2024 Gala Journal

FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION — UNITED STATES

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 THE RAINBOW ROOM, NEW YORK CITY

Honoring R AYM ON D J. M cGUIRE

IS A B E L W ILK E RS O N

PRESIDENT

YO U N G LE A D E R 1 9 9 4

LAZARD

N EW YOR K T I M ES B E S T S E LLI N G AU TH O R A N D P U LI TZ E R P R I Z E W I N N E R

FOR T H E IR D ED I CAT E D S E R V I C E TO F R E N C H-A M E R I C A N F R I E N D S H I P A L L A N M . C H A P IN CH A IR M A N E M E R I T U S FRENCH-AMER ICA N FOUNDAT ION – UNI TE D S TAT E S

A L A IN PA P IA S S E C H A I R M A N E M E R I TU S F R E N C H-A M E R I C A N F O U N DATI O N – F R A N C E

Evening Program ANTHEMS

REMARKS Caroline Naralasetty

WELCOME A ND O PENI NG REM ARKS

President French-American Foundation – U.S.

Edward C. Wallace Chairman, Board of Directors French-American Foundation – U.S.

AWA R D P R E S E N TAT I O N

Ambassador Laurent Bili

Alain Papiasse

Ambassador of France to the United States

Chairman Emeritus French-American Foundation – France

AWARD PRESENTATI O N

Isabel Wilkerson Young Leader 1994

New York Times Bestselling Author and

PRESENTED BY

Jean-Yves Fillion Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors BNP Paribas USA

Pulitzer Prize Winner PRESENTED BY

Marc Lacey Young Leader 2001 Managing Editor The New York Times

AWA R D P R E S E N TAT I O N

Allan M. Chapin Chairman Emeritus French-American Foundation – U.S PRESENTED BY:

AWARD PRESENTATI O N

Raymond J. McGuire President

Edward C. Wallace

C H A M PAG N E TOAST

Lazard PRESENTED BY

Susan Fales-Hill Television Producer, Author and Screenwriter

DINNER SERVI CE

D E S S E RT R E C E P T I O N C O G N AC CA M U S TAST I N G

The French-American Foundation is the only organization dedicated solely to sustaining and strengthening the French-American relationship at the highest levels of leadership. The Foundation works to build lasting, practical working ties between France and the United States and to advance solutions to problems of shared concern. Through our work, we seek to perpetuate more than two centuries of shared ideals and friendship to meet the challenges of the 21st century together.

CO -CHAI R S

G A L A CO M M IT T E E

CORPORAT E COM M IT TEE

Jean-Yves Fillion

Allan M. and Anna Chapin

Antares International Partners

Yves-André Istel and Kathleen Begala

Gary M. Cole

Baker McKenzie

Frances Devlin

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Andrew and Jackie Klaber

Johanna and Roy Kabla

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Edward C. Wallace

William R. Hearst III

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Dear Friends, This evening we gather to celebrate the spirit of collaboration and true friendship that has characterized the best of the French-American relationship since its beginning, some 246 years ago.

This evening’s success is entirely a shared effort. We would like especially to extend our gratitude to our honorees: Raymond J. McGuire and Lazard for their support of this evening and our mission; to the Chairmen Emeriti of the French-American Foundations in the U.S. and in France, Allan M. Chapin and Alain Papiasse, for their collective commitment and years of service in building bridges and advocating for French-American friendship; and to our distinguished alumna Isabel Wilkerson, Young Leader 1994, whose seminal work has had a profound impact on our understanding of American history.

A special thank you to H.E. Ambassador Laurent Bili for his presence here tonight and for the work that his team does every day to strengthen relations between our two countries. To our guest speakers Marc Lacey YL ’01, JeanYves Fillion, and Susan Fales-Hill, thank you for being part of this special evening. To the BNP Paribas team, our gratitude for your tireless dedication to the Gala’s success. We are grateful as well to the members of the Gala and Corporate Committees, and to the many donors who make our work possible. More than anything, this evening is a celebration of all of you.

We would like to extend our deepest thanks as well to our colleagues at the French-American Foundation in

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

France, and especially to Jacques Aschenbroich, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orange and President of the Foundation, and Amina Sabeur, Managing Director. Our structure – sister organizations in New York and Paris that share a common name and mission but operate independently – makes us uniquely positioned to address the interests of constituents on both sides of the Atlantic.

THE RAINBOW ROOM, NEW YORK CITY

We are most grateful for your own commitment and for the opportunity to welcome you here tonight. In these tumultuous times, your presence is an affirmation of the strength, the vitality and the shared sense of purpose of the French-American Foundation community, and of the importance of Franco-American friendship. Thank you all for joining us. We hope you will have a most enjoyable evening.

Edward C. Wallace

Caroline Naralasetty

Chairman, Board of Directors

President

French-American Foundation – U.S.

French-American Foundation – U.S.

SPEAKER

Ambassador Laurent Bili AMBASSADOR OF FRANCE TO THE UNITED STATES A graduate of the French National School of Public Administration (ENA) (Victor Hugo Year, 1989-91), Laurent Bili joined the French Foreign Ministry’s Strategic Affairs and Disarmament Directorate (1991-93). Seconded to the Defense Ministry as Deputy Diplomatic Adviser (1993-95), he then held several positions at the Quai d’Orsay: First Secretary and then Second Counsellor at the French Embassy in Ankara (1995- 99); First Secretary, Permanent Representative of France to the Western European Union (WEU) (1998-2000); Adviser to the European Union’s interim Political and Security Committee (PSC) in Brussels (2000-02); Head of Strategic Affairs (2002).

In 2002, he was Director of the Private Office of the Minister Delegate for European Affairs and became technical adviser at the Diplomatic Unit of the Presidency of the French Republic (2002-07). He successively held the positions of Ambassador to Thailand (2007-09), Director of the Defense Minister’s Civilian and Military Office (2009-10), Ambassador to Turkey (2011-15) and then to Brazil (2015-17). Laurent Bili was then Director-General for Global Affairs, Culture, Education and International Development at the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and G7/G20 Sous-Sherpa (2017-2019). Laurent Bili was Ambassador to China from September 2019 until January 2023. He is Ambassador to the United States since March 2nd, 2023.

HONOREE

Isabel Wilkerson YOUNG LEADER 1994 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND PULITZER PRIZE WINNER Isabel Wilkerson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, is the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestsellers The Warmth of

Other Suns, and Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.

“Wilkerson’s work,” in the words of The American Prospect magazine, “is the missing puzzle piece of our country’s history.”

The Warmth of Other Suns won the National Book Critics Circle Award, among other honors, and was named to more than 30 Best of the Year lists, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times,

The New Yorker and The Washington Post. TIME Magazine named it one of the “10 Best Non-Fiction Books” of the decade. The New York

Times Magazine named Warmth to its list of the best nonfiction books of all time.

Her new book, Caste: The Origins of our Discontents, was published in August 2020 to critical acclaim and became a Number 1 New York

Times bestseller. Dwight Garner of The New York Times called it, “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.” Oprah Winfrey chose it as her 2020 Summer/Fall book club selection, declaring it “the most important book” she had ever selected.

Wilkerson won the Pulitzer Prize for her deeply humane narrative writing while serving as Chicago Bureau Chief of The New York Times in 1994, making her the first black woman in the history of American journalism to win a Pulitzer Prize and the first African American to win for individual reporting. In 2016, President Barack Obama awarded Wilkerson the National Humanities Medal for “championing the stories of an unsung history.”

As the historian Jill Lepore observed in The New Yorker: “What Wilkerson urges, isn’t argument at all; it’s compassion. Hush, and listen.”

HONOREE

Raymond J. McGuire PRESIDENT L AZARD Raymond J. McGuire was named president of Lazard in April 2023. Prior to joining Lazard, Mr. McGuire held a 13-year term as Citigroup’s global head of corporate and investment banking, the longest tenure for this position in the history of Wall Street. Afterwards, he was the vice chairman of Citigroup and chairman of Citi’s banking, capital markets and advisory business. Previously, Mr. McGuire was the global co-head of mergers & acquisitions at Morgan Stanley, a managing director in the mergers & acquisitions group of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc and was one of the original members of Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc. He started his career in 1984 in the mergers & acquisitions group of The First Boston Corporation.

Mr. McGuire is currently a member of the corporate boards of the Hess Corporation and Vornado Realty Trust. He was formerly a board member of KKR & Co., Inc. He holds leadership roles on several not-for-profit boards including: the American Museum of Natural History, the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums, the Hotchkiss School, the New York Public Library, the Regional Plan Association (Chairman), the Studio Museum in Harlem (Chairman), and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He received his M.B.A. and J.D. from Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School and an A.B. from Harvard College.

HONOREE

Alain Papiasse CHAIRMAN OF CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL BANKING BNP PARIBAS Alain Papiasse began his career in 1973 at Crédit Lyonnais where he held various positions including Credit Analyst and Deputy Senior Banker, before being appointed Crédit Lyonnais’ Executive Vice President for the Americas in 1996. In 2002, Alain Papiasse was appointed Group Vice-President of Crédit Lyonnais, before being nominated in 2003 Vice President of Crédit Agricole Indosuez Calyon following the merger between Crédit Lyonnais and Crédit Agricole.

In January 2005, he joined BNP Paribas as a member of the Group Executive Committee and Head of Investment Solutions, the Group’s division responsible for administering customers’ savings programs and providing asset management services. In April 2009, he was appointed Head of the Corporate and Investment Banking division (CIB), and in December 2011 became Deputy Chief Operating Officer of the Group.

In 2018, Alain Papiasse was appointed Chairman of CIB to continue development of the Bank’s relationships with large international clients, while continuing to oversee the Group’s activities in North America (Chairman of BNP Paribas USA Inc.), the United Kingdom, Luxembourg (Vice-Chairman of BGL), the GCC Region and India.

In 2021, Alain Papiasse was appointed Executive Advisor to General Management while retaining the position of Chairman of CIB. Alain Papiasse is also the Chairman of the Steering Committee of Paris-Europlace, Honorary Chairman and Chairman of the Young Leaders jury of the French-American Foundation – France.

Alain Papiasse is a graduate of three French business schools: Institut Technique de Banque, Centre d’Etudes Supérieurs de Banque and HEC business school (Executive MBA).

HONOREE

Allan M. Chapin CHAIRMAN EMERITUS FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION – U.S. Allan M. Chapin began his career as a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, where he became a Partner in 1976. He was a resident of their Paris office for several years and served as head of Sullivan & Cromwell’s European operations. He then became a Managing Director of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, and subsequently a partner of Compass Partners Advisors, LLP. Throughout his career, Mr. Chapin has represented sovereign governments,

investment

and

merchant

banks,

insurance

companies, a wide array of industrial private sector companies, and many foreign investors, both individuals and corporations.

Mr. Chapin has served as a Director of the French-American Foundation since 1999, becoming Chairman of the Foundation in 2008. Mr. Chapin is also a Director of Fondation Claude Pompidou, a Trustee of Aperture Foundation and has served as a Director of many public and private companies in the United States and Europe. Mr. Chapin received his bachelor’s degree from Yale University and his LLB from Yale Law School. He served in the United States Marine Corps.

PRESENTER

Marc Lacey YOUNG LEADER 2001 MANAGING EDITOR THE NEW YORK TIMES Marc Lacey is a managing editor at The New York Times.

During his 25 years at The Times, Mr. Lacey has held leadership positions as an editor in New York and as a correspondent in Washington, Nairobi, Mexico City and Phoenix.

Mr. Lacey, who was born in Queens, N.Y., and grew up in Mandeville, Jamaica, and upstate New York, joined The Times in 1999 as a White House correspondent.

From 2006 to 2010, he was the bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. In that role, he led coverage of the Haitian earthquake in 2010, Cuba’s transition from Fidel Castro and Mexico’s drug war. From 2001 to 2006, he was the Nairobi bureau chief for The Times, responsible for a dozen countries in east and central Africa. He also did a stint in Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. From 2016 to 2021, Mr. Lacey oversaw dozens of correspondents across the United States as the national editor of The Times. His tenure overlapped with the Trump presidency, the coronavirus pandemic and the racial justice protests that followed the murder of George Floyd.

In 2019, he represented The Times in a live televised debate with CNN that featured a dozen Democratic presidential candidates. He has also served as a juror for the Pulitzer Prizes in the breaking news and international reporting categories.

PRESENTER

Susan Fales-Hill TELEVISION PRODUCER, AUTHOR AND SCREENWRITER Susan Fales-Hill was educated at the Lycée Francais de New York (Baccalaureat Academie de Caen, 1980) and graduated with honors from Harvard College (AB ’84.) An award-winning television writer/producer, author and arts advocate, she currently serves as an Executive Producer/Writer on HBO Max’s “And Just Like That.”

She is the author of four books, including a memoir, “Always Wear

Joy,” an homage to her mother, groundbreaking performer, Josephine Premice. Her articles have appeared in publications ranging from Architectural Digest to The New York Times. She’s a Contributing Editor at Town and Country. She’s currently at work on a non-fiction about her Rhode Island and Boston ancestors’ involvement in the New England branch of the transatlantic slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries. (On her mother’s side, she’s a descendant of Haitian revolutionary war veteran, Napoleon Premice, who fought on the side of the patriots with “Les Affranchis du Comte d’Estaing.”)

Ms. Fales-Hill serves on the board of St. Paul’s School and the Dean’s Advisory Council of the Radcliffe Institute. She has served on the board of American Ballet Theater, the Lycée Francais de New York and as Vice Chair of her Harvard class reunions. From 2003-2006, she was an elected director of the Harvard Alumni Association. In 2003, she was elected to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame.

She lives in New York with her husband, Aaron Hill, her daughter, Bristol Fales-Hill, and their lab/pit mix, Prince.

PRESENTER

Jean-Yves Fillion VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BNP PARIBAS USA Jean-Yves Fillion is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas USA. He serves as executive sponsor to many of the bank’s strategic US clients and represents BNP Paribas to the US official sector, US trade organizations and the media.

Mr. Fillion has been with BNP Paribas for four decades, 3 of which he has spent in the United States between Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. In addition to his role on the Board of BNPP USA, he is also a Director and member of the Executive Committee of the French-American Foundation and the International Advisory Board of Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC), his alma mater. In line with the Bank’s worldwide commitment to tennis, Mr. Fillion is a member of the Board of Governors for the International Tennis Hall of Fame and CityParks Foundation. A former member of the French National Sailing Team, he is an active member of the New York Yacht Club and American Yacht Club. Mr Fillion is a Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.

Since joining the bank in 1984, Mr. Fillion has served the bank in a succession of executive positions. Prior to his current role, he served as CEO BNP Paribas USA and Chairman of CIB Americas, CEO of CIB Americas, COO of BNP Paribas Fortis and Co-Head of BNP Paribas’ CIB European Platform. Before those roles, he spent the bulk of his career in the US as Head of Client Coverage in North America, Head of Structured Finance Americas, Head of Acquisition Finance and Head of Media & Telecom Finance.

Mr. Fillion received a Master’s degree from Dauphine University and his MBA from HEC in Paris. He also studied at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University in Chicago

PRESENTER

Edward C. Wallace CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION – U.S. Edward C. Wallace serves as Co-Chairman of Greenberg Traurig New York office.

Ed has deep experience in law, business, and government. He serves as a trusted advisor to companies doing business with the government. He serves as outside counsel to JCDecaux North America. He has advised Extell/Carlyle, Silverstein/El Ad, Columbia University, NYU and Fordham on major real estate development projects and major government service providers including JCDecaux and Hornblower.

Prior to entering the private sector as a Vice President at Boston Properties, he served as City Council Member-at-Large (Manhattan) and then Chief of Staff to the New York City Council President. Ed began his career in the Chelsea neighborhood office of the Legal Aid Society. Ed serves as vice chairman of New Yorkers for Parks where he was chair. He serves as vice president and outside general counsel to the Citizens Budget Commission and served as counsel to NYC 2012, the City’s Olympic bid. Ed has been listed in multiple editions of The Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers and is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell. He is consistently included on City and State’s “New York City Power 100” list and was named a 2020 Lifetime Achievement honoree.

Ed is the Chairman of the French-American Foundation and spends a month in France each year for work and travel.

SPEAKER

Caroline Naralasetty PRESIDENT FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION – U.S. Caroline joined the Foundation as President in 2021. She brings almost two decades of non-profit management and fundraising experience to the Foundation, where she drives the organization’s fiscal, operational, and programmatic work. Since joining, she has led an expansion and deepening of programming; welcomed over a dozen new directors to the Board and overhauled member engagement efforts; and worked to solidify the Foundation’s financial and organizational strength.

Prior to joining the Foundation, she served as Director of Development at the Lycée Français de New York, where she oversaw annual and major giving, special events, and alumni relations for the 1,200-student school, a member of the French Government’s global

Agence pour l’enseignement français à l’étranger (AEFE) network.

Previously, Caroline was a Corporate Vice President at consulting firm CCS, where she both planned and implemented major capital and endowment fundraising campaigns for non-profit organizations across secondary and higher education, healthcare, and the arts.

During that time, she also served on an interim basis as Chief Development Officer for several institutions. She began her career as a strategic communications consultant in New York.

Caroline holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business, an MA from NYU’s Institute of French Studies, and a BA from Stanford University. As an undergraduate, she completed studies in art history at the Université de Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is a graduate of The Brearley School.

She and her family reside in Manhattan.

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the French-American Foundation – France, Jacques Aschenbroich, Chairman of the Board, congratulates our sister foundation, THE FRENCH-AMERICAN FOUNDATION – UNITED STATES,

for its success in promoting the shared ideals of our two nations.

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Jacques Aschenbroich would also like to extend his congratulations to the honorees of the 2024 Gala.

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20 2 4 P RO G R A M S POLICY BREAKFASTS The Policy Breakfast series showcases a renowned expert for an in-depth discussion on politically and culturally relevant topics. These programs are invitation-only, intimate, and take place in an off-the-record setting. Participants include leaders from across the fields of politics, business, journalism, government, and more.

Recently featured speakers and topics have included Gina Adams, Corporate Vice President for Government and Regulatory Affairs of FedEx Corporation, on global trade; Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, on the role of the United Nations; former NYPD Commissioner William J. Bratton, on public safety post COVID-19; Philippe Étienne, former Ambassador of France to the United States, on US-French relations; Pierre-André de Chalendar, Chairman of Saint-Gobain, on climate and urbanism; and Pierre-Yves Roussel, CEO of Tory Burch, on the nuances of luxury brands.

CYBER SECURITY CONFERENCE The

French-American

Foundation

has

a

&

Digital

Policy;

Chris

longstanding commitment to advancing dialogue

Inglis,

on cyber security-related topics of mutual

Cyber Director; Gilles de

concern for France and the United States. Now

Kerchove, EU Counter-

in its eleventh year, the French-American Cyber

Terrorism Director; Anne

Security Conference takes place annually in

Neuberger ’15, Deputy

Washington, D.C. and assembles leaders in

National Security Advisor

military, government, industry, and academia to

for Cyber and Emerging

examine emerging cyber security challenges in

Technology at the White

a transatlantic context. The Foundation’s work

House;

in cyber security is an outgrowth of our historic

Poupard, Director General of the French

work on defense and security issues, areas

Network and Information Security Agency; and

where Franco-American cooperation continues

Rob Wainwright, Former Director of Europol.

to be active and strong.

Notable

past

Former

National

Guillaume

This year’s conference, organized in partnership

participants

included:

with the French-American Foundation—France,

Major General Aymeric Bonnemaison,

will take place from December 9 – 10, 2024

Commander

Command;

and assemble nearly 100 cyber security experts

Michael Daniel, Former White House Cyber

for a two-day event. The theme of this year’s event

Security Coordinator; Nathaniel Fick ’10,

is Putting Cyber Security into Practice:

US Ambassador

A Transatlantic Discussion.

of

French

at

have

Cyber

Large

for

Cyberspace

TRANSATLANTIC FORUM Founded in New York City in 2018, the Transat-

debate and a desire to engage across cultures

lantic Forum is an invitation-only membership

to help build a more peaceful and unified world.

group that brings together French and American professionals for in-depth conversations on contemporary issues of concern on both sides of the Atlantic.

The

program

understanding

aims of

to

the

provide forces

a

deeper

shaping

both

American and French societies in a warm, convivial

atmosphere

that

fosters

lasting

relationships. The goal is to create a community that is informed, open-minded and committed to engaging personally on issues of critical importance to the US – France relationship.

Recent speakers have included: Tara Varma, Visiting

Fellow

at

Brookings

Institute,

on

European Parliament elections; David Kahn, Co-Owner and CEO of Paris Basketball, on sports landscapes in the US and France; Frank Brown, Advisory Director at General Atlantic and Former Dean of INSEAD business school, on transatlantic leadership; Dr. Moran Cerf, Every six weeks, members meet over dinner

a professor of neuroscience and business, on

for a conversation with a subject-matter expert.

recent discoveries in neuroscience that will

Members cross nationalities and professional

shape the future; and Binkady-Emmanuel

fields such as government, media, non-profit,

Hié, Founder of NORME and former fundraiser

academia, business, law, finance, the arts,

for the Paris Opera, on diversity, equity and

and more. Forum members share a passion for

inclusion.

TRANSLATION PRIZE Since 1986, the Translation Prize’s mission has been to promote French literature in the United States and provide translators, their publishers, and the art of translation with greater visibility and recognition. This year’s Translation Prize received a record number of submissions, making it one of the Prize’s most competitive cycles yet. Out of ten finalists, two winning translators in the fiction and nonfiction categories will be honored at an awards ceremony on June 18 at the Strand Bookstore’s Rare Book Room for their exceptional French-to-English translations published in 2023. The Foundation is honored to feature special guest speaker Jonathan W. Galassi, poet, translator, and Chairman of Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

This program is generously funded by the Florence Gould Foundation

YOUNG LEADERS The French-American Foundation’s flagship Young Leaders program was founded in 1981 jointly with our sister organization, the French-American Foundation—France. The program brings together an exceptional group of French and American professionals, aged 30 to 40, from a wide array of sectors, whose common link is their passion for forging bonds in a globalized world, engaging in rigorous dialogue and debate, and using their influence for the common good.

In this two-year program, alternating between France and the United States, a group of 40 Young Leaders spends five days together discussing issues of common concern, meeting with local and global specialists, and getting to know one another, before joining a robust, global alumni network of nearly 600 members. In today’s world, international cooperation and crosscultural understanding are critical as ever, and this program provides an essential environment for French and American leaders to foster productive, lasting ties across the Atlantic.

Alumni of the program include prominent figures from both sides of the Atlantic, including former President Bill Clinton ’84; President Emmanuel Macron ’12; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ’83; Secretary of State Antony Blinken ’98; United States Senator Laphonza Butler ’11; Olympic gold medalist Lorrie Fair Allen ’18; New York Times Bestselling Author and Pulitzer Prize Winner Isabel Wilkerson ’94; finance executive John Thain ’99; US Ambassador to India and former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti ’05; journalist Christine Ockrent ’83; and ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet ’17.

The 2024 Young Leaders seminar will take place in Miami, Florida from October 22 – 27, 2024.

U P COMING EV ENTS J U N E 18

3 7 t h an n u al Tr an sl ation P r ize Aw a r d s C e re m on y LOCATION: THE STRAND BOOKSTORE’S RARE BOOK ROOM (828 BROADWAY), NEW YORK, NY

S EP T EMB ER 18

Yo un g L e ad e r s & Alumn i G at h e r in g LOCATION:

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Tr a ns atl an tic F or u m o n t he U. S. P re sid e n tial El e c tion s LOCATION:

NEW YORK, NY

OC TOB E R 22 – 27

Yo un g L e ad e r s S e m in ar LOCATION:

MIAMI, FL

D EC EMB ER 9 – 10

Cyber S e c u r ity C o nf e re n c e LOCATION:

WASHINGTON, D.C.

FAL L 2 0 24 Visit our website to learn more about upcoming events this fall: www.frenchamerican.org

Contributors $100,000 OR MORE

$25,000 OR MORE

Lazard and Raymond J. McGuire

A&O Shearman – Lara Aryani and Clare O’Brien

$50,000 OR MORE

French-American Foundation – France

Allan M. and Anna Chapin

L’Oréal

Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Faiza Saeed

John Thain

William R. Hearst III

$20,000 OR MORE

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Jamie Dimon

Patrinvest, in honor of Allan M. Chapin Antonio Weiss

$30,000 OR MORE

Greenberg Traurig LLP and Edward C. Wallace Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Brad S. Karp Rhône Group and Steven Langman Sullivan & Cromwell LLP – H. Rodgin Cohen, Mitchell S. Eitel, and Karen Seymour

$15,000 OR MORE

Anonymous Baker McKenzie and Clyde E. Rankin III Bloomberg LP BNP Paribas and Jean-Yves Fillion James R. Finkel Yves-André Istel and Kathleen Begala Andrew and Jackie Klaber Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Ina C. Popova Johanna and Roy Kabla

François and Catherine Pagès

Marie-Noëlle Pierce

Pfizer and Frances Devlin

Leah Pisar

Melissa Sawyer

Nathalie Sann Regnault

Ambassador Craig and Dorothy Stapleton

Cécile Schmollgruber

10,000 OR MORE

Camus Cognac and Cyril Camus Anne Dias $5,000 OR MORE

Suruchi Ahuja Gary M. Cole Mia de Kuijper, PhD Jiten and Caroline Naralasetty

David Thoms $1,000 OR MORE

Jonathan Cramer Harun Dogo Evelyne Estey, in honor of Raymond J. McGuire Tatyana Franck Scott Handler and Stephanie Gosnell Handler, in honor of Allan M. Chapin Adam Jones

$2,000 OR MORE

Thibaud Leblanc

Elizabeth Askren

Remy Raisner

Carol Bellamy

Juila Rubalevskaya

Bully Pulpit International and Adam Hodge

James Swenson Robert Treuhold

Alexandre Chenesseau Chloe Demrovsky Emma Fuerst Frelinghuysen Alex Gambal

UNDER $1,000

Cindy Carcamo

Vivien de Gunzburg

Hon. Judge Nicholas Garaufis and Betsy Seidman

Fatima Hadj

Eda Haksal

Anne Lauvergeon

Marjorie Cyr Isaksen

Sacha Lehto

Brenda Levin

Margaret Phillips

(as of May 28, 2024)

CHA I RMAN

BOA RD O F DIRECT O RS

Edward C. Wallace

Gina Adams

Raymond J. McGuire

Jacques Aschenbroich

Clare O’Brien

Elizabeth Askren

Alain Papiasse

Kirsten Bartok Touw

Hon. Jeanne L. Phillips

Carol Bellamy

Frédéric Rozé

George Brokaw

Melissa Sawyer

Geoffrey Chepiga

Siddhartha Shukla

Frances Devlin

Ambassador Craig Stapleton

CHA I RMAN EMERI TU S Allan M. Chapin

PRES I D E N T Caroline Naralasetty

EX ECUTIVE COMMIT TE E

Anne Dias Charles Ferguson

Gary M. Cole

James Finkel

Chloe Demrovsky

Emma Fuerst Frelinghuysen

Jean-Yves Fillion Yves-André Istel Roy Kabla François Pagès Ina C. Popova Douglas M. Price Clyde E. Rankin III Cynthia Smith Antonio Weiss

Vivien de Gunzburg Fatima Hadj Scott Handler

John Thain David Thoms Robert C. Treuhold

H O NO RA RY DIRECT O R François Bujon de L’Estang

William R. Hearst III Maya Henry

IN M EM O RIA M

Adam Hodge

Michel David-Weill

Reuben Jeffery III

James G. Lowenstein

Andrew Klaber Mia de Kuijper, PhD

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