Dinner Leadership & Volunteers: Keys to Opportunity for the Children

The hosts for Futures’ 2008 Annual Scholarship Dinner were Steve Bartelstein of CBS Channel 2, and Bill Hogan of Netapp; Bill also served as corporate co-chair and a major financial contributor for the evening.  His enthusiasm and energy provided leadership to the event from the beginning of the planning process onward.  Bill is also a co-chair for Angels on the Fairway, which will once again take center stage May 7, 2009.

Roger Aguinaldo, Managing Director, Forest Hills Capital Management    
Lidia Bastianich, Restaurateur, Chef, Celebrity, Author, Entrepreneur
Michael Benn, Producer
Susan Altamore Carusi, Big Guy Foundation
Martin J. Cottingham, Managing Director, Grubb & Ellis
Angelo J. Di Lorenzo, Vice Chairman, CEO, Brooklyn Federal Savings Bank
Clarissa Holmgren Elgarten, Entrepreneur
Bernadette Feeney
Thomas Flood, Executive Director, Alive in Hope Foundation
Mario J. Gabelli, Chairman and CEO, GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Catherine Greene, Director of Public Relations, MDO Development
William J. Hogan, V.P. – Sales, NetApp
Kevin Kearney, Member, Wingate, Kearney &  Cullen
John Loconsolo, Entrepreneur, Businessman
Elizabeth McCaul
Paul M. McManus, Vice Chairman, Leading     Ventures, LLC
Charles B. McQuade, Retired CEO, SIAC
Lester J. Owens, V.P., JPMorgan Chase
Regina Pitaro,   Managing Director, GAMCO   Investors, Inc.
John A. Schneider, V.P. and Managing Director, Allen & Co.
Joseph Sciame, V.P. Community Relations, St. John’s University
Robert G. Sumberac, Managing Director, D.B. Zwirn & Co.
Patricia Wagner, G.M., Atlantic Aviation Services

Other lead benefactors to the event included:

Sal Iannuzzi
Trans Video Media
Thomas E. and Paula C. McInerney
Bank of New York Mellon
John Loconsolo and the Victoria Loconsolo Foundation
Vincent Viola
Frank Sciame
Bruce Ratner
Bob Catell and National Grid.