2011 leadership gala

Summer Search New York City held its 4th Annual Leadership Gala on March 15, 2011 at Cipriani 42nd Street. With over 500 attendees, the event has raised over a $1,000,000!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this event such a success! Your involvement with Summer Search allows us to provide our unique intervention of year-round one-on-one mentoring, scholarships to educational summer programs, individualized college and financial aid counseling, and a lasting support network, to many more deserving students throughout our city.

To relive some of the night’s most memorable moments please visit:

• Geraldine Manan, Summer Search Senior
• Summer Search Alumni Poem

If you're inspired by what you saw, click here to donate.

We thank you in advance for your leadership in transforming the lives of so many remarkable students!

Gala Co-chairs Stephen Farley and Suzanne Worden, Honoree John C. Read, Summer Search student voice Geraldine Manan, Gala Co-Chairs Bill and Charlotte Ford and Summer Search NYC Board Chair Jonathan Pruzan are joined by Summer Search students

Top photo: Gala Co-chairs Stephen Farley and Suzanne Worden, Honoree John C. Read, Summer Search student voice Geraldine Manan, Gala Co-Chairs Bill and Charlotte Ford

special thanks

Special thanks to our 2011 Leadership Gala sponsors for giving remarkable students with leadership potential the opportunities they need to create a better future.

Summit Sponsors
$50,000+
Charlotte and Bill Ford
General Atlantic

Leaders Sponsors
$25,000 - $49,999
Dana and Bob Emery
Suzanne Worden and Stephen Farley
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Jonathan and Lisa Pruzan
Tishman Speyer
Virtu Financial
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Walter and Donna Wick

Expeditioner Sponsors
$12,500 - $24,999
ICAP
Will Ketcham and Beth Ward
Dan Tsou and Betty So
Tom and Pat Barry
Minalie Chen and Jackson Hsieh
Credit Suisse
Steve and Sue Mandel
Markit
Morgan Stanley
Sarah and Peter O'Hagan
Pierpont Securities LLC
Robert and Tracey Pruzan
Kim Walin

Mentor
$5000-$12,499
Timothy and Jennifer Kingston
Larry Buchalter
Heidi Cox
Lisa and Michael Evans
Kevin Gay and Ramona Hanes
Amy and John Griffin
George Loening and Kimborough Towles
Carol and Albert Lowenthal
Integrity Square (Peter Moore)
Julia and Rusty Shepard
Knossos Foundation
Eileen and Karl Brumback
Thomas Connor
Brian and Laurie Doherty
John G. Duffy
Ed Lewis
Deborah Reich
Sandler O'Neill & Partners LLP
N. Robbert and Jenny Vorhoff
Timothy and Kay Yates
Michael and Helaine Pruzan
Alastair and Polly Hunt
Erica and Michael Karsch
AT&T
Harrison and Leslie Bains
Russell L. Carson
Ellen Cohen and Cris Greer
Dee and Kevin Conway
Stan Druckenmiller
Michael Fisch
Gap Foundation Matching Gift
Judith Hannoway and Emad Zikry
John and Marcy Harris
Ashley Leeds
Macon and Michael Jessop
Susan and Peter Kessler
Simon and Kim Krinsky
Michael and Carol Lowenstein
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Maverick Capital Charities
Sandra McKinstry
Abigail Moore
Gregory Simons
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Mary and David Solomon
Mike and Megan Sussman
Weil, Gotshal and Manges
Ted and Lisa Williams