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INSPIRATION AWARDS GALA DINNER
Cipriani Wall Street
Address: 55 Wall Street, New York City
Time: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Attire: Black Tie
Inspiration Awards Honorees
APL.DE.AP
of the Black Eyed Peas
NORMAN C.T. LIU
Chairman of GE Capital Aviation Services
HUDSON YANG
Actor, “Eddie Huang,” Fresh Off the Boat
GALA CHAIRS
Jonathan Chu
Managing Director, Chu Enterprises
Kathy Wong
Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase
Patrick Yee
Executive Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Refinery29
HONORARY CHAIRS
Michael “One9” Baluyut-Silverman
Director, Producer
Dale Talde
Chef and Owner; Talde, Thistle Hill Tavern, Pork Slope
GALA SPONSORS
UNDERWRITERS
Eric T. Lee & Cindy Chua
GE Capital Aviation Services
J.T. Tai & Co. Foundation
Xi’an Famous Foods
BENEFACTORS
Alex & Irene Chu
James Chang
Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie C. Chan
Nissan North America
The Plum Spring Foundation
The Sriratana Family
PATRONS
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
DKNY
Mitchell E. Harris, CEO, BNY Mellon Investment Management, and Jackie Harris
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Thomas S. Chin & Photoshelter
SPONSORS
Ajay Bhalla
Basepoint Capital
Blaise Chow & Kristin Quitoni
Cariann Chan
Clifford Chance US LLP
Colgate Palmolive
Edward & Joyce Wu
Edwin & Charmaine Chin
First American International Bank
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Innovo Property Group, Andrew Chung and Kevin Kim
Jack & Hollie Franke
JetBlue
Jonathan Chu
Ling & Gilbert Liu
Melissa & Alec Gunn
Michael & Michelle Cho and Chung & Annie Ng
Michael & Nadine Chen
Morgan Stanley
NBC 4 New York
Patrick Lo & Natasha Wattel
Patrick Yee & Jessica Hendricks Yee
Patti Koo & Rayburn Chan
Philip Ha
Ricky & Kathy Wong
Stanley & Fiona Druckenmiller
WAC Lighting
Waterfall Asset Management
PHOTOS FROM 2015
ATS, Kevin Yuhas and students from PS 184
Phillip Lim, Shu Min He, Mark Bustos
Eva Chen, Liu Wen, Bryanboy
Ronnie Chan, Jonathan Chu
Jason Wang and Ju Xiaowen