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ROBERTA A. KAPLAN PRESENTED BY NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL SPEAKER CHRISTINE C. QUINN
EvAN WOLFSON
PRESENTED BY TONY KUSHNER
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERg MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY
REmARkS CHARLES E. SCHUMER
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CONGRATULATIONS TO EVAN WOLFSON
& ROBERTA KAPLAN
THE 2013 RECIPIENTS OF THE
DOUGLAS W. JONES LEADERSHIP AWARD FOR EACH’S UNIQUE VISION
AND LEADERSHIP IN MAKING MARRIAGE EQUALITY
AVAILABLE TO ALL AMERICANS *
THANKS TO
NATHAN SCHAEFER THE PRIDE AGENDA’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
AND OUR STAFF FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND OUTSTANDING SERVICE
LOUIS BRADBURY & KEN QUAY
A LOOK AT THE IMPORTANT MOMENTS OF THE PAST YEAR THAT SUPPORTERS LIKE YOU HAvE MADE POSSIBLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED HELP IN SECURINg EQUAL RIgHTS FOR LgBT NEW YORKERS.• We launched an unprecedented campaign to raise public awareness and support for equality for transgender New Yorkers through television commercials, direct mail, digital advertising, and radio spots. Through our TRANScribe Project, we created personal videos and written narratives to share the real-life experiences of transgender New Yorkers and their families. The campaign led to five new newspapers, including The New York Times, publishing their support for ending discrimination against transgender people.
• Efforts to garner additional partners to pass the gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (gENDA) secured the support of nearly three dozen women’s rights organizations, union and labor leaders representing millions of New Yorkers, hundreds of faith leaders, and law enforcement officials, including New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. gENDA passed in the Assembly for the sixth time, but leaders of the State Senate failed to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.
• The Child-Parent Security Act, a bill that aims to strengthen legal protections for LgBT families and overturn the ban on surrogacy in New York State, was introduced for the first time in both chambers of the State Legislature. This bill will define parentage for children and parents who are often considered legal strangers when a genetic connection, adoptive relationship, or marital-type presumption of parentage is in place. This bill will also overturn the ban on surrogacy in the Empire State, which is among the most draconian bans of its kind in the nation.
• Advocacy for funding to provide care for runaway and homeless youth – 40 % of whom identify as LgBT – yielded an additional $254,000 in the state budget. Add to that the $2.35 million originally earmarked for the providers who serve these vulnerable young people.
• We played a leading role in unlocking a $1 million grant from the New York State Department of Labor to fund our partners at The Ali Forney Center, Hetrick-Martin Institute and the LgBT Community Center to help homeless and runaway youth obtain education, training and job placement assistance.
• More than 700 hundred LgBT New Yorkers and allies traveled to Albany in April for Equality & justice Day where participants lobbied their elected officials on gENDA, meeting the marked health and human service needs of our community and urged increased support for homeless and runaway youth services.
• The Pride Agenda played a leading role on an amicus in support of United States v. Windsor. Ultimately, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed with our position and struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), declaring same-sex marriage federally recognized in states where it’s legal.
• This summer we released Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Disparities in New York City, a groundbreaking report on how race, ethnicity, age, gender and poverty impact the health of LgBT people. We will use this report to continue to advocate for inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity on city and state intake forms, to allow us to learn more about our community’s unique needs.
• We continued to make workplaces safer and more welcoming for all LgBT New Yorkers, through the efforts of our Pride in My Workplace program. We conducted dozens trainings and individual technical assistance for corporations on many workplace issues, including the need for domestic partnership benefits in the wake of the Windsor decision, creating a transgender-inclusive workplace and other best practices.
• Our Political Action Committee made endorsements in local races across New York State in the 2013 elections. More LgBT candidates won their primaries for seats in the New York City Council than ever before. In November of 2012, Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney and State Senator Brad Hoylman, both former Pride Agenda Board members, were elected.
• In june, we launched a new brand identity and redesigned prideagenda.org and social channels that enable us to better communicate our message, share resources and expand our reach.
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It is a genuine pleasure to welcome you to our 22nd annual Fall Dinner. Tonight marks the one year anniversary since I joined the Pride Agenda. I am thrilled to be leading the Pride Agenda at such an exciting time for our movement.
The progress that we have made over the years has been fueled by your generous support. Passage of marriage in New York in 2011 helped to pave the way for the landmark Supreme Court decision this june. It’s a privilege to honor the legacy of both of tonight’s honorees, Roberta A. Kaplan, for her fearless representation in United States v. Windsor, and Freedom to Marry founder, Evan Wolfson, who laid the groundwork for the legalization of same-sex marriage both at the state and federal levels. Tonight is the perfect opportunity to celebrate that progress and recommit to future success.
As we rightfully celebrate our victories this evening, let us not forget about all that’s left to be done. We have not yet realized equal rights for all LgBT New Yorkers and our families. The Pride
Agenda continues our tireless pursuit of full equality and justice for all. Our priorities include: finally securing basic civil rights for all transgender New Yorkers, electing public officials who will serve with the best interests of our community top of mind, protecting the rights of all families across the state, and advocating for resources for runaway and homeless youth, as well as for our more than 50 organizations across the state that provide health and human services to LgBT New Yorkers.
Each year the Pride Agenda advocates to maintain and increase funding for some of the most vulnerable in our community, runaway and homeless youth. We were successful in securing a modest increase in this year’s state budget, but we realized that it’s not enough. We looked to new sources and unlocked a $1 million grant from the Department of Labor, which will benefit the important services that our partner organizations Ali Forney, the Center, and Hetrick-Martin – will provide to the more than 2,000 estimated homeless LgBT youth in New York City. Our Network partners continue to rely on our political prowess to secure the resources they need to provide much-needed health and human services. We’re proud to have recently unveiled the first ever statewide Transgender Resource guide, a comprehensive online encyclopedia of trans-friendly services and will continue to support and uplift these important organizations in Albany.
The Pride Agenda is also taking a leading advocacy role in family protections. We are proudly supporting legislation in Albany called the Child-Parent Security Act. The bill would replace an outmoded ban on surrogacy in our state, and remove some of the cumbersome and invasive barriers that families face with second parent adoption. We believe that devoted parents shouldn’t have to travel across the country to create their families. We should have the ability to do so here in New York with full legal protections. You’ll hear much more on this in the coming months.
We so appreciate your support tonight and throughout the year. Without you, we could not continue fighting for equality and justice for LgBT New Yorkers and our families.
I look forward to an unforgettable evening with all of you and another momentous year.
Warm regards,
Nathan M. Schaefer
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Dear Friends,
Welcome to the Empire State Pride Agenda’s Fall Dinner – our annual celebration of New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LgBT) community.
The Fall Dinner gathers together corporate supporters, union leaders, politicians, community members, and straight allies from across the state and country who are committed to the Pride Agenda’s mission of winning equality and justice for LgBT New Yorkers and our families. Thank you for being here tonight and demonstrating your continued support of our work.
Tonight, we honor two marriage pioneers with this year’s Douglas W. jones Leadership Award: Roberta A. Kaplan and Evan Wolfson. These New Yorkers are visionaries who have dramatically changed the national landscape for marriage equality — Evan, by litigating the first successful marriage case in Hawaii and later founding Freedom to Marry, and Robbie, by winning the landmark Windsor case before the United States Supreme Court.
We also are excited to welcome our fellow Board member, Billy Porter, as our emcee. It is no surprise that Billy took home the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical for his electrifying performance as Lola in the Tony-winning Best Musical, Kinky Boots. We greatly appreciate Billy taking a night off from the show to be with us here this evening.
Many individuals have dedicated countless hours over the last year to make tonight a success. First, we must acknowledge the hard work of the Fall Dinner Steering Committee and, in particular, the leadership of our vice Chairs Scott Bennett, joseph Evangelisti and Marla Hassner. These talented and dedicated people are the reason most of you are here tonight, and we applaud their passion for the Pride Agenda.
We also thank our fellow Board members who have supported all of the Pride Agenda’s efforts over this incredible year. And, of course, we thank the exceptional staff of the Pride Agenda — led by Executive Director Nathan M. Schaefer — whose talents have produced not only tonight’s Fall Dinner, but many workshops, webinars, panels and other special events throughout the year.
Most of all, we want to thank all of you for being here tonight. Your generosity is essential to the success of the Pride Agenda’s mission of winning equality and justice for all LgBT New Yorkers and our families. While our work is far from over, we take this evening to celebrate and share with you both the Pride Agenda’s successes this year and its plans for future wins on behalf of our community.
Welcome to the Empire State Pride Agenda’s 22nd annual Fall Dinner! Thank you for your generous support of the Pride Agenda’s mission of winning full equality and justice for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LgBT) New Yorkers and our families.
In the Supreme Court’s groundbreaking United States v. Windsor decision, justice Kennedy wrote of New York’s path toward marriage equality:
“Slowly at first and then in rapid course, the laws of New York came to acknowledge the urgency of this issue for same-sex couples who wanted to affirm their commitment to one another before
their children, their family, their friends, and their community. . . . New York acted to enlarge the definition of marriage to correct what its citizens and elected representatives perceived to be an injustice that they had not earlier known or understood.”
The Pride Agenda is proud of its central role both in laying the groundwork for this journey toward marriage equality, and making it a reality. As the Court recognized, New York’s enactment of marriage equality conferred “a dignity and status of immense import.”
Having won the right to marry in our state, the Pride Agenda also was pleased to appear as an amicus party in Windsor to explain to the Court the harm done to married same-sex couples by the Defense of Marriage Act. We are elated that on account of the brilliant lawyering of this year’s honoree, Robbie kaplan, the federal government must respect all marriages equally. And we know that through the continued efforts of Evan Wolfson, one day soon all gay people in our country will enjoy the fundamental right to marry who they love.
Our victory for marriage equality, while momentous, is but one part of Pride Agenda’s mission of equality and justice. This year, the Pride Agenda managed to restore draconian proposed cuts for the health and human service needs of the LgBT community. We also helped secure $1 million in funding for LgBT homeless and runaway youth, a particularly vulnerable part of our community. We continued to advocate passage of the gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (gENDA), launching a well-funded education campaign and winning support of this long overdue legislation from editorial boards across the state, including The New York Times. And we worked to end the ban on surrogacy in our state and to strengthen our families through the Child-Parent Security Act.
There is so much more to be done, and we are deeply grateful for the generosity you have shown the Pride Agenda to enable our work to continue. Thank you once again for your support of our Fall Dinner, and please enjoy tonight’s event.
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from incorporating Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 1981…
to working alongside Evan as amici counsel in Dale v. Boy Scouts and
pro bono general counsel to Freedom to Marry…
to helping eliminate sodomy laws as amici counsel in Lawrence v. Texas…
to vindicating the First Amendment rights of Constance McMillen to bring a same-sex date to her prom…
to working with Robbie to seek marriage equality under New York’s Constitution and as amici counsel in Windsor v. United States.
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Marriage Equality.
The firm is proud of its 30 year commitment to LGBT rights…
from incorporating Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 1981…
to working alongside Evan as amici counsel in Dale v. Boy Scouts and
pro bono general counsel to Freedom to Marry…
to helping eliminate sodomy laws as amici counsel in Lawrence v. Texas…
to vindicating the First Amendment rights of Constance McMillen to bring a
same-sex date to her prom…
to working with Robbie to seek marriage equality under New York’s Constitution and as amici counsel in Windsor v. United States.
1177 Avenue of the Americas
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Kramer Levin
Salutes
Empire State Pride Agenda,
Robbie Kaplan
and
Evan Wolfson
for their Contributions
to Winning
Marriage Equality.
The firm is proud of its 30 year commitment to LGBT rights…
from incorporating Gay Men’s Health Crisis in 1981…
to working alongside Evan as amici counsel in Dale v. Boy Scouts and
pro bono general counsel to Freedom to Marry…
to helping eliminate sodomy laws as amici counsel in Lawrence v. Texas…
to vindicating the First Amendment rights of Constance McMillen to bring a
same-sex date to her prom…
to working with Robbie to seek marriage equality under New York’s Constitution and as amici counsel in Windsor v. United States.
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New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212.715.9100
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Billy Porter is a Broadway performer, pop singer, film and television actor and vocal coach. Billy won the 2013 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role as Lola in Kinky Boots. For the role, he also won Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical and Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical.
He has appeared on Broadway in grease, Smokey joe’s Café, Five guys Named Moe & Miss Saigon. Other plays include ghetto Superstar (The Man That I Am) for which Porter was nominated for “Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway & Off Broadway Award” at the 17th gLAAD Media Awards and in Topdog/Underdog at City Theatre, jesus Christ Superstar and Dreamgirls at Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, and the song cycles Myths and Hymns and Songs for a New World. In September 2010, Porter appeared as Belize in Signature Theatre Company’s 20th Anniversary production of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.
In addition to performing credit, Billy has released two albums – Billy Porter on A&M Records in 1997 and At the Corner of Broadway + Soul in 2005 on Sh-K-Boom Records. He was also featured in a number of songs in the tribute album It’s Only Life: The Songs of john Bucchino in 2006 released on PS Classics and in Adam guettel’s album Myths and Hymns on Nonesuch Records. He also covered “Only One Road” that was included on the Human Rights Campaign compilation album Love Rocks.
Billy is a member of the Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation Board of Directors.
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Long-time gay and lesbian civil rights leader Evan Wolfson lives in New York City, where he launched Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win marriage nationwide, in 2003. Wolfson now serves as Freedom to Marry’s President.
In 2000, the National Law journal honored Wolfson’s civil rights leadership by naming him one of the “100 most influential attorneys in America.” In 2004, Time magazine named him one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World.” In 2012, Wolfson was awarded the Barnard Medal of Distinction alongside President Barack Obama. He has been called “the godfather of gay marriage” by Newsweek / The Daily Beast, and, “the indispensable man in bringing marriage equality to America” by Andrew Sullivan.
From 1989 until 2001, Wolfson worked full-time at Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, the nation’s preeminent advocacy group working on behalf of
gay and lesbian individuals. As director of Lambda Legal’s Marriage Project, Wolfson created the National Freedom to Marry Coalition and began leading the ongoing national marriage equality movement for equal marriage protections. He was co-counsel in Hawaii’s landmark Baehr case for the freedom to marry, which launched the current global marriage equality movement. Wolfson also contributed his expertise to the team in Baker v. vermont, the vermont Supreme Court ruling that led to the creation of “civil union,” a new legal marital status for same-sex couples, and to the gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders team in goodridge v. Department of Public Health, which on May 17, 2004 led to the freedom to marry in Massachusetts. Wolfson has also played a part in work to win the freedom to marry in other nations, including Canada, Argentina, the United Kingdom, New zealand, and Australia.
On April 26, 2000, Wolfson became the first Lambda attorney to argue before the United States Supreme Court when he urged the justices to reject the Boy Scouts of America’s appeal of a unanimous ruling from the New jersey Supreme Court striking down their ban on gay members and leaders. Wolfson had represented Eagle Scout james Dale since he was expelled from the BSA in 1990. Following the 5-4 vote, Wolfson helped shape the extraordinary national response from non-gay and gay people and institutions against the BSA’s discrimination, challenging their harmful message to youth.
In other cases, Wolfson championed gay and lesbian military personnel fighting for the freedom to serve, gay parents wishing to adopt children and preserve their visitation rights, a Florida deputy sheriff fired for being gay, a person with AIDS seeking life-saving medical treatment refused to him by his insurer, a woman denied work as a Dallas police officer because of the state’s anti-gay “sodomy” laws, and NYC employees demanding equal health benefits and recognition for their partners.
Wolfson has published numerous articles on sexual orientation and civil rights, beginning with his 1983 law school thesis on the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. As a pro bono cooperating attorney for Lambda Legal from 1984 to 1989, Wolfson wrote Lambda’s amicus briefs to the Supreme Court in Bowers v. Hardwick and NgTF v. Board of Education of Oklahoma City.
Born in Brooklyn and raised in Pittsburgh, Wolfson graduated from Yale College in 1978. For two years after graduation, he worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in a village in Togo, West Africa. Upon returning, he attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1983 and moving on to teach political philosophy at Harvard College. Wolfson then served as assistant district attorney for Kings County in Brooklyn, NY. There, he wrote amicus briefs that helped win the U.S. Supreme Court’s ban on race discrimination in jury selection (Batson v. Kentucky) and the New York State high court’s elimination of the marital rape exemption (People v. Liberta).
Before joining Lambda, Wolfson served in Washington, D.C. as Associate Counsel to Lawrence Walsh in the Office of Independent Counsel (Iran/Contra), and in 1992, he served on the New York State Task Force on Sexual Harassment. Wolfson has taught as an adjunct professor of law at Columbia University and Rutgers University Law Schools, and served as a senior fellow at The New School’s Wolfson Center for National Affairs.
Wolfson’s first book, Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and gay People’s Right to Marry was originally published by Simon & Schuster in july 2004, and was re-released in paperback with a new foreword in june 2005.
DOUGLAS W. JONES LEADERSHIP AWARD EVAN WOLFSON
Roberta A. (Robbie) Kaplan, a partner in the Litigation Department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & garrison LLP, has been described as a “powerhouse corporate litigator” and “pressure junkie” who “thrives on looking at the big picture” whether “in the gay-marriage legal fight or high-profile corporate scandals.” Robbie has been selected as one of “The 100 Most Influential Lawyers,” as one of “The 500 Leading Lawyers,” and as one of the top “40 Under 40” lawyers in the United States.
Robbie has extensive experience representing clients such as Fitch Ratings and jPMorgan Chase in complex, high-profile matters. In recent years, she has been active in matters involving mortgage-backed securities, structured finance transactions, and credit rating opinions. As a result, Robbie has developed an expertise dealing with the complex interplay between regulatory investigations, criminal prosecutions, and the onslaught of civil lawsuits that typically follow.
Robbie successfully argued before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Edith Windsor in United States v. Windsor, the Supreme Court case that may be the most significant civil rights decision of our time. In Windsor, the nation’s highest court ruled that a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violated the U.S. Constitution by barring legally married same-sex couples from enjoying the wide-ranging benefits of marriage conferred under federal law. Although she has been described as a “new hero to the gay rights movement,” she has credited her friends and family “for helping her get through the ‘out-of-body experience’ and historic, high-stress litigation work for which she is noted.”
Robbie recently won a victory for Hailo when a New York state court vacated a temporary restraining order that halted implementation of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission’s innovative taxi e-hail pilot program. She previously served as lead trial counsel representing California following the bankruptcy of Pacific gas & Electric Company resulting from the California energy crisis in 2001.
Robbie has published on a variety of legal topics, including the chapter, “Investigating the Case” in Commercial Litigation in New York State Courts, as well as the chapter, “Interplay Between Commercial Litigation and Criminal Proceedings” in Commercial Litigation in the Federal Circuit Courts. She also recently published an article entitled “Proof vs. Prejudice” in 37 N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change (2013). While serving as a senior law clerk to then Chief judge judith S. Kaye, Robbie assisted judge Kaye in connection with a number of articles, including State Courts at the Dawn of a New Century: Common Law Courts Reading Statutes and Constitutions, 70 NYU L Rev 1 35 (April 1995). Robbie also clerked for judge Mark L. Wolf of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Robbie’s legal work has been honored by a number of organizations, including the New York City Council, the Family Equality Council, and the National Organization for Women. In 2011, she was honored as the distinguished alumna of the year by the Columbia Law School Women’s Association. She has also received the New York County Lawyers’ Association’s William Nelson Cromwell Award.
Robbie currently serves on the Board of Directors of the gay Men’s Health Crisis and the New York County Lawyers’ Association. She served on New York Chief judge jonathan Lippman’s Task Force on Commercial Litigation in the 21st Century and continues to serve on The Commercial Division Advisory Council.
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The Empire Club is the recognition society for individuals and institutions who contribute $1,200 or more annually to the Empire State Pride Agenda, Inc. or the Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation. The Pride Agenda depends upon the generous support of these indi-viduals and institutions to fund our groundbreaking work to win equality and justice for LgBT New Yorkers and our families. The Boards of Directors, staff and volunteers would like to thank all of our supporters and salute members of the Empire Club for their critical role and leadership in our work and accomplishments. For more information about the Empire Club or to change how your name is listed, please call Donnie Roberts, Director of Development, at 917-522-3420.
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE PLATINUM($100,000 and above)Calamus Foundation†
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE gOLD($50,000-$99,999)Louis A. Bradburygill Foundation†The New York Women’s Foundation†Samuel W. Rosenblatt & Mario D’AndreaHenry van Ameringen
PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE SILvER($25,000-$49,999)Arcus Foundation†Bingham McCutchen LLP†Chubb group of Insurance Companies†jeffrey gates & Michael MoranFaith E. gay & Francesca zambelloMonica A. grahamHilton Hotels & Resorts†Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP†Macy’s†Mcgraw Hill Financial*†Pfizer†Frank Selvaggi & Bill SheaSkadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP†jeff Soref & Paul LombardiThe Ted Snowdon Foundation†vickie Tillman & joan Lewis
gOvERNOR’S CIRCLE($10,000-$24,999)1199 Service Employees International Union - Long IslandArmani Exchange*†American Eagle Outfitters Foundation†BakerHostetler†Curtis Bashaw & Will Riccio/Cape Resorts group†Erik Batt & Daniel Marsilij. goodwin Bland & Michael KatovitzBoies, Schiller & Flexner LLP†Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP†Cahill gordon & Reindel LLP†Citi†john S. Clark & justin P. FuhsCoach, Inc.†Con Edison†Davis & gilbert LLP†Dechert LLP†
Paul Donaher & Tim SimmonsDoubleTree by Hilton†joseph M. Evangelisti & Colin HeywoodDavid Fink & Simon Kinsellagill Action Fundgiorgio Armani Corporation†gloss†goldman Sachs†Maneesh K. goyal & Andrew WingroveKate & gerald Hathawayjohn Heist & Michael Neumannjoyce Fund of the greater Kansas City Community Foundation†jPMorgan Chase & Co.†Mitchell W. Karsch & jack WettlingLaird + Partners*†Matthew Marks & jack BankowskyMorgan Stanley†The Nielsen Company†Proskauer†The Public Policy and Education Fund of New York, Inc.†Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP†The Stewart j. Rahr Foundation†Ralph Lauren†Reed Smith†Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union - Stuart Appelbaum, PresidentBrian RiordanThe Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation†Shearman & Sterling LLP†Norman C. Simon & Héctor R. LozadaSkyframe & Display, Inc.†Craig Smith & Ian BruceNatalie SorefTiedemann Trust Company†Tommy Hilfiger†viacom†Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz†
jUSTICE CIRCLE($5,000-$9,999)AlixPartners LLP†AnonymousDamon Bayles & Clinton KellyScott L. BennettLuigi Caiola & Sean McgillDonald Capoccia & Tommie Peguesjames Castillo & David BrodyCity National Bank†Clifford Chance†
Cohen & gresser LLP†Colgate-Palmolive Company†The Corcoran group†Corning Incorporated†Kelley Cornish & Linda DalyCoty Prestige†DeWitt Stern†Digital Evolution†Sean Eldridge & Chris HughesEstee Lauder Companies†Evercore†Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz P.C.†Peter Friedfeld & Patrick McLaughlingeorgeson†Andrew goffe & jeff Levingregory A. gonzalesgreenberg Traurig, LLP†Marla Hassner & M. gerard ThompsonHaynes and Boone, LLP†Stephen Henderson & james LaForceOliver Hicks / North Six, Inc.†Bettina D. Hindin & Amy A. SimmonsSteven L. HolleyHyatt Hotels Corporation†joel E. Isaacs & greg Floodjewish Communal Fund†Darren Kearnsgregory Kerr, M.D. & David vaucherKen KuchinLittler Mendelson, P.C.†McDermott Will & Emery LLP†MDC Partners Innovation Centre†MillerCoors LLC*Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP†The Morrison & Foerster Foundation†Mv’s Best virginia Cocktail Peanuts*Nava New York†Nixon Peabody, LLP†North Six Productions†O2KL†Ogilvy & Mather†Mario Palumbo & Stefan gargiuloPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP†Seth M. Rosen & Dr. jacob K. goertzjason B. Schommerjohn Scott & Richard ReichgutSEIU Local 32BjMark Sexton & Kirk Wallace and the Mark Sexton & Kirk Wallace Fund of Stonewall Community Foundation†Ted Snowdon & Duffy violanteSolstice Sunglass Boutique†Stonewall Community Foundation†SvEDKA*
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP†Tory Burch†Trillium Health†United Federation of TeachersUrban Studio, LLC†Derrick K. van grol
EQUALITY CIRCLE($2,500-$4,999)Hon. james S. AlesiTim Allen & Kevin MendlinArent Fox, LLP†joe Baker & Stuart ThompsonBarclays Capital†Allan Baum & Frank LibertoBelstaff†judith Bennis & Audrey SchlaepferSusan E. Boland & Kelly A. granatBolton-St. johns Inc.Harlan Bratcher & Toby UsnikSteven Brown & Steven SaideRobby BrowneMichelle Chin & Marybeth CerroneTom Christofferson & Clarke LatimerCleary gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP†Christopher T. Coad, M.D. & Kevin T. KolwalskiThe Coughlin groupCreative Artists Agency†David Bohnett Foundation†Cary j. Davis & john McginnMichael Delgiudice & jaynne KeyesDvF†Michael Engler & Steven SumserErnst & Young LLP†john & Rainey Erwinjoseph A. Eviatar & Eric johnsonKevin Foley & Stephen R. LittellKeith Fox & Tom KeyesFurnished Quarters LLC†john R. gibson & Allerton Cushman, IIIHon. Matt Haag & Bill SchaeferDoug Harris & Bill van ParysHarter Secrest & Emery LLP†Sarah Holland & Lauree Feldmangreg Holt, M.D.Bill Hudnut & Thom gravesHuman Rights CampaignMarc Hurel & Steven PerrySuzanne Iasenza, PhDjay johnson & Tom CashinRobert Alan johnson & Hector ContrerasRoberta Kaplan & Rachel LavineOtho E. Kerr III
King & Spalding LLP†David KleinbergCharles P. KopelmanManon LarocheChad LeatAndrew London & Alan CurleAlan & Sharon LubinCarri Lyongregory C. McKenziePeter McKown & Kenneth HengRobert McLain & Alberto BlanquelFriedrike Merck & Sally SearbyPeter Mohr & Robert Ulliman/ Bachelor Forum*National grid†Nautica†New York State United TeachersDavid Noble & Douglas ChooNYC & Company†Paulo Pacheco, M.D. & Paul BrennanDaniel Padnos & Dexter PhillipDuffy Palmer & Mark SiwiecPerry Ellis International†Robert j. PowersPremium Mortgage Corporation†Clifford RichnerAlan j. RogersMorgan SallThe Sartini group at Morgan StanleyMichael SennottMolly & Ed Shilljan Siegmund & Ben MaddoxBarry Skovgaard & Marc WolinskySharon & gregory SmithEvan Smoak & Yossi MiloBob SmolinAndrew Tobias and the Andrew Tobias Fund of the Stonewall Community Foundation†joseph TringaliWill Trinkle & juan granadosWegmans Food Markets†WeiserMazar Wealth Advisors†WIA Consultants, Inc./Hollie BrostekDaryl Wickstrom & Steve Cunningham
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Nathaniel BissonMark B. Black & glen B. Leiner Carmine D. Boccuzzi & Bernard LumpkinBond Creative SearchClaire Borelli & Kimberly Michaudjonathan j. Boyles & james Robert AdamsBrian j. Brooks & gordon CareyCary Brown & jonathan Ringelgail H. Candlin & Amy L. Kulejoe Castaldo & Rogerio BoremEugenie M. Cesar-Fabian & Marie FabianLarry Chanen & jack BurkhalterAmy ChanosPeter Chase & Dan RobinsonChelsea Eye & Cosmetic Surgery AssociatesCircle SurrogacyCivil Service Employees AssociationAugust Cosentino & gerald CaporicciBrian C. Craig & Michael Swerdlow, M.D.Robert M. Cravenjohn Crocker & Charlie johnstonDr. jon Derek Croteau & justin P. CroteauCSEA Local 1000, AFSCME, AFL-CIOjames Cundiff & Dale WoodsThomas Cunhajennifer CunninghamCUNY Research Foundation†Cynthia Dames & Tamar PodellDavid Davis & Brad WilsonDonna Karan Company†george C. Doomany & Norman goldblattElise S. Douglas / The Corcoran groupKeith M. DouglasMitchell Draizin & Philippe Brugere-TrelatTheirry DumoulinPierre H. Dupreelle & Marc A. PerruzziExcellus BlueCross BlueShield†Lynn Faria & Kendra HutchinsonMartin Feinman & Amy H. Cooneyglenn C. FinnStephen Fleming, M.D. & jon vaccariFrank Alexander NYCgE United Way Campaign†gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP†Karen ginsburgMarc j. gollub, MDW. Bruce gorman & joseph NardoneSeth grosshandler & Kim WainwrightS. Russel grovesMartin gruberFrank guzzetta & Paul Manvillejoseph L. Halbach & Christopher RucasThomas HammerChris Harris & Brian Conroy
Carlos Hatch & Brian O’Heajennifer Hatch/Christopher Street FinancialKeith Helmicki & Daniel NowakWilliam HibsherHL group†Home Box Office, Inc.†Hon. Brad Hoylman & David SigalInternational Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 1Laurence Isaacsonj. Russell jacksonjenner & Block LLP†Doug jensen & Brent WhitmanKasowitz Family Foundation, Inc.†William Kearns & jason BarnecutRabbi Sharon Kleinbaum & Randi WeingartenRoger A. KlugeEd Krug & john HaubrichHeymi j. KurielBrian LandecheMark H. Lanspa & greg ScarffeMichael LausellDavid Lawenda & Kevin MenardThomas S. Leatherbury & Patricia villarealArchie MacgregorHermes Mallea & Carey C. MaloneyManagement 360†gwen Marcus & Nancy AlpertFrederick K. MarekLeslie Mauro & Ella Senglaubgiulio MazzarelliMarnie McBrydeMichael Mcgovern & gregory AlcockEric g. Menkes & Sean DavisDavid M. Merrill jr. & Michael van NortEllen MinkinThe Monroe Plan for Medical Care†Paul Montclare & Lauren j. WachtlerChristopher MorganPatrick M. Murphy & Anthony SelvitellaThe Honorable jerrold NadlerPaul Neenos & Mitchell CookHal Neier & Kathleen BoyesNew York State AFL - CIOMaury Newburgerjennifer NewmanChris NolanBrian C. OffuttBob O’Leary & Paul johnsonStephen D. Oremus & justin BohonOutten & golden LLP†Lisa Ayn Padilla & Allison Drew KleinAlfredo Paredes & Brad goldfarbRalph L. Pellecchio & james C.Wernz, M.D.Andrew Pirrie & Tim FranksDoug Portman & vince SilenzioWilliam D. PostrionKenneth Quay
Andrew Rich & joel Allenjohn Riggs & joel LasherDonnie Roberts & geoff AllmanLeigh & Barin Rovzarjohn Sare & Benjamin KrevolinStephen Savage & jeff gieseaDouglas H. SchadingNathan M. SchaeferCaleb SchwartzPierric Senay & Franklin SimpsonHoward Sendrovitz & David Sinclairjohn Shea & Ray BoothDavid A. Shevlin & Steven Wellsjackie & Mark ShulmanSonny StaffordAllan & Seena StarrAlbert StephensonBarry Swartz & Roger EmertTimothy j. SweeneyBrian Terkelsen & Stephen ByrneMark j. Tice & Derek BrownTilt Night Club & Ultra LoungeHon. Tom Richardsjoy TomchinPaul Travis & Mark FichandlerUnity Health System†University of RochesterBrian Urkowitz & Steve DoughertyTom vitale & Tim BurchThomas R. Wahl & glen SkalnyRobert L. Warner, M.D. & Lawrence BobelTodd WaterburyKevin S. Weekleyjed M. WeismanPeter S. Wilson & Scott K. SandersEric Winterling & Michael PeckDoug WirthWithers Worldwide†Perry Wolfman & Dan WrightHoward Wolfson & Terri McCulloughYabu PushelbergDavid ziff & Alan BellAndrew zobler
* All or a portion of the gift was an in-kind contribution of goods or services.† These organizations have provided general operating and program-related support for the Empire State Pride Agenda Foundation.
This listing reflects cumulative annual giving for 2012 and 2013 (through September 20, 2013).
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