Our Hosts and Sponsor
Rev. Dr. Gary V. Simpson Senior Pastor, Concord Baptist Church of Christ	Marty Markowitz Brooklyn Borough President	Valerie Oliver-Durrah, President, NTAC Seth Edwards,  JPMorgan Chase

Marina Belessis-Casoria Con Edison ¡  Earl Brown, Bronx Deputy Borough President   ¡ Cesar J. Claro, Richmond County Savings Foundation  ¡  Leroy Comrie, City Councilman District 27  ¡ Daphne Foundation   ¡ Betsy Dubovsky, The Staten Island Foundation ¡  Kanyere Eaton, The Sister Fund ¡ Seth C. Edwards, JP Morgan Chase  ¡ Ben Esner, Independence Community Foundation ¡ Lucy Friedman, The After-School Corporation ¡ Penny Fujiko Willgerodt, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors ¡ Marilyn Gelber, The Independence Community Foundation ¡  Linetta Gilbert, the Ford Foundation   ¡  Ed Goldberg, MACY's  ¡ Yvonne Graham, Brooklyn Deputy Borough President  ¡ Hope Harley, Verizon, retired   ¡  Laureen Henry, Richmond County Savings Foundation  ¡  Erica Hunt, Twenty-First Century Foundation ¡ Sunita Mehta, Funders Concerned About AIDS  ¡ Kenneth D. Merin, Charles Hayden Foundation  ¡ Commissioner Jeanne B. Mullgrav, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development  ¡  Alton S. Murray, Public Affairs, Con Edison ¡ Lisa Philp, Global Foundations Group, JP Morgan Private Bank ¡ Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Manhattan Deputy Borough President ¡ Stuart Post, Program Officer. Independence Community Foundation ¡ Ben Rodriquez-Cubenas Rockefeller Brothers Fund ¡ Kevin Ryan, Program Officer, New York Foundation ¡ Fazana Saleem-Ismail, Robin Hood Foundation ¡ Debra Smallwood, Con Edison ¡ Patricia Swann, New York Community Trust  ¡ Marianne Teta, Verizon ¡ Union Square Awards Board of Directors  ¡  Guy Vickers, President, The Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation ¡ Angie Wang, New York Women’s Foundation  ¡ Phyllis White-Thorne, Con Edison  ¡ Toya Williford, Independence Community Foundation  ¡  Alfonso Wyatt, Fund for the City of New York ¡ Elwanda Young, United Way of New York City ¡ Antonia Yuille Williams, Con Edison.