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 and Seth Edwards,  JPMorgan Chase Foundation, Brooklyn and Staten Island, sponsor of the Neighborhood Advocate Awards

Richard Brown   Vice President of Philanthropy at American Express		Jasmine Thomas,  Program Officer, Surdna Foundation

The following are past recipients:

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 ¡  New York City Administration for Children’s Services  ¡   New York State Office of Children & Family Services ¡  Ana L. Oliveira, President & CEO New York Women’s Foundation  ¡ Lisa Philp, Global Foundations Group, JP Morgan Private Bank ¡ Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Manhattan Deputy Borough President ¡ Stuart Post, Program Officer. Independence Community Foundation ¡ Yvonne Riley-Tepie, Assistant Vice President – Marketing, TD Bank  ¡  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 ¡  Rev. John H. Vaughn, Program Director, The Twenty-First Century 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.