ITALIAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE COMMITTEE OF THE BRONX AND WESTCHESTER
Founded in 1980, The Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of the Bronx and Westchester
honors the achievements, talents and expertise of outstanding Italian Americans at our annual Champagne Luncheon.

Annual Luncheon

2022 Honorees

Steve Schirripa - Performing Arts
Dr. Lisa M. DeAngelis - Medicine
Louis Santangelo - Jurisprudence
Tony Morante - Sports History
Paul DiGiacomo - Sonny Grosso Law Enforcement Award
Frank Caponegro, Aurora Caponegro - Service



2022 Il Leone di San Marco Honorees
Standing, L to R: Louis Santangelo; Paul DiGiacomo; Steve Schirripa; Patricia Santangelo; Gary DeLeo;
Seated, L to R: Lisa Salvati; Tony Morante; Aurora Caponegro; Lisa M. DeAngelis, M.D.

2022 Luncheon Honorees

Louis Santangelo, Esq.
Jurisprudence
Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking

Paul DiGiacomo
Sonny Grosso Law Enforcement Award
Detectives Endowment Association

Lisa M. DeAngelis, M.D.
Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Steve Schirripa
Performing Arts
CBS’s Blue Bloods

Tony Morante
Sports History
New York Yankees Baseball Historian

Frank Caponegro
Aurora Caponegro

Service
Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of the Bronx and Westchester