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Audubon to Honor Frances
Beinecke and Nathanial P. Reed
at Annual New York City Gala
Award-Winning Actors Jane Alexander and Lili Taylor to
Emcee
WHAT: The
National Audubon Society,one of the world’s largest and
respected conservation organizations, will honor two
exceptional conservationists for their environmental
leadership and lifetime commitment to the environment at the
annual Audubon Gala. The event will take place at Gotham
Hall in New York City Wednesday March 1, 2017. Audubon will
honor Frances
Beinecke, former
president of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC),
as a recipient of the prestigious Audubon Medal, recognizing
her for her leadership in finding solutions to some of the
biggest environmental challenges of our time. Under her 35
year leadership, NRDC focused on establishing a clean energy
future that curbs climate change, reviving the world's
oceans, defending endangered wildlife and wild places,
protecting our health by preventing pollution, fostering
sustainable communities, and ensuring safe and sufficient
water.
Nathaniel P. Reed will
receive the annually awarded $100,000 Lufkin Prize for
Environmental Leadership, one of the largest awards in
environmental recognition. Reed is one of Florida’s greatest
conservation champions, having helped create environmental
protections that remain instrumental in shielding Florida’s
natural resources from today’s threats.The Lufkin Prize was
established by Dan Lufkin’s family in honor of his love and
dedication to supporting conservation and environmental
causes.
Event proceeds will support the National Audubon Society's conservation
policy and climate
change programs.
WHO:
HONOREES: Frances
Beinecke and Nathaniel
P. Reed
PRESENTERS: Carol Browner and Paul
Tudor Jones
MASTER OF CEREMONIES: Jane
Alexander and Lili
Taylor
NOTABLE GUESTS: David
Yarnold, President and CEO of National Audubon Society; Board
of Directors: Margaret
Walker, Joseph Ellis, David B. Ford, David
Hartwell, and David
Roux; Board
Members: Jane
Alexander, Peter
Alpert, Leigh Altadonna, James C. Greenwood, Phil Swan, and
Lili Taylor
WHERE: Gotham
Hall| 1356 Broadway, New York, NY
WHEN: Wednesday,
March 1, 2017 | 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
The National Audubon Society protects birds and the
places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the
Americas using science, advocacy, education and
on-the-ground conservation. Audubon's state programs, nature
centers, chapters and partners have an unparalleled wingspan
that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire
and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since
1905, Audubon's vision has been a world in which people and
wildlife thrive. Audubon is a nonprofit conservation
organization. Learn more at www.audubon.org and @audubonsociety. |