The 2010 A Better Chance Awards Luncheon took place on May 13, 2010 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City, where we honored leaders in our community who have demonstrated a commitment to promoting diversity and excellence. This year, Clarence Otis, Jr. Chairman and CEO of Darden Restaurants was awarded the Chairman’s Award, and Dr. Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania was given the Benjamin E. Mays Award. Both individuals have made remarkable strides in the world of business and education.
The over 450 attendees at the luncheon also recognized a group of exceptional 2010 A Better Chance Scholars from around the country. These Scholars ranging from grades 6-12 were awarded for their academic excellence, leadership within their school community, and steadfast determination to succeed.
A Better Chance would like to thank our Valedictorian sponsors, Clarence Otis, Jr., Darden Restaurants and The PrinceRidge Group LLC, for their generous support; Alumna Bertha Coombs (Milton Academy, ’80) for hosting the Awards; and the guests of the event, who together helped us raise much-needed funds that will go towards providing talented youth of color with the opportunities of an excellent education.
President of A Better Chance, Sandra E. Timmons, with the
2010 Awards honorees: Clarence Otis, Jr. and Dr. Amy Gutmann
Bertha Coombs, CNBC Correspondent and A Better Chance Alumna,
hosted the event.
Sandra E. Timmons introduces the 2010 A Better Chance
Scholar Awards Winners on stage.
Bertha Coombs with A Better Chance Scholar, Kamila DeSouza
(Wellesley A Better Chance, '10) and this year's
Judith Berry Griffin Award Winner
Cipriani 42nd Street
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Click here for a list of the 2010 Scholar Awards Winners
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Click here to read more about A Better Chance and The 2010 A Better Chance Awards Luncheon
Valedictorian Sponsors
Summa Cum Laude Sponsors
- Laurie and Peter Atkins
- GE Capital Real Estate
- Goldman, Sachs & Co.
- Tracey G. Riese, T.G. Riese & Associates
Magna Cum Laude Sponsors
- Affordable Equity Partners, Inc.
- American Express
- Angelo, Gordon & Co.
- Peter Allan Atkins
- Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
- Brunswick Group LLC
- Chilton Investment Company
- Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- Deloitte
- Eastdil Secured
- Ernst & Young
- Financial Group LLC
- GenNx360 Capital Partners
- Peter and Barbara Georgescu
- IBM Corporation
- Innisfree M&A Incorporated
- The John F. Mayer Family Foundation
- JPI Companies
- Lazard
- LightRiver Technologies, Inc. / Kurt and Roxanna Van Wagenen
- Mackenzie Partners, Inc.
- Morgan Stanley
- Ronald R. and Mary H. Pressman
- Promontory Financial Group, LLC
- Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Tishman Speyer
- The Warburg Pincus Foundation
- Williams Capital Group
- Kennedy Wilson
Cum Laude Sponsors
- Digitas
- ERB
- Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
- Gregg Gonsalves
- GroupM Worldwide
- Carla A. Harris
- Hewlett-Packard Company
- A. Richard Janiak
- Kekst and Company
- The Nielsen Company
- A. Louis Parker
- Louise and Erv Shames
- University of Pennsylvania
- Verizon
- Patricia Miller Zollar
Dean's List Sponsors
- Barbara Bainum
- Beacon Capital Partners, LLC
- J. Murry Bowden
- Commonweal Fund
- Crane Fund for Widows and Children
- Deutsche Bank
- DKC Public Relations & Integrated Marketing
- The Donald J. Trump Foundation
- GMH Associates
- Steve Lefkowitz, CI Capital Partners
- Donald B. Marron, Lightyear Capital
- Marx Foundation
- Oak Hill Capital Partners
- Pricewaterhouse Coopers
- RLJ Development, LLC
- Saks Fifth Avenue
- Alan D. Schwartz
- Verizon
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation
Salutatorians
- Roger Aaron
- Curtis H. Barnette
- John Butler and John Vanderlinden
- Ted Childs LLC
- Stacy and Eric Cochran
- Casey Cogut
- Centerbridge Partners
- Communications Group Inc.
- Toby Cooperman
- Betty and Stuart Cotton
- DeRito Partners
- Blair Effron
- R. Bradford Evans
- Joe Flom
- Forest City Washington
- John Fowler
- William and Marilyn Frank
- Eric and Lori Friedman
- Ann and Richard Fudge
- GE Asset Management
- Mark Gibson
- Patricia Gottesman
- Grain Communications Group Inc.
- Edward Grayson
- David Heleniak
- Greg Heyman
- Brad Hobbs
- D. Gregory Horrigan
- Jay Kasner
- Shelly Lazarus / Ogilvy & Mather
- Adam Levy
- Nancy Lieberman
- Byron Lewis
- Vincent Mai
- Robert Marston
- MB Real Estate
- Stephen Munger
- G.G. Michelson
- Jay Moorin, Proquest Investments
- Mylan Inc.
- National Basketball Association
- Omega Advisors, Inc.
- James Orphanides
- Nancy Pedot
- John H. Pelusi, Jr.
- Michael Rogan
- Shamrock Capital Advisors, Inc.
- David R. Smith
- Straus Asset Management
- Paul Taubman
- Glen Tobias
- U.S. Trust, Bank of America, Private Wealth Management
- Flash and Bennie Wiley
- Williams Capital Group
- Kennedy Wilson
- Earle Yaffa
- Yee Yip
