The Central Park Conservancy’s Women’s Committee hosted their sold-out, annual Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon, raising $4.3 million to support the Conservancy’s enduring mission to maintain the Park as a respite for all New Yorkers and visitors. The afternoon kicked off with a convivial reception in the Italianate Center Garden with guests gathering around the fountain and pergola. Following, attendees dined with longtime friends and supporters of the Park. This year, former Women’s Committee President, Yesim Philip, the Conservancy’s historian emerita, Sara Cedar Miller, and longtime Conservancy supporter Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, represented by Ira Millstein, Barry Wolf, and Eoghan Keenan, were honored for their exemplary commitment to the organization.
Guests included Michael Bloomberg, Misty Copeland, Katie Couric, Mariska Hargitay, Patti Harris, Anne Harrison, Nina Garcia, Alexia Leuschen, Andy Lew, Amy Miller Madry, Nelle Miller, Gillian Miniter, Margo M. Nederlander, Amelia Ogunlesi, Christine Schwarzman, Martha Stewart, Stellene Volandes and Ali Wentworth.
