Twenty-five Long Island students have been named winners in a competition that challenged them to demonstrate their knowledge and capabilities in a business environment.
The 20th Annual Emerging Leaders Competition invited more than 250 high schoolers to make five-minute presentations on solutions to business-related topics in 15 categories including health care, hospitality and human resources. It was hosted by the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce and held at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue.
Winners were selected by volunteer judges from various occupations based on their professionalism, innovation and solution-based thought processes.
First-place winners and their high schools were: Heidi Borboris, Ava Javaheri, Manya Khatri and Anam Riaz, Commack; Jake Bornstein and Ben Stern, Half Hollow Hills East; Jasmine Jiminez, Isabella Panzavecchia and Adam Vahling,…