Thank you for supporting last year’s Virtual Benefit!
Many thanks for joining us as on our virtual gala celebrating CenterLight “Rising to the Challenge for 100 Years,” caring for New Yorkers in need in the midst of changing and challenging times. We are grateful for your continuous support of our mission as we continue to help provider our participants’ need in the time of COVID-19. If you missed the broadcast, you can still view the event by clicking on the button below.
Our Sponsors
FAMILY SUPPORTERS
1st Choice Ambulette, Gil Amado
ABM Security Systems, Mitchell Schiff
Alternate Staffing, Inc., Joel Friedman
Best Group, Steve Cotsalas
Savannah Cerda
Ada Doucet
Derek Dunbar
Expert Medical Services, Dr. Jean Louis Dupiton
Florian Foods, Inc., Dean Florian
Functional Systems, Bernice Wissner
Coralis Gorritz
Sharon Greenidge-McCalla
Carol Hartmann
Livette Judis
Ron Schlanger, CenterLight Board Director
Ernson St. Jean
Harvey Ishofsky, CenterLight Board Director
TigerConnect, Kimberly Snow
Additional Supporters
Apria, Daria Senaldi
Christine Berkner
Arlaine Renacia Bruce
Arsella Burton-Scott
Hyang Joo Choo
Mary Christianson
City MD Urgent Care, Robert Williams
Jennifer Davis
Doreen DeCaprio
Stanley Delacruz
Marcos Antonio Delarosa
Jo-Ann Dessereau
Jack Dickson
Effective Promos, Maria Perez
Catherine Goris
Stacey Johnston
Felisienne Laurent
Angie Lavigat
About the 2020 Virtual Gala
SPECIAL GUEST
David B. Agus, MD
Founding Director and CEO, Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC
CBS News Medical Contributor and New York Times Best-selling Author
David B. Agus is one of the world's leading doctors and pioneering biomedical researchers.
He is a professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine and Viterbi School of Engineering. He is the founding director and CEO of the Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC.
A medical oncologist, Dr. Agus leads a multidisciplinary team of researchers dedicated to the development and use of technologies to guide doctors in making health-care decisions tailored to individual needs.
An international leader in new technologies and approaches for personalized healthcare, Dr. Agus serves in leadership roles at the World Economic Forum and other prestigious organizations. He is also a CBS News contributor.
Dr. Agus’ three books “The End of Illness”, “A Short Guide to a Long Life” and “The Lucky Years: How to Thrive in the Brave New World of Health” are all New York Times and international bestsellers. He is a 2017 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
master of ceremonies
soledad o’brien
Award-winning documentarian, journalist and CEO of Soledad O’Brien Productions
Soledad O’Brien is an award-winning documentarian, journalist, speaker, author, and philanthropist, who founded Soledad O’Brien Productions, a multi-platform media production company dedicated to telling empowering and authentic stories on a range of social issues. She anchors and produces the Hearst TV political magazine program "Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien" and is a correspondent for HBO Real Sports.
She is a thought leader, with over 1.3 million Twitter followers, who has a national impact through her speeches, numerous documentaries and her presence on the op-ed pages of platforms like the New York Times and Huffington Post. She has anchored shows on CNN, MSNBC, and NBC, and reported for Fox, A&E, Oxygen, Nat Geo, the PBS NewsHour, WebMD, and Al Jazeera America, among others.
O’Brien’s work has been recognized with three Emmy awards, twice with the George Foster Peabody Award, three times with the Gracie Award, which honors women in media, twice with Cine Awards for her work in documentary films and also with an Alfred I. DuPont Award.
HONORING
CenterLight's Facilities Team
For rising to the challenge of the COVID-19 crisis, by creating and operating our participant food pantry, and for their unwavering efforts to keep our facilities and staff safe.
Benefit Co-Chairs
Christopher Hickey
Senior Executive Director, Home Service Management and Teamcare Learning Center
Carol Hartmann
Regional Day Health Center Manager and Recipient of the Impossible Dreamers Achievement Award in 2019
For more information, please contact Director of Development, Shelly Colley, at 914-646-0544 or SColley@centerlight.org or Lisa Cesarano at 718-239-1977 or LCesarano@centerlight.org.