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Tuesday April 5th, 2011
The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street
6-7 PM Premium Ticketholder Reception and Viewing
of the Special Exhibition German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
7-9 PM Cocktail Party Silent Auction and Contemporary Gallery Viewing in the Marron Atrium
Ticket Details Here
Lead Sponsor
Honorary Chairs
Frederick Elghanayan K. Thomas Elghanayan
Special Honorees
Ricki Tigert Helfer and Michael S. Helfer
Honorary Artist
James Rosenquist
Honorary Art Chairs
Agnes Gund Alexandra A. Herzan Joanne M. Stern
Read More About Our Honorees
Co-Chairs
Diana Elghanayan Madeline Hult Elghanayan Carol J. Feinberg
Judith A. Garson & Steven N. Rappaport Nancy & Alan N. Locker
Alternately, purchase tickets by mail or fax using this reply form (pdf)
CCC would like to thank our lead sponsor, TF Cornerstone,
and the following individuals and corporations for their pacesetting support:
Corporate Benefactors
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Rose Associates, Inc.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Corporate Champion
Linklaters LLP
Corporate Patrons
Clifford Chance LLP
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
WilmerHale
Corporate Sustainers
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
The Compass Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Sunny & Abe Rosenberg Foundation
The Whitmore Group, Ltd.
Benefactors
Diana & Frederick Elghanayan
Madeline & K. Thomas Elghanayan
Ricki Tigert Helfer & Michael S. Helfer
Nancy & Alan N. Locker
Champions
Chris Stern Hyman
Marilyn & Jay Lubell
Patrons
Jessica & Todd Aaron
Judy & Brian Berger
Judith A. Garson & Steven N. Rappaport
Elaine & Mark Kessel
Sustainers
Karen D. Baynard John K. Castle Joan Davidson & Neil Barsky
Nancy & Henry Elghanayan Carol J. Feinberg Susan Rosenberg Goldstein
Susan Rosenberg Goldstein Jo Carole & Ronald S. Lauder Maryann & Robert Marston
Kathy & Joe Mele James C. Metzger Donna & Joseph Muscari
Susan & Donald Newhouse Helen Rothlein & James White Marcy Sandler & James Janover
Jean A. & Raymond V.J. Schrag Nancy & David Solomon Heidi Stamas
Joan & Michael Steinberg Christine Wasserstein & Dan Rattiner Susan Wasserstein & George Sard
Special Thanks
ARTnews
Lead Sponsor
TF Cornerstone, lead corporate sponsor, is a family-owned real estate firm engaged in the acquisition, development, construction and management of residential, commercial and retail properties. In addition to an aggressive acquisition strategy and a superior construction division, the company holds a solid fully-operational portfolio of luxury residential buildings, modern office spaces and highly visible retail locations totaling over 8 million square feet throughout New York City and Washington, D.C.
Learn more at www.tfcornerstone.com
Honorary Chairs: Frederick Elghanayan and K. Thomas Elghanayan
Frederick Elghanayan, President and co-founder of TF Cornerstone, leads the construction division of the company and is responsible for overseeing the construction and renovation of the more than 8 million sq. ft. of commercial and residential properties in TFC's portfolio. He is actively involved in the acquisition and development of future projects. An industry veteran for over 40 years, Fred dedicates himself to ensuring that every TF Cornerstone project exceeds the industry standard for design, construction, environmental consideration, quality and innovation. Fred's work has been recognized for excellence by the American Institute of Architects and the Municipal Arts Society of NY, among others. In 1997 Fred was awarded the "Silver Shovel" by the Subcontractors Trade Association.
Fred earned his Bachelor of Science in engineering from Cornell University. He is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York and a board member of REBNYs Owners and Builders Division. In addition to dedicating his time to the real estate industry, Fred is an abiding supporter of the arts, education and children's causes. A former Trustee of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, he currently serves on several committees at the Brooklyn Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
As Chairman and co-founder of TF Cornerstone, Tom Elghanayan is actively involved in supervising acquisitions, planning, sales, residential marketing and management. During his 40-year career in the real estate industry, Tom has earned a reputation for forward-thinking, as he has set the standard for building style and quality, while paving the way into New York's burgeoning neighborhoods.
Tom earned his undergraduate degree from Yale and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Harvard University. In addition to being passionately involved with his company, Tom is also an avid member of the greater real estate community. He is a member of the Board of Governors and Executive Committee of the Real Estate Board of New York, the Executive Committee for the Alliance for Downtown New York, the Yale Club of NYC, Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association and the Carnegie Hall Society.
Prior to TF Cornerstone, Tom and Fred were principals of Rockrose Development Corporation, which they founded in 1970 with their brother Henry. Together they made it one of the most respected commercial and residential development firms in New York City.
Special Honorees: Ricki Tigert Helfer and Michael S. Helfer
Rcki Tigert Helfer a member of CCC’s Board of Directors since 2005, is an independent consultant in financial institution regulation with Financial Regulation and Reform International. She serves as a member of the Social Performance Advisory Committee of the U. S. Grameen Foundation. She is a former Chairman and CEO of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and was the first woman to head a federal bank regulatory agency. She served as a Trustee of the Cathedral School of St. John the Divine in New York City and was previously a Governor of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, former Director of Girl Scouts of the USA, and former Director of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital.
Michael S. Helfer General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Citi, has been a national leader in legal services for poor families and children for many years. He was a founding director of the Lawyers for Children America, President of the Legal Aid Society of Washington, DC as well as a long time board member and now serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the Legal Aid Society of NYC. He also established a widely regarded international corporate pro bono legal services program at Citigroup after he became General Counsel in 2003 for which he has received a number of national recognitions.
Honorary Artist: James Rosenquist
James Rosenquist, born in 1933 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, is one of the most important American artists of our time. In 1955 Rosenquist left the Midwest for New York City, where he received his artistic training at the Art Students League amidst the popularity of Abstract Expressionism and artists such as Willem de Kooning. His artistic education led to a brief, but significant, career as a billboard painter, where he spent his days perched on scaffolding high above Times Square.
In the 1960’s Rosenquist transformed the visual language of commercial painting onto his canvases, filling his large-scale pictures with fragmented advertising imagery in bright Day-Glo colors. Rosenquist’s paintings of this era, such as the iconic F-111 (1965) in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, are pictorial critiques of contemporary American culture and he is considered a pioneer of the Pop Art movement along with fellow artists Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Rosenquist’s paintings since the 1970’s have retained his trademark aesthetic and focus primarily on geo-political, existential and environmental themes.
The work of James Rosenquist is represented in major private and public collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and the Tate Modern in London. Aside from his many gallery and museum exhibitions, James Rosenquist has had more than fifteen retrospectives, with two at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 2003-2004 the Guggenheim Museum organized a retrospective that traveled to Houston, New York, Bilbao and Wolfsburg. His 2009 autobiography Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art is a best-seller.
Honorary Art Chairs: Agnes Gund, Alex Herzan and Joanne M. Stern
Agnes Gund is President Emerita of The Museum of Modern Art and Chairman of its International Council. She is also Chairman of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (a MoMA affiliate). Ms. Gund joined MoMA’s Board in 1976 and served as President from 1991 until 2002. A philanthropist and collector of modern and contemporary art, is Chairman of the Mayor’s Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission of New York City, and currently serves on the boards of Chess in the Schools, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, The Frick Collection, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and Socrates Sculpture Park, among others and was recently nominated to the National Council on the Arts. She is the Founder and a Trustee of Studio in a School Association. She earned a B.A. in History from Connecticut College and an M.A. in Art History from Harvard University.
Alex Herzan is President of the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., a family foundation which supports visual arts and human service organizations in New York City. A graduate of Citizens’ Committee for Children’s 1983 CCC Community Leadership course, Alex has a Masters degree in social work and worked for many years as a geriatric social worker in New York City. Alex served as Chair of the Museum of Modern Art’s Trustee Committee on Education for several years. In addition to the Museum of Modern Art, Alex is on the board of Fountain House, Inc and is a member of the Advisory Council for Transportation Alternatives. A graduate of Connecticut College and Columbia University School of Social Work, Alex resides in New York City with her husband and daughter.
Joanne M. Stern was a participant in the very first Community Leadership Course at Citizens’ Committee for Children in 1961 and has been with CCC ever since. Joanne has also been extensively involved with the Museum of Modern Art where she has chaired the Junior Council, the International Council, served as a Trustee and finally a Life Trustee. Joanne has also volunteered for the Northside Center for Child Development and is a member of the Board of the School of American Ballet and the New York Landmarks Conservancy. Joanne spent her childhood in Bayonne, New Jersey and later attended Hunter Model Elementary School. Joanne graduated from the George School in Pennsylvania and went to Smith College during WWII, where she majored in Art History and English.
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