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St. John’s University Dance Team Coach and Support Group Coordinator Christine McCarton has been chosen as one of Long Island Business News’ 40 rising stars under the age of 40. A steering committee selects the group based on such criteria as business accomplishments and community involvement and the winners are honored at an award breakfast and highlighted in an LIBN pull-out section. The breakfast historically attracts about 600 and features a prominent business or government leader.

Christine McCarton joined Chernoff Diamond, Long Island’s largest benefits consulting firm in March of 1995. McCarton was promoted to Vice President in 2003 and is responsible for managing a team of benefits consultants that provide strategic benefits consulting advice to local and national clients for the firm’s three offices in Garden City, Manhattan, and Roseland, New Jersey.

Along with McCarton’s benefits consulting responsibilities she is also the head coach of the nationally ranked St. John’s University Dance Team. In January 2005, McCarton led the St. John’s Dance Team to the Universal Dance Association College Nationals where they placed third in the country among NCAA Division 1 teams. This was the highest ranking in Dance Team history of St. John’s University and the first time the dance team’s performance was televised on ESPN.

McCarton is also a member of the Long Island Elite, an organization dedicated to fostering the growth and development of Long Island’s business professionals under the age of 40.  Through her efforts with Chernoff Diamond and St. John’s University, McCarton is involved with many fundraising activities including the Breast Cancer Walk, Special Olympics, Pet Peeves, St. John’s Bread and Life, HeartShare, Center for Developmental Disabilities and the Foundation for Sight and Sound.

Media inquiries may be directed to Nicole Daversa, Office of Media Relations at (718) 990-6847 or daversan@stjohns.edu.