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New Jersey SEEDS’ warmest thanks go to the more than 400 guests who joined us on April 8 at The Park Savoy for the 3rd Annual Leading Change Benefit. With the generous support of our friends, this year’s Benefit is SEEDS’ most successful fundraiser to date! Check out all of SEEDS’ photos from the event!

Our guests enjoyed a delicious strolling dinner, festive time with friends, and an opportunity to meet SEEDS’ remarkable young alumni. Congratulations to our Leading Change honorees – ADP, whose award was accepted by Carlos Rodriguez, and Alan and Jennifer Fournier. They were recognized for their continued commitment for enhancing the educational opportunities of students in New Jersey.

Special thanks to the evening’s Dinner Chairs and Benefit Committee for making the evening a tremendous success.

Dinner Chairs

Kevin Eng and Un Hae Song
Doug and Carol Kimmelman
Art and Joanne Weinbach
Josh and Judy Weston

Benefit Committee
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Randy and Deborah Barker; Jeffrey and Janice Beckmen; Emmanuel Bello; Elliot and Andrew Berndt; Columbus Hill Capital Management, L.P.; Robert and Christine Cox; Delbarton School; Paul and Elizabeth DeRosa; Richard and Janene Edlin; William V. Engel, Esq.; Erika and Carmine Fanelle; David and Anne Farber; Alan and Jennifer Fournier; Bobbie and Lew Frankfort; Genova Burns Giantomasi Webster LLC; Alan and Ellen Goldner; Lora Hersh; Vincent and Beth Lima; Theo Lubke and Anne-Marie Kim; William Boyce Lum; Gordon and Blair MacInnes; Newark Academy; Oak Knoll School; Laurie and Andy Okun; Abby and Richard O’Neill; Douglas and Susan Present; Claire and Phillip Santaniello; Andy Schwartz; Semple Bixel Associates, Inc.; Lee Shavel and Kelly Deere; Bruce and Paula Simonetti; Anita V. Spivey-Dent and Dean Dent; Andrew Thompson and Mei Mei Tuan; Tree-Tech, Inc.; William E. Simon Foundation

On behalf of the scholars and families of New Jersey SEEDS, we extend our deepest gratitude to the donors who supported this year’s Leading Change Benefit*:
Anonymous Parent; Lee and Michal Atzil; The Austin Family; ADP; Barclays; Randy and Deborah Barker; Nancy M. Barnhart; Bartol Charitable Foundation; David and Andrea Baum; Jeffrey and Janice Beckmen; Emmanuel Bello; Chatara Benson; Elliot and Andrew Berndt; Beth and Stephen Berns; Scott and Tracey Biedron; Stanley and Ann Borowiec; James and Annie Brady; Sherronda and Steve Brown; Sarah and Tim Cassidy; Jun and Lisa Choi; Chubb Corporation; Church Farm School; Columbus Hill Capital Management, L.P.; Jodi and Wayne Cooperman; Leon and Toby Cooperman; Jose and Catherine Correa; Robert and Christine Cox; Aliyah Cromwell; John and Kelly Daab; Delbarton School; Dentons; Paul and Elizabeth DeRosa; Jenny and Nitin Mistry; Ashley and Patrick Doyle; Dun & Bradstreet; Dwight-Englewood School; Richard and Janene Edlin; Kevin Eng and Un Hae Song; William V. Engel, Esq.; Barbara and William Evans; Erika and Carmine Fanelle; David and Anne Farber; John Florin; Alan and Jennifer Fournier; Florence Francis; Bobbie and Lew Frankfort; The Galiardo Family; Karen and Denny Gates; Genova Burns Giantomasi Webster LLC; Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; Goldman Sachs & Co.; Alan and Ellen Goldner; Jonathan and Ellen Goldstein; Andy and Christine Gottesman; Dr. and Mrs. Gabriel Gruber; Luke T. Harada; Debra and Michael Harris; The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation; Lora Hersh; Adam Joseph and Susan Kraham; JPMorgan Chase; James and Michelle Keller; Peter R. and Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation; Douglas and Carol Kimmelman; Carl and Joanne Klapper; Beth and Joe Korn; Wendy and Andrew Lacey; Vincent and Beth Lima; Theo Lubke and Anne-Marie Kim; William Boyce Lum; MacInnes Family Fund; Betsy and Rob Mark; McCarter & English, LLP; Shelagh Meehan and Jordan Smyth; Jennifer S. and David W. Mehr; Allen and Peggy Meisels; Bradley and Kim Mell; Movado Group, Inc.; Newark Academy; Duncan and Alison Niederauer; Randall and Andrea Nixon; NJ Heroes; Oak Knoll School; J. Robert O’Farrell; Laurie and Andy Okun; Abby and Richard O’Neill; Kathleen and Mort O’Shea; Overdeck Family Foundation; Panasonic Corporation of North America; Jacob Paniker; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Pennant Capital Management, LLC; Pershing LLC, a BNY Mellon Company; Jonathan Peters; PNC Wealth Management; Douglas and Susan Present; Kristen and Patrick Ramsey; Ahmad Raza; Anna R. Reyes; Isaac A. Reyes; Luisa S. Reyes; Luke G. Reyes; Janet Robusto; Karen and Gary Rose; Gina and Benson Ross; Sridhar Sambamurthy and Sudha Iyer; Latresha Sampson; Claire and Phillip Santaniello; Ann and Mel Schaffer; Laura and Jeffrey Schaffer; Rachel Braun Scherl; Craig and Amy Schiffer; Andy Schwartz; Semple Bixel Associates, Inc.; Lee Shavel and Kelly Deere; Bruce and Paula Simonetti; Anita V. Spivey-Dent and Dean Dent; Austin and Ann Starkey; The MCJ Amelior Foundation; Andrew Thompson and Mei Mei Tuan; Tree-Tech, Inc.; Denise and Dean Vanech; Sophronia Wade; Art and Joanne Weinbach; Finn and Finn Wentworth; Josh S. and Judy Weston; Larry and Gayle Wieseneck; William E. Simon Foundation; Sonja and Stanley Wilson; Sue and David Wishnow; Christopher S. Wyckoff

*as of April 7, 2014