The 2009 Juliette Low Award of Distinction Goes to Emily F. Franchina, Esq.
At Girl Scouts of Nassau County’s Annual Luncheon we once again turn to an outstanding woman in our community and present her with the Juliette Low Award of Distinction. Over the past 22 years our honorees have embodied the best and brightest of the women in our community, women who excel in business, the professions, arts and volunteer service. Beyond individual accomplishments, which are legion, each of these women demonstrates her commitment to the life of the community through service and philanthropy.
This year Girl Scouts is proud to salute Emily F. Franchina, Esq. 
Emily is an attorney concentrating in Elder Law, Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, Estate Administration, and adoption. She is a graduate of Hofstra University School of Law.
Active in law and the community at large, Emily currently serves as President of the Nassau County Bar Association. Her dedication to the elderly, disabled, and their families is evidenced through her many committee affiliations. She is active in the Bar Association’s WE CARE Fund, which supports a Girl Scout troop in Hempstead. Her community activities include the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center, Mineola Garden City Rotary, Rotacare, the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation, NY Bar Foundation and St. Johnland Nursing Home.
Emily has been a guest speaker on radio, she has lectured for the National Business Institute, has presented numerous lectures for various community groups, libraries, adult education programs, area universities, the Women’s Bar Association of New York, the New York State Bar Association and the Nassau Academy of Law. She authored columns dealing with estate and elder law issues, entitled Counselor’s Corner, published through the Nassau County Bar Association and has authored articles for the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation.
Emily’s long list of achievements and affiliations certainly tell us that she is a devoted community servant. And, Emily is also fun, caring and inventive. Each time I am with Emily, her warmth and humor are foremost. She goes the extra mile for her community and her friends. She is an excellent role model for girls because she has chosen to put the words of the Girl Scout Promise and Law into action in her life.
I can’t wait until our Luncheon on October 27th at the Garden City Hotel …That is when the Girl Scout Community and so many of Emily’s friends and family will join me in the privilege of celebrating another great Girl Scout of Nassau County. Emily, we will all be cheering for you … THANK YOU for being a leader and problem solver in our community. You do us proud by accepting the Juliette Low Award of Distinction!
2008 Dr. Adrienne O’Brien-Salten
2007 Leslie Segrete
2006 Margaret Stacey
2005 Victoria Murphy
2004 Theresa Mall Mullarkey
2003 Myrka A. Gonzalez, Esq. EdD.
2002 Maureen Clancy
2001 Carol Silva
2000 Erica B. Garay, Esq.
1999 Dorothy Tripp
1998 Michelle E. DiBenedetto
1997 Esther Fortunoff
1996 Dr. Donna Lopiano
1995 Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy
1994 Karen Lutz
1993 Matilda Raffa Cuomo
1992 Susan Lucci
1991 Anne W. Ellis
1990 L. Eudora Pettigrew
1989 Jane S. Gitlin
1988 Melba Toliver
1987 Judith Davidson Moyers
Emily is an attorney concentrating in Elder Law, Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, Estate Administration, and adoption. She is a graduate of Hofstra University School of Law.Active in law and the community at large, Emily currently serves as President of the Nassau County Bar Association. Her dedication to the elderly, disabled, and their families is evidenced through her many committee affiliations. She is active in the Bar Association’s WE CARE Fund, which supports a Girl Scout troop in Hempstead. Her community activities include the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center, Mineola Garden City Rotary, Rotacare, the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation, NY Bar Foundation and St. Johnland Nursing Home.
Emily has been a guest speaker on radio, she has lectured for the National Business Institute, has presented numerous lectures for various community groups, libraries, adult education programs, area universities, the Women’s Bar Association of New York, the New York State Bar Association and the Nassau Academy of Law. She authored columns dealing with estate and elder law issues, entitled Counselor’s Corner, published through the Nassau County Bar Association and has authored articles for the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation.
Emily’s long list of achievements and affiliations certainly tell us that she is a devoted community servant. And, Emily is also fun, caring and inventive. Each time I am with Emily, her warmth and humor are foremost. She goes the extra mile for her community and her friends. She is an excellent role model for girls because she has chosen to put the words of the Girl Scout Promise and Law into action in her life.
I can’t wait until our Luncheon on October 27th at the Garden City Hotel …That is when the Girl Scout Community and so many of Emily’s friends and family will join me in the privilege of celebrating another great Girl Scout of Nassau County. Emily, we will all be cheering for you … THANK YOU for being a leader and problem solver in our community. You do us proud by accepting the Juliette Low Award of Distinction!
2008 Dr. Adrienne O’Brien-Salten
2007 Leslie Segrete
2006 Margaret Stacey
2005 Victoria Murphy
2004 Theresa Mall Mullarkey
2003 Myrka A. Gonzalez, Esq. EdD.
2002 Maureen Clancy
2001 Carol Silva
2000 Erica B. Garay, Esq.
1999 Dorothy Tripp
1998 Michelle E. DiBenedetto
1997 Esther Fortunoff
1996 Dr. Donna Lopiano
1995 Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy
1994 Karen Lutz
1993 Matilda Raffa Cuomo
1992 Susan Lucci
1991 Anne W. Ellis
1990 L. Eudora Pettigrew
1989 Jane S. Gitlin
1988 Melba Toliver
1987 Judith Davidson Moyers
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