Wednesday, May 21, 2008, Christies Auction House, New York City, NY. Honorees: Sherrie Rollins Westin, of Sesame Workshop, David Westin of ABC News. Award Presenter: George Stephanopoulos. Emcee: Cynthia McFadden of ABC’s Nightline. Event Chairs: Richard I. Beattie, Andrea & Tom Bernstein, Blair Husain, Kathy Lacey & James F. Hoge, Jr., Leora & Daniel Rosenberg, and Joe Versace. Special Guests included: Bob & Lee Woodruff, Karenna Gore Schiff, Chancellor Joel I. Klein, C. Warren "Pete" Moses, Deputy Mayor http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/bios/bio_om_dm_policy.html" target="_blank">Dennis M. Walcott , Ralph Macchio, Diana Taylor, Nicholas Scoppetta, George Stephanopoulos, Ali Wentworth (imdb),Deborah Roberts and Al Roker, Tony Duke, Justin Rockefeller, Margaret Brennan, Chris Cuomo, Cristina Greeven Cuomo and Maurice Dubois. Connoisseur Sponsors: ABC News - Citi - MacAndrews & Forbes - News Corporation - UnitedHealthcare. Champions: Anonymous - Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP -Laura & Robert Sillerman. Benefactors: Jill Braufman & Daniel Nir - Jan & Lloyd Constantine - Joan Ganz Cooney & Peter G. Peterson - Catherine Croley - Fisher Price - Karen Finerman & Lawrence Golub - Kate & Adam Goodman - Trudy & Robert Gottesman - J.L. Berkowitz & Co. LLC - Leah Keith & Dan Cohen - Elena & Tory Kiam - Merrill Lynch - Perry Capital LLC - Reader’s Digest - Maureen White & Steven Rattner - Sesame Workshop - Sherrie & David Westin. Friends: Lehr Construction Corp. - Kimberly & Jean Putzer - Sony - Ann Tenenbaum & Thomas H. Lee - Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP. In Kind Sponsors: The Blue Pig: Croton on Hudson - Brooklyn Brewery - Christiania - Christie's - Cupcake Cafe - Digitas - Don Julio Tequilla - ITO EN - John Scharnecchia -La Maision du Chocolat - LaForce Steven - Martha Stewart Living OmniMedia - OZ Moving & Storage - Pace Press - Pearl Paint - Penfolds - Serendipity 3 - TED Wines - YogaMom - Z Creative. Special Thanks: ABC News, and John Green, Thea Trachtenberg, and Eric Noll - Kevin Bapp, Denise VanWallendael Kick, Terence Fortunate, Chag Chag Leon, Denise Weber, Leslie Long & the team at Digitas - Beth Ann Daily - John Hays & Christie's Auction House -Cynthia McFadden - John Scharnecchia -Leslie Stevens & LaForce Stevens - Sarah Callahan Zusi & Z Creative. PHOTO CREDIT: ©Manhattan Society.com 2008 by Christopher London | tel:Private |e-mail: ChrisLondon@manhattansociety.com