
1199SEIU Child Care Corporation’s 18th Annual Gala
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
at
Current, Chelsea Pier’s
Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors






























Past Honorees
2024: Dr. Danielle R. Moss Cox, Chief Executive Officer, Oliver Scholars
2024: Pamela J. Maraldo, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Girls Inc. of New York City
2023: Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, The City University of New York
2023: Harlem School of the Arts, The Herb Alpert Center
2022: Michael Dowling, President and CEO, Northwell Health
2022: Vivian Fox, Former President, 1199SEIU Child Care Corporation
2022: Mary Kay Henry, Former President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
2021: Dave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc, FACP, Former Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2021: Henry R. Muñoz III, Former Finance Chair, Democratic National Committee and Co-founder, SOMOS US
2021: Scheena Tannis, RN, MSN, FNP, CCRN, WCC, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center
2021: Tim Wentworth, Former Chief Executive Officer, Evernorth
2019: Mitra Behroozi, JD, Former Executive Director, 1199SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds
2019: Dr. Marcella Maxwell, Founding Dean of Teaching Fellows, Medgar Evers College
2019: George Ofori-Amanfo, MD, FACC, Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital
2018: Bruce McIve, Former President, League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York
2018: Ruth C. Browne, SD, President and CEO, Ronald McDonald House New York
2018: Peta-Gay Clarke, Google, Inc.
2018: David R. Jones, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Service Society of New York
2018: Bonnie Lou Raagas Mallonga, PhD, Former Director, 1199SEIU Future of America Learning Center (FALC)
2017: Jennifer Ching, Executive Director, North Star Fund
2017: Thelma Dye, PhD., Executive Director and Chief Executve Officer, Northside Center for Child Development
2017: Dr. Steven Safyer, Former Chief Executive Officer and President, Montefiore Health System
2016: Dawna M. Fields, Colgate-Palmolive Company
2016: Rosa M. Gil, DSW, Comunilife, Inc.
2016: Keith Mestrich, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Amalgamated Bank
2016: Sheena Wright, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, United Way of New York City
2015: Courtney B. Vance
2015: Dara Richardson-Heron, MD, YWCA USA
2015: Pedro A. Noguera, PhD, UCLA