Nine Rivers Gala 2011
Rubin Museum of Art Nine Rivers Gala
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
2011 NINE RIVERS GALA HONOREES
Mandala Award for Humanitarian Achievement
Raymond G. Chambers
United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Malaria
Award presented by
Omar S. Amanat, CEO, Cornucopia Equity
Patrick San Francesco
Founder of the Samarpan Foundation
Award presented by
Jane Olson, Human Rights Watch, Emeritus Board Member, Former Chair
Eva Haller, MSW
International Social Activist
Award presented by
Faida M. Mitifu, PhD, Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Congo
PROGRAM:
6:30 PM | Cocktails and Presentation
7:30 PM | Dinner in the Galleries
9:15 PM | Gala performances featuring Singer Michael Feinstein
Artist and Musician Laurie Anderson
Violinist Hahn-Bin
GUEST CELEBRITY CHEF: Vikas Khanna, Executive Chef of Junoon
PLACE: Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street, New York City
2011 NINE RIVERS GALA CO-CHAIRS
Omar S. Amanat
Eve Ensler
2011 NINE RIVERS GALA SUPPORTERS
GANGA RIVER
Shelley & Donald Rubin
CHANG JIANG RIVER
Omar S. Amanat
INDUS RIVER
Akhoury Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Baylis,
Edward & Sharon Bergman/Paul & Sara Bergman/Stan & Marion Bergman,
Jaishri & Vikas Kapoor, The MCJ Amelior Foundation,
The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation, Jeffrey & Suzanne Walker
TONLE THOM RIVER
The Peter & Patricia Gruber Foundation, Agnes Gund,
Adarsh & Charu Sarma, Donna & Marvin Schwartz
SALWEEN RIVER
Emery von Szatankoczy & Samuel Botero, Mary Jane Brock,
Matthew Goldstein, The City University of New York, Eva & Yoel Haller,
Hamlin Capital Management, Robert & Carola Jain, Merrill Lynch,
Basha Frost Rubin, Linda Schejola, Sikh Film & Art Foundation,
Manoj & Rita Singh, Constance & Stephen Spahn, T2 Partners LLC,
Karen Thomas Associates, Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld,
Monica Winsor & Joshua Mailman
BENEFIT COMMITTEE
Kathleen Alexander; CPA; MST Principal of Sax Macy Fromm & Co.,
Asian Cultural Council, Martin & Mary Ann Baumrind,
Baruch College/Stan Altman, Walter & Carol Beebe; New York Open Center,
Capital Group Private Client Services, Ann Daniel, Laura Davis; JP Morgan,
Theodore & Themis Dimon, Peggy Dulany, Elise Frick,
Umesh & Sunada Gaur, Peggy and Ronnie Gross, Hodgson Russ LLP,
Peter Hutchings & Martha Wolfgang, J&M Realty Services, Andrea Kerzner,
Dr. Francesca Kress & Jack Mayberry, Michael J. McCormick,
Geoffrey & Sophie Menin, Sreedhar Menon, Dr. and Mrs. M. Woodson Merrell,
Pat Mitchell, Miles Morgan, David Nalin, NGN Capital, Ruth & Harold Newman,
Susan B. Plum, Resnicow Schroeder Associates Inc.,
Richmond Management LLC, Nisha & Mohit Sabharwal,
Dr. and Mrs. Eric Schoenberg, Eileen Caulfield Schwab,
Daniel I. Schwartz & Csongor Kis, Martin Segal, Arvind Shah,
Pamela & Raj Singh, SilverLining Interiors Inc,
Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership, Barbara Slifka,
Mrs. Riva Ritvo Slifka, Sree Sreenivasan; Columbia Journalism School and SAJA,
David Stone, Taj Hotels Resorts & Palaces, Joanna & Nicholas Vergoth,
John Wattiker; JP Morgan, Larry J. Wente, Rebecca White
2011 NINE RIVERS GALA HONORARY COMMITTEE
Ambassador Gyan Chandra Acharya, Jo Andres and Steve Buscemi, Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal, Ambassador Prabhu Dayal; Consul General, India, New York, Daljit Dhaliwal; News Anchor, Harrison Ford, Philip Glass, H.E. Mr. Abdullah H. Haroon, Deborra-lee and Hugh Jackman, Bob Kerrey, Mickey Lemle, Mahendra Mehta, Meredith Monk, Mira Nair, Lobsang Nyandak; Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas, Deborah O'Grady and John Adams, Kira Perov and Bill Viola, Ambassador M.S. Puri, The Venerable Matthieu Ricard, Eric Ripert, Martin Segal, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Shapiro, Dr. Mary Slusser, Sree Sreenivasan; Columbia Journalism School and SAJA, Gloria Steinem, His Excellency Dr. Zahir Tanin, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Alice Walker
