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NYSCI Gala

Thank you for Celebrating Science and Inspiration!

NYSCI was thrilled to honor amazing leaders on November 8th, 2023. We look forward to our next gala in 2024.

Celebrate Science and Inspiration

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Our Celebrate Science and Inspiration Gala has a distinguished tradition of honoring forward-thinking and innovative leaders who embody the spirit of NYSCI’s mission – to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through an approach we call Design Make Play.

Watch these videos to experience our 2023 Gala! Click on them to view:

Gala Opener Video Here

Rich Buery's Video Here

New York Mets Owner Steve Cohen, Accepted by Michael “Sully” Sullivan Video Here

Ivan Tornos Video Here

Anisha Tulloch Video Here

Margaret Honey Video Here

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2023 Honorees

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Rich Buery

CEO, Robin Hood Foundation

Vision & Venture Award

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New York Mets Owner Steve Cohen

Accepted by Michael “Sully” Sullivan, Steve Cohen’s Chief of Staff

Distinguished Leadership Award

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Ivan Tornos

Chief Executive Officer, Zimmer Biomet

Trailblazer in Science Award.

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Anisha Tulloch

NYSCI Senior Explainer

Seidenberg Family Top of the Ladder Award

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Margaret Honey

NYSCI Outgoing President and CEO

Design Make Play Award

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Gala Impact

Our gala provides an opportunity to celebrate and share our work, and to raise crucial unrestricted funds to support our ability to engage and inspire young people through Design, Make, Play.

For more Gala information, please email gala@nysci.org or call 718-595-9179.

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2023 Gala Supporters

Titan Sponsors

$50,000+

Ravenel B. Curry, III
Anita and Nicholas Donofrio
The Kupferberg Foundation
New York Mets Owner Steve Cohen
Verizon
Zimmer Biomet

Gemini Sponsors

$25,000+

Accenture
Amazon
Amdocs
BNY Mellon
Con Edison
Ericsson
Hard Rock Cafe
IBM
Marilyn and Jim Simons
Multicultural Radio Broadcasting, Inc.
Sara and Axel Schupf, and Michael and Tracy Freedman
PepsiCo
World Wide Technology Inc

Mercury Sponsors

$12,500+

Apax
AWS
Boingo Wireless
The Boston Consulting Group
Broadway Stages
Casa Systems
CBRE
Ciena
Citi
Corning Optical Communications
Rob Davis and Caroline Curry
Dell Techonologies
Seth Dubin and Barbara Field
Anna Ewing and John Capotosto
F5
Fried Frank Harris Shriver and Jacobson
David Friedman
DTCC
EY
Fujitsu
HCL Tech
HPE
Gary and Alexandra Hoberman and Family
Intel
Juniper Networks
Mary Jane and George McCartney
Walter Montgomery
Seto Group
Marie Wieck
The Medici Group
Kelsey and Sudhir Nair
Nasdaq
NBCUniversal
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Nokia
Property Services Corporation Long Island PwC
PSCLI
Qualcomm
Stephen and Maxine Sands
Linda S. Sanford
Seidenberg Family Foundation
Alan J. Sinsheimer
Tishman Speyer
Spirent
Minerva Tantoco, City Strategies
Timothy J. Tynan
James Wiener and Sarah Gleit
Wolters Kluwer, Legal & Regulatory
Melissa Vail and Norman Selby
The Venetian Group
ZT Systems
Alexandra Zubko

Saturn Sponsors

$2,500+

7G Capital
Actum
Michael Avella
Ellen Baker
Albert and Caryn Bunshaft
CCS Fundraising
Robert Catell
David and Pamela Christman
Duane Morris LLP
Equinix
FGS Global
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Hollis Public Affairs
Edward and Deborah Horowitz
IQEQ
Jim and Barb Korein
Sandra and Michael Kamen
Latham & Watkins
Jeffrey Libshutz
Lockton
Linda and Alan Kahn Foundation, Inc.
Matrixx Software, Inc.
Moonshot Strategies
Robert Mujica
Netpace
Palo Alto Networks
Ponce Bank
Property Services Corporation Long Island
Shaka Rasheed & Dr. Lela Weems
RXR
Jane Safer
Amy and Steve Thogmartin
Tech Mahindra
T-Mobile
Tusk Strategies
VHB
Anthony and Margo Viscusi
Wind River

Apollo Sponsors

$12500+

Andy Celli, Emery Celli
Cleaning Systems
Pamela Crawford
Anonymous
FIS
Hoffer-Tawil Family Fund
Kostelanetz LLP
Walter Montgomery
Tom Robey
Seto Group
Stamford Office Furniture
Marie Wieck
Melinda Witmer
Jeff Zimmerman
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The Future Is Bright!

A gift to the gala supports the delight and wonder that comes from accessible, creative, and interactive STEM learning.

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The Future Is Bright!

A gift to the gala supports the delight and wonder that comes from accessible, creative, and interactive STEM learning.