisher Victoria Schneps-Yunis; Jason Nadich, senior vice president and executive director of Northwell Health’s Central Region; Alexa Tiven, Northwell Health Foundation’s assistant director of special events; Alan Gragossian, first lieutenant in the Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department; Frank Coughlin of the Nassau County Police Activity League; Port Washington Police Officer Joseph Nakelski, Jeff Stone, president of the Kiwanis Club of Manhasset-Port Washington; Lisa Lubrano of the Girl Scouts of Nassau County; Katie Miller of the Manhasset Chamber of Commerce; Alyssa Noelle Pitaluga, an educator with the St. Mary’s School of Manhasset; Martha Tina Henderson of The Josephine Foundation, Nadine Grindfell of the North Shore Animal League of America; Angela Lostritto of the Manhasset Rotary Club and Joanna Phillips of St. Jude’s Research Hospital.

“We wouldn’t be here without all of you,” Vanessa LeFebre, president of Lord & Taylor, told the crowd. “The reality is the store is only as good as its community.”