Date

Thursday, October 13th

Time

6:30 PM    Reception
7:30 PM    Dinner & Performance
9:00 PM    After Dinner Drinks and Dancing

Where

Park Avenue Armory 
643 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10065 

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New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund

Board Officers & Directors

Daniel J. “Rusty” Staub ^
Founder, Chairman Emeritus

Board Officers
Stephen J. Dannhauser *^
Chairman

Kevin E. Parker *^
President

Lawrence Ehrlich *^
Vice President, Special Events

Mark Douglas Messier ^
Vice President, Community Affairs

John W. Neary ^
Treasurer

John Nolan ^
Assistant Treasurer

Brian A. Waldbaum ^
Secretary

Board of Directors
William J. Begley *
Joseph P. Coppotelli
Paul J. Coughlin
John Q. Doyle *
Lawrence Ehrlich * 
Martin J. Geller
J. Kevin Gilgan
Meryl D. Hartzband
Patrick W. Kelly
Stephen J. Ketchum
Philip V. Moyles, Jr. *
Thomas M. Rooney
Lawrence M.v.D. Schloss *
Edward Skyler
Heather Smith 

* Executive Committee Member
^ Board of Directors 

Honorary Board Members
Alan C. Greenberg
James B. Lee, Jr.

Sponsors

Click HERE to see the 10-13 Annual Gala sponsors that have answered the call.

The New York Police and Fire Widow's and Children's Benefit Fund extends heartfelt thanks** to the following:

CHIEF BENEFACTOR
Goldman Sachs

BRASS & GOLD STRIPES
Chartis
Jim & Ellen Riley

COURAGE, PRIDE & BROTHERHOOD
Citigroup
CommerzBank AG
Deutsche Asset Management
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

NEVER FORGET
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bloomberg
Bloomberg Tradebook
Brigade Capital Management, LLC
CA Cheuvreux
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Lisa & Dick Cashin
Beth & Stephen Dannhauser
Empire State Building Company
Geller & Company LLC
Diane & Patrick Kelly
Marsh & Guy Carpenter
Laurie & Larry Schloss
The Rusty Staub Foundation

10 -13 ANSWER THE CALL
ACE
Allied World Assurance Company, Inc.
Alterra
Ameraquinn Woodworking Inc.
Anonymous
Aon
Barclays Capital
Faeth & William J. Begley
BMO Nesbitt Burns
Brown Rudnick LLP
Chubb
Citigroup Global Markets
Citrin Cooperman
John Cleary
Con Edison
Jim Cramer, Host of CNBC's Mad Money w/ Jim Cramer
Deutsche Bank
Jack Doyle & Family
Katherine & John Doyle
Robert H. Grohskopf, Jr.
John Holl
HOP Energy, LLC
Tracey & Craig Huff
Ironshore
ITG
Jefferies & Company, Inc.
jetBlue Airways
JP Morgan
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Knight Capital
KPMG
Liquidnet
Longroad Asset Management, LLC
Clay Maitland
Mayer Brown LLP
Memory of Dr. Cecile Insdorf
Morgan Stanley
Beth & Philip V. Moyles, Jr.
Next Chapter, LLC
Kathleen & John Nolan
Nomura Securities International, Inc.
Oppenheimer
Chris Papavasiliou
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.
Port Authority PBA
PwC
RenCap Securities Inc.
Carrie & Tom Rooney
Rothstein, Kass & Company
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC
Sharebridge Holdings
Heather Smith
Société Générale
Stonepoint Capital, LLC
Structure Tone
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
SS&C Technologies, Inc.
The Blackstone Group
The Marion & Louis Grossman Charitable Foundation
Time Record Storage
UBS
UFA
VH1/Ed Burns
Well Spring Capital
John William
Willis

**Please note the above list reflects those sponsors confirmed at time of production.

Event Sponsor:
Tommy Hilfiger Corporation

10 -13 Answer The Call Committee
Marcia and Greg Abbott
BJ and Jon Blum
Serena Boardman and John Theodoracopulos
Christy and Ed Burns
Karine and Alexander Chudnoff
Clo and Charles Cohen
Stephanie and Chase Coleman
Helene and Stuyvie Comfort
Cristina and Chris Cuomo
Nina and Mitchell Davidson
Nathalie and Charles de Gunzburg
John Driscoll
Minnie and Michael Dubilier
Pamela and James Finkelstein
Brooke and Edouard Gerschel
Amy and John Griffin
Tommy and Dee Hilfiger
Tracey and Craig Huff
Col. Jack H. Jacobs (Ret.)
Nathalie G. Kaplan
Alexandra Lebenthal and Jay Diamond
Harrison LeFrak
Shelly and Tony Malkin
Clare and Robert McKeon
Ulla Parker
Ana Maria and Carlos Perez
Kalliope Karella Rena
Renee and Mark Rockefeller
Jacqueline and Mortimer Sackler
Christine and Steve Schwarzman
Nazanin and Roald Smeets
Mary and Ian Snow
Tracy and Jay Snyder
John L. Thomson
Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch
Caryn and Jeff Zucker
Mort Zuckerman

Special thanks to the following companies who generously donated products to make our event truly magical:

Brooklyn Brewery
Double Cross Vodka
Martin Scott Wines
Sprinkles Cupcakes