The Catskill Chronicle

SULLIVAN COUNTY – The Catskill Mountain Business & Professional Women’s Club of Sullivan County has announced the 2009 recipients of its two highest honors.

Pamela Henning has been selected as the 2009 Woman of the Year and Lori Rubinstein-Fleck will be this year’s Community Service Award honoree. Both will be recognized at the Catskill Mountain BPW 31st Annual Woman of the Year Celebration which takes place on Sunday, November 8 at 1:00 p.m. at The Eagle’s Nest in Bloomingburg, NY.

Pamela Henning is a woman who began her professional endeavors as an adolescent. From that early time, whether is was supermarkets, hotels, radio stations, newspapers, advertising, real estate, marketing or magazine publications, she has flourished in each field she has entered, not only embracing what it had to offer, but enhancing it along the way. Her professional career should be a model to us that success can come in all areas as long as you have the drive and desire to succeed.

Lori Rubinstein-Fleck, the Community Service Award honoree, has provided countless hours volunteering to community groups, not only in the town in which she resides, but all throughout Sullivan County and the Hudson Valley region. She has utilized her skills in education, public relations and event planning while serving on numerous executive boards, and as media liaison for non-profit organizations. Chambers of commerce, children’s programs, community coalitions for those in need, street fairs and events such as the Annual BPW Woman of the Year Gala, would not have been as successful as they have been without the talents and dedication that Lori has continuously given of herself. 

The proceeds from the event journal contribute largely to the BPW Scholarship Fund, the main focus of the organization’s fundraising efforts, enabling BPW to assist Sullivan County high school seniors, as well as mature women, in furthering their education

For information and reservations for the upcoming award ceremony, contact Woman of the Year Chairperson, Christina Mace at woy@catskillmountainbpw.org or call 845-798-8701.