NYSCI Gala

THANK YOU for Celebrating Science and Inspiration!

NYSCI was thrilled to honor such amazing leaders on November 9th at Cipriani Wall Street.

GALA

Celebrate Science and Inspiration

Our Celebrate Science and Inspiration Gala has a distinguished tradition of honoring the most 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.

Gala funding provides the crucial support NYSCI needs to allow us to continue to impact countless students, teachers, and families with creative, accessible STEM learning. Supporting NYSCI’s Gala is an engaging and inspiring way to salute our shared commitment to a healthier future for STEM education in America and beyond.

Watch our 2022 gala opener video HERE!

Please watch our honorees' amazing videos! Celebrate Verizon, Barbara Bouza, Gary Hoberman, and Aaliyah Alcibar.

NYSCI Honored

Verizon, Accepted by Kyle Malady

Executive Vice President and President Global Networks & Technology, Verizon

Vision & Venture Award

Barbara Bouza

President, Walt Disney Imagineering

Distinguished Leadership Award

Gary Hoberman

CEO and Founder, Unqork

Creative Entrepreneurship Award

Aaliyah Alcibar

Senior Explainer, NYSCI

Seidenberg Family Top Of The Ladder Award

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.

Past Award Recipients →

Previous Gala Funders →

Position

Amount

Gemini Sponsors

$25,000+

Accenture

Amazon

Amdocs

BNY Mellon

Broadridge

Cisco

Con Edison

Corning Optical Communications

Crown Castle

Francisco D’Souza and Ines Kavamura

Anita and Nicholas Donofrio

Ericsson

Gary and Alexandra Hoberman and family

IBM

Juniper Networks

The Liu Family Foundation

NewYork-Presbyterian Queens

Pepsico

Seidenberg Family Foundation

Marilyn and Jim Simons

SirisCapital

Unqork

Walt Disney Imagineering

Mercury Sponsors

$12,500+

AHEAD

AWS

Boingo Wireless

Boston Consulting Group

Casa Systems

CBRE

Citi

Rob Davis and Caroline Curry

Judy and Jamie Dimon

DriveNets

DTCC

Seth Dubin and Barbara Field

Ernst & Young, LLP

Anna Ewing and John Capotosto

Intel & HPE

Jim and Ann Firestone

Fujitsu

HCL

Mary Jane and George McCartney

The Medici Group

Kelsey and Sudhir Nair

Nasdaq

NBCUniversal

NetApp

Nokia

Oracle

Palo Alto Networks

Pfizer, Inc.

Qualcomm

Stephen and Maxine Sands

Linda S. Sanford

Sara and Axel Schupf

Spirent Communications

Minerva Tantoco

Carmen and Tim Tynan

Melissa Vail and Norman Selby

Alan and Lisa Sinsheimer

Tishman Speyer

VMWare

James Wiener and Sarah Gleit

Wolters Kluwer (Legal & Regulatory US)

ZT Systems

Saturn Sponsors

$2,500+

Bay Carpet

CBTS

Thomas and Ann Charters

David and Pamela Christman

Equinix

FGS Global

Stuart Fischer and Jeanette Mall

Harter Secrest & Emery LLP

KPGCo

Jeff Libshutz

Matrixx Software, Inc.

Microsoft

Park & K

Pitney Bowes

Ponce Bank

Presidio

Property Services Corp

Fred Royall

Wind River

Samsung

ServPro

Shaka Rasheed

SHI International Group

T-Mobile for Business

Anthony and Margo Viscusi

Alex and Mark Zubko

Apollo Sponsors

$1,000+

Apptio

Connectivity Wireless

Ellen Baker

PKF O'Connor Davies

Edward and Deborah Horowitz

ePlus

Fortinet

Hoffer-Tawil Family Fund

Michael Kamen

Lookout

Stuart Pollak

Tom Robey

Varonis Systems

Weinberg/Zimmerman Foundation

The Future Is Bright!

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

The Future Is Bright!

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