Excelsior Benefit Gala Committee Chairs
Rita Kitt and Laura Pietropinto( Benefit Co-Chairs) Caroline Bouckaert, Christina Frank Caspersen, and
Christine Tiwari( Evening) Susannah Rose and Ana Hidalgo Tornos( Live Auction) Kathleen O’ Donovan and Carolyn Traut( Syndicate and Buy it Now) Michelle Auerbach and Jessica Quinn( Silent Auction and Content) Jeanine Salvatore( Creative Media) Nancy Hu and Carolyn Torsiello( Headmaster for a Day) Michelle Gurk and Lindsey Valli( Tie) Bridget Beirne, Grace Myers, and Holly Okner( Gift) Kristina Tully( Finance) Seamus Fairtlough, Kim Klimczak, Toni Ann Loftus, Karen O’ Hara, and Ann Raimondi( Community) Genny Brown and Allison Davi( Journal) Kate Kelly( Design) Madeleine Saraceni and Jeanine Sellitto( Marketing and Communications) Rebecca Rutherfurd and Kristen Williams( Underwriting) Tricia Vulliez( Alumni Liaison) Tierney Smith( Chair Emerita) Margie Loeb( Event Consultant) Elizabeth DePaolo( PA President)
Benefit Volunteer Committee
Christine Aldridge Chloe Anderson Amanda Baron Blythe Brock Moon Chan Kate Earles Magdalena Ibanez Joyce Kwok Jennifer Vaugh Miller Katrina Pavlos Pellegrini Moira Kim Penza Whitney Reid Kat Scilaris
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