93rd Annual Gala

March 6, 2025 | Cipriani Wall Street | Dinner and After Party | 5:45 pm-8:30 pm
Ajay Banga, President, The World Bank Group | Medal for High Civic Service
Rick Cotton, Executive Director, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | The Felix G. Rohatyn Award
Ajay Banga, President, The World Bank Group
Medal for High Civic Service
Rick Cotton, Executive Director, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
The Felix G. Rohatyn Award
Dessert and After Party following the program.

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CBC Trustees
Non-Trustees

Gala Co-Chairs (in formation)

Accenture
Edie Sharp and Deborah Snyder

Bloomberg

Boston Consulting Group

Citi
Edward Skyler

Cohen & Gresser LLP 
Lawrence T. Gresser and Mark S. Cohen

Con Edison

Crown Castle
Ana Rua

Deloitte LLP

Delta Air Lines

The Durst Organization

Fisher Brothers
Winston Fisher

Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Edward C. Wallace

Guggenheim Securities, LLC
Jim Millstein

Halmar International
Christopher Larsen and Peter Cipriano

Walter and Gail Harris

Hollis Public Affairs
Brian W. Simon

Humane Works
Alison Novak

JP Morgan Chase
Melissa Smith

The Marc Haas Foundation

McKinsey & Company
Maurice Obeid

Nixon Peabody LLP
Aaron Yowell

Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Michael A. Peterson

Related Companies

Jamie and Gretchen Rubin

RXR

Marissa Shorenstein

Stanley S. Shuman

SSW Partners
Antonio Weiss

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
H. Rodgin Cohen, Robert J. Giuffra, Jr, and Sharon L. Nelles

James S. and Merryl H. Tisch

United Airlines

 

 

 

Gala Vice Chairs (in formation)

Alvarez & Marsal
David A. Javdan

Stephen Berger and
Cynthia C. Wainwright

Brown & Weinraub

The Catsimatidis Foundation

Chubb
Kevin M. Rampe

Fetner Properties
Hal Fetner, Alex Fetner and Damon Pazzaglini

Paul E. Francis

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP
Carol E. Rosenthal and Jonathan L. Mechanic

The General Contractors Association of New York, Inc.

Kenneth D. Gibbs

Greater New York Hospital Association

IBM

Maimonides Health

National Grid
Philip DeCicco and Eileen Cifone

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Siebert, Williams, Shank & Co. LLC
William Thompson

SL Green Realty Corp.
Edward Piccinich and Garrett Armwood

STV Incorporated
Greg A. Kelly

Thomas J. Tisch

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Peter C. Hein

   

 

Gala Supporters (in formation)

Amazon
Jessica Schumer

Anchin
Brian P. Sanvidge

Assured Guaranty

AT&T
Timothy Tapia

BFC Partners
Melanie La Rocca

Bolton-St. Johns
Mike Keogh

The Brodsky Organization

Bryant Rabbino LLP
B. Seth Bryant

The Burch Family Foundation
Robert L. Burch

Edward Cox

Cozen O’Connor 
Public Strategies
Rose Christ

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Michael J. Rishty

EmblemHealth

EY

Federal Home Loan Bank of New York

Fitch Ratings

Genesis Companies

GFP Real Estate

Gilbane Building Company
Brennan Gilbane Koch and Lynn Rasic

Gladstone Place Partners

Global Strategy Group

Google

Gotham Organization

Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP

Kent Hiteshew and Patricia Jenny

HJ Kalikow & Co., LLC.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 
James Normile, Louise Carroll, and William Dudine III

Tom Kennedy

Kohn Pederson Fox Associates PC

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP 
Paul Schoeman, Gary Naftalis and Elise Wagner

Latham & Watkins LLP
Benjamin Naftalis

Lazard

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages
Mayra Linares-Garcia

LinkNYC
Margaux Knee and Nick Colvin

Lions Group
Aaron Shirian

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Morgan Stanley

M&T Bank

New York Life Insurance Company
Amy Miller

NY Health Plan Association

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 
Matthew Neuringer and Kevin Roche

Ørsted

PruTech
Deepak Chopra and 
Cathy Calhoun

Vered Rabia

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

The Real Estate Board of New York

Rockefeller Group

Sally A. Rocker

Nicolas Rohatyn

Roosevelt & Cross Incorporated

S&P Global Ratings

Sher Tremonte LLP
Michael Tremonte and Justin M. Sher

Ethan Silverstein

Silverstein Properties

SVAM International, Inc.
Anil Kapoor

Judy Wesalo Temel

TF Cornerstone
Jake Elghanayan

Thornton Tomasetti

Tredway 
Will Blodgett

Turner Construction Company
Shari C. Hyman

Verizon

Vornado Realty Trust

Wells Fargo
Paula Dagen

WilmerHale
Brendan McGuire 
and David Bowker

Richard B. Zabel