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Meet the Emcee Meet the Judges
Jenn Seelig Andrea Kantor
Anchor Managing Director
News 12 Long Island Webster Bank
Jenn Seelig is a weekend morning anchor and Andrea Kantor is a Managing Director at Webster Bank and
reporter for New 12. She is the reporter for Relationship Manager on its Not-For-Profit Banking team,
‘Made on Long Island.’ Jenn was born and raised which she joined in 2022. She previously held leadership
in Commack and loves to report on stories in positions in Not-For-Profit and Healthcare Banking
her hometown. She graduated from SUNY New at JPMorgan Chase, IDB Bank, and BHI. Notably, at
Paltz and studied Digital Media Production and JPMorgan Chase, Andrea served on the Market Leadership
Journalism. She began her career in 2018 as a Teams for the NYC and Long Island-Queens markets and
multimedia journalist in Utica, NY. Two years worked on the NFP regional expansion strategy in the New
later, she landed her second on-air job in Albany England and Mid-Atlantic regions. At BHI, she also served
as a reporter. It was always her dream to report as the bank’s CRA Officer.
back home to Long Island. In 2022, Jenn started
freelance reporting with News 12 and has worked there since. Andrea is a lifelong volunteer and has served on the board of American Red Cross – Long
Island as well as the UJA-Federation Long Island Advisory Committee and the Finance
Committee of the Community Synagogue of Port Washington where she was previously VP
of Development. She currently serves on the FASB Nonprofit Advisory Committee and is
a member of the Nonprofit Resource Hub. Andrea is a committee member of the Long
Island Imagine Awards and the New York City Imagine Awards. She is a member of Webster
Bank’s DEI&B Council, was featured in the Webster Women’s Network’s EmpowHer Series
in 2022, and she has been honored among Crains’ Notable Women in Banking and Finance
and the Long Island Business News Top 50 Women in Business.
Andrea earned her BA in Economics from Tufts University. A lifelong learner, she is also
a certified executive coach and has completed certificate programs in leadership from
Columbia University and eCornell. Andrea enjoys hiking, cooking, learning to play golf,
listening to podcasts and spending time with family. She and her spouse Mindy Alpert live
on Long Island.
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