Global Leadership Awards
20th Annual GALA
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
6:30 - 7:00 p.m. EDT
Private Virtual Receptions for Gala Sponsors*
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. EDT
Virtual Gala Celebration
8:00 p.m. EDT (May 12, 8:00 a.m. HKT/BJT)
Private Virtual Receptions for Gala Sponsors*
A Virtual Celebration
Please join us on May 11, 2021 for Columbia SIPA’s Global Leadership Awards Gala, as we acknowledge remarkable leaders for their extraordinary contributions to the public good and bring together our diverse, global community of alumni, friends, faculty, and students. During a year that has presented incredible challenges, we look forward to honoring those individuals who have helped to reunite the world through their outstanding accomplishments. All proceeds raised from this much-anticipated event will provide critical financial aid for SIPA students.
Our 2021 Gala will be a virtual celebration that will recognize four exceptional honorees. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, will be honored with the Global Leadership Award for her work for her leadership in helping to ensure the stability of the global economic and financial system. The late Vartan Gregorian, Former President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will be honored in memoriam with the Global Leadership Award for his extraordinary work in furthering education and knowledge, democracy, and international peace and security. Lang Lang, internationally renowned pianist, and Joyce DiDonato, acclaimed mezzo-soprano, will each receive SIPA’s inaugural Global Inspirational Award for their outstanding achievements as cultural ambassadors. Guests will be treated to an inspiring program that will include greetings from notable public figures and a conversation with Ms. Georgieva, as well as uplifting musical performances by Lang Lang and Joyce DiDonato. We thank all of you who have supported our Gala efforts in years past, and we are excited to welcome many more alumni and friends from around the world with this year’s virtual format.
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*Private Virtual Receptions for Gala Sponsors Gala sponsors and their guests are invited to join one of several intimate virtual receptions, featuring top faculty leading substantive discussions on topics that matter. These breakouts provide a chance to interact directly with some of the world’s leading thinkers on issues such as the global economy, climate change, international relations and geopolitics, cyber security, US-China relations, and much more. To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please see below or contact SIPA's Development office at [email protected]. |
Honorees
Vartan Gregorian (in memoriam)
Former President, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Global Leadership Award
Thank You to Our Donors
CHAMPIONReed David Auerbach, IF '81, MIA ’82, '85LAW Mastercard International, Inc. Juan Navarro VISIONARYMichael Brandmeyer IF ’94, '94BUS, MIA ’95 and Polly Brandmeyer Anla Cheng Kingdon and Mark E. Kingdon ’71CC Michael M. Roberts MIA ’86 and Patricia Roberts Romita Shetty MIA ’89 and Nasser Ahmad Joan E. Spero MIA ’68, ’73GSAS and C. Michael Spero INNOVATORAmy L. Abrams IF ’78, MIA ’80, ’80BUS and David C. Abrams Charles S. Adams, Jr. MIA ’83 and Georgia Serevetas Adams MIA ’83 Anonymous Lisa Coleman MIA '85 Carnegie Corporation of New York Anuradha T. Jayanti Edward S. Knight and Amy S. Knight Robert I. Kopech ’76BUS, MIA ’77 KPMG Jian Ni MIA ’01 and Zhe Sun David B. Ottaway IF ’63, '63GSAS, '72GSAS and Marina S. Ottaway ’74GSAS Amelia E. Prounis-Raftopoulos MIA ’87 and Haralambos Raftopoulos Juan A. Sabater Tiffany & Co. / Anisa Kamadoli Costa ’97BC, MIA ’98 and Len Costa MIA ’98 Ruben Vardanyan Hongyuan Wang MPA ’04 Lan Yang MIA ’96 |
ContributorsHussain Aga Khan Hana Debs Akkari and Nabil Akkari Mir M. Alam MPA '20 Jeremy Amias / Standard Chartered Bank Lisa S. Anderson ’76GSAS, ’77GSAS, ’81GSAS and Marc S. Rauch ’69CC Mulan Ashwin MIA ’93 Magzhan M. Auezov MIA ’98 Roger R. Baumann IF ’84, MIA ’85 and Julie Baumann Sophia Brenner and Michael Brenner H. Eric Chiang MIA '99, '99BUS Abu Bakar Chowdhury Terence Culver '20BUS Juan Pablo del Valle and Bárbara Fernández Gutiérrez Judith Edstrom MIA ’72, IF '72 Habib M. Enayetullah MPA ’91 Alexander Georgiadis MIA ’95 Susie Gharib MIA ’74 and Fereydoun F. Nazem ’75BUS Richard Goldberg and Jill Miller Coco Han Zach He ’12CC and Claire Jin MIA ’19, ’19BUS Richard B. Jones MIA ’80 Shinta Widjaja Kamdani ’89BC Jeehae Kim John R. MacArthur ’78CC and Renee N. Khatami Peter N. Marber MIA '87 Catherine Mulder MIA ’81 Hiroko Murase MIA ’91 and Satoru Murase Takeshi Niinami and Yuki Niinami John H. Porter IF ’82, MIA ’83 Daniel Rose and Joanna Rose Robert Rosenkranz and Alexandra Munroe Peter Sang MPA '10 Sandra Shahinian MIA ’76 Gregory A. Stoupnitzky Bela Szigethy IF ’80, MIA ’81 and Alice Szigethy Melisa Tapan MIA ’20 Colleen Toomey Seran M. Trehan MIA ’83 Shirley F. Wang ’93BUS Tracy Wilson MIA ’86 Annie Y. Zhou MPA ’13 |
Sponsorship Levels
As a sponsor from the Innovator to Luminary level, you will have the opportunity to invite up to ten guests to join you for a private virtual VIP reception with an esteemed Columbia SIPA faculty host.
Patron Ticket
$3,000
Supporter Ticket
$1,500
Recent Alumni Ticket (2010-2020)
$300
All sponsorships and tickets are 100% tax deductible. If you are interested in sponsorship or purchasing a ticket, please email [email protected].
Please consider a donation if you are unable to attend the Gala.
