Spring Fling

2020 Honoree: Angela M. Jaggar, Ph.D., Angela and Scott Jaggar Foundation

Dr. Jaggar, who holds a Ph.D. in education from New York University, began her career as an elementary school teacher in Plainview, NY. She then entered the field of higher education, teaching and conducting research in children's language and literacy development at New York University. During more than 30 years at NYU, she co-founded the University's Reading Recovery Project, which she co-directed for 10 years. She has held numerous leadership roles in professional education associations throughout her career.

Angela, who is a resident of Port Washington, has been actively involved in a number of not-for-profit organizations that serve children, education, and the arts. Dr. Jaggar has served on the Board of Directors of Port Washington's historic community center, Landmark on Main Street. Elected to the Adelphi University Board of Trustees in 2008, Dr. Jaggar, who is currently on the Board of Directors of the Family and Children's Association, has also provided her leadership to Belmont Child Care Association, Women on the Job and Literacy Volunteers of New York City. To further their support of those in need, Angela, and her late husband, Scott, established the Angela and Scott Jaggar Foundation.

Angela and Scott are members of the University's Million Dollar Round Table and Adelphi's Ruth S. Harley Society, which recognizes those who have made provisions for the University in their estate plans.

2020 Honoree: Erin King Sweeney, King Sweeney Strategies LLC

Erin King Sweeney is an aviation lawyer with twenty years of experience. She served as General Counsel, USA, for Swiss International Air Lines Ltd., and is President of King Sweeney Strategies LLC where she advises clients on business strategy in the transportation and security fields. For 5 years, Erin served as a Councilwoman in the Town of Hempstead, New York, where she was selected as Majority Leader.

Erin has been both successful in business and active in her community. She has served as a member of the Belmont Child Care Association's Advisory Board since 2017, is a board member of the Cradle of Aviation Museum, and is the Executive Director of the CANA Foundation, a non-profit committed to the rewilding of horses and protection of our environment. She has received numerous awards including being selected as a "Power Woman" by the Long Island Press, an Aviation Industry Woman of the Year by the Boys Scouts of Queens and an Outstanding Achiever by the Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women. As a breast cancer survivor, Erin has chaired and organized events with elected officials, doctors and health care professionals to raise awareness about the importance of early detection.

Erin graduated manga cum laude from the University of Notre Dame and is a graduate of Note Dame Law School. Erin and her husband, John, have two children.

2020 Spring Fling Milliner: Christine A. Moore Millinery

Based in New York City since 1994 Christine A. Moore Millinery has a long history of designing hats for racing fans and celebrities. She has been the featured Milliner of the Kentucky Derby for the past 3 years and has been on the Today Show six time live from Churchill Downs where NBC calls her the Milliner to the triple Crown. She is the official milliner of Breeders' Cup, America's Best Racing, the Jim McKay Maryland Million Day, TOBA and the Iroquois Steeple Chase.

Christine A. Moore Millinery will have a pop-up shop at Spring Fling and guests can purchase a piece prior to the event by contacting her at [email protected].  A percentage of all sales will benefit BCCA. Her collections can be viewed at camhats.com.