Awards Breakfast 2018
The Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School and the Awards Breakfast Honorary Chair Russell L. Carson ’67 and Co-chairs Christopher Guenther ’02, Elizabeth (Guenther) Whittaker ’98, and Matthew Guenther ’94 invite you to the 2018 Awards Breakfast.
THURSDAY
APRIL 19, 2018 | 8:00–9:30 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
PAUL B. GUENTHER ’64
We celebrated Paul’s longtime support of social enterprise at Columbia Business School including the Loan Assistance Program, which encourages students to take leadership roles in the public and nonprofit sectors. Paul has also dedicated significant time and resources to arts and healthcare organizations in the greater New York City area.
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.
THE CARSON FAMILY CHANGEMAKER AWARD
IMANI GOODEN ’18NATASHA KORGAONKAR ’18KATHRYN SPRADLEY ’18
During their time at Columbia Business School, Imani and Natasha have been integral to launching the ReEntry Acceleration Program (REAP), while Kathryn has served as a teaching assistant for the new course Bridging the American Divide.
About the Carson Family Changemaker Award
The Changemaker Award is named in honor of the Carson family, recipients of the 2016 Horton Award, for their longtime support of social enterprise at Columbia Business School and the nonprofit community in NYC. The award recognizes current students who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to and leadership in the field of social enterprise.
Supporters
HONORARY CHAIR
Russell L. Carson ’67
CO-CHAIRS
Christopher Guenther ’02
Elizabeth (Guenther) Whittaker ’98
Matthew Guenther ’94
PHILANTHROPIST
The Carson Family Charitable Trust
Ravi and S. Mona ’93 Sinha
Lise Strickler ’86 and Mark T. Gallogly ’86
Sandra and Tony Tamer
SUSTAINER
Hearst
Northwell Health
Siguler Guff & Company, LP
ADVOCATE
Claudia Fleming Bitar and George Bitar ’91
William M. Cody ’88
Ray Debbane
Michael J. Del Giudice, Chairman, Carnegie Hudson Resources LLC
Sandra and Paul Edgerley
GenNx360 Capital Partners
Alan and Sandra Gerry
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
Lauren ’02 and Daniel ’02 Krueger
Janet and Jim MacGilvray
Shaiza Rizavi ’96 and Jon Friedland ’97
Arthur J. Samberg ’67
UBS
SPONSOR
Azrack & Company
Lewis Bernard
CCRE – Cantor Commercial Real Estate
Jordi and Teresa Carulla
The de Nicola Family
Carol B. Einiger ’73
Brad ’70 and Barbara Evans
Evercore
Michael T. Fries ’88
Allan Levine ’95
LFH Foundation
Medina Family Foundation
Alison Overseth ’84
Kamil Salame ’95
David W. Zalaznick ’78
CONTRIBUTOR
Jean Abouhamad
Margo Alexander
Robert Baynard
Richard K. DeScherer
Domenico and Eleanore De Sole
Ken Fuirst ’90
Gotham Organization, Inc.
Karen and Kevin Kennedy
Gladys George and Dr. Stuart Orsher
Carroll C. Pierce
Sima and Omar Sawaf
Donald C. Waite III ’66
BENEFACTOR
Christina Alfandary ’95
Mimi ’90 and Michael ’90 Boublik
James Cesare
Jerome A. Chazen ’50
Jared Kaplan
Kyle Miller ’89
Andrea Turner Moffitt ’07
Philippa Portnoy ’90
Melissa Raso ’96
Howard Siegel
Program
Thank you
to everyone who made this event possible.
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS
Russell L. Carson ’67
Christopher Guenther ’02
Matthew Guenther ’94
Raymond Horton
Dean R. Glenn Hubbard
Damon J. Phillips
Bruce M. Usher
Elizabeth (Guenther) Whittaker ’98
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
Brett Essler
Michael Hillman
Shakeela Najjar
Elena Piercy
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY GROUP
Elmira Alimova
Michael Law
Calvin Zhu
And a special thank you to our alumni vendors.
HORTON AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISE
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LEADERSHIP AWARD
Printed by EcoPlum Business Gifts Gia Machlin ’91BUS ’87SEAS and Marcia Robbins ’89
CARSON FAMILY CHANGEMAKER AWARD
Printed by Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation Mel Loyola Agosto ’16GSAPP, Dylan Sun Belfield ’18GSAPP, Michael Jongwon Cho ’19GSAPP, Matteo Michael Cordera ’20GSAPP, Lihan Jin ’20GSAPP, Jack Lynch ’20GSAPP, Mariella Andrea Tzakis ’19GSAPP, Christine Lin Shi ’20GSAPP, and Yanni Wang ’20GSAPP
Questions?
For more information or inquiries, please contact Gwen Shufro ’06 at grs2107@gsb.columbia.edu or 212-854-5426.
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