2019 Miami Gala Invite

HONORING EDMUND N. ANSIN Recipient of the Global Spirit of Leadership Award

About

Best Buddies International is the world’s largest organization dedicated to ending the social, physical and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Our programs sit on four key mission pillars – One-to-One Friendships, Integrated Employment, Leadership Development and Inclusive Living – and empower the special abilities of people with IDD by helping them form meaningful friendships with their peers, secure successful jobs, live independently, improve public speaking, self-advocacy and communication skills, and feel valued by society.

The IDD community that Best Buddies serves includes, but is not limited to, people with Down syndrome, autism, Fragile X, Williams syndrome, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury and other undiagnosed disabilities.

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Gala Chair ANTHONY K. SHRIVER

GLOBAL SPIRIT OF LEADERSHIP RECIPIENT EDMUND N. ANSIN

FRIENDSHIP SPONSORS JAMES FERRARO MAY LIANG & JIM LINTOTT JEAN-FRANCOIS SBERRO MITSIE & ALBERT SCAGLIONE

EMPLOYMENT SPONSORS ANDY BAROWSKY ROMERO BRITTO LINDA COLL

MARC LEDER LISA LUTOFF-PERLO CRISTINA & MIKE RODRIGUEZ

LEADERSHIP SPONSORS MARTA CASAS-CELAYA EDUARDO DIAZ CORONA JOHN EDER KIM & TODD GLASER

PAUL MAGNES MARY JANE MARK & MARK LOSADA HOLLY & DAVID MEEHAN DONNA & GEORGE ZOLEY

You Are Invited W H AT The 23rd Annual Best Buddies Miami Gala is a spectacular event.

Each year more than 850 prominent local and international guests – including business leaders, political dignitaries, sports figures and celebrities – gather in Miami to celebrate Best Buddies. Proceeds from the Gala will benefit individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) through Best Buddies’ programs.

WHEN

Friday | November 22, 2019 6:30 PM Cocktails and Silent Auction 8:30 PM Gourmet Dinner 9:30 PM Live Musical Performance

WHERE

Mana Wynwood 318 NW 23 rd St. | Miami, FL

Gala Committee

BRAD BLANK RONALD L. BOOK SUZI & PEPI CANCIO AMANDA CHURCH & CESAR GUEIKIAN SEAN CLANCY DOUGAN CLARKE SAMANTHA COOK OLIVIA CULPO ARTURO ELIAS-AYUB GARETH EVANS HORST FERRERO BOB FRIEDMAN RACHELLE GINSBERG BARBARA & STEVE HEARST ALEX ANDER HERNANDEZ-DESSAUER JOHN KEELER SALLY A. HEYMAN HONORABLE PATRICK J. KENNEDY PHILIP LEVINE ALVARO NOBOA MOLLIE NOBLE

CATHERINE ANNE MARKERT CAROLINA MATA JACK MAYOR THOMAS MOONEY LYDIA & RUDY PRIO-TOUZET MEREDITH & MICHAEL ORTEGA RANDY & HARLAN SELESNICK PATRICK SCHWARZENEGGER CAROLINA SHRIVER CHESSY SHRIVER EUNICE SHRIVER II JOEY SHRIVER TEDDY SHRIVER AMIRA & RON SIMKINS MAYOR GLENN SINGER JACKIE SOFFER & CRAIG ROBINS TOM SULLIVAN DARCY TOWSLEY MATT WERNER CHRISTINE & RALPH WINTER BERNIE YUMAN

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Sponsors

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MARLEY & BRETT OVERMAN AMANDA CHURCH & CESAR GUEIKIAN

RANDY & HARLAN SELESNICK

MAYOR GLENN SINGER

MEREDITH & MICHAEL ORTEGA

ANSIN FOUNDATION

SALLY A. HEYMAN

BESTBUDDIES.ORG/MIAMIGALA

SUZI & PEPI CANCIO AMIRA & RON SIMKINS