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2022 Smithtown IAB Fall/Winter Honors

IAB Member Spotlight for Fall/Winter  2022

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Smithtown IAB Member of the Month
Mrs. Maria Frey

Smithtown IAB Committee  
of the Month
Mrs. Mindy Lampert

Mrs. Denise Massimo

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Smithtown IAB Student Ambassador of the Month
Sophia Barazani

 

2022 Smithtown IAB Spring Honors

IAB Member Spotlight for Spring  2022

Veronica Bencivenga

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Our IAB Spotlight is on Veronica Bencivenga – owner of Duck Donuts. Veronica is

a small business owner, wife and mother of three in Smithtown whose family

brought Duck Donuts to Long Island in 2018.  Veronica has brought success to the

many companies she has worked for over the last twenty years and now strives to

do the same for her family's new small business.  After graduating college with an

accounting degree Veronica went into Public Accounting, earned her CPA and

then went on to hold many Executive Level financial positions in the Healthcare

Industry.

On a personal note, Veronica is an active community member donating her time

and resources over the years through PTA Committees, Girls Scouts, Boy Scouts

and now supporting a wide variety organizations throughout Suffolk County

through her family's small business, Duck Donuts. Soon after the health crisis

came calling, Bencivenga knew she needed to expand marketing efforts to let

customers know that Duck Donuts was still alive and quacking. She set up a

partnership with ShopRite of Hauppauge to sell the franchise’s sweet offerings in

the supermarket for a couple of months.

From multi-million dollar start-ups to running Girl Scout events and everything in

between, Veronica enjoys engaging people to help them achieve personal and

professional success.  She brings all her energy, skills and enthusiasm to whatever

she sets her sights on. She has been a volunteer Partner in the Smithtown IAB for

over 5 years and is always available to help out when asked.

Veronica is the Co-Chair of the Business Committee on the Smithtown IAB and

works closely with us to enhance the education going on in our Business classes.

We are so happy to have her guidance and expertise and we know we can always

count on her business knowledge to help us out.

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Yearly Projects/Focus:

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2023- "Partnerships that Provide the Competitive Edge"

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2022- "Empowering Success"

 

2021- ”Creating Connections for the Future”


2020- “Zooming” into Education with the IAB


2019- “Community and Schools working together”


2018- “Enhancing the Education students receive in the Classroom”


2017- “Building Relationships to Expand Horizons”


2016- “40 Years of Authentic Learning”


2015- “Pathways to Success”


2014- “What color is YOUR Parachute?


2013- “Building Relationships to Expand Student Horizons”


2012- “Empowering Smithtown Students for Global Success”


2011- “Keeping it Real for College & Careers”


2010- “From Backpacks to Briefcases”


2009- “IAB Apps: Real World Applications for all Students”


2008- "Technology is Now - Preparing students for the real world"


2007- "30th Anniversary - 30 years of outstanding partnerships"


2006- "Smithtown IAB - The best kept secret in Smithtown"

 

2005- "Showing the Opportunities"

 

2004- Career and Technical Endorsements

 

2003- Benchmarking Business and Education Standards

 

2002- 25th Anniversary - "Harmony in Business and Education."

 

2001- Careers for the 21st Century

 

2000- "Making Academics Count"

 

1999- "Imagine the Possibilities" - Preparing for the 21st Century!

 

1998- The New Learning Standards

 

1997- 20th Anniversary of Partners in Education

 

1996- School of Business

 

1995- Industry and Parents Partnership

 

1994- School-To-Work Transition Focus

 

1993- Career Pathways/Workforce Prep

 

1992- "The Changing Nature of Work - It's Impact Upon Education", and "Report Card from Industry on  Education".

 

1991- Explored the "New Compact for Learning."

 

1990- Creation of the "Employer Expectations Guide."

 

1989- Creation of "Career Planning Guide" for parents/students.

 

1988- Support for the nine period day at the high school.

 

1987- Creation and support for the "Senior Employment Seminar"

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1986- Initiation of the School - Industry Partnership Program

 

1985- Work Attitudes, Ethics and Safety Training

 

1984- Programs for Youth at Risk

 

1983- The Regents Action Plan and its Impact upon the Schools

 

1982- Work Attitudes, Ethics, Safety

 

1981- Mathematics in the Workplace

 

1980- Business Education Curriculum and Equipment Update

 

1979- Creation of "Career Day" Program

 

1978- Support of Cooperative Work Experience

 

1977- Creation of the Industry Advisory Board

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