Times Square Gossip

**** WE ARE FAMILY HONORS **** Jean Shafiroff Nile Rodgers Trudie Styler With Sting Ndaba Mandela With Sam Moore Judy Goss With Beth Mercante Rosie Perez A. J. Calloway The We Are Family Foundation® (WAFF), a not-for-profit organization founded by legendary songwriter and producer, Nile Rodgers, honored Sting and Trudie Styler with the Humanitarian Award at its inaugural We Are Family HONORS event on Thursday, April 11, 2013, at Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom in New York City. The evening included a concert featuring performances by Sting, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Sam Moore and Russell Peters, as well as remarks by We Are Family Foundation Founder & Chairman Nile Rodgers, We Are Family Foundation President Nancy Hunt, Africa Rising Foundation Co-Founder & Co-Chairman Ndaba Mandela, filmmaker Slater Jewell-Kemker and U.S. Fund for UNICEF President & CEO Caryl Stern. Artists and activists Sting and Trudi...

**** NETWORKING **** Beth Mercante With Laura Campbell And Judy Goss Over 40 Females™, a leading networking platform for women over 40, hosted a Shopping and Networking Event at Christopher Fischer. Judy Goss, Founder & CEO of Over 40 Females and Beth Mercante, COO of Over 40 Females hosted the evening with guest speaker Laura Campbell. Guests included Joni Fischer (Retail Director, Christopher Fischer & C3 Concepts), Hana Bisceglie (Founder & CEO, Früzen Ice), Cappy Devlin (President, Cappy Devlin International, Inc.), Susie Hadas (Founder, Coldfront/Personally Cool Inc.), Dana Tycher Reisman (Personal Shopper & Stylist, Americana Manhasset), Fayola Ricotta (Personal Shopper, Saks Fifth Avenue), Judy Linton (CEO, Richie Enterprise Model Management), Marie-Claire Gladstone (Senior Associate, Corcoran), Meg Siegel (Senior Vice President & Associate Broker, Sotheby’s International Realty) and Joey Healy (Celebrity Eyebrow Stylist). Over 40 F...

**** NETWORKING **** Judy Goss With Beth Mercante Over 40 Females™, a leading networking platform for women over 40, hosted a Jewelry Trunk Show and Networking Spectacular at bahr | ché on Tuesday. Judy Goss, Founder & CEO of Over 40 Females and Beth Mercante, COO of Over 40 Females hosted the evening with guests including Nancy Duffy (Managing Director of Chapter Development, Over 40 Females), Mina Deutsch (President, Mina D. Jewelry), Michele Appel Prigo (New York City Chapter Director, National Coalition for Cervical Cancer), Jade Albert (Photographer), Mykola Webster (DIRECT Model Management, Agency Director/Model Manager), Roshanak Yousefian (Corporate Business Development Specialist, Pisa Brothers), Gianna Micelli (Author, “Sexy and Fabulous Over 40”), Fern Weinbaum (Owner, Dog On Mad), Helen Powers (Model), Jamie Hasenfang (Designer), Susan Sidor (Fashion Producer, Susan F. Sidor Productions). Over 40 Females™ celebrated the New Year with N...

**** Holiday Networking Celebration Benefitting Toys for Tots **** Maura Griffin With Jade Albert, Judy Goss And Brinkley Skye Over 40 Females™, a leading networking platform for women over 40, hosted a Holiday Networking Celebration at the Paramount Hotel Restaurant benefitting Toys for Tots. Judy Goss, Founder & CEO of Over 40 Females and Beth Mercante, COO of Over 40 Females hosted the evening with guests including Nancy Duffy (Over 40 Females Managing Director of Chapter Development), Jade Albert (Photographer), Lillian Gottlieb (Owner of Sassy Zen/Anabel New York), Peg McDonald (Landscape Designer at Landscape Artistry), Maura Griffin (CEO at Blue Spark Capital Advisors), Sheila Rubin (President at D’Vercity NYC LTD) and Mykola Webster (Agency Director/Model Manager at DIRECT Model Management). Guests networked and mingled before Founder & CEO of Over 40 Females™, Judy Goss, welcomed everyone to evening. Judy spoke of how Over 40 Females™ ca...

Beth Mercante And Judy Goss Over 40 Females™ has taken professional networking to the next level; empowering women entrepreneurs with a centralized platform to “Connect, Encourage and Inspire” in person and online. Founded in 2010 by Judy Goss, Over 40 Females™ gives women a platform to be heard, to network and to encourage for the generations to come. Becoming a member of Over 40 Females™ has its benefits; you gain a network of invaluable business connections and friendships. Also available for members is access to a national directory to other Over 40 Females™, personalized online profiles, invitations to networking events and exclusive blog posts on various lifestyle topics. There are a variety of memberships customized to fit specific networking needs for both individuals and businesses. With the support and assistance of Over 40 Females™, women have the opportunity to expand their business ventures through press, jobs, national speaking opportunities...

**** SOCIETY AND HIGH FASHION **** Dee Ocleppo Tommy Hilfiger With Ally Hilfiger Jamie Otis With Rachel Truehart Nicole Karlis With Judy Goss And Ranee Bartolacci-Meir Dee Odeppo And Bonnie Fuller  Jane Schindler And Marie Claire Gladstone Handbag designer, Dee Ocleppo debuted her new, fabulous 2012 Holiday Collection for Deesigns by Dee Ocleppo on Wednesday, at The Plaza Hotel Residencies. The collection is set to premiere on HSN on December 12, 2012. Guests mingled in the intimate surroundings of Dee and Tommy Hilfiger’s New York home, where they were able to browse and buy for the holidays at the exclusive trunk show. The line includes reversible and interchangeable covers that button off to create unique, multifaceted handbags and is best understood and instantly loved when seen firsthand. The special preview made guests feel at home while they mixed and matched different covers and frames of DEESIGNS’ handbags...

**** SHOPPING FOR CHARITY **** Beth Mercante And Judy Goss Over 40 Females, a leading networking platform for women over 40, hosted Shop for A Cause at the Rebecca Taylor Madison Avenue boutique on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 to benefit StopCAIDNow. Judy Goss, Founder & CEO of Over 40 Females and Beth Mercante, COO of Over 40 Females hosted the evening with guests including Mina Deutsch (Owner & Designer Mina D. Jewelry), Cappy Devlin (President & CEO Cappy Devlin International, Inc.), Suzanne Johnson (Actress), Julie Tussey (Celebrity Makeup Artist, Angelo David Salon), Dr. Pia Lieb, (D.D.S.), Jade Albert (Photographer), Zara Marian (Vice President Citi), Nikki Mosolf (Vice President Hello Florida), and Stefanie Peters (Sales Manager Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach.) Guests shopped, mingled and enjoyed a 20% discount on all merchandise from the Rebecca Taylor collection, which generously donated 10% of proceeds from the evening’s sales to StopCAI...

**** SHOPPING FOR CHARITY **** Over 40 Females Tomorrow, Over 40 Females, a leading networking platform for women over 40, will host Shop for A Cause at the Rebecca Taylor Madison Avenue boutique, to benefit StopCAIDNow. Guests will enjoy a 10% discount on all full-priced merchandise from the Rebecca Taylor collection. Mina D Jewelry will also be sold at the event, and both designers will donate 10 % of all proceeds to benefit StopCAIDNow. Members of Over 40 Females can enjoy this complimentary event while a fee of $25 will be collected for non-members. For more information on Over 40 Females, please visit HERE .