Apollo Circle Benefit 2009 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, sponsored by Carolina Herrera.

This past Thursday night, the Apollo Circle Benefit, was held at the Metropolitan Museum in the Temple of Dendur. It’s one of the younger museum benefits and Paul Sevigny was DJ. Carolina Herrera was the evening’s hostess, having already attended the American Associates for the Royal Academy dinner in the Presence of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent down at the St. Regis.

Meredith Melling Burke and Adam Lippes

Patricia and Gerrit Lansing

Caroline Cummings and Nick Rafferty

Lauren Santo Domingo

Jessica Sailer and Devon Schuster

Elizabeth Meigher and Pam Baker

Kate Werlein and Alexandra Vickers

Alexandra Fritz

Annie Taube

Anthony Martignetti and Sophie Pera

Alejandro Santo Domingo and Amanda Hearst

Amanda Hearst and Valerie Boster

Nancy Chilton, Steve Eichner, and Vanessa Lawrence

Bronson Van Wyck

Brian Weiss and Stephanie LaCava

Cristina Civetta

Chris and Jennifer Laporte

Davin Staats and Ashley Baker

Elizabeth Grimaldi

Kylie Gattinella and Chloe Wynne

Ferebee Bishop Taube, Annie Taube, and Alexandra Fritz

Eleanor Ylvisaker

Amalia Keramitsis, Megan Hayes, Carolina Herrera, and Sylvana Soto-Ward

Jessica Sailer

Farrell Crowley

J. Alexander

Lindsay Fox and Flo Fulton

Kate Davidson Hudson

Jamie Johnson and Lauren Remington Platt

Owen Davidson and Kari Talley

Reinaldo Herrera and Luisana Mendoza

Jennifer Williams, Lucia Zamarron, and Phoebe Gubelmann

Kipton Cronkite, Philip Edwards, Ali Edwards, and Claude Shaw

Kate Lanphear and David Thielebeule

Lucia Zamarron and Jennifer Williams

Spencer Morgan and Alexis Bryan Morgan

Karla Martinez

Kari Talley

Lara Meiland-Shaw and Claude Shaw

Memphis Hackl and Farrell Crowley

Leslie Heaney and Eugenie Goodman

Vanessa Lawrence, Karla Martinez, and Melissa Ventosa Martin

Tantivy Bostwick and Allison Aston

Meredith Melling Burke and Adam Lippes

Winston Lapham and Hayley Bloomingdale

Mary McNally

Melissa Ventosa Martin

Sarah Roberts, Olivia Thacher, Will Rabbe, and Ashton Abbot

Paul Sevigny

Flo Fulton

Topper Mortimer and Alejandro Santo Domingo

Lauren Sturges

Saara Pritchard

Sara Zambrelli

Valerie Boster and Serena Nikkhah

Vanessa Lawrence

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [1]

 

Once a year, the good folks of the Irish Georgian Society make the trek from Dublin across the pond to gather support for their mission, which is: preserving and conserving Ireland’s great historic homes, castles and public buildings. Without the Society, many of these buildings are too often either demolished by neglect or developer’s wrecking ball. This year’s dinner raised funds to restore the City Assembly Building on South William Street in Dublin.

Patrick Guinness.

And so it was in the cozy confines of one of the city’s most august clubs (which goes unnamed because said club promotes the ancient and now risible tradition of insisting on the eschewing its name in print) that the Irish Georgian Society’s supporters gathered with the ever-present President, Desmond Fitzgerald, Knight of Glin, Robert O’Byrne, the IGS’s erudite director and the evening’s signature speaker, Patrick Guinness, of brewery fame and fortune and the son of the Society’s founder, Desmond Guinness.

Bill and Rebecca Dunn with Desmond FitzGerald

Sheila O'Malley, Ian Hyland, and Maureen Gillespie

Dinner at Irish Georgian Society Gala.

Also present – be they of Irish descent or otherwise created, tennis parents John and Kay McEnroe, Kenneth Jay Lane, KK Auchincloss, US Chapter President Paula Fogarty, Judy and Jack Hadlock, Kirk de Gooyer, Niall Smith, Christopher Hyland, Constantino Castellano, Louise Stephaich, Consul General Niall Burgess, and Liz and Peter Haveles. And you can be sure that it was all very pleasant stuff to partake of.

Charles Bunstine and Annette Lester

Kenneth Jay Lane and Alexandra Schlesinger

Edwina Sandys and Richard Kaplan

Christopher Hyland and Chantal O'Sullivan

Desmond FitzGerald and Paula Fogarty

John McEnroe and Peter Haveles

Robert O'Byrne and Steven Zick

Sean and Maura O'Rourke

Kay McEnroe and Steven Stolman

NARSAD held its 22nd annual awards dinner at The Pierre hotel, where 340 gathered to celebrate first-ever Productive Lives award winner Randy Lewis, Walgreens SVP, and the accomplishments of eight scientists for lifetime achievements in brain and behavior research. Lewis was honored for his commitment to providing an inclusive workplace for people of all abilities, including those with mental illness. Presenting the award to Lewis was Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico who has been instrumental in helping pass one of the most significant mental-health bills in U.S. history—The Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. NARSAD Scientific Council president Herbert Pardes, M.D., president and CEO of New York-Presbyterian Hospital made the presentations to the scientists. Today show contributor Gail Saltz, M.D., associate professor of psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill-Cornell School of Medicine, emceed. NARSAD is the world’s leading charity dedicated to brain and behavior research.

NARSAD 2009 Award Winners: Raquel Gur, MD, Phd, Daniel Wolfe, MD, Phd, Eric Nestler, MD, PhD, Lewis Judd, MD, PhD, Rubin Gur, PhD, Brenda Milner, C.C., PhD, E. Jane Costello, PhD, and Adrian Gold, MD.

Researchers and families came together to support NARSAD, which raises funds to provide grants to researchers seeking new insight into causes and possible treatments for mental illnesses that include schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders such as PTSD, and childhood disorders like autism. Attendees included NARSAD Chairman Stephen Lieber, chief investment officer, co-portfolio manager of Alpine Dynamic Balance Fund; the organization’s President Emeritus Constance Lieber; Dean of the Columbia University Medical Center Lee Goldman, M.D.; Nobel Prize laureates Eric Kandel, M.D., of Columbia University, and Paul Greengard, Ph.D., of Rockefeller University; George Handran, trustee of the Sidney R. Baer Jr. Foundation; new NARSAD Board Member Lynnda Maria Davis with husband Steven Davis, Board Chairman of Bob Evans Farms, Inc., and Milton and Tamar Maltz.

Ellen and Howard Schusterman, Linda and Mario Rossi, Gary and Sue Bonelli, and Paula and Tom Palma

The eight NARSAD 2009 prize winners selected by its 116-member Scientific Council, a volunteer body of leading experts in mental health research were: E. Jane Costello, Ph.D., and Adrian C. Angold, M.D., Duke University Ruane Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Research; Brenda Milner, CC., Ph.D., McGill University, Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience; Raquel Gur, M.D., Ph.D., and Ruben Gur, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Lieber Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Schizophrenia Research; Eric Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Falcone Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research For Contributions to Discovering How Genes & Environment Interact to Cause Depression Leading to New Treatments and Possibly Preventing Relapse, and Lewis Judd, M.D., University of California, San Diego, Falcone Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Mood Disorders Research For Contributions to Understanding Bipolar Disorder: Providing a New View: Life Long Impairment vs. Acute Isolated Episodes, Dominated by More Depression Than Mania New Model of Treatment: People and Clinicians Monitor Moods.

Connie Lieber, Dr. Lewis Judd, Dr. Patricia Judd, Alisa Judd Fee, and Dr. Stephanie Judd

In addition, the following prize for outstanding work in schizophrenia by a “young investigator” was presented to: Daniel H. Wolf, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, The Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Prize For Contributions to Understanding the Social, Emotional and Cognitive Deficits In People with Schizophrenia Since NARSAD began funding research, it has distributed more than $256 million in grants to nearly 3,000 scientists at more than 440 universities, medical centers and research institutes in the United States and 28 other countries. NARSAD was initially founded as the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression and now supports work on all major mental illnesses, including bipolar disorder, autism, and anxiety, such as post-traumatic stress and obsessive compulsive disorders.

Denise Kandel, Dr. Eric Kandel (Nobel Prize Winner), and Dr. Jeff Borenstein, CEO/Medical Director of Holliswood Hospital

Steven Davis, new NARSAD board member Lynnda-Maria Davis, and Connie Lieber, NARSAD President Emeritus

Dr. Jonathan Sebat and Lilia Iakoucheva

Sasha Hirschfeld, Connie Lieber, Dr. Martin Keller, MD, Brown University, and Robert Hirschfeld, MD, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Nella Domenici, Brendan Domenici, Pete Domenici, Nancy Domenici

Rommy Revson and Robert MacWilliams

President of NARSAD Scientific Council Herbert Pardes, MD. President/CEO of New York-Presbyterian; Raquel, MD, PhD, and Rubin Gur, PhD, both of University of Pennsylvania, 2009 NARSAD Outstanding Achievement Awardees

Pasko Rakic, MD, PhD, Yale University, Lee Goldman, MD, dean of Columbia University Medical Center, and Jeff Lieberman, MD, Columbia University.

NARSAD “Young Investigator” Marc Gameroff, PhD, Columbia University and his sister Shelley Lewkowict

NARSAD-funded Young Investigators: Paula Bos with “Young Investigator” Javier Gonzalez-Maeso, PhD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine; John Hollaway husband of “Young Investigator” Marjan Hollay, PhD, Uniformed Services Univ of the Health Sciences

Adrian Gold, MD; NARSAD board member Suzanne Golden, and E. Jane Costello, PhD

John Duan and Keizo Tsuda

Last Wednesday night at the Tribeca Rooftop at 2 Desbrosses Street, Yaz and Valentin Hernandes, Cynthia and Dan Lufkin and Laura and Richard Parsons co-chaired the American Folk Art Museum Gala celebrating advocates for the arts.

Arpad Busson and Richard Parsons

Jean and Martin Shafiroff

Kim Hartswick and Maria Ann Conelli

Laura Parsons and Maria Ann Conelli

Chris Young, Christopher Koulouris, and Allison Petit

Valentin Hernandez, Yaz Hernandez, Laura Parsons, and Richard Parsons

Leigh and Leslie Keno

Valentin and Yaz Hernandez

Mark and Taryn Leavitt

Ren Herring and Louis Drummond

David Davies and Toddie Findlay

Dorothy Lichtenstein, Steven Welch, and Andrea Theil

Adam Gopnik

Kim Hartswick, Maria Ann Conelli, and John Wilkerson

Robert Coinberg, Louise Coinberg, and Mark Leavitt

Jeffrey Pressman

Elizabeth Pochoda and Sam Herrup

Joseph Rosenblatt and Audrey Heckler

Billie Tsien and Tod Williams

Toni Colone, Valentin Hernandez, and Yaz Hernandez

Robert Johnson and Diane Renwick

Jose Solis Betancourt and Diahn McGrath

Tony Edmin and Emily Frick

Allan and Penny Katz

Frank Maresca, Angela Himsel, and Roger Ricco

Richard Dietrich, Ginger Dietrich, and John Hays

Irwin Warren and Barbara Gordon

Tom McGrath and Diego Arria

Wendy Lash and Bruce Levingston

Barry Briskin and Jim Duggan

Jean Shafiroff, Yaz Hernandez, Sarah Wolfe, and Gillian Miniter

Liz Warren and Nancy Pressman

Laura Parsons and Jonathan Marder

Marcos Galvany and Bruce Levingston

Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com [2]

The who’s who of mothers and daughters made the difference at the launch of Tea Party Angels in New York on Saturday, November 7th. Because of Tea Party Angels and its founder, Cheryl Beck, girls around the country will be hosting tea parties with a mission to create awareness of the needs of girls in poor countries, raise money for girls’ education around the world, and also teach girls social responsibility and foster a spirit of giving, understanding and at the same time have fun. Christie Brinkley and her daughter Sailor, were on board as Honorary Angels to kick off the festivities. Christie’s son Jack even made a special appearance. Other mothers and daughters on hand were CBS 2 Evening News anchor, Kristine Johnson, as the Host and her daughter Ava; Danielle and Zoe Ganek, Webb Egerton and her girls Avery and Brooke Edgerton-Warburton, Barbette Smith and her daughter Hadley.

Co-Chair, Tracy Stern of SALONTEA and co-author of Tea Party, and her daughter Chloe joined in. Angel Advisory Committee members included Eleanora Kennedy and her daughter Anna Kennedy Safir, as well as event planner, the extraordinary (and I don’t mean maybe) Polly Onet. Emerald-Angel Young, who is currently appearing as Jamie Foxx’s daughter in the feature “Law Abiding Citizen” brought her mother and a friend to help with the mission. Also showing his support was John Wood, author of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World, which provided the initial inspiration to Beck for Tea Party Angels. Linda Garnett and her daughter Isabelle, Georgica Griscom, Lara Trafalet and daughter Charlotte also were sipping tea.

Tea Party Angels is a national fundraising initiative designed for mothers and daughters to use tea parties to raise money for girls’ education around the world and at the same time teach girls social responsibility. Tea Party Angels will provide a turn-key, tea party kit that is available on its Web site and the money will be raised by donations brought by the girls attending the tea party. Each girl invited to the tea party will be asked by her mom to do a chore for a week that will earn her the money to donate to the tea party giving her a sense of empowerment. During the Tea Party an inspirational DVD will be played for girls to learn more about the program. For more information, visit, www.TeaPartyAngels.org. Tea Party Angels is fiscally sponsored by MADRE a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Webb Egerton with daughters Brooke Egerton and Avery Egerton

Karen Klopp with Kell Klopp and Eugenia Kuznetsov

Webb Egerton and daughters and Joyce Yang with daughters Madison and Amanda

Webb Egerton and daughters with Danielle Ganek and daughter Zoe Ganek

Christie Brinkley with daughter Sailor

Anna Kennedy, Eleanora Kennedy, and Christie Brinkley

Sandra Mandell and daughter Eva with Roya Obedian and daughter Natalie

Lark Elliott with daughter Lucy

Cheryl Beck, Barbette Smith, Christie Brinkley, and Webb Egerton

Christina Solomone and daughter Annika

Joanne Dressendofer with daughter Ava and friend

Christie Brinkley, Sailor, and Tea Party Angels

Georgia Griscom with daughter Ava and Zoe Ganek

Isabelle Garnett and friend

Tea Party Angels, Hadley Smith and friend with Brooke Edgerton-Warburton

Christie Brinkley with Sailor

Linda Garnett with daughter Isabelle Garnett and Polly Onet

Andrew Stein of Orphaned Starfish Foundation with Christie Brinkley

A couple of weeks ago, VIPP, Design Within Reach and DIFFA held a gala event to celebrate CAN IT!, the 70th anniversary of VIPP, the international waste bin company noted for its sleek design. Hosted by supermodel Veronica Webb, five one-of-a-kind trashcans designed by David Rockwell, Lady Bunny, Ralph Lauren, Yoko Ono, and Veronica Webb were part of a live auction to benefit DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. A crowd of top celebrities, socialites and designers including David Rockwell, David Stark, Evette Rios, Helena Christensen and Nigel Barker filled the Design Within Reach flagship store in SoHo with a graphic display of the 35 re-designed and elaborately decorated VIPP bins.

Nigel Barker and Veronica Webb auctioned off David Rockwell’s innovative, light-up waste bin for $6,500.

Nigel Barker and Veronica Webb auctioned off David Rockwell’s innovative, light-up waste bin for $6,500. Yoko Ono’s simplistic yet inspirational bin was sold for $3,400. Ralph Lauren’s classic leather receptacle, introduced by Ami James, was well worth its $3,000 bid. Lady Bunny’s eye-popping trashcan was auctioned off for $1,100 with the help of Evette Rios, but the steal of the evening went to the winner of Veronica Webb’s Africa-inspired waste bin (Robert Lee Morris tribal jewelry included!), which sold for a whopping $7,500. “Seventy years ago when my grandfather designed the first VIPP bin for my grandmother’s hair salon, I never imaged that years later, top celebrities and designers would be able to transform them into elaborate works of art,” said Kasper Egelund, president of VIPP USA Inc. “We are very excited to have such a committed and dynamic group of designers and artists on board for this event,” said David Sheppard, Executive Director of DIFFA. “With this group of talented individuals DIFFA will be able to raise significant funds to grant to worthy organizations providing preventive HIV/AIDS education and direct care services.” Overall, the event raised over $50,000 for DIFFA.

Cole and Garret

Evette Rios

Kasper Egelund

Lady Bunny

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