We are deeply grateful for the generosity of our Trustees, Associates Council members, donors, alumni, and friends, which allows us to further our mission of developing young leaders through our educational, leadership development, and professional advancement opportunities. The following listing acknowledges those who have made gifts to the 2026 Lilac Ball.
List as of June 2, 2026.
UNDERWRITER
Lisa & Dick Cashin • Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz: Susan & Martin Lipton, Karessa Cain & Michael Hay, Jeannemarie O’Brien & Yves-Achille Casimir, and Kevin Schwartz & Samantha Lipton
EVENT CHAIR
Bank of America • Nancy & Frank Bynum • Debevoise & Plimpton: John & Anne Hall, Nicole Mesard, Chris Anthony, Michael Bolotin, Emily Huang & Andrew Jamieson, Kevin Rinker, Chani & Scott Selinger, Rebecca Silberstein, Michael J. Snypes • Baily & Nate Kempner•Kristina & Frank Loverro • The Maher Family Foundation • Daniel M. Neidich & Brooke Garber Foundation •Kate & Bob Niehaus•Virginia & Sandy Osborne • The Schaps Family Foundation • John and Barbara Vogelstein Foundation
CO-CHAIR
Mr. & Mrs. Anson H. Beard • Jean J. Beard •Philip E. Berney & Jane Pollock •Bloomberg Philanthropies •Diógenes Brito (XXIII) & Doralyn Brito • Jorge A. Calderon • Debra & Ken Caplan • Catherine & Charlie Cole• Judy & Chris Collins •Richard d'Albert & Catherine Greenman •Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP •Gouri & Alexander Edlich, McKinsey & Company •Parisa Jaffer & Salim Ramji •Jessica & Christopher James (IX) •M. Robin Krasny • The Ortega Family • Frida Polli & Conor Bastable •Fay & Bill Shutzer•Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP • Joyce and George Wein Foundation •Anita Volz Wien
BENEFACTOR Nicole & Leo Arnaboldi Jody & John Arnhold Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP Yahonnes Cleary (P9 V) & Marcie Cleary Elizabeth Cooper & Doug Horowitz Deloitte Pascal Desroches Fiona & Stanley Druckenmiller EY LLP Jocelyn & Charles Gailliot Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Jay S. Gleacher Google Laurie & Peter Grauer Greenberg Traurig, LLP The Marc Haas Foundation Anne Gilchrist Hall Harris Williams Natalie Swaby Hutchinson (XIV) & Russ Hutchinson Francis Idehen (P9 IV) & Nicola Idehen JPMorganChase: Christina Claudio (P9 XIII) & Arthur Magnus Cynthia & Anthony Kim Nyssa Lee (XV) & Chris Lee Dalia and Larry Leeds Family Foundation Danielle Marcuccio & Alex Atallah Sue Meng (XV) & Antonius Kufferath Morgan Stanley Tyler & Rebecca Morse Kate & Jason Moscowitz Katharine Nadler Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Yesim & Dusty Philip Mo Sakurai & Harry Taylor Neil P. Simpkins & Miyoung E. Lee Johnny G. Skumpija Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
SPONSOR Maria & Peter Anzalone Blackstone Citrin Cooperman Advisors LLC Corient Ginny & Robyn Day Pia Desai and Dhruv Khullar DiNovi Family Foundation GTCR LLC Guggenheim Securities Lawrence Holodak Innisfree M&A Incorporated Kekst CNC Tom Kelly & Horace Mann School Lazard Terry & Bob Lindsay Peter & Tattin Lyon Leslie & Thomas Maheras Kristin Mendez & Ben Levander Wei Wayne Miao (VI) Moody's Maggie Morse and the Morse Family Foundation The Murphy Family Tausha & Nnamdi Orakwue (VII) Sidley Austin LLP Thrive Wells Fargo William Blair
PARTNER Advantage Testing Shazma & Aly Alibhai American Securities, LLC Anonymous Richard & Kerri Bartlett Roxanne & Scott Bok, Bok Family Foundation Chris & Barbara Brody Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Katrien Carbonez The Chapin School Collegiate School Eion D'Anjou (P9 X) & Allison D’Anjou Laura & James DeMare Matthew Edgerton Timothy J. Erb Carl & Frances Harnick Jeffrey & Jamie Harris Mr. & Mrs. Franklin W. Hobbs Frances Cashin Hodler & Nicholas Hodler Jackson Lewis P.C. Kelly Salazar Kimball (XXIV) & Alex Kimball Jennifer & Tim Kingston Jennifer A. Lake & Donald Francis Donovan Hank and Kate Mannix Alison Mass Jacques Nasser Susan & Stephen O'Neil Hayjin & Chung-Taek Oh Richard Reiss & The Reiss Family Foundation Paula Campbell Roberts (X) & Ricardo Roberts Kim & Ralph Rosenberg Goldman Sachs Amy & Marshall Smith The Spence School Nicholas J. Strong Paul & Maureen Swetow Tishman Speyer Karen Young (IV)
PATRON
A.J. Agarwal & Roswitha Mueller-Agarwal Dale Allsopp (VII) & Jacquelyn Allsopp Thomas Alston (XXII) Marissa Alter-Nelson Ray Amirian Bob & Mary Baltimore Katie & Jim Brennan The Chasan Foundation & Jacob Chasan Myles Christian Marcia Cohen & Roy Meyers The Dalton School Alex Daniels Judy & Kim Davis Gabrielle DiBernardi Olivia Douglas & David DiDomenico Jenny & Steve Dutton Cheryl & Blair Effron Frederick & Diana Elghanayan Bill Frayer Sydney Friedman Godwin Capital Group Courtney Goldsmith Douglas Hart Keith Heller & Bruce Addison of JPMorganChase
PATRON (Con't.) William Huang (XXIV) Alec & Lauren Hufnagel Caroline & Ed Hyman Lara & Tony Ignaczak Matthew Kann & Caroline Gagelmann Jon & Francie Karlen Rebecca & Colin Kennedy Steven Bruce Klinsky Corinne Maloney Langdon Denis LaPolice & Resource Management Group Evan LePatner Sara & Mark Lewis Jody & Giulio Martini Nancy Reyes McLaughlin (IX) Carol & Preston Miller Julie E. Novick-Lederer (XXXI) Daniel Ogunlowo Chelsea & Dante Pearson (P9 XVII) Liz & Jeff Peek David H. Petraeus, KKR Ettie Philitas (P9 XII) Melvin Pina & Meghan Reed The Prince Family Foundation Alex & Kate Randi Philip Salem Mr. & Mrs. Stephen C. Sherrill Kurt N. Simon & GS Gives James Sinclair Charlotte & Rick Smith Michele Smith & David Weinberg Molly & Andrew Snyder St. Bernard's School James & Jane Stern Gene Sykes Erica & Jonathan Teller Fern & Lenard Tessler Miguel Vargas (P9 XVIII) SUPPORTER
BDO Vivian Berger Centerview Partners Robert Chen Leslie & Colin Convey Richard & Greta Weil Conway Haseena Enu & Randy Hulme Goodwin Procter The William and Mary Greve Foundation, Inc. Shenequa McLeod (P9 VIII) Melanie & David Niemiec Francesca Ryan & AJ Hughes
FRIEND
Benefit Street Partners The Browning School James Cole Jr. Fred & Barbara Colin Jonathan Fine Fisher Brothers Nikki Sheetz Frith & Brinton Frith Monica Gerard-Sharp & Ali Wambold Haystack Needle LLC James P. McGinnis Chuck McMullan Benjamin Mensah (XXIII) & Crystal Spence Amy & Joseph Perella Eric Rodriguez (P9 XIV) Bruce Usher
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