Press Release
MEDIA ALERT:
October 29, 2009
CONTACT:
Fred Winters
George Arzt Communications
212-608-0333
fred@arztcomm.com
AMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION GALA TO HONOR PASSION, ACHIEVEMENT & ACCOMPLISHMENT
AMERICAN SKIN ASSOCIATION GALA TO HONOR PASSION, ACHIEVEMENT & ACCOMPLISHMENT
Photo Opportunity & Interviews
WHO: |
MASTER OF CEREMONIES TOBY PERLMAN (Founder, Perlman Music Program & wife of violinist Itzhak Perlman) MELISSA RUSSO (WNBC- TV news anchor and award-winning reporter) GALA CHAIRS FRANÇOIS & WIFE ADELINE FOURNIER (President, Galderma Laboratories, L.P.) HOWARD & WIFE ABBY MILSTEIN (Chairman, New York Private Bank & Trust) CHARLES & WIFE DANEEN STIEFEL (Former CEO, Stiefel Laboratories) HONOREES JAKE BURTON CARPENTER (Entrepreneur & founder, Burton Snowboards) BARBARA A. GILCHREST, MD (Pioneering dermatologist, Boston University School of Medicine) PAUL R. GROSS, MD (Noted Philadelphia clinician & educator) MILLICENT MERCER JOHNSEN (Community leader & dedicated volunteer) PAUL B. McGARTY (CEO, Nycomed US - maker of specialty pharmaceuticals in dermatology) NEIL SCOTT McNUTT, MD (Dermatopathologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering & The Rockefeller University) GEORG M. STINGL, MD (Distinguished immunologist & research scientist from the University of Vienna) JAMES C. WOFFORD (Equestrian & three-time Olympic medalist) MILSTEIN INNOVATION AWARD FOR SKIN CANCER RESEARCH LYNDA CHIN, MD (Associate Professor of Dermatology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) DISTINGUISHED GUESTS MIMI ABEL SMITH & HUSBAND WILLIAM (Principal, Hickory Tree Farm, Virginia) JEFFREY GURAL (Chairman, Newmark Knight Frank) RONALD KRANCER & WIFE EVELYN (nephew of Walter Annenberg) KATHERINE MCCALLUM (sister of honoree Jake Burton Carpenter & wife of NCIS star David McCallum) CAROL SCHAEFER & HUSBAND CHARLES (Chairman, New York Philharmonic Patron Program) BARBARA BEAMAN SIEG (Former Ford model & prominent Virginian) MRS. CARL "HUNTER" SMITH (philanthropist & wife of the late Chair of Amvest Corp.) JANE TRIMBLE (Wife of former IBM General Counsel) |
WHERE: |
THE PLAZA GRAND BALLROOM, FIFTH AVENUE AT CENTRAL PARK SOUTH |
WHEN: |
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH 6:30 PM |
