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New
York, March 1, 2011-
Philip Banks, Jr., president of One Hundred
Black Men, Inc., welcomed 600 guests from around the country
to the New York Hilton Grand Ballroom last week to salute
some of the country’s most dynamic civic and business
leaders
at the
One Hundred
Black Men, Inc. of New York City’s 31st Annual Benefit
Gala, the theme of which was, “Investing in Ourselves
,
Making
our Own Tomorrow.”
Guests included Ambassador and Mrs. Andrew
Young, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City Schools
Chancellor Cathy Black, Mark and Ellen Wagar, Mignon
Clyburn, David Dinkins, Joy Crichlow, Thomas Dortch, Flores
Forbes, Adriane Gaines, Ed Goldberg, Jim Harding, Michael
and Mary Jack, Linda Hackett, Lewis Jones, Judge Tanya
Kennedy, Hon. John Liu, Hon. Tom DiNapoli, John and Donna
Marino, Paul Busby, Phil Serghini, Major Michael Burns,
Chief Philip Banks, III,
Jay Hershenson, Ophelia Castiblanco, Pamela
Fisher, Stanley and Patricia Grayson and former New York
City Comptroller William Thompson.
The
benefit awards dinner honored:
·
Matilda
Raffa Cuomo, Founder and Chairperson, Mentoring USA,
with the Lifetime Achievement Award for
Service in Mentoring;
·
Scarlet
Pressley-Brown, Director of External Affairs & Community
Relations at Delta Air Lines and Vice President of the Delta
Air Lines Foundation,
with
the Champion of Diversity Award; and
·
Glenn
Rice, President, East Region, UPS,
with
the
Corporate Citizen Award.
Myron Williams, Vice President, Business
Development, UPS, and a member of the One Hundred Black
Men, was saluted as Mentor of the Year.
Emmy Award-winning co-anchor of My9 News for WWOR-TV's 11:00
p.m. newscast Brenda Blackmon and
Fox 5's meteorologist Mike Woods served as co-emcees of the
Black Tie fundraiser that featured a sponsor’s reception
in the Mercury Ballroom.
“As we
come together to celebrate the One Hundred Black Men, Inc.’s
31st annual benefit, our honorees could not be more
exemplary of our theme: Investing in Ourselves
,Making
our Own Tomorrow,”
said
Mr. Banks.
“We have forged successful partnerships with
each of our honorees and the organizations and corporations
that they represent. We are delighted to be in the
beginning stages of an alliance with Mentoring USA that will
train Black male mentors for deployment at public schools
throughout New York City and eventually throughout the
country. Delta Air Lines has proven itself to be a champion
for education and a prime supporter of The Eagle Academy for
Young Men and UPS is not only a long-time supporter of One
Hundred Black Men, but is the leading corporate mentor for
students at the Eagle Academy for Young Men, fielding the
largest number of employee volunteers of all our partners,”
Mr. Banks noted.
ABOUT
THE 2011 HONOREES
Matilda
Raffa Cuomo,
as First Lady of New York State from 1983 to 1995,
diligently worked as a volunteer with state and elected
officials as well as community leaders to establish programs
to prevent child abuse, strengthen families, promote
adoption for foster care children, and prevent school
drop-out. As Founder of Mentoring USA and as a distinguished
advocate on behalf of women, children and families, Mrs.
Cuomo has been described as the most active First Lady in
New York State’s history.
Scarlet
Pressley-Brown,
Director of External Affairs & Community Relations at Delta
Air Lines and Vice President of the Delta Air Lines
Foundation, joined Delta in June 2000. Since then, she has
managed Delta’s presence in the community, establishing the
company as a leading corporate citizen. Prior to Delta, Ms.
Pressley-Brown spent six years with the East Lake Community
Foundation as director of Community Affairs successfully
restoring and revitalizing the historic East Lake Golf
Course community. The restoration included the
establishment and opening of Drew Charter School, Atlanta’s
first Charter School.
Cleveland, Ohio native Glenn Rice, President, East
Region, UPS, began his UPS career in 1977 as a package
driver in Northern Ohio. In his thirty-three years of
service, Glenn has completed a wide variety of assignments
of increased responsibilities in UPS’s operations, as Vice
President and Chief Operating officer in UPS’s Ohio, Nevada,
Alabama and Kansas districts. In 2000, Glenn was promoted
to President of UPS Canada where he was in charge of UPS
operations for all of Canada. Reassigned back to the United
States in 2006, Glenn was promoted to President of UPS’s
Northeast Region. Today, his responsibilities include all
aspects of day-to-day operations including Business
Development, Health & Safety, Service Excellence,
Engineering, and Security. He also provides the strategic
direction for roughly 100,000 UPS employees in 17 states.
The Gala Committee was chaired by Hilton Smith and
David Brand is co-chair. Gala Committee members were: Philip
Banks, Jr., Will Brown, Mark Getachew, Jawanza Keita, Edward
Odom, Mark Smith, Myron Williams, and Greg Worrell.
One
Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York City wishes to thank its
partners for their support of the 31st Annual
Benefit:
Diamond:
News
Corporation, Walmart
Platinum:
Empire
BlueCross BlueShield
Gold:
Pepsico, UPS
Silver:
Anheuser-Busch InBev, Bloomberg, Turner Construction
Bronze:
The City University of New York, Consolidated Edison, Inc.,
Entergy Corporation, New York Life Insurance Company,
Scholastic Corporation,
Patron:
Barclays Capital, Coca-Cola Company, Continuum Health
Partners, Delta Air Lines, Inc., Democrats for Education
Reform Foundation, ExxonMobil, Macy's East, Morgan Stanley,
The Mount Sinai Medical Center, NBC Universal Cable,
Rubenstein Associates, Inc., Siebert Brandford Shank & Co.,
LLC, State Farm, United Federation of Teachers
Contributors:
Gift
bags courtesy of WNYW/ Fox 5
TV
ABOUT
ONE HUNDRED BLACK MEN
One
Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York City was founded in 1963
when a group of successful African-American men came
together to pool their resources to positively impact the
Black community.
One
Hundred Black Men, Inc.’s service projects focus on
mentoring, education, health and wellness, and economic
development. The organization has a long and
successful history working with its corporate and community
partners to make significant differences in the lives of the
communities it serves. A celebrated example is the
establishment of The Eagle Academy for Young Men
in the Bronx, with a focus on academic excellence,
leadership and character development and more recently,
Eagle Academies have opened in Brooklyn and Queens.
Proceeds from the Annual Benefit Galas raise funds to
support the programs of the One Hundred Black Men, Inc. New
York City.
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