Lupus Research Alliance Inaugural Gala 2016 

Monday, November 21, 2016

6:30 PM Cocktail Reception; 7:30 PM Dinner & Awards 

The Waldorf Astoria - 301 Park Avenue, NYC 10022
 

Jennie DeScherer ( Founding Board of Directors)
and The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg

Seth Herzog, Resident Comedian, The Tonight Show
Starring Jmmy Fallon
 

-          Group photo: from 2015 Moving Forward Together To Fight Lupus Annual Gala – (from left to right) Robert Wood Johnson IV, Brenda Blackmon, Jennie DeScherer, Michelle Ifill (Verizon Communications, Inc.), Richard K. DeScherer, Ken Farber (co-president of Lupus Research Alliance), Margaret Dowd (co-present of Lupus Research Alliance), (in front) Susan Golick, and (kneeling) Megan Hilty (Broadway, film and NBC’s Smash singer/actress)
 

    Event Description: Please join us for an elegant evening to celebrate leadership and the power of innovative scientific research to improve treatment of lupus while driving toward prevention and a cure. The 2016 Inaugural Lupus Gala celebrates the newly-merged Lupus Research Alliance, a union of three leading lupus organizations.
 

Event Agenda: Cocktails, Formal Program/Dinner, Entertainment

  HONORING: 
Lupus Research Alliance Leadership – Our Founding Board of Directors 
Pfizer Inc. – Freda Lewis-Hall, MD, DFAPA, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, will accept the award
 

 HONORARY GALA CHAIR: The Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg
 

CO-CHAIRS:

Robert Wood Johnson IV, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, New York Jets, Founding Chairman, Lupus Research Alliance

Richard K. DeScherer, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Bloomberg L.P., Founding Vice-Chairman,  Lupus Research Alliance

Robert W. Pittman, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, iHeartMedia Inc., Founding Board Member,  Lupus Research Alliance

Carol Weisman, Founding Board Member,  Lupus Research Alliance

         SPECIAL PERFORMANCE: Seth Herzog, Resident Comedian,
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
 

Table & Ticket Prices

Individual Tickets Start at: $1,500

 Table for 10 guests and program recognition at varying levels: Sponsor: $12,500; Patron: $15,000; Underwriter: $25,000

 Table for 20 guests and program recognition at varying levels:

Benefactor: $50,000; Advocate $100,000

   Contact: Lupus Research Alliance Gala Headquarters;
      212-888-7003;  mmundy@dsconsultinggroup.com

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