Living a Valiant Vision
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2025
5 PM
You are cordially invited to
GALA
Living a Valiant Vision
Thursday, April 3, 2025 | 5 PM to 8:30 PM
First Floor, Reid Castle and O’Byrne Chapel 2900 Purchase St., Purchase, NY 10577
Honorees
Presidential Medal
Sila María Calderón ’64, Eighth Governor of Puerto Rico, 2001 – 2005
Valiant Visionary
Nicolas Brown ’03, President, The Americas, McLaren Automotive
Corporate Citizenship Social Responsibility Champion
Valley National Bank Daryl A. Mundis ’88, (Retired) Assistant Secretary General, United Nations
Gala Co-Chairs
Senior Vice President, Business Operations and Services at NBCUniversal
General Counsel (Retired), Edward Jones
Amanda Kis-Murthy ’ 07
Christopher N. Lewis ’97, JD
Sponsorship Opportunities
Founding Valiant | $50,000
• VIP reception access
• Prime table seating for ten
• Full-page ad in the print program
• Logo placement/name recognition on event materials (landing page, screens, programs)
• Recognition from the podium during the event and in promotional ads, press releases, newsletters, and Alumni Magazine
• Social media highlights and recap video
• Waived rental fee for any space on the first floor of Reid Castle for a private event
Platinum Valiant | $25,000
• VIP reception access
• Preferred table seating for ten
• Half-page ad in the print program
• Logo placement/name recognition on event materials (landing page, screens, programs)
• Recognition from the podium during the event and in promotional ads, press releases, newsletters, and Alumni Magazine
• Social media highlights and recap video
Gold Valiant | $10,000
• Table seating for eight
• Half-page ad in the print program
• Logo placement/name recognition on event materials (landing page, screens, programs)
• Recognition in the Alumni Magazine
Silver Valiant | $5,000
• Table seating for four
• Quarter-page ad in the print program
• Logo placement/name recognition on event materials (landing page, screens, programs)
• Recognition in the Alumni Magazine
Tickets
Individual Ticket | $400
Faculty/Staff | $350
Sponsor a Valiant | $350
*Purchase a ticket for a student, staff or faculty member.
Advertising In Print Program and on Gala Big Screen
Full print and full screen ad | $4,000
Full print ad or full screen ad | $3,000
Half page or half screen ad | $2,000 Quarter page or quarter screen ad | $1,000
To purchase tables, tickets, and advertising, click here.
For questions regarding sponsorship opportunities or registering for the Gala, please contact Madison Fields ’23 at 914.323.5175 or Madison.Fields@mville.edu.
If you cannot attend the Gala and would like to support Manhattanville with a donation, click here.
Trustees
Mary “O’Gorman” Fay Allan ’67
Grace E. Butler, RSCJ ’64, M.A. ’69 Teacher, Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart (Retired)
John Silva Calvao ’94 Fund Principal, Arrow Global
Cathleen Collins ’69 Managing Partner, Kinsella, Boesch, Fujikawa and Towle, LLP. (Retired)
Stephanie Kloos Donoghue ’82 President, S. Kloos Communications Inc.
Michael C. Dunn ’77
Senior Vice PresidentChief Marketing Officer, Georgia Pacific CEO, James Gate Group (Retired)
Sheila Falvey Finnerty ’87 Executive Managing Director, Liberty Mutual Investments (Retired)
Karina Frayter ’01 Head of Corporate Affairs and Marketing, Flix North America
William H. Humphreys Business Director and Senior Vice President, Stolt-Nielsen USA, Inc. (Retired)
Linda Pistecchia Kirkpatrick ’99 President, Mastercard Americas
Alice D. Leahey ’69
Assistant Vice President, Bank of America (Retired)
Francisco Leija Consultant, Modern Phalanx Solutions
Karen Burris Lennon ’79 President, Karen B. Lennon Consulting LLC
Peter Lorenz CEO, Unirac Inc.
Christopher N. Lewis ’97, JD General Counsel, Edward Jones (Retired)
H. Joseph Machicote ’86 Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Premier, Inc.
Joseph B. Narus ’86 Senior Director, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Austin Purves, PhD Software Engineer, Rockstar Games
Frank D. Sánchez, PhD President, Manhattanville University
John M. Tolomer President, Westchester Market, Valley National Bankcorp
Anthony Viceroy Chief Operating Officer, VillageMD
June R. Wang ’67 Program Manager, Raytheon (Retired)
Amy Y. Zhang ’93 Executive Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Fred Alger Management, Inc.
Emeritus Trustees
D.H. “Don” Callahan ’78 Head of Operations and Technology, Citigroup Inc. (Retired)
Marcia Pearce DeWitt ’69 President and CEO, GuilfordPare Ltd.
Dwight R. Hilson, MAW ’09 Managing Director, Greenwich Media Management, LLC.
Marion C. Jordan ’70 Vice President, Verizon Communications, Inc. (Retired)
