About The 2020 Gala

Benefits Gala 2020
Honoring
Sayra Fischer Lebenthal Award for Professional Excellence in Finance
Racquel Oden
Managing Director, Head of National Sales at JP Morgan Chase

Change Maker of the Year Award
Alicia Levine
PhD Chief Strategist & Managing Director, BNY Mellon Investment Management

Change Maker of the Year Award
Michelle Meyer
Head of US Economics, BofA Securities

Social Justice Award
Nell Braxton Gibson
Author and Civil Rights Pioneer

Inspiration Award
Precious Williams
CEO, Perfect Pitches by Precious, LLC

Co-Chairs
Frances J. DiSarro
Principal, Office of the General Counsel KPMG LLP (Retired)
Lisa Zeiderman
Managing Partner, Miller Zeiderman LLP
Stacy Francis
Founder & Honorary Chair
Sponsors
Gala Committee

Barbara Bennett

Jeanne Berger

Marilyn Blume

Liza Caldwell

Dawn Cardi

Dena Cohen

Lee Conti Jr.

Juliet Cooper

Bernadette Herward Davida

Melina Denebeim

Nina Epstein

Heather Ettinger

Pat Fersch

Esther Fortunoff

Jacqueline Frank

Peter Frank

Steven Frankel

Mollie Fullington

Cindy & Brian Gavin

Megan Goddard

Amy B. Goldsmith

Jaime Goodman

Nancy Goodman

Carol S. Greenwald

James Guberman

Gabrielle Hartley

Kate Healy

Judith Herbst

Natalia Ivanova

Linda Jones

Randi Karmel

Natalie Karp

Denise Kligman

Alexandra Lebenthal

Jeffrey Lender

Wendy Li

Rona Loshak

Roger Ma

Gina Manente

Pamela Moschetti

Marco Munoz

Cheryl Nash

Jacqueline Newman

David Perry

Donna Petrucelli

Carrie Rattle

Michael Raymond

Amy L. Reiss

Stacey Richman

Aimee Richter

Scott & Bridget Roose

Norman Ross

David Rudman

Anna Ryan

Lara Sass

Joshua Sechter, CPA/ABV

Cindy Sichel

Suzanne Siracuse

Ivy Slater

Cindy Sterling

Mary Stone

Sallie Mullins Thompson

Andrea Vacca

David L. Wagner

Robert A Weinstein

Tara Willecke

John Yacos

Richard Zuckerman