PHOTO ALBUM - BEAUTY OF SURVIVAL 2017

PHOTO ALBUM

From left to right: Manuel J.Vélez, Intellectual Property Counsel, Mayer Brown, LLP; Cecilia Gastón, Executive D Stanley & Co.; Silda Palerm, Chair VIP Board and Co-Chair, Mayor’s Commission on Gender Equity; Marizaida U Dept. of Psychiatry; Betsy Mallow, Vice Chair VIP Board and Executive Deputy Commissioner and COO, New Yo Director of Training and Development, New York City Commission on Human Rights.

Director, VIP; Mayra Oviedo, Secretary VIP Board and Director, Morgan Umpierre, PhD Research Associate, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, ork State , Homes and Community Renewal; Vanessa Ramos, Esq.,

VIP Board of Directors

The Emcees This year we kept it fresh and interesting with several board members and our Deputy Executive Director sharing emcee duty for honoree recognitions and appeals.

Silda Palerm, Chair VIP Board and Co-Chair, Mayor’s Commission on Gender Equity.

Mayra Oviedo, Secretary VIP Board and Director, Morgan Stanley & Co.

Margarita GuzmĂĄn, Deputy Executive Director, VIP.

Betsy Mallow, Vice Chair VIP Board and Executive Deputy Commissioner and COO New York State Homes and Community Renewal.

Milga Morales, Board member and Dean and Vice President for Student Aairs, Brooklyn College (Retired).

Community Activist

Philanthropy Activist

Valerie Reyes-JimĂŠnez

Ana L. Oliveira

Associate for NYC, Community Mobilization Housing Works, Inc.

President The New York Women’s Foundation

The Honorees

Organization Activist Alpha Beta Alumnae Chapter Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

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Molly Mangus, Graduate Fellow at CUNY School of Law and; Mariana Salazar, Vista Fellow at VIP.

Elba Montalvo, Founder of The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc. and; Ana L. Oliveira, President, The New York Women’s Foundation and honoree at Beauty of Survival.

María Lizardo, Executive Director, Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation and; Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Deputy Director for Administration and External Aairs, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research.

Michael Gallin, Partner & Executive Vice President, John Gallin & Son and; Maribel Gallin, Health Entrepreneur.

VIP staff, from left to right: Cinthya Simisterra, Counselor Advocate; Vianey Romero-Méndez, Program Coordinator and Educational Liaison; Lorena Kourousias, Director of Economic Justice and Survival Programs; Jennifer Ruiz Díaz, Counselor Advocate and; Diane Ojeda, Office Manager.

Dr. Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, Chair of the New York City Health + Hospitals Board and; Digna SĂĄnchez former Assistant Commissioner & EEO OďŹƒcer, NYC Department for the Aging.

Deni Robey, Founder and Strategist, DTS Strategies

Madeline Lamour Holder, Director, Individual Giving NYWF and; Ann Marie Almeida, Vice President of Development NYWF.

Jeremy Robbins, Executive Director, New American Economy and Betsy Mallow, Vice Chair VIP Board and Executive Deputy Commissioner, and COO New York State Homes and Community Renewal.

Vilma Caraballo, former Program Manager at Queens Non-Residential Program at VIP, also recognized in our event, with her family.

Manuel J.VĂŠlez, Intellectual Property Counsel, Mayer Brown, LLP and VIP Board member and; Justin H. Phillips, Professor Department of Political Science, Columbia University.

Lorena Kourousias, Director of Economic Justice and Survival Programs at VIP and; Angelo Cabrera, Co-Founder and Board member of MASA.

Valerie Reyes-JimĂŠnez, Beauty of Survival Honoree and Associate for NYC Community Mobilization, Housing Works, Inc. and; Joseph JimĂŠnez.

Nathalie Lebrรณn, MSW VIP Intern from Silberman School of Social Work, Hunter College and; Kelly Guajardo, Communications and Policy Manager at VIP.

Yvonne Saavedra Limb, Program and Controls Manager at TDX Construction Corporation; Cecilia M. Gastรณn, Executive Director, VIP and; Vanessa Ramos, Esq., Director of Training and Development, New York City Commission on Human Rights. struction Corporation

Silda Palerm, Chair VIP Board and Co-Chair, Mayor’s Commission on Gender Equity.

Honoree Valerie Reyes-JimĂŠnez, with Felicia Carroll, Joseph JimĂŠnez and Mikola De Roo.

Zoraida RĂ­os from Casabe Houses Community Development.

Former and current NYWF Board of Directors. From left to right: Ana L. Oliveira, President, NYWF; Cecilia M. Gastón, Executive Director, VIP; Kathryn Weill, Photographer and founding member of NYWF; Elba Montalvo, Founder of CHCF, Inc.; Silda Palerm, Chair VIP Board and Co-Chair, Mayor’s Commission on Gender Equity; Madeline Lamour Holder, Director, Individual Giving NYWF and; Rosemonde Pierre-Louis, Deputy Director for Administration and External Affairs, McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research.

Joyce Klemperer, Consultant for Non-Profits; María Guzmán-Colón, Special Assistant to the Executive Director, NMIC; María Lizardo, Executive Director, NMIC.

Michelle Hernรกndez and Cynthia Montalvo, members of Alpha Beta Alumnae Chapter, Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. honored as Organization Activist.

Milga Morales, Dean and Vice President for Student Aairs, Brooklyn College (retired) and; Vanessa Santiago, Director of Programming, 2016, 2017, Alpha Beta Alumnae Chapter, Omega Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

We’ll see you next year!!!