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The
New York Women’s Foundation Honors
Saru
Jayaraman, Dina Habib Powell and Laurie M. Tisch
2016
Fall Gala at The Plaza Celebrates Women’s Leadership
New York, NY (October 17, 2016) – The New York Women’s
Foundation honored three of the city’s most socially conscious
citizens at its 2016 Fall Gala at The Plaza. The honorees, Saru
Jayaraman, Co-Founder & Co-Director of Restaurant
Opportunities Centers United; Dina
Habib Powell, Head of Goldman Sachs’ Impact Investing
Business and President of The Goldman Sachs Foundation; and Laurie
M. Tisch, the President of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination
Fund, are
extraordinary women who have dedicated their lives to empowering
others.
Ms. Jayaraman was
recognized for advocacy work at Restaurant Opportunities Centers
United, a national organization organizing on behalf of low-wage
restaurant workers. Ted
Bunch of A CALL
TO MEN and 2014 Fall Gala award recipient presented her award.
Ms. Habib
Powell was
recognized for leadership in supporting female entrepreneurs at
Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Women, a global program offering business
education and access to capital to women entrepreneurs. Former
Secretary of State Dr. Condoleezza
Rice presented
the award to her, by video.
Ms. Tisch was
recognized for her innovative philanthropy and dedication to
public service through the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund.
United States Senator Cory
Booker presented
her award.
Approximately 300 guests attended the celebration on October 13,
2016, which raised nearly $600,000 to support The Foundation’s
mission to achieve sustained economic security and justice for
New York City’s undeserved women and girls. The Foundation is
the largest women’s grant making fund in the nation.
Ana Oliveira, President
and CEO of The Foundation, said,
“The New York Women’s Foundation is
privileged to honor Saru
Jayaraman, Dina Habib Powell and Laurie
Tisch for their
accomplishments as advocates and agents of change. They are
among the most dynamic and inspiring women that we know. We are
grateful for their achievements and their longstanding support
of New York City’s women, girls and families.”
Ted Bunch, Chief
Development Officer of A CALL TO MEN and 2014 Fall Gala award
recipient, served as the Master of Ceremonies. Among the
evening’s highlights was a special performance by Molly
Jobe from the
Broadway show Waitress.
The event was co-chaired by Anne
E. Delaney and Jean
and Martin Shafiroff, with Grainne
McNamara and Yvonne
Quinn serving as
vice-chairs. Cathy and Walter
Isaacson, Senator
Cory Booker, Tory
Burch and
Beth Finkel were
among the notable guests.
About The New York Women’s Foundation
The New York Women’s Foundation is a voice for women and a force
for change. We are a cross-cultural alliance of women catalyzing
partnerships and leveraging human and financial capital to
achieve sustained economic security and justice for women and
girls. With fierce determination, we mobilize hearts, minds and
resources to create an equitable and just future for women,
families and communities in New York City. For more information,
visit www.nywf.org.
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