Join us for a meaningful evening
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
6:30 PM Cocktails | 7:30 PM Dinner
The Rainbow Room
49 West 49th Street, New York
HONORING
John B. King, Jr., TC Alumnus, Ed.D. '08
SUNY Chancellor and
former U.S. Secretary of Education
In conversation with special guest
Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent,
PBS News Hour
Thomas Bailey, PRESIDENT
Leslie Morse Nelson, CHAIR OF THE BOARD
GALA CO-CHAIRS
Valerie Rockefeller
William D. Rueckert
David P. O'Connor
Cocktail attire
GALA COMMITTEE
(in formation, as of 3/3/26)
Andrés Alonso
Julie Blackman, Ph.D., and Mitchell Dinnerstein
Denise Glyn Borders
Don Callahan
Christine and Jeremy Chase
George Cigale
Dr. Charles F. Desmond
Nancy R. Douzinas
Mary and Kenneth Edlow
Patricia Green
Louis E. Herena and Monique R. Herena
Dennis Holtschneider
Helen Kahng Jaffe
Vanessa A. Li, Ph.D.
Dr. Lin L. Lougheed
Anita Ma
Dr. Eduardo Marti
Leslie Morse Nelson
David P. O'Connor
Dailey Pattee
Sharon Gay Pierson, Ph.D., and Bernard J. Milano
Missie Rennie and Zach Taylor
Valerie Rockefeller
William D. Rueckert
Marla L. Schaefer
Christina M. Capodilupo Schwefel, Ph.D.
Edith Shih
Carole L. Sleeper
Camilla M. Smith and George D. Smith
Joshua and Geula Solomon
Jay P. Urwitz
Elisa M. Wilson