New Yorkers For Children hosted their 16th Annual Fall Gala to benefit youth in foster care in New York City. Hosted by Alina Cho, Editor-at-Large, Random House, this year’s gala honored Steve Pemberton, Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion, and Global Chief Diversity Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance, as well as Maya Haile and Marcus Samuelsson, Chef-Owner of Red Rooster Harlem and Streetbird Rotisserie, for their dedication to and leadership in creating brighter futures for our city’s most vulnerable youth. The evening also featured the exceptional young people whose lives have been changed because of their involvement with NYFC. The event included dinner, a programmatic live auction and customized casino games for guests to play during the cocktail hour.
Chloé served as the Presenting Sponsor of the event and was joined by additional sponsors: Nicole and Leo Arnaboldi, BNY Mellon, Donya and Scott Bommer, Susan Burden and William Goldman, Darrell Crate and Amy McFarland, Vanessa and Henry Cornell, Deutsche Bank, Dior, Lise and Michael Evans, Sandi and Andrew Farkas/ Island Capital Group/C-III Capital Partners, Tony Gilroy and Susan Egbert Gilroy, Giorgio Armani, Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy, Louis and Elana Klein, Pia and David Ledy, Kevin and Erika Liles, MAC Cosmetics, Christine and Richard Mack, Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, Nirav Modi, North Shore-LIJ Health System, MasterCard, Oscar de la Renta, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc., Dr. Varinder and Mrs. Susan Singh, The Jay and Kelly Sugarman Foundation, Versace, Tristana Waltz and Grier Elisak, Annelise and David Winter, Sara and Nathaniel Zilkha, CUNY, Sun Capital Partners Inc, Walgreens, James and Chiara Mai, Susan C. Shin, Valerio Morabito among others. Vênsette provided makeup and hairstyling and Macy’s provided clothing for the youth guests.
