Awards Breakfast 2017
The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School and Breakfast Co-chairs Norman Benzaquen ’72, Patrick Duff ’84, Philippa ’90 and Larry Portnoy, and Mona ’93 and Ravi Sinha invite you to the 2017 Awards Breakfast.
THURSDAY
APRIL 6, 2017 | 7:30–9:00 A.M.
THE METROPOLITAN CLUB
One East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022
The Awards Breakfast showcases the impact of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise, which trains the next generation of leaders to address social and environmental challenges.
HORTON AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Jon Friedland ’97Shaiza Rizavi ’96
We celebrated Jon Friedland ’97 and Shaiza Rizavi ’96, the recipients of this year’s Horton Award, for their longtime support of social enterprise at Columbia Business School. The award also recognizes the significant time and resources they have dedicated to social ventures and nonprofits in NYC and globally.
About the Horton Award
The Horton Award recognizes individuals or organizations who are dedicated to social or environmental causes and have used management skills to benefit society. This award is named for Professor Ray Horton, who established social enterprise as a program at Columbia Business School.
Supporters
CO-CHAIRS
Norman Benzaquen ’72
Patrick Duff ’84
Philippa ’90 and Larry Portnoy
Mona ’93 and Ravi Sinha
HOST COMMITTEE
Mimi ’90 and Michael ’90 Boublik
The de Nicola Family
Susanne Hurowitz ’94
Jacqueline Novogratz and Chris Anderson
Alison Overseth ’84
Ronnie Planalp ’86
Lise Strickler ’86 and Mark Gallogly ’86
Sandra and Tony Tamer
PHILANTHROPIST
LFH Foundation
Lise Strickler ’86 and Mark Gallogly ’86
Sandra and Tony Tamer
SUSTAINER
Ray Debbane
Diana and Joe DiMenna
ADVOCATE
Lewis Bernard
Claudia Fleming Bitar and George Bitar ’91
Cecily M. Carson
Kelly and Joe Coffey
Richard Gilder
Susanne ’94 and Steven ’90 Hurowitz
Habib ’90 and Lara Kairouz
MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth
Allison and Roberto Mignone and Family
Alison Overseth ’84
Philippa ’90 and Larry Portnoy
Dacra / Craig Robins
Mona ’93 and Ravi Sinha
SPONSOR
Norman Benzaquen ’72 and Judy Zankel
Mimi ’90 and Michael ’90 Boublik
CCRE – Cantor Commercial Real Estate
Teresa and Jordi Carulla
The de Nicola Family
James and Tina Deutsch
Evercore
Inferential Focus, Inc.
Allan Levine ’95
Medina Capital Partners
Jacqueline Novogratz and Chris Anderson
Ronnie Planalp ’86
Sima and Omar Sawaf
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Karim Tabet / TAP Advisors
David W. Zalaznick ’78
CONTRIBUTOR
Anonymous
Margo Alexander
Blair W. Effron ’87
Carolyn Friedland
Ken Fuirst ’90
Andrea Turner Moffitt ’07
Fred and Joan Pittman
Kim Sagor ’10
Migs and Bing Wright
BENEFACTOR
Greg Behrman
Michael Castine
Chien-Li Chung ’98
Aubria Corbitt
Madeleine Fackler
Andrew Franz and Bruce Fisher
Thomas Lehrman
Jared Kaplan
Sylvia Kier ’80
Tim and Jennifer Rice
Mary Caslin Ross and JM Foundation
Pam Schafler
Adam Shapiro ’02
Ellen Strickler ‘78
Program
Thank you
to everyone who made this event possible.
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS
Donnel Baird ’13
Shoshanna Brown ’04
Manmeet Kaur ’12
Chris McVety ’17
Sandra Navalli ’03
Damon J. Phillips
Mona Sinha ’93
Cai Steger ’08
Bruce M. Usher
TAMER CENTER FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
Kristen Bailey
Bianca Bellino
Ivy Hatsengate
Ray Horton
Sandra Navalli ’03
Damon J. Phillips
Diana Rambeau
Gwen Shufro ’06
Hannah Slow
Bruce M. Usher
Sandi Wright
EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
Jason Anderson
Richard Backer
Michael Hillman
Elena Piercy
Carolyn Tharp
Lisa Yeh
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GROUP
Calvin Zhu
DESIGN
Maria Belfiore
We would also like to recognize Logan Morrow and Tejal Patel for their efforts on behalf of this event.
Questions?
For more information or inquiries, please contact Gwen Shufro ’06 at grs2107@gsb.columbia.edu or 212-854-5426.
If you’d like to learn more about the center, please click here.