
Category: Gala
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Care for Kids Gala
1199SEIU Child Care Corporation’s
18th Annual
Care for Kids Gala
Wednesday, October 22, 2025
at
Current, Chelsea Piers
Honoring
Priscilla Sims Brown
President and CEO
Amalgamated Bank
Past Honorees
2024: Dr. Danielle R. Moss Cox, Chief Executive Officer, Oliver Scholars
2024: Pamela J. Maraldo, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Girls Inc. of New York City
2023: Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, The City University of New York
2023: Harlem School of the Arts, The Herb Alpert Center
2022: Michael Dowling, President and CEO, Northwell Health
2022: Vivian Fox, Former President, 1199SEIU Child Care Corporation
2022: Mary Kay Henry, Former President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
2021: Dave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc, FACP, Former Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2021: Henry R. Muñoz III, Former Finance Chair, Democratic National Committee and Co-founder, SOMOS US
2021: Scheena Tannis, RN, MSN, FNP, CCRN, WCC, Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center
2021: Tim Wentworth, Former Chief Executive Officer, Evernorth
2019: Mitra Behroozi, JD, Former Executive Director, 1199SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds
2019: Dr. Marcella Maxwell, Founding Dean of Teaching Fellows, Medgar Evers College
2019: George Ofori-Amanfo, MD, FACC, Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital
2018: Bruce McIve, Former President, League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York
2018: Ruth C. Browne, SD, President and CEO, Ronald McDonald House New York
2018: Peta-Gay Clarke, Google, Inc.
2018: David R. Jones, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Service Society of New York
2018: Bonnie Lou Raagas Mallonga, PhD, Former Director, 1199SEIU Future of America Learning Center (FALC)
2017: Jennifer Ching, Executive Director, North Star Fund
2017: Thelma Dye, PhD., Executive Director and Chief Executve Officer, Northside Center for Child Development
2017: Dr. Steven Safyer, Former Chief Executive Officer and President, Montefiore Health System
2016: Dawna M. Fields, Colgate-Palmolive Company
2016: Rosa M. Gil, DSW, Comunilife, Inc.
2016: Keith Mestrich, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Amalgamated Bank
2016: Sheena Wright, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, United Way of New York City
2015: Courtney B. Vance
2015: Dara Richardson-Heron, MD, YWCA USA
2015: Pedro A. Noguera, PhD, UCLA
Past Galas