1199SEIU Child Care Corporation’s 18th Annual Gala

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

at

Current, Chelsea Pier’s

Thank you to our 2024 Sponsors

For additional information and sponsorship inquiries, please contact Jordenn Granby by email at [email protected] or by phone at 646-473-8330.

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

Past Galas