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Deven Parekh is a Managing Director at Insight Venture Partners. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Economic Club and Greater NY Partnership. Deven was named a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, which seeks to develop the next generation of community-spirited leaders. He is a Trustee and Executive Committee member for the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, and Chairman Emeritus of Publicolor.
Sherrie Westin is President of Global Impact and Philanthropy at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, where she leads the Workshop’s efforts to serve vulnerable children through mass media and targeted initiatives. Westin was named a “Leading Global Thinker” by Foreign Policy Magazine, one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business,” and recognized with the Smithsonian’s American Ingenuity Award.
Event Chairs
Liz and Matt Luckett
Michelle Noris
Capitale
130 Bowery, New York City
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
6:30 PM - Reception
7:30 PM - Dinner
Performance by young musicians,
remarks by honorees and KidSpirit youth editors, live auction
Festive Attire
KidSpirit is a nonprofit online magazine and community by and for youth to engage each other about life’s big questions in an open and inclusive spirit. Its mission is to promote mutual understanding among 11-to-17-year-olds of diverse backgrounds and support their development into world citizens with strong inner grounding.
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Explorer
Karen Humphries Sallick*
Seekers
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Elizabeth Dabney Hochman*
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Evercore Partners Services East LLC
FT Partners
The Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles*
Joseph L. Murphy
Deven and Monika Parekh
Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP
The Schlosstein/Hartley Family Foundation
Sherrie and David Westin
Wayfarers
Michelle Noris† and Josh Weitzman
UBS Americas, Inc.
Barry Walker
Sesame Workshop
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Jane* and Terry Quinn
Janice* and Tom Roddenbery
Eliza and Jim Rossman
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2018 KidSpirit Awards Committee
Seth Appel
Norma Arnold
Josh Aronson and Maria Bachmann
Jeffery Bistrong
Jon and Laura Bloomberg
Gordon Caplan, in honor of Deven Parekh
Stuart Cowan
Paula Deitz Morgan
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Martha Eckfeldt
Anne S. Edwards
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Lucy and Bill Farland
Dr. Frances Faro and Eric Faro
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Sheryle and Patrick* Gaston
Global IDs, Inc.
Nancy Gutman
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Alexes Hazen, MD
Adolf and Patty Herst
Paul Hinton and Andrea Philips
Emile Karafiol and Virginia Robinson
Vrinda Khanna and Robert Schultz
Valarie Lamour
Ray Lohier and Donna Lee
Los Niños Services, Inc.
Laurie Lowrance
Sandy McLeod and Ryushin Marchaj
David Mayhood
Melissa Mcham Green
James Miller
Kammy Moalemzadeh
Nicholson & Galloway Inc.
Jonathan and Bea Plasse
Jeremy Primer
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Arlene Scanlon and David Squires
Jan Schmidt and Mark Goetz
James Shaheen
Debi and Jay Shaw
Philip Simon
Helen Tworkov
Seth Weitzman and Jill Bleemer
Ellen Wolf and Bill Schwartz
Maggie Xu
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*KidSpirit Board of Directors
†2018 KidSpirit Awards Event Chairs