Melville, NY Cathleen “The Rock” Healey-Frosina, chief financial officer at Jonis Realty/Citi Urban Management Corp., will be boxing in this year’s Long Island Fight for Charity. With the ring name of “The Rock,” she is among the 26 businessmen and businesswomen selected to train as volunteer boxers in the popular Long Island Fight for Charity. She is totally committed to training, boxing and supporting the organization’s fundraising goal for the 12th Main Event to be held on Monday, November 23rd, at the Long Island Hilton.
Fight for Charity is one of the only events of its type in the country in which businesspeople step into the boxing ring to fight in order to sustain important charity programs. This year the goal is to raise over $200,000 and attract over 1,200 people to attend the 12th Main Event. To date, Fight for Charity has donated nearly $1 million to Long Island charities.
Healey-Frosina brings to her role the skills and expertise she has acquired and developed during her exemplary career, spanning over 25 years. She has provided accounting and financial services to the real estate industry, earning a solid and impeccable reputation in successfully helping owners and developers in structuring and managing their real estate portfolios.
“I’m an avid ‘gym junky.’ I enjoy the boxing workout; I find it invigorating, especially when my trainer is giving me great techniques and strategies! I thought boxing in the Fight for Charity would be a unique experience and chance to meet different people; besides it’s for charity, which is primarily what grabbed my attention. This also can be my platform to promote my new charity Spirits Up,” she said.
The mission of Long Island Fight for Charity is to raise funds for the Long Island Community Chest (LICC), The Genesis School and the National Foundation for Human Potential and other charities. LICC is a nonprofit organization charged with helping families that are struggling to overcome life’s challenges.
She holds a bachelor of science in Accounting from St. John’s University and a master’s in Real Estate Finance from NYU.
She is also, an adjunct professor at the NYU Shack Institute of Real Estate graduate program, teaching courses in Real Estate Valuation, Accounting and Taxation. She is a member of REBNY, CHIP, CCIM and AICPA.
Healey-Frosina is co-founder and vice president of Spirits Up Corp., a 501(c) (3) charity, set up in memory of her late husband J.P. Frosina. This charity supports research and development of rare cancers, and champions the cause of autistic children.
To learn more about Cathleen “The Rock” Healey-Frosina, to get information about Fight for Charity sponsorships or to purchase 12th Main Event tickets, visit: www.lifightforcharity.org or call: (877) 240-7821. Her Main Event match will be streaming live on the Internet via Pay-Per-View.