Only $350,000 to Go to Meet Kresge Challenge! - Cooke Center
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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 />
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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