Tilles Center Gala | An Evening with John Legend

HONORING ANNE D. SHYBUNKO-MOORE

CEO AND OWNER OF GSE DYNAMICS, INC.

Anne D. Shybunko-Moore is the CEO and Owner of GSE Dynamics Inc., a Woman Owned Small Business, and a U.S. Defense Manufacturer. GSE was founded in 1971 and has two manufacturing facilities on Long Island, NY. GSE provides complex structural assemblies direct to the United States Air Force, Navy, Army, and Major Aerospace Primes. Anne joined GSE in 2001, and has been strategically growing the company and expanding its capabilities.

Anne’s main advocacy is to promote manufacturing and the need for workforce training to help companies grow. In 2023, GSE Dynamics was selected by the Navy to be the NY Talent Pipeline Program (TPP) Local Partner Engagement Coordinator. The TPP helps create and sustain a maritime and defense industrial base pipeline that enables companies to re-capitalize their workforces, focusing on training and retention. Anne is the Founder and Chair of IgniteLI, The Manufacturing Consortium of Long Island, an industry driven organization to promote manufacturing. She has been an appointed member of the Governor’s Long Island Regional Economic Development Council (LIREDC) from inception in 2011. She sits on the Board of Directors of the Hauppauge Industrial Association (HIA), is Co-Chair of the Board of Directors for The Cradle of Aviation Museum, and sits on The DeMatteis School of Engineering Advisory Board at Hofstra University.

At the national level, Anne serves on the Executive Committee of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), the leading governing body of the AIA, comprised of senior representatives from the top Defense companies. AIA presented her with the Voice of Industry award in 2022 for her small business advocacy. She also serves on their Board of Governors and Supplier Management Council. Anne was an appointed member of The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), a federal advisory council created to be a source of advice and counsel to the President of the United States, Congress, and the Small Business Administration.

GSE has received numerous performance awards including the honor of the Defense Logistics Agency Outstanding Readiness award, and Anne was inducted into the Long Island Business Hall of Fame in 2022. Anne and her husband Jamie have four sons, and focus on the importance of family and career balance, proving that women can be successful at both.

Tilles Center Co-Chairs of the Board of Advisors, Peter Klein and Sandy Krasnoff, and Executive and Artistic Director, Tom Dunn, together with Long Island University’s Board of Trustees and President, Dr. Kim Cline, invite you to Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at LIU Post’s

GALA 2023

JOHN LEGEND

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11

5:30 pm Cocktail Reception, The Goldsmith Atrium

6:30 pm Dinner, Great Lawn Tent

8:30 pm John Legend, Concert Hall

Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville

Festive Cocktail Attire

Now in its 43rd year, Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, part of Long Island University, is committed to entertaining and enriching the community through arts performance, education and advocacy. One hundred percent of the proceeds from this Gala support Tilles Center’s enduring mission.

YOUR SUPPORT MAKES AN IMPACT

WORLD CLASS ARTISTRY

Building upon Tilles Center’s legacy of presenting world class entertainers across all genres including theater, dance, classical, rock, pop and comedy, Tilles Center remains committed to artistic excellence as it strives to inspire and enrich the community through live performance. John Legend joins Jerry Seinfeld, Elvis Costello, the New York Philharmonic, James Taylor, Diana Ross, and other countless luminaries who have graced the Tilles Center stage.

ACCESS TO THE ARTS

Tilles Center’s Catholic Health Cares Program offers partially and fully subsidized tickets to Long Islanders. During the 2022/23 season alone, over 4,000 tickets were distributed, including over 1,500 tickets to Veterans and First Responders.

ARTS AND AUTISM

Over 2,000 people engage in Tilles Center’s sensory-friendly programs annually, including young people with autism and their families. Tilles Center commissioned and premiered its first sensory immersion theater production, Branching Out , an intimate, interactive theatrical experience designed specifically for neurodivergent audiences and those with limited movement, sensory and/or complex communication needs.

SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS

Over 15,000 Long Island students participate annually in this unique collaboration which uses the arts to foster critical thinking, literacy skills, creativity and problem solving, while supporting social and emotional health. The 2023/24 season will feature over 20 shows for students of all ages – from Keep Marching: The Road to the March on Washington to Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Kids.

TILLES CENTER BOARD OF ADVISORS

CO - CHAIRS

Peter J. Klein · Sandra Krasnoff

VICE CHAIR

Michael T. Keenan

BOARD MEMBERS

SECRETARY

Carolyn Mott

Ernie Canadeo · Angel Cepeda · Dr. Sophie Christman · Eugene DeMark · Jennifer DeMaula

Ken DiCamillo · Maureen Evers-Willox · Russell Glick · Andrew Goodman · Steven Klar · Eric Kramer

Seymour Liebman · Deirdre Costa Major · Philip W. Malakoff · Jon Otto · Justin Piccione

Patricia Santoli · Martin F. Scheinman · Jay Silverman · Irwin Tantleff

MEMBERS EMERITI

Jadwiga Brown · Barbara Bivona · Anne W. Ellis

Michael Martone

EX OFFICIO

CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

Jack Bransfield

Dr. Kimberly Cline · Tom Dunn · Theresa M. Mullarkey · Hon. Roger Tilles

HONORARY MEMBERS

Chris Botti · Melissa Errico · Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway · Alan Gilbert · Patti LuPone

Idina Menzel · Itzhak Perlman · Gerard Schwarz

New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

ˆ PRINCIPAL UNDERWRITER

3 Tables at $100,000

• Recognition throughout the event

• Premier dinner & concert seating for 30

• Diamond Journal Page

• Listing as the Principal Underwriter in

ˆ UNDERWRITER

2 Tables at $50,000

• Recognition throughout the event

• Premium dinner & concert seating for 20

• Platinum Journal Page

• Listing as an Underwriter in the Journal

ˆ PRINCIPAL SPONSOR

2 Tables at $35,000

• Recognition throughout the event

• Preferred dinner & concert seating for 20

• Platinum Journal Page

• Listing as a Principal Sponsor in

Tilles Center Gala

An Evening with John Legend

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Honoring

Anne D. Shybunko-Moore CEO and Owner GSE Dynamics, Inc.

ˆ PRINCIPAL BENEFACTOR

1 Table at $25,000

• Recognition throughout the event

• Preferred dinner & concert seating for 10

• Platinum Journal Page

• Listing as a Principal Benefactor in

ˆ BENEFACTOR

1 Table at $17,500

• Priority dinner & concert seating for 10

• Gold Journal Page

• Listing as a Benefactor in the Journal

ˆ SPONSOR

1 Table at $12,500

• Preferred dinner & concert seating for 10

• Full-Page Journal Page

• Listing as a Sponsor in the Journal

ˆ SUPPORTER

1 Ticket at $1,250

• Preferred dinner & concert seating

• Listing as a Supporter in the Journal

COMMEMORATIVE JOURNAL

ˆ Diamond Page $10,000

ˆ Platinum Page $5,000

ˆ Full-Page $1,000

ˆ Half-Page $500

Benefiting Tilles Center’s enduring mission to inspire, engage and educate the Long Island community through arts performance, education and advocacy.

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Tilles Center Gala

An Evening with John Legend

Saturday, November 11, 2023

Honoring

Anne D. Shybunko-Moore CEO and Owner GSE Dynamics, Inc.

AUTHORIZATION SIGNATURE

A check is enclosed in the amount of $______________

Please make your check payable to Long Island University / Tilles Center and mail it to: Office of Advancement Tilles Center for the Performing Arts 720 Northern Boulevard Brookville, NY 11548

GALA TABLE GUESTS

For additional information, contact Shannon Preston, Director of Advancement, at 516.299.2600 or shannon.preston@liu.edu. Tickets and tables are not refundable and cannot be exchanged. Contributions are tax-deductable to the extent allowed by law. The estimated value of non-deductable goods and services is $625 per ticket. Note that John Legend will not be in attendance at the dinner, his performance will take place on the Concert Hall stage at 8:30 pm.

For more information or to register online, visit tillescenter.org/gala