PREVIOUS HONOREES AND GUESTS
2022 GALA
Steven J. Corwin, MD
Honoree
President and Chief Executive Officer, New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Katrina Cukaj
Honoree
Advertising and Media Executive, WarnerMedia
Krishan Bhatia
Honoree
President & Chief Business Officer, NBCUniversal
Dr. Mohammed Sediq Hazratzai
Honoree
Investigator at the Public Health Institute, Professor at the University of California, Davis
Ravi Chanmugam
Speaker
Senior Managing Director, Accenture Strategy
Tony Goncalves
Speaker
Former Chief Revenue Officer, WarnerMedia
Michael E. Kassan
Speaker
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MediaLink
Dr. Wendy Osefo
Speaker
Author, Assistant Professor at The Johns Hopkins University, Entrepreneur
2021 GALA
Harit Talwar
Honoree
Chairman of Consumer Business, Goldman Sachs
Shaun E. Smith
Honoree
Sr. Vice President and Chief People Officer, New York-Presbyterian
Heloisa Maruch
Honoree
Upwardly Global Alumna Legal Integration Lead, Accenture
Russell L. Carson
Speaker
Co-Founder and General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Ajay Banga
Speaker
Executive Chairman, Mastercard
DJ Toy
Speaker
Bassem Youssef
Speaker
Comedian
2020 GALA
Hikmet Ersek
Honoree
CEO Western Union
Julie Sweet
Honoree
CEO Accenture
O.C. Tanner
Honoree
Leadership and Staff
Michael Bloomberg
Speaker
Founder, Bloomberg LP & Bloomberg Philanthropies / New American Economy
Wes Moore
Speaker
CEO, Robin Hood
PRE-2020 GALA'S
Pascal Desroches
Honoree - 2019
Chief Financial Officer, Warner Media
Kirk McDonald
Honoree - 2018
Chief Marketing Officer, Xandr
Nikki Cicerani
Honoree - 2018
President and CEO, Upwardly Global
Tonia O’ Connor
Honoree - 2017
Chief Revenue Officer, Univision Communications, Inc.
Jennifer Geissel-Zervigon
Honoree - 2017
Board of Directors (President 2013-2015), Upwardly Global
Dr. Hamed Faridi
Honoree - 2017
Chief Science Officer, McCormick and Company
Tony Goncalves
Honoree - 2016
Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, AT&T Entertainment Group
Rita Gonzalez
Honoree - 2015
Managing Director, HSBC
Dr. Mehmood Khan
Honoree - 2015
Executive Vice-President, Chief Science Officer, Pepsi Co.
Dikembe Mutombo
Honoree - 2014
NBA Legend
Julio Rojas
Honoree - 2014
Chief Executive Officer in the Americas, Standard Chartered Bank
Oleg Firer
Honoree - 2014
Chief Executive Officer, Net Element
Suzette Brooks Masters
Honoree - 2012
Immigrant Integration Advocate and Funder
Deven Sharma
Honoree - 2010
President, Standard & Poor’s
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