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the road <strong>to</strong> independence: c o o k e c e n t e r c a m p a i g n n e w s l e t t e r<br />

summer<br />

2009<br />

The <strong>Cooke</strong> <strong>Center</strong> for Learning and Development is the largest<br />

private provider of inclusive special education services in New York<br />

City, offering preschool programs, a K–12 school and consulting<br />

services that support inclusive learning environments.<br />

<strong>Only</strong> <strong>$350</strong>,<strong>000</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>Go</strong><br />

<strong>to</strong> <strong>Meet</strong> <strong>Kresge</strong> <strong>Challenge</strong>!<br />

Spring Gala brings Road <strong>to</strong> Independence<br />

Campaign <strong>to</strong>tal <strong>to</strong> $8.9 million<br />

<strong>Cooke</strong>’s high schoolers performed The Wizard of Oz in May.<br />

Looks like <strong>Cooke</strong> is beginning <strong>to</strong> see the Emerald City at the<br />

end of the yellow brick road.<br />

With proceeds from the Wizard of Oz-themed Spring<br />

Gala, <strong>Cooke</strong> has now raised $8.9 million dollars for the Road<br />

<strong>to</strong> Independence Campaign. Thanks <strong>to</strong> a generous challenge<br />

grant from the <strong>Kresge</strong> Foundation, if <strong>Cooke</strong> comes within<br />

$750,<strong>000</strong> of reaching its $10 million campaign goal by<br />

December 2009, <strong>Kresge</strong> will donate the rest. That leaves<br />

<strong>Cooke</strong> with just <strong>$350</strong>,<strong>000</strong> left <strong>to</strong> raise!<br />

Pictured above: (left pho<strong>to</strong>) Nagisa Mikami, Sam Montgomery, Ashley <strong>Go</strong>ris,<br />

Jake Waltuck (right pho<strong>to</strong>) Indika Rickman, Brittney Ventura, Christina Charles,<br />

Bianca Vega (inset) Emanuel Pinkhasov<br />

The <strong>Cooke</strong> <strong>Center</strong> for Learning and Development launched the $10 million Road <strong>to</strong><br />

Independence Campaign <strong>to</strong> fund high-priority initiatives for the education of children<br />

with special needs.<br />

Contributions <strong>to</strong> the campaign support renovations <strong>to</strong> the <strong>Cooke</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Academy High<br />

School, the Fund for Diversity — which allows <strong>Cooke</strong> <strong>to</strong> accept students regardless of<br />

financial means — and the Fund for the Advancement of Inclusive Special Education,<br />

which allows us <strong>to</strong> foster best practices and demonstrate the success of our programs.<br />

<strong>Cooke</strong> is extremely grateful<br />

for the support that has<br />

taken us this far, particularly in<br />

these difficult economic times.<br />

We will be counting on old friends<br />

and reaching out <strong>to</strong> new prospects in the<br />

summer and fall months, doing our best <strong>to</strong> be sure that<br />

we meet the <strong>Kresge</strong> <strong>Challenge</strong> and complete the Road <strong>to</strong><br />

Independence Campaign for our students.<br />

Spring<br />

Gala<br />

pho<strong>to</strong>s and s<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

Pages<br />

2 and 3<br />

professional pho<strong>to</strong>graphy by laura dwight


<strong>Cooke</strong> Board Chairman Takes<br />

Strong Stand Against Discrimination<br />

at <strong>Cooke</strong> Spring Gala<br />

Event Raises More than $800,<strong>000</strong><br />

<strong>Cooke</strong> Honors<br />

Board Chairman Lon Jacobs<br />

<strong>Cooke</strong>’s Board Chairman Lon Jacobs spoke<br />

out against discrimination <strong>to</strong>ward people<br />

with special needs when he was honored<br />

at <strong>Cooke</strong>’s Road <strong>to</strong> Independence Spring<br />

Gala on April 27.<br />

“The <strong>Cooke</strong> <strong>Center</strong> should be proud of its<br />

many accomplishments, none more so than<br />

<strong>to</strong> treat each of our kids as an individual<br />

who possesses unique gifts,” said Mr. Jacobs<br />

as he received <strong>Cooke</strong>’s Founders Award.<br />

“Unfortunately, much of the rest of the<br />

world does not share this view,” Mr Jacobs<br />

continued. “The word ‘retard’ appears 17<br />

times in Ben Stiller’s film ‘Tropic Thunder‘,”<br />

he <strong>to</strong>ld the crowd of 400 guests. “And of<br />

course people with intellectual disabilities<br />

are now a favorite target on the Internet.”<br />

People who Discriminate<br />

‘Need <strong>to</strong> be Educated’<br />

Senior Executive Vice President and Group<br />

General Counsel at News Corporation, Mr.<br />

Jacobs spoke of how discrimination has hurt<br />

his own daughter Molly, a 12-year-old with<br />

a mild cognitive impairment who started<br />

with <strong>Cooke</strong> in kindergarten.<br />

“I can’t remember what I was like before<br />

Molly was born. She has never had a bad<br />

day,” said the proud dad. Yet, he said,<br />

people think it’s okay <strong>to</strong> stare at Molly in<br />

public. “Why is it so hard <strong>to</strong> understand<br />

that people with special needs count as<br />

much as you and me?”<br />

Mr. Jacobs had some advice for the crowd<br />

at Cipriani 42nd St: “The next time you<br />

hear someone use the word [retard] or see<br />

someone humiliate a person with disabilities,<br />

call them on it. Most people aren’t evil;<br />

they are simply ignorant and need <strong>to</strong> be<br />

educated.”<br />

Corporate Support<br />

Mr. Jacobs also thanked Ira Sheinfeld and<br />

Hogan & Hartson for their support of<br />

<strong>Cooke</strong> over the years, not only with<br />

financial contributions but by accepting<br />

and men<strong>to</strong>ring <strong>Cooke</strong>’s student-interns.<br />

Many other supporters came out <strong>to</strong> support<br />

<strong>Cooke</strong> on the warm spring evening,<br />

including lead donors like News Corporation,<br />

Allen & Company, <strong>Go</strong>ldman Sachs<br />

and Loeb and Loeb. <strong>Cooke</strong> Board members<br />

and parents were also there <strong>to</strong> celebrate.<br />

Fox 5 News Anchors Ernie Anas<strong>to</strong>s and<br />

Dari Alexander emceed the event with<br />

humor and charm.<br />

NASDAQ OMX Honored<br />

Also honored at the gala was NASDAQ<br />

OMX, which has been tremendously<br />

supportive of <strong>Cooke</strong>’s technology efforts<br />

and its programming for older teens at the<br />

<strong>Cooke</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Academy high school.<br />

“The innovation and creativity that<br />

defines <strong>Cooke</strong> is seen every day,” said<br />

Bruce Aust, executive vice president for<br />

NASDAQ’s Corporate Client Group.<br />

“<strong>Cooke</strong> prepares their<br />

students<br />

for life.”<br />

Left <strong>to</strong> Right: <strong>Cooke</strong> Board Member Christine Hennessey, her friend Shirley Wise, and Katherine Gallagher, speech therapist <strong>to</strong> <strong>Cooke</strong> student Lexie Hennessey / Fox 5’s Dari Alexander and Ernie Anas<strong>to</strong>s<br />

Award <strong>to</strong> NASDAQ OMX, with Bruce Aust accepting / News Corp’s Executive Vice President, Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs Gary Ginsberg (right), who introduced Mr. Jacobs, with his wife Susan<br />

Cravath Swaine & Moore, Peter Smith of Hogan & Hartson and Steve <strong>Go</strong>ld of Mintz & <strong>Go</strong>ld / <strong>Cooke</strong> President Michael Termini with Kevin Hopkins and Laura Inzalaco-Hopkins, who will serve as <strong>Cooke</strong>’s He<br />

Mikhaila Wirfel


<strong>Cooke</strong> Wins Basketball<br />

Game; Receives $20,<strong>000</strong><br />

CVS Grant<br />

The <strong>Cooke</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Academy basketball team handily beat<br />

Columbia Prep/Dal<strong>to</strong>n 91 <strong>to</strong> 77 on May 21, defending their<br />

undefeated record. Their win was no doubt made easier by some<br />

foot-s<strong>to</strong>mping encouragement from their cheerleaders. “Put that<br />

ball in the hoop, hoop!” they shouted, waving their pom-poms.<br />

<strong>Cooke</strong> Parent and Teacher<br />

Shares Her Family’s S<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

<strong>Cooke</strong> teacher Muna Belbase, joined by her husband,<br />

Krishna, shared her unique perspective at the gala as<br />

both a <strong>Cooke</strong> teacher and parent.<br />

“When my son Srijan was six months old, doc<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

said he might never walk or talk,” Mrs. Belbase <strong>to</strong>ld<br />

the crowd. “When he started at <strong>Cooke</strong> in kindergarten,<br />

he was not communicating at all. Well, within one<br />

year, he was speaking not only English, but our<br />

native Nepali as well. “<br />

The game got started with some extra encouragement from CVS<br />

Caremark Charitable Trust — a grant for $20,<strong>000</strong> <strong>to</strong> the <strong>Cooke</strong><br />

<strong>Center</strong> Academy. Robert Schwartz, CVS’ district sales manager<br />

from New York, presented a giant check <strong>to</strong> the players and staff.<br />

The kids clapped and cheered.<br />

When the cheers died down, <strong>Cooke</strong> president Dr. Michael<br />

Termini reminded students that many had visited CVS as part<br />

of their Off-Site Education program. “How many of you have<br />

been <strong>to</strong> the CVS on Sixth Avenue?” he<br />

asked, as quite a few hands shot up.<br />

Dr. Termini also mentioned that<br />

students may have an opportunity<br />

<strong>to</strong> do an internship at CVS<br />

in the coming months.<br />

A UNICEF program officer, Mr. Belbase said his<br />

work in developing countries has taught<br />

him that programs like <strong>Cooke</strong> are <strong>to</strong> be<br />

treasured. “I talk about <strong>Cooke</strong><br />

wherever I go,” he said.<br />

emcee the evening / <strong>Cooke</strong> Chair Emerita Karen Robards presents the Road <strong>to</strong> Independence<br />

na Aaron and News Corp’s Deputy CFO John Nallen / Lon Jacobs with Neil Westreich of<br />

ad of Lower and Middle School beginning this fall. Inset: <strong>Cooke</strong> alumni David Robards and<br />

Robert Schwartz of CVS (far left) joins CCA players and <strong>Cooke</strong> President Michael Termini<br />

in presenting a $20,<strong>000</strong> check <strong>to</strong> the <strong>Cooke</strong> <strong>Center</strong> Academy.<br />

Inset: CCA Cheerleader Christina Charles


<strong>Cooke</strong> <strong>Center</strong> for Learning and Development<br />

475 Riverside Drive, Suite 730<br />

New York, NY 10115<br />

Presorted<br />

First Class Mail<br />

US Postage<br />

PAID<br />

Albany NY<br />

Permit #370<br />

Donors<br />

The <strong>Cooke</strong> <strong>Center</strong> is grateful for the support of the following donors who have made a gift <strong>to</strong> the Road <strong>to</strong> Independence Campaign.<br />

LEADERSHIP CIRCLE<br />

100,<strong>000</strong> +<br />

Altman Foundation<br />

Anonymous<br />

Marcia and Michael Beck<br />

The Bok Family Foundation<br />

The Carson Family Charitable Trust<br />

June Eichbaum and Kenneth Wirfel<br />

Carlie and Neal S. Garonzik<br />

Marc Haas Foundation<br />

The Hearst Foundation<br />

Christine and Kevin Hennessey<br />

Hogan & Hartson, LLP<br />

Hannah and Lon Jacobs<br />

Loeb and Loeb, LLP<br />

Maher Family Foundation<br />

The Moody’s Foundation<br />

News Corporation Foundation<br />

Robert and Kate Niehaus Foundation<br />

Louise M. Parent and John Casaly<br />

Karen and Tom Robards<br />

Dr. Elsa Roe<br />

The Saxe Family<br />

Peter Jay Sharp Foundation<br />

Starr Foundation<br />

Margie and Nate Thorne<br />

$25,<strong>000</strong> – $99,999<br />

American Express Company<br />

Anonymous (2)<br />

Beacon Capital Partners LLC<br />

Bridgemill Foundation<br />

CIT Group, Inc.<br />

Deborah Cooper and Daniel Sternberg<br />

Dreamworks<br />

The Stanley & Fiona Druckenmiller<br />

Fund<br />

Forest City Ratner Companies<br />

Fox News<br />

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP<br />

<strong>Go</strong>ldman Sachs<br />

Hearst Corporation<br />

Heckscher Foundation<br />

Hill Holliday<br />

Hyde & Watson Foundation<br />

Robert and Ardis James Foundation<br />

JPMorgan Chase Bank<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Leach<br />

Microsoft Corporation<br />

Kate and Joel Millonzi<br />

Morgan Stanley Foundation<br />

MTV Networks<br />

NASDAQ OMX Education Foundation<br />

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.<br />

Patricia Nooy and Roger W. Miller<br />

The Offensend Family Foundation<br />

O’Neal Family Foundation<br />

Cindy and David Pinter<br />

Rattner Family Foundation<br />

Susan and William Rifkin<br />

Saban Family Foundation<br />

Eileen Caulfield Schwab<br />

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher &<br />

Flom LLP<br />

Time Warner, Inc.<br />

Triarc Companies, Inc.<br />

Lee and Cynthia Vance Foundation<br />

Viacom<br />

Vinson & Elkins, LLP<br />

Wachtell Lip<strong>to</strong>n Rosen & Katz LLP<br />

Barbara and Michael Zimmerman<br />

DONORS<br />

Susanna Aaron and Gary Ginsberg<br />

Hala Aboul Hosn<br />

Julie Abramowitz<br />

ABS Charitable Foundation<br />

Carmen Acevedo<br />

Ruth Acevedo<br />

The Adeona Foundation<br />

Ellen Agress and Jay Gerber<br />

Roger E. Ailes<br />

Vincent Alfieri<br />

Kevin Allard<br />

Glen Alldredge<br />

Paul Allman<br />

Philip Altman<br />

Penny and Joseph Annecco<br />

Anonymous (9)<br />

Ann Dowd and Lawrence Arancio<br />

Elke and Mario Archangel<br />

Ariel Investments, LLC<br />

Debra and Jack Arkin<br />

ASM Mechanical Systems<br />

Betsy Atkins<br />

Rachel Aydt and James Bur<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Wendy Banner and Geoffrey Wiener<br />

Ellen Banner<br />

Sheryl and Roger Barometre<br />

Deborah and Paul Bartel<br />

Lauren Baum<br />

Bear Foundation, Inc.<br />

Muna Belbase<br />

JoAnn and Robert Beltempo<br />

Carol Benjamin and Carol Monderer<br />

Jamal Bermudez<br />

Bernard Family Charitable Fund<br />

Hermine Berowitz<br />

Zainab Bhatti<br />

Susan Bhyunn<br />

Ellen Bickal and Gary Bieber<br />

Janet Bickal<br />

Jerry Biggers<br />

Kathleen and Chris Boak<br />

Matt Bonelli<br />

Valerie Boom and James Gunderson<br />

Robert R. Bose<br />

Sara Bracken<br />

Sylvia and Neil Bradley<br />

Carlene and Mark Braithwaite<br />

Diane Brandi<br />

Donald Brant<br />

Dr. Naomi Bravmann and Dr. Andrew<br />

Martin<br />

Brearley School Class of 2010<br />

Ludi Brigatti<br />

Leslie and Fred Bright<br />

Juan Briones<br />

Annette Brock<br />

Genna Brower<br />

Anna and Thomas Bryan<br />

Tom and Harriet Burnett<br />

Family Foundation<br />

Cynthia Butler<br />

DeNeen Butler<br />

Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III<br />

Maritza Caba<br />

Rita Calderon<br />

Jenny Cantanero and Oscar Peralta<br />

Paul V. Carlucci<br />

Elizabeth and Kenneth Carr<br />

Damaris Castillo<br />

Bryan Cave, LLP<br />

CB Richard Ellis<br />

<strong>Center</strong>view Partners<br />

Mary and Donald Cerna<br />

Patricia and Morris Charles<br />

Bethany Chase<br />

Charles Cheek<br />

The Chernin Family Foundation, Inc.<br />

Joanne Chiu<br />

Jennifer Cho<br />

Mary Clancy<br />

Lee Clancy<br />

Clermont Communications Group<br />

Constantine Cannon, LLP<br />

Caren and Arturo Constantiner<br />

Veronica Cook<br />

Thomas J. Cooper<br />

Emily Cozart-Mason<br />

Luz Crespo<br />

Norma Cruz<br />

Alice Welt and Daniel Cunningham<br />

Georgina Cyrillien and Eric Edwards<br />

De Feis O’Connell & Rose PC<br />

Debevoise & Plimp<strong>to</strong>n, LLP<br />

Lorraine Deeb-Castley<br />

Karen and Anthony Delorenzo<br />

Fred Demenus<br />

Willie Dennis<br />

Susan Devlin<br />

Norka Diaz<br />

Carol and James Dillon<br />

Ann and Egidio DiMarco<br />

DirecTV<br />

Christie DiStefano<br />

Dodgers Dream Foundation<br />

Jamie Lee Dorado<br />

Jamal Dorsett<br />

Dow Jones<br />

Kathleen and Lawrence Dunne<br />

Lynn Edelstein<br />

Cheryl and Blair Effron<br />

Lynn Eickmeyer<br />

Howard Ellin<br />

Kat Ellis-Hernandez<br />

Ernst & Young<br />

Karen Espinoza<br />

Teri Everett<br />

Lawrence E. Fabian, Esq.<br />

Anthony Lennon Fahey<br />

Chondite Faison<br />

Nan Fedak<br />

Amy and Eric Federman<br />

Randi and Warren Feldman<br />

Danielle and Kert Fernandez<br />

Esther Fernandez<br />

Jessica Fernandez<br />

Gail Fevrier<br />

Joselyn Fine<br />

Bernisse Flores<br />

Sally Foley<br />

Amy Freed<br />

Mike Fricklas<br />

Marilyn Friedman and Thomas Block<br />

Deborah Fuhrer<br />

Jasper Gaerlan<br />

Dr. Eleanor Galenson<br />

Maria and Ivan Gallegos<br />

John Gallin & Son<br />

Rulisa Galloway<br />

Betty Garcia<br />

Marcia Gardere<br />

Marian Gassman<br />

Genie Gavenchak and Harvey<br />

Horowitz<br />

Charlotte and Gerrald Giblin<br />

E. Ann Gill and Robert Hempel<br />

Carol Ann Glazer<br />

Sonia Glazer<br />

Susan Glendon<br />

Patricia <strong>Go</strong>doy<br />

Janet and Chris <strong>Go</strong>ff<br />

Jill <strong>Go</strong>ldstein<br />

Edwin <strong>Go</strong>mez<br />

Rose <strong>Go</strong>mez<br />

Mildred <strong>Go</strong>nzales and Edwin Viera<br />

Thomas <strong>Go</strong>odridge<br />

Carmen and Rafael <strong>Go</strong>ris<br />

Warren and Cathy <strong>Go</strong>rrell<br />

Ashley Gray<br />

Jesse Green<br />

Greenberg Traurig, LLP<br />

Jennifer and Russell Gribbin<br />

Janet Griffith<br />

Nelson Griggs<br />

Douglas and Patricia Gross<br />

Gross & Ehrhardt LLP<br />

Stacy Grossman<br />

Jen Grotas<br />

Gerald Growney<br />

Lawrence Gulotta<br />

Mario Gutierrez<br />

Mordi Gutnick<br />

Pamela Guzman<br />

Karen Hagberg and Mark Jackson<br />

Jill and Paul Haggerty<br />

Anne Halligan<br />

Nicole Hall<br />

Patricia Hambrecht<br />

Haeng Eum Han and Jang Kyu Moon<br />

Kenneth Handal<br />

Maureen Hanlon<br />

Dori Ann Hanswirth<br />

Richard Hard<br />

Harper Collins<br />

Aya Hasegawa<br />

Marshall Heinberg<br />

Danielle Helfand<br />

Miriam Hendel and Sheldon Steiger<br />

Vic<strong>to</strong>ria and William Henderson<br />

Norma Hendricks<br />

Craig Henick<br />

Robin Henry<br />

Alexa Hernandez<br />

Anna Hernandez<br />

Patricia Hernandez<br />

Wanda and Angelico Hernandez<br />

Birgit and Lenny Hickey<br />

Les Hin<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Michael King Holmes<br />

Janet Hon<br />

Richard Horan<br />

Deborah and Edward Horowitz<br />

Robert Hughes<br />

Larry D. Hunter<br />

Daphne and Matthew Hunter<br />

Clifford and Marielena Hurvich<br />

Frank Iannelli<br />

Barbara Isenstadt<br />

Eileen and Peter Jachym<br />

Kesha Jackson<br />

Leslie and Charles Jeffries<br />

Jennifer Jehn<br />

JLS Industries<br />

Alexander Johnson<br />

Beverly Johnson<br />

Charlayne Jones<br />

Brenda and Peter Jordan<br />

John Jordan<br />

Chris Kartchner<br />

Stephen Kay<br />

Lee Keating<br />

Art Kerber<br />

Renee Khatami and John MacArthur<br />

Nahede Khosrovi<br />

Laurin and Norman Kleiman<br />

Michael Kleinerman<br />

Jonathan Knee<br />

Edward Knight<br />

Vera Kohn<br />

Rea Kolski<br />

Vic<strong>to</strong>r A. Kovner, Esq.<br />

Mark Kranz<br />

Vicki Kristal<br />

Michele Kule-Korgood, Esq.<br />

David Kuperschmid<br />

Dr. Rona Kurtz<br />

Joshua Kuvin<br />

Teresa and Tadeusz Kwasniak<br />

L & L Holding Company<br />

Tiffany LaBanca<br />

Katie Lance<br />

Rick Lane<br />

John Lang<br />

Evelyn Larios<br />

Nicole LaRosa<br />

Robin Lawrence and Sonny France<br />

Miguel and Cynthia Lee<br />

Thomas H. Lee Capital, LLC<br />

Mark Leeds<br />

Edna Leib<br />

Carol and Jack P. Levin<br />

Mark Levine<br />

Margot and Edward Levy<br />

Joseph Levy<br />

Donna Lewis<br />

Jessica Liebov<br />

Maria and Jarrett Lilien<br />

Joseph Link<br />

Jordan Lippner<br />

Rachel Lip<strong>to</strong>n<br />

An<strong>to</strong>inette Little<br />

Anne-Marie and Peter Livoti<br />

Kevin Mark Lodie<br />

Haydee Lorenzo<br />

LRN Corporation<br />

Ricki and Mitchell Lubart<br />

Nicole Lucin and Giovanni Briones<br />

Elizabeth Lunbeck and Gary Gerstle<br />

Michelle Lung<br />

Rosemary Lynch<br />

Patricia and Patrick Lynch<br />

Tara Lynch<br />

M & S Foundation, Inc.<br />

Jillian Ma<br />

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Maas<br />

Rosemary and San<strong>to</strong>s Macaya<br />

Amy Madrack<br />

Haydee and Heriber<strong>to</strong> Maldonado<br />

Marcela Maldonado<br />

Mihoko Manabe and Edward Kim<br />

Maniatty Foundation<br />

Louis Manzo<br />

James Marcovitz<br />

Jennifer Markowitz<br />

Jacqueline and Genaro Marrero<br />

Brigitte Martel<br />

Kevin Martinez<br />

Rachel Maslanka<br />

Noreen and Mario Mastrangelo<br />

Bernard J. McDonald<br />

Valerie McDonald and Khadim Ngom<br />

Molly Ann McEneny and Kevin Walsh<br />

Deborah McLean and Keith Kearney<br />

Inez and William McMahon<br />

Olga Medwid<br />

Steven Medwid<br />

The Meguid Family<br />

Demaris and Jacob Melendres<br />

Liske Mendoza<br />

Kyoko and Toshio Mikami<br />

Louisa Millonzi<br />

Mintz & <strong>Go</strong>ld, LLP<br />

Mintz Levin, PC<br />

Catherine Miranda<br />

Akiko Miyake<br />

Elizabeth Montalbano<br />

Deborah Pat<strong>to</strong>n & Jon Montgomery<br />

Moody’s Corporation<br />

Leslie Moorer<br />

Sara and Felix Morales<br />

Blanca Morales<br />

Yajaira Morel<br />

Yanira Nunez and Anthony Mota<br />

Mary Munsch<br />

Rachel Munz<br />

Elizabeth Munz<br />

Shira and Joseph Nahmias<br />

Joan and Richard Nardi<br />

NBC Universal<br />

Neff Family Charitable Trust<br />

Magaly Nematalla<br />

Dr. Neil Newman<br />

Linda Noone<br />

Lisanne Norman<br />

Martha and Frankie Nunez<br />

Adele M. O’Grady and Jim Botticelli<br />

Anne O’Malley<br />

Cynthia Ortiz and Maria Casiano<br />

Jacqueline M. Osborn<br />

Betty and John O’Toole<br />

Cynthia Over<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Liz Pagedas<br />

Juliet Paradine<br />

Steven Paradise<br />

Bindia Patel<br />

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP<br />

Floyd Patterson, Sr.<br />

Pat<strong>to</strong>n Boggs, LLP<br />

Curtiss Bryan Peabody<br />

Linda and Joseph Pehrson<br />

Emma Pena<br />

Kristie Perkins<br />

Marsha Perkins<br />

Maria Pia and Jeffrey Negron<br />

Dariana Pichardo<br />

Dina Pilgrim<br />

Lyudmila & Igor Pinkhasov<br />

Leonard Plaia<br />

Yana Pleshivoy<br />

Political Strategies & Insights, LLC<br />

Tonya Pope<br />

Marilyn and James Porcaro<br />

Patria Portes<br />

Daniela Prutica-Whitlow<br />

Joseph R. Puskarz<br />

Tara Quinn<br />

Mary Ann and Bruno Quinson<br />

Elaine and Joseph Rackman<br />

Jasmina and Orhan Radoncic<br />

Maria and Johnny Rahman<br />

Siegrid Raible<br />

Eileen Red<br />

Mike Regan<br />

Kelly Reina<br />

Maxine and Earl Reiss<br />

Related Partners<br />

Margareta Reyes-Mora<br />

Ruth Reynoso<br />

Julie and William Rivera<br />

David Robards<br />

Robert Robbins<br />

Susan Robinson<br />

Elidza and Javier Robles<br />

Isamar Rodriguez<br />

Nadeen Rodriguez<br />

Jo Rogers<br />

Luis Rosario<br />

Laurel Rossi and Joseph Filippone<br />

Judy and Bennett Roth<br />

Lori Rothstein<br />

Howard J. Rubenstein<br />

Eric Rubenstein<br />

John Sabatini<br />

Beatrice Sabum and Okor Ogbu<br />

Elliot Sagor<br />

JoAnn Sanchez<br />

Ray Sanseverino<br />

Tina Santiago<br />

Fiordaliza San<strong>to</strong>s<br />

Jordon Saxe<br />

Henry B. Schacht Trust<br />

Patti Schaefer and Tom Fahey<br />

Karen Schlesinger<br />

Roslyn and Scott Schneider<br />

Johathan Schwartz<br />

Suzanne and Gerald Schwartz<br />

Phyllis Schwartz<br />

Linda Schwartz<br />

Ernest Scin<strong>to</strong><br />

Linda Scott<br />

Adriana Serrano<br />

Mildred and Jorge Serrata<br />

Ying and Henry Shao<br />

Susan and Joel Shapiro<br />

Jarred David Sharar<br />

Rufina Shayne<br />

Ira Sheinfeld<br />

Jamie Sildar<br />

Katheryn Simic<br />

Kathryn Simic<br />

Roberta Simon-Hollander<br />

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP<br />

Jeffrey Sine<br />

Mary Ann and Arthur Siskind<br />

Amanda Slatus<br />

Ann and James Silberman<br />

Rose Marie Smith<br />

Andrew Solomon<br />

Ted Sonde<br />

Audrey Ann So<strong>to</strong><br />

Dina Spiegel<br />

Billy Spillman<br />

Bernard and Anne Spitzer Foundation<br />

Nada Srdonovic<br />

Benjamin Staple<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Sarah Staple<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Michael Starr<br />

Lissa Steele and Vince Pisano<br />

Sharon Stein<br />

Lisa E. Steinberg<br />

Anthony Stewart<br />

Nancy Stillpass<br />

Richard S<strong>to</strong>ne<br />

Arthur S<strong>to</strong>ut<br />

Kim and Sam S<strong>to</strong>wers<br />

Margaret Strauss<br />

Sharon and Michael Strongin<br />

Kalyani A. Subramaniam<br />

Sharon Sullivan<br />

Cindy Surdi<br />

Bob and Nancy Swain<br />

Francis Tabone<br />

Marsha Tajima<br />

Angelica Tang<br />

Hope Taylor<br />

Michael Termini<br />

Patricia Thakkar<br />

Clifford Thau<br />

Robert Thompson<br />

Catherine and Jeffrey Tolin<br />

Nile Tompkins<br />

Howard Topaz<br />

Dennis Tracey<br />

Katherine and Alan Trager<br />

Virginia Trainor<br />

Sheila G. Trarkus<br />

Betty Treslor<br />

Cheryl Tuttle<br />

UBS Securities<br />

Katty Vargas<br />

Mark Varian<br />

Lisa and Javier Vega<br />

Crystal M. Vick-Sawyer<br />

Kathleen and Michael Voldstad<br />

Nicole and David Wachter<br />

R. Clark Wadlow<br />

Karen and David Waltuck<br />

Paula Wardynski<br />

Lora Duff Warrix<br />

Tara Watts<br />

Mark Weinstein<br />

Lauren Weisfelner<br />

Lee Weisfogel<br />

Tina Wells<br />

Neil Westreich<br />

White Flowers Foundation<br />

Darlene White<br />

The Whittemore Foundation<br />

Leah and Robert Wilcox<br />

Ruth Wilson and Colin Howell<br />

William Wiltshire<br />

Sarah Winkler and Simon Leopold<br />

Jayne and Jay Wiprovnick<br />

Mikhaila Wirfel<br />

Shirley and Michael Wise<br />

Dr. and Mrs. Scott Wolfe<br />

Erica Wolff<br />

Maureen Wycisk<br />

YAI Young Adult Institute<br />

Banjamin Yost<br />

Sagrario and Juan Zuniga<br />

list as of May22, 2009<br />

If you would like more information on The Road<br />

<strong>to</strong> Independence Campaign, please contact<br />

Patti Schaefer at pschaefer@cookecenter.org

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