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.

Congratulations to each of our 44th Anniversary honorees.
We appreciate their great work and accomplishments!


Susan Lucci, 2009


Tony Danza, 2012



2022 Il Leone di San Marco Honorees
Standing, L to R: Louis Santangelo, Managing Director and Sr. Counsel, Employment Law, Societe Generale, Jurisprudence; Paul DiGiacomo, President, Detectives Endowment Association, the Sonny Grosso Law Enforcement Award; Steve Schirripa, Actor, CBS' Blue Bloods, Performing Arts, Patricia Santangelo, President, IHCCBW; Gary DeLeo, Treasurer, IHCCBW;
Seated, L to R: Lisa Salvati, Secretary, IHCCBW; Tony Morante, NY Yankees Baseball Historian, for Sports History; Aurora Caponegro, Vice President, IHCCBW, Lisa M. DeAngelis, M.D., Physician in Chief and Chief Medical Officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, for Medicine.


Pat Santangelo, President IHCCB&W, and Dion DiMucci, 2009


Brenda Vaccaro, 2018


Steven Van Zandt, 2016


Lisa Salvati presenting Journalism Award to Mary Calvi, 2010

Top Row, L to R: Dion DiMucci, Assistant Chief Diana Pizzuti, Vincenzo Marra, Patricia Santangelo, Frank Arena, M.D.
Seated, L to R, Sonny Grosso, Susan Lucci, Aurora Caponegro

Upcoming Events

The Italian Heritage and Culture Committee of the Bronx and Westchester

cordially invites you to attend the
44th Anniversary Celebration
at a Champagne Luncheon
Presentation of

Il Leone di San Marco Awards

Sunday, September 29, 2024
12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.


Davenport Mansion
400 Davenport Avenue, New Rochelle, NY

Registration 11:30 a.m.
Luncheon 12:00 p.m.
Awards Program 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.


Patricia Santangelo, President
Aurora Caponegro, Vice President
Gary W. DeLeo, Treasurer
Lisa Salvati, Secretary

Tickets limited and sold in advance
contact italianheritageandculture@gmail.com
To purchase tickets online, please click here.

Chazz Palminteri, 2016

Mira Sorvino, 1995

Tony Lo Bianco, 1983, presenting to Stanley Tucci, 1997