Arena, Harwood awards get to the art of the matter.Fountain Gallery, a Manhattan art space representing artists living and working with mental illness, tonight welcomed more than 400 friends and supporters to its seventh annual Celebration of Life benefit at the Grand Hyatt New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . More than 100 original artworks by Gallery artists were displayed for sale at the event, which honored David Arena, president of Grubb & Ellis New York, and Leslie Harwood, managing director of Newmark Knight Frank, with the Esther Montanez Leadership Award. Special guests who addressed the gathering were: Rep. Jerrold Nadler Jerrold Lewis Nadler, sometimes called Jerry Nadler (born June 13, 1947) is an American politician from New York City. A liberal Democrat, Nadler represents New York's 8th congressional district, which includes parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City. ; Joyce Miller, director of real estate investment, New York City comptroller The Office of Comptroller of New York City is the chief fiscal officer and chief auditing officer of the city. The comptroller is elected, citywide, to a four-year term and can hold office for two consecutive terms. (Ret.); and Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, vice chair of the New York State Council on the Arts The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell (1905-1996), with backing from Governor Nelson . This remarkable collaboration between Fountain Gallery and the New York commercial real estate community raised over $300,000 to benefit Fountain Gallery. "The real estate community has been more than generous to us over the years," said Jason Bowman, director of Fountain Gallery. "As much as we look forward to this collaboration, now in its seventh year, I've been told by many in the industry that this is their favorite event. The benefit is a win-win: a chance for our artists to sell their work and an opportunity for real estate professionals to gather in support of a unique organization." The Esther Montanez Leadership Award was established to honor the memory of the woman who was a driving force in the founding of Fountain Gallery and a tireless advocate for people with mental illness throughout her long career as director of special projects for Fountain House
The 2008 recipients of the Award, David Arena and Leslie Harwood are being honored for outstanding service to Fountain Gallery. Dario Gristina, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Genergy, founded Celebration of Life in 2002 and in the intervening years has enlisted ever greater support from commercial real estate and related industry professionals. Co-chairs of this year's event were: Peter DiCapua, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Atco Properties & Management, Inc.; Rick Froio, principal, Atlas-Acon Electric Service Corp.; John McGinley, vice president and director of management services, Grubb & Ellis New York; Bruce Mosler, president and chief executive officer, Cushman & Wakefield; Betsy Seidman, Fountain House board member; and Andrew Stenzler, co-founder and co-chairman, Kidville, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Messrs. DiCapua, McGinley, Mosler and Stenzler are past recipients of the Esther Montanez Leadership Award. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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