Join Apex for Youth as we recognize the individuals in our community who inspire NYC’s under-served youth to create and achieve their dreams.
INSPIRATION AWARDS GALA DINNER
Cipriani Wall Street
Address: 55 Wall Street, New York City
Time: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Attire: Black Tie
Inspiration Awards Honorees
ALESSANDRO BORGOGNONE
Restaurateur and Owner, Sushi Nakazawa
DAISUKE NAKAZAWA
Chef and Owner, Sushi Nakazawa
GRACE PARK
Actor
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MING CHEN HSU
Former Commissioner of
the U.S. Federal Maritime
Commission J.T. Tai & Co.
Foundation, Trustee;
Committee of 100 Member
HONORARY CHAIRS
Michael Jong Lim
Executive chef, Neta
Lucas Chi & Iqram Magdon-Ismail
Software Engineer & Co-founder, Venmo
GALA CHAIRS
Karen Wong
Deputy Director, New Museum
Edwin K. Chin
Managing Director, Tilden Park Capital Management
HOST COMMITTEE
Abraham Choi
Alex Schwartz
Blaise Chow
Brian Lee
Brian O. Moon
Dai Yu
David Fan
Eddie Shiomi
Frank Quitoni
Harriet Vernon
Jared Abrams
Jung Joo Ko
Karen Wong
Lawrence Wu
Mark A. Ricca
GALA SPONSORS
UNDERWRITERS
Eric T. Lee & Cindy Chua
James Chang
BENEFACTOR
J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation
PATRONS
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
BNY Mellon
Edward & Joyce Wu
Edwin & Charmaine Chin
GE Capital Aviation Services
Melissa & Alec Gunn
Michael Chen & Nadine Graham
Michael & Michelle Cho
Philip Ha and Adam Kirby
RBC Capital Markets
Stanley & Fiona Druckenmiller
The Ong Family Foundation
Thomas S. Chin
SPONSORS
Adam and Brittany Levinson
Apex for Youth Associate Board
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
BDO Seidman and Focused Wealth Management
Bloomberg
Carol Ying & Shahram Elghanayan
Casablanca Ventures
Charles A. Barragato & Co. LLP
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Credit Suisse
Douglas & Kiki Lee
First American International Bank
Frans & Dalal Preidel
Ian Kow & Elaine Lin
Jonathan Chu
Joseph & Kate Naggar
Kathy & Ted Wong
Keeyeol Nam & Soyoung Lee
Morgan Stanley
NBC 4 New York
Patrick Yee
Peak Media of Pennsylvania LLC
PhotoShelter
Royal Bank of Scotland
Ricky & Kathy Wong
Societe Generale
The Sriratana Family