INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
2008 HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS
SAN FRANCISCO • APRIL 8, 2008
NEW YORK CITY • APRIL 28, 2008
THE INTERNATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
INVITES YOU TO
San Francisco
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Grace Cathedral
1100 California Street
6:30 p.m. Seating Begins
7:00 p.m Awards Ceremony
8:00 p.m. Post-Reception at Fairmont Hotel
Grace Cathedral
1100 California Street
6:30 p.m. Seating Begins
7:00 p.m Awards Ceremony
8:00 p.m. Post-Reception at Fairmont Hotel
CHAIRS
- Tim Lane
- Pamela Merchant
- The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus, Bishop, Diocese of California, The Episcopal Church
- The Very Reverend Alan Jones, Dean of Grace Cathedral
New York
Monday, April 28, 2008
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street
6:30 to 8:30 pm
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Avenue at 70th Street
6:30 to 8:30 pm
CHAIRS
- Todd Larson
- Runa Saeki
Tickets are $125 per person for the awards ceremony and cocktail reception.
$85 of ticket price is tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.
We wish to thank the following sponsors for their generous support:
Lead Sponsors
- Fred Eychaner
Presenting Sponsors
- Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
- The Fairmont San Francisco
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
- IBM Corporation
- *Dorothy E. Sander
- Levi Strauss Foundation
Underwriting Sponsors
- Paul F. Albert
- Dennis Friedman & Susan Seo
- Ambassador James C. Hormel
- Kate O'Hanlan, MD & Léonie Walker
- *Runa Saeki & Sharon Brooks
- Ted Snowdon
- Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
- Andrew Tobias & Charles Nolan
- Uptown Studios
- Lois Whitman
Benefactor Sponsors
- Gill Foundation
- Grace Cathedral
- Kimpton Hotels
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
- *Todd Larson
- *Harvey Makadon
Supporting Sponsors
- Betty's List
- *Casey Atkins & Molly Brown
- Betty's List
- Rev. Davidson Bidwell-Waite & Edwin Waite
- Anthony Collerton & Galen Sherer
- Rebecca Davis & Mark Hoffman
- Marta Drury & Kerry Lobel
- Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
- Paula L. Ettelbrick
- Robert Fuller
- Dipti Ghosh & Meggy Gotuaco
- Gay City News
- GO Magazine
- Frederick Hertz & Randolph Langenbach
- *Pamela Merchant & Kirby Sack
- Ann Merrill
- Tina M. Salandra
- The San Francisco LGBT Community Center/Rebecca Rolfe
- *Houman Sarshar, Ph.D.
- Stephen J. Suzman
- Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
- Anthony Volponi
* IGLHRC Board Member
Advocate Sponsors
- Katherine Acey
- Eric Astacaan & Michael Butler
- *Ally Bolour/ Law Offices of Ally Bolour
- Harvey Brosler
- Ben Burkhart
- Elyse Cherry
- Eric C. Christiansen & Drew Moores-Grimshaw
- Classic Wines of California
- Blanche W. Cook & Clare Coss
- Double Platinum/Stephanie K. Blackwood & Arthur R. Korant
- Maia Ettinger & Donna Daniels
- Tom Dougherty
- Suzanne Goldberg, Adam Ettelbrick & Julia Ettelbrick
- M. Elaine Johnston
- Kate Kendell
- Michael Kieschnick & Francis Kieschnick
- Janice D. Kam & Hyeon Lee
- La Bonne Cuisine
- *Tim Lane & Niels Hooper
- Rabbi Sydney Mintz
- Doug Paxton & Joe Vassallo
- Deborah Santana
- Robert J. Smolin
- Martin Tannenbaum & Alex Ingersoll
- Lisa Vertucci
- Olive Watson & Joanna Grover-Watson
- Kenneth Wingard – San Francisco
- Karen Zelermyer & Tami Gold
- William J. Zwart
Friend Sponsors
- Chester Atkins
- Clara Basile & Constance Wolf
- Stuart Burden
- Richard Burns
- Blake Byrne
- Glenn Carlson & Michael Childers
- Bruce Cohen
- Colors
- Nancy Conover & Tamara Teichgraeber
- Q. Todd Dickinson
- Paul A. Di Donato
- Bob Dockendorff
- Julie Dorf, Jenni Olson, Hazel Olson-Dorf & Sylvie Olson-Dorf
- Roger Doughty
- Michael Ehrenzweig
- Equal Justice Society
- Steve Fisch Photography
- Sal Giambanco & Tom Perrault
- Goldstein, Gellman, Melbostad, Gibson & Harris, LLP
- GreenZebra
- Michael Hew Wing
- Dr. Marjorie Hill
- Mark Hodgson & Sydney Levy
- Victor & Lorraine Honig
- Drs. John Hunter & Harold Kooden
- *Sel Julian Hwahng
- Richard Isay
- Mitchell Karp
- Geoff Kors & James Williamson
- David Krimm & Peter Bradley
- Koyzina Grill and Bar
- Wade Lambert & Horacio Sison
- Sean McCormick & Kate Kabagambe
- Suvir Saran
- Noemi Masliah
- *Roy Potts
- Joseph Polizzotto
- Pomaire Chilean Restaurant
- Rubyfruit Bar and Gril
- The Simpson-Asprodites Family
- Charlie Spiegel
- C. Stephen
- Swirl on Castro
- Rachel Tiven
- David Webster & Roberto Guimarães
- Janet Weinberg
- Emerson Wen
- Rob & Susan Williams
- McKinley Winston Jr
Institutional Sponsors
HOST COMMITTEE MEMBERS
- Brett Andrews
- Rabbi Camille Shira Angel & Karen Segal
- Artists for a New South Africa
- Casey Atkins & Molly Brown
- Al Ballesteros
- Rev. Davidson Bidwell-Waite & Edwin Waite
- Ally Bolour
- Stuart Burden
- The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry, Pacific School of Religion
- Elyse Cherry
- Nancy Conover & Tamara Teichgraeber
- Michael Conway
- Hari Dillon
- Julie Dorf & Jenni Olson
- Tom Dougherty
- Roger Doughty
- Rajat Dutta
- Maia Ettinger & Donna Daniels
- Robert Fuller
- Sharon Gelman
- Dipti Ghosh & Meggy Gotuaco
- Danny Glover
- Jewelle Gomez & Diane Sabin
- The Rev. Vicki Gray
- Frederick Hertz & Randolph Langenbach
- Sel Julian Hwahng
- Geoff Kors & James Williamson
- David Krimm & Peter Bradley
- Tim Lane
- Todd Larson
- Harvey Makadon
- Sean McCormick & Kate Kabagambe
- Pamela Merchant & Kirby Sack
- Ann Merrill
- Rabbi Sydney Mintz
- The Honorable Gavin Newsom
- Bongane Nyathi
- Eva Paterson/Equal Justice Society
- Doug Paxton & Joe Vassallo
- Steve Phillips & Susan Sandler
- Henri Picciotto/Jewish Voice for Peace
- Roy Potts
- José Román
- Jennifer Roy
- Sandip Roy-Chowdhury
- Runa Saeki
- Sam Leftwich
- The San Francisco LGBT Community Center/Rebecca Rolfe
- Dorothy E. Sander
- Houman Sarshar, Ph.D.
- Maryann Simpson & Cynthia Asprodites
- Charlie Spiegel
- Martin Tannenbaum & Alex Ingersoll
- Frank Woo
Full list still in formation as of April 23
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
- Ally Bolour, Co-Chair, Immigration Attorney, Law Offices of Ally Bolour, Los Angeles, CA
- Dorothy E. Sander, Co-Chair, Private Investor, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Michael Conway, Treasurer, Chief Administrative Officer, United Talent Agency, Los Angeles, CA
- Runa Saeki, Secretary, Senior Vice President, Investment Banking Legal, Lehman Brothers Inc., New York, NY
DIRECTORS
- Casey Atkins, Account Manager, Federal Lobbyist, ADS Ventures, Boston, MA
- Al Ballesteros, Chief Executive Officer, JWCH Institute, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
- Tom Dougherty, Executive Director, Doctors of the World USA, New York, NY
- Sel Julian Hwahng, Research Investigator, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.; Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, New York, NY
- Tim Lane, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA
- Todd Larson, United Nations, New York, NY
- Harvey Makadon, Vice President for Global Programs, Harvard Medical International, Boston, MA
- Pamela Merchant, Executive Director, The Center for Justice and Accountability, San Francisco, CA
- Roy Potts, Esquire, New York, NY
- José Román, Executive Director of Restricted Funds and Financial Compliance; Columbia University, Controller’s Office, New York, NY
- Houman Sarshar, Ph.D., Independent Scholar, Private Investor, New York, NY
Organizational affiliations listed are for identification purposes only
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