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Dianne Reeves, 5 Time Grammy Winner
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Fifth Annual Columbia
Children's Gala
Raises $1.5M in Critical Funds
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Tagar Olson and Colleen
Olson, Gala Co-Chairs |
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Karen
Kennedy, Chair of the Children’s Board at
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Katherine Phillips, Ph.D. who
is a member of the Children’s Board at
Columbia; (center) Dr. Wendy Chung, director
of the clinical genetics program at Columbia
University; (right) Colleen Olson, Co-Chair
for the Fifth Annual Columbia
Children’s Gala.
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The Fifth Annual Columbia Children’s
Gala, took place on Monday, May 14th,
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Celebrities, supporters, Board
members, and donors gathered to celebrate the
remarkable work of Columbia
University Children’s Health – a preeminent
entity for treating children and young adults with
complex and rare diseases based
out of New York Presbyterian’s children’s hospital. Karen
Kennedy, Chair of the Children’s Board at Columbia,
began the evening by welcoming guests and announcing
$1.5 million in critical funds that were raised to
benefit Columbia’s Center for Rare Pediatric Genetic
Diseases. The Center is led by Dr. Wendy Chung, one
of the world’s foremost geneticists, who was honored
at the Gala. Co-chairs for the event were Catherine
and Timothy Furey, and Colleen and Tagar Olson. The
evening ended in a special performance by 5-time
Grammy award winner
Dianne Reeves.
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Other notable attendees included: Roy
Vagelos, former CEO and Chairman
of Merck & Co., Lawrence Neubauer, Partner at
Quilivest, and
Deanna Berkeley, member of the
Children’s Board at Columbia and President of Alice
+ Olivia
among others.
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