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New
York, NY - May 3, 2018: At its 29th annual spring
gala, the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services (The
Jewish Board) honored Alice Tisch, outgoing president, and
Stephanie Bernheim, long-standing Trustee of the organization.
The event, which took place on Thursday, April 26 at the Plaza
Hotel, attracted more than 350 guests and raised $1.5
million for the programs of The Jewish Board, which serves
more than 45,000 New Yorkers of all faiths, ethnicities and
socioeconomic backgrounds each year.
“We’re tremendously grateful for the tireless efforts of Alice
Tisch and Stephanie Bernheim on behalf of The Jewish Board,”
said David Rivel, CEO of The Jewish Board. “Both Alice and
Stephanie have been passionate promoters of access to quality
mental and behavioral health services, and we look forward to
their work for many years to come.”
John
A. Herrmann, Jr. and Jenny Lyss presented the honorees with
their awards.
Alice Tisch received
the Saul Cohen Leadership Award for both her tenure as President
of the Board of Trustees of The Jewish Board and fifteen years
as a board member. She has dedicated her professional life to
philanthropy and service in the arts, health and social
services, and education. She also serves on the Board and
Executive Committee of the Museum of Modern Art where she also
chairs of the museum's Acquisitions Department of Architecture &
Design; She serves as trustee of the NYU Langone Health, and has
led their pediatrics initiative, KiDS of NYU, for over twenty
years.
Stephanie Bernheim received
the Madeleine Borg Lifetime Service Award, for her service as
a trustee for the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services
for almost twenty years. She is a member of the agency’s
Executive Committee, the trustee representative on the monthly
Incident Review Committee, and a member of the Corporate
Compliance, Government Relations and Adult Residential
committees. An artist, Ms. Bernheim’s work has been exhibited
and collected in galleries and museums including P.S.1 Museum in
Long Island City, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, The
Metropolitan Museum, The Milwaukee Art Museum, The Princeton
Museum, and A.I.R. Gallery, where she founded the A.I.R.
Fellowship Program for emerging and underrepresented women
artists.
The
Saul Cohen Leadership award is named for a former president of
The Jewish Board. Better known as Bud Cohen, his vision and
dynamism led to the merger of the Jewish Board of Guardians with
Jewish Family Service, creating the Jewish Board of Family and
Children’s Services.
The
Madeleine Borg Lifetime Service Award is named for Madeleine
Borg, a lifelong advocate for children and for greater access to
mental health services. From 1942 to 1952 Ms. Borg served as
President of what became The Jewish Board. She was an early
organizer and leader of the Jewish Federation and the founder of
America’s Big Sister movement.
Benefit Chairs
Rachel and Charles Bernheim
Leslie May Blauner and Andrew Blauner
Bloomberg Philanthropies
ChemRx
Cindy and David Edelson
Michael A. Epstein
Carol and Steven Fasman
Harriet Gruber
John A Herrmann, Jr.
Shelley Holm and Dr. Paul Hammerschlag
Karen and Jay Kasner
Lynn Korda Kroll
Lesley and Norman Leben
Fran and Jack Levy
Laurie Lindenbaum and Bob Horne
Jennifer and Marc Lipschultz
Jenny and Greg Lyss
Sally and Anthony Mann
Lori and David Moore
Kate and Brad Peck
Jean and Martin Shafiroff
Becky Diamond and Jamie Stecher
Emily and Steven Steinman
Amy Stursberg
Thomas Tisch
Jean and Ray Troubh
Dr. Ralph Wharton
About The Jewish Board:
For
more than 140 years, the Jewish
Board of Family and Children’s Services (The Jewish Board) has
been helping New Yorkers realize their potential and live as
independently as possible. We promote resilience and recovery by
addressing all aspects of an individual’s life, including mental
and physical health, family, employment and education. Across
the five boroughs and in Westchester, we serve more than 43,000
New Yorkers from all religious, ethnic and socioeconomic
backgrounds each year. For more information, please visit www.Jewishboard.org. |