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Terry J. Lundgren, Chairman, President and CEO, Macy's Inc., accepted the PENCIL Corporate Partner Award on behalf of Macy's and Bloomingdale's at the 2008 Spring Gala. He has been partnered with the Life Sciences Secondary School in East Harlem for six years. |
PENCIL's 2009 Spring Gala honors business leaders, companies and school principals who have demonstrated their commitment to transforming public schools through PENCIL partnerships or outstanding leadership in the educational community.
This year's gala will bring together hundreds of dedicated business leaders and New York City public school principals who have partnered together to improve our City's schools, as well as the Department of Education leadership and members of the education policy community.
We hope you join us for this special event. To reserve your seat(s), please call the Benefit Office at 212-249-6188 or email jennifer.kunin@verizon.net . Or, register now .
April 1, 2009
Cipriani Wall Street
55 Wall Street, New York, NY
6:00 PM - Cocktails
7:00 PM - Dinner and Awards
NYC Public School School Alumni Award
Frank J. Bisignano, Chief Administrative Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and Member of PENCIL's Board of Directors
PENCIL Corporate Partner Award
IBM
Accepted by Steven A. Mills, Vice President and Group Executive IBM Software Group
PENCIL Partnership Award
Donald F. Donahue, Chairman & CEO
Daniel Hobson, Director of Diversity, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
and Gail Gaines, Principal, The Essence School
Lisa Belzberg, Principal, Leeds Equity Partners
E. Scott Beattie, Chairman & CEO, Elizabeth Arden, Inc.
Christopher B. Hayward, Chief Operating Officer, Global Equities Bank of America, Merrill Lynch & Co.
James B. Lee, Jr., Vice Chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Company
Ralph Mancini, Chairman Emeritus, Mancini Duffy
Tables: | Trailblazer: | $50,000 |
Leader: | $35,000 | |
Benefactor: | $25,000 | |
Investor: | $15,000 | |
Tickets: | Single: | $1,500 |
*Principal Package: | $2,500 |
*Available for a business partner and their partner school principal. Includes choice seating for two and listing in the Journal.
Journal ads: | Gold full page: | $10,000 |
Silver full page: | $5,000 | |
Full page: | $2,500 | |
Half page: | $1,000 | |
Quarter: | $500 |

March 9, 2009
To reserve your seat(s) or place an ad in the 2009 Spring Gala Journal, please call the Benefit Office at 212-249-6188 or email jennifer.kunin@verizon.net . Or, register now .
CA, Inc.
Castle Harlan, Inc.
CBS Corporation
CNN
Coach Inc.
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Con Edison
Council of School Supervisors and Administrators
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
Elizabeth Arden, Inc.
Michael and Lisa Epstein
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Five Star Electric Corp.
Andrew Gaines
Gala Resources
HBO
JPMorgan Chase & Company
KPMG LLP
Arthur L. Loeb
Mancini Duffy Architecture Design
MarquisJet
Ronay and Richard Menschel
Stephen J. Meringoff / Meringoff Family Foundation Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Ogilvy North America
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Scholastic
The Seinfeld Family Foundation
Showtime Networks Inc.
Taconic Investment Partners
Time Inc. Style and Entertainment Group
Time Warner Inc.
United Federation of Teachers
UPS
Jeanette Sarkisian Wagner