James Caramante

James Caramante is a restaurant owner and chef. He is self-taught. He opened the Hideaway Restaurant in 2005. The restaurant is a full service, sit down American Cuisine restaurant. Mr. Caramonte also opened The Stumble Inne in 2021. It is a sports bar and grill. It is located at 90 Halls Road in Old Lyme, Connecticut. It serves upscale pub food with live music and sports available on big screen televisions. Mr. Caramante was honored with “Best Restaurant.” He is a member of the Old Lyme Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Businesses.

Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick, was born December 12, 1940 in Orange, New Jersey, she obtained a B.A. in Music at Hartt College of Music. Ms. Warwick is an international musical legend. She began singing professionally in 1961 after being discovered by a young songwriting team, Burt Bacharach and Hal David. She had her first hit in 1962 with “Don’t Make Me Over.” Less than a decade later, she had released more than 18 consecutive Top 100 singles, including her classic Bacharach/David recordings, “Walk on By,” “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “Message to Michael,” “Promises Promises,” “A House is Not a Home,” “Alfie,” “Say a Little Prayer,” “This Girl’s in Love With You,” “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” “Reach Out For Me,” and the theme from “Valley of the Dolls.” Ms. Warwick is a Six-time Grammy Award winning music legend; She has earned more than sixty charted hit songs and sold over 100 million records. She has been inducted into the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles where a special 50th Anniversary exhibit was unveiled and an historic program and performance was held in the Clive Davis Theater, hosted by Clive Davis, Burt Bacharach and Grammy Museum Executive Director, Bob Santelli; A New Jersey school was named in her honor, The Dionne Warwick Institute in recognition of her accomplishments and support of education. Ms. Warwick has also served as the United States Ambassador of Health and in 2002, Warwick was nominated to be Goodwill Ambassador of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). She has received the “Legends Award” from the Soul Train Music Awards and from the Indiana Black Expo, she received the “Living Legend” Award. The Congressional Black Caucas Foundation Honor Ms. Warwick with the Lifetime Achievement Awards at 20th Annual Celebration of Leadership in the Fine Arts. Ms. Warwick is officially one of Twitter’s rising stars, with several of her humorous recent posts going viral. She in particular ribbed Chance the Rapper and The Weeknd, who both were good sports about it, and she’s also swapped tweets with names like Taylor Swift and Wendy Williams. Ms. Warwick has a charity single planned with Chance the Rapper and is on the short list for the 2021 class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees. Earlier this year, Warwick caught up with Rolling Stone to chat about her legendary career and what it’s been like to engage with her fans through social media.

Dr. Thomas F. Downham, II M.D., FAAD

Dr. Thomas F. Downham, II M.D., FAAD, earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Michigan in 1970, his residency in Dermatology at Wayne State University and he completed his Internship in Internal Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital/Henry Ford Medical Center. He is celebrating his 50- year career in Medicine. Dr. Downham, II, is affiliated with Henry Ford Hospital, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital and Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital. He is an O/S Professor Wayne State University and received a Certificate of Recognition for Voluntary Teaching from Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Downham, II, is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, a Diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology and the American Board of Dermatopathology. Dr. Downham, II, is also a member of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, Archives of Dermatology, International Journal of Dermatology, Dermatology Foundation, American Society of Dermatology, American Venereal Disease Association, International Society of Tropical Dermatology, American Academy of Dermatology and the American Medical Association. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Dermatology in Dermatology and Dermopathology.

Dr. Leslie S. Emhof

Dr. Leslie S. Emhof earned his M.D. and completed his residency at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. Dr. Leslie S. Emhof is at Tallahassee Family Medicine and is a primary care provider. His medical specialization is Family Medicine. He has 45+ years of experience. Dr. Emhof customizes an individual plan for each of his patients. He guides his patients about their choices for health. He educates, coaches, and offers support. Dr. Emhof was named Outstanding First Year Resident and Best Doctors in America. He is a Fellow of the American College of Specialists in Geriatrics and the American College of Ethical Physicians and member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Florida Medical Director’s Association, and the Capital Medical Society Institute for Functional Medicine.

Dr. Christopher J. Marrocco

Dr. Christopher J. Marrocco completed his fellowship in Vascular Surgery at Scott & White Memorial Hospital Division of Vascular Surgery Texas A&M University, his General Surgery residency at University of California Irvine, and his internship was at Dartmouth University. He received his medical degree from Trinity College Dublin. He is a Board- Certified Vascular Surgeon at Vascular & Endovascular Associates of Los Angeles. He received several honors from Medical School: Book Prize, Preclinical Honors: Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology; and Clinical Honors for Forensics, Family Practice, Psychiatry, and Surgery. He has many publications to his credit on Peripheral Arterial Disease, High Risk Diabetic Foot: Treatment and Prevention, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Changing Paradigms in Treatment, Aneurysmal Disease of the Thoracic and Abdominal Aorta. Dr. Marrocco is a member of the American Board of Surgery. He was also had the first vascular surgery Inari Clotriever Case In Los Angeles.