2010 Spring Celebration
On April 29, 2010 over 200 YAD friends and supporters gathered at the Wheelock College Hawes Building for our annual celebration. This year we celebrated the creation of the Youth Advocacy Department and honored a leader who has been critical in the growth and development of our organization, CPCS Chief Counsel William J. Leahy. The evening included a cocktail reception, with catering provided by Ethnica, a silent auction with dozens of donations from local businesses, a jazz performance, and a spoken word performance by youth from the United Teen Equality Center in Lowell.
Award Recipient
Extraordinary Leadership Award
William J. Leahy
Chief Counsel, Committee for Public Counsel Services
Host Committee
Co-Chairs
J.W. Carney
Tony Doniger
Ken Parsigian
Miriam Conrad
Jack Cunha
Paul Dacier
Willie Davis
Charles DeWitt
Dan Haley
Katherine Hall Page
Dan Hallinan
Martin Healy
Roz Hill
David Hoose
Richard Hurd
Joseph Kociubes
Jay McManus
Charles Rankin
Arnold Rosenfeld
Martin Rosenthal
Ann Tobey
Steven Weymouth
Sponsors
Champion: $5,000 and above
Chris Ainley and Shelby Marston
Alison Coolidge and Tom Boreiko
EMC Corporation
Patricia Garin and Joshua Dohan
Goodwin Procter
Susan Mayer and Ken Parsigian
Proskauer
Amicus: $2,500 to $4,999
Bingham McCutchen
Guardian: $1,500 to $2,499
Dr. and Mrs. J. Lawrence Dohan
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom LLP
Defender: $500 to $1,499
Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten, LLP
Martin Burns and Wendy Kahn
Lael and Charles Chester
Cooley Manion Jones LLP
Greencycle of CT, Inc.
Hemenway & Barnes LLP
Richard Hurd
Amalie Kass
Law Offices of Richard J. Dyer
Lynch & Lynch
McDermott Will & Emery
RFK Children Action Corps
Sloane and Walsh
Stern Shapiro Weissberg & Garin LLP
2009 Spring Celebration
On April 30, 2009 hundreds of YAD friends and supporters gathered at the Back Bay Events Center to celebrate and raise support for YAD and its initiatives. The evening included a cocktail hour, silent auction, and a short program. The program honored two tremendous leaders of the community, Steve Pratt and Tina Chery, and featured a performance from Hyde Square Task Forces Ritmo en Accion.
Award Recipients
Service to Communities in Need Award
Tina Chery
President and CEO, The Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Extraordinary Leadership Award
Steve Pratt
CEO, MY TURN, Inc.
Host Committee
Rosemary Allen
Chris Byner
Yi Chin Chen
Lael Chester
Michael Connolly
Paul Dacier
Anthony Doniger
Barbara Ferrer
Dan Haley
Mallory Hanora
Marty Healy
Carl Hoffman
Joe Kociubes
Robert Lewis, Jr.
Werner Low
Peter Marathas
Sandy Martin
Jorge Martinez
Jay McManus
Celina Miranda
Tom Reed
Ken Smith
Andy Tarsy
Ann Tobey
Steve Weymouth
Sponsors
Champion: $5,000 and above
Chris Ainley and Shelby Marston
Patricia Garin
Goodwin Procter
Susan Mayer and Ken Parsigian
Proskauer Rose LLP
Guardian: $1,500 to $2,499
J. Lawrence and Elaine Dohan
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo P.C.
Defender: $500 to $1,499
The Bank of New York Mellon
BMO Capital Markets
Martin Burns and Wendy Kahn
Lael and Charles Chester
COMPASS
Michael and Monica Connolly
Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP
Greencycle of CT, Inc.
Reverend John Hickey
Rosalind and Herbert Hill
Justice Resource Institute
McDermott Will & Emery
Muirhead and Saturnelli, LLC
Pattishall, McAuliffe LLP
Thomas and Sarah Reed
Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps
Stern Shapiro Weissberg & Garin LLP
WilmerHale
Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks P.C.