NY Gala Evening 2009

Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Cipriani 42nd Street

Pat Mitchell, president & CEO, The Paley Center for Media, and Frank A. Bennack, Jr., chairman of the board, are pleased to announce the 2009 New York Gala Evening in honor of Ken Lowe, Chairman & CEO, Scripps Networks Interactive, and Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive, WPP.

Proceeds from the event benefit the Paley Center’s ongoing efforts to increase the public’s understanding of the media and its growing significance in today’s society through various public and industry programs.

Gala Committee 

HONORARY GALA CHAIRS
Frank A. Bennack, Jr.
Gordon Crawford
Gustave M. Hauser
Robert F.X. and Laura Baudo Sillerman

GALA COCHAIRS
Glenn Britt
Christopher H. Browne
Joan Ganz Cooney and Peter G. Peterson
Philippe Dauman
George J. Gillespie III
Ralph Guild
Robert A. Iger
Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Kay and William Koplovitz
Scott Kurnit and Abbe Heller
Debra L. Lee
Holly and John Madigan
Lynne and Burt Manning
Leslie Moonves
Alison and Bill Paley
Dan Rather
Geoffrey K. Sands
Eric Schmidt
Ivan G. Seidenberg
Sydney R. Shuman and Stanley S. Shuman
David J. Stern
Sir Howard Stringer
Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue
Barbara Walters
David Zaslav
Jeff Zucker

GALA COMMITTEE
Tim Armstrong
Jim Beloyianis
Pierre Bouvard
Del Bryant
Marc Goldstein
Irwin Gotlieb
James R. Heekin III
Nancy Hill
Gail P. Hoffman
Donna Imperato
Bob Jeffrey
Brooke Johnson
Hamish McLennan
Curt Myers
Ty Montague
Takaharu Okamoto
Rosemarie Ryan
David Sable
Scott R. Singer
Robert Stricof
Jeffrey S. Tucker
Eugene Peter White
P. Miles Young

List in formation 


Board of Trustees 

CHAIRMAN 
Frank  A. Bennack, Jr. 
  
   
VICE CHAIRS    
Gordon Crawford
Gustave M. Hauser   
Mel KarmazinRobert F.X. Sillerman     
   
PRESIDENT & CEO    
Pat Mitchell 
  
   
BOARD 

Wallis Annenberg
Loreen Arbus
Glenn Britt
Christopher H. Browne
Peter Chernin
Gustavo A. Cisneros
Joan Ganz Cooney
Philippe Dauman
Ronald R. Davenport, Sr.
Patricia Fili-Krushel
James L. Greenwald
Ralph Guild
Leo Hindery, Jr.
Robert A. Iger
Henry A. Kissinger
Kay Koplovitz

Scott Kurnit
Debra Lee
Ted Leonsis
Ken Lowe
John W. Madigan
Burt Manning
Barry M. Meyer
Leslie Moonves
Daniel L. Mosley
William C. Paley
Dan Rather
Sumner Redstone
Geoffrey K. Sands
Eric Schmidt

Ivan Seidenberg
Terry Semel
Stanley S. Shuman
David J. Stern
Howard Stringer
Marlo Thomas
Rosalind P. Walter
Barbara Walters
Jim Wiatt
Dick Wolf
Bob Wright
David Zaslav
Jeff Zucker

William S. Paley
 Founder

Board current as of October 2008