CitizensNYC is dedicated to helping New Yorkers come together and improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods.

Join us for our annual fall cocktail reception as we come together to celebrate incredible leaders and raise funds in support of grassroots initiatives improving our great city.

Venue: 583 Park Avenue

Time: 6 to 9 pm

Attire: Cocktail


Meet the 2024 All in for New York City Honorees


BRIAN J. FOX
MANAGING DIRECTOR - ALVAREZ & MARSAL

Brian J. Fox is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal North American Commercial Restructuring Practice (NACR) in New York. As Leader of NACR’s East region, he provides a full range of financial advisory, operational improvement and interim management services in restructurings and other special situations, both in court and outside of bankruptcy. His recent assignments include acting as Chief Restructuring Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer to GTT Communications, Inc. in its financial restructuring, advising GenesisCare a global medical services company in its operational and financial restructuring in Chapter 11 and Chief Restructuring Officer to Tupperware Brands. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Turnaround Management Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Mr. Fox was an author of The Chief Restructuring Officers’ Guide to Bankruptcy.

Recipient of the 2024 Sheila Smith Award

JEFFREY D. SAFERSTEIN
PARTNER - WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP

Recipient of the 2024 Joseph Smolinsky Award

Jeffrey D. Saferstein is a partner in Weil’s Restructuring Department. Jeff practices exclusively in the areas of corporate restructurings and workouts, bankruptcy and specialized financings. Jeff has advised creditors, postpetition lenders and sponsors in a number of high-profile matters. He also has broad experience advising companies and key stakeholders in restructurings in- and out-of-court across a wide variety of industries, including Digital Currency Group in connection with the restructurings of Genesis Global Capital and Three Arrows Capital, an ad hoc group of secured noteholders in connection with 99 Cents Only Stores chapter 11 cases, AIG in connection with AIG Financial Products’ chapter 11 case, prepetition secured lenders in connection with Clovis Oncology’s chapter 11, Petra Diamonds, McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, School Specialty, Buffets Restaurants Holdings, Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings and Samsonite Corporation.


Leadership


Event Chair

Paul H. Deutch
Omni Agent Solutions, Inc.

Honorary Co-Chairs

Daniel Aronson
Evercore

Matt Barr
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Event Co-Chairs

Lorie Beers
Intrepid Investment Banking

Katie Coleman
Hughes Hubbard & Reed

Holly Etlin
AlixPartners

Kelley Cornish
Selendy Gay

Leadership Committee

Carrianne Basler
AlixPartners

Mitch Drucker
Ares Management

Jigi Smolinsky
Brown Harris Stevens

Maja Zerjal Fink
Clifford Chance

Natasha Labovitz
Debevoise & Plimpton

Jamila Justine Willis
DLA Piper LLP

Robert J. Lemons
Goodwin Proctor LLP

Eric Mendelsohn
Greenhill & Co.

Sherri L. Toub
Kekst CNC

Joshua Sussberg
Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Rachael Ringer
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Laura Davis Jones
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones, LLP

Tom Califano
Sidley Austin LLP

Host Committee

Andy Graiser
A&G Realty Partners

Lisa Donahue
AlixPartners

Randall Eisenberg
AlixPartners

Brian Corio
Alvarez & Marsal

Jim McGinley
Ankura

Edward Neiger
ASK LLP

Bob Duffy
BRG Corporate Finance

Jon Henes
C Street Advisory Group

Marc D. Puntus
Centerview Partners

Lisa Schweitzer
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Norm Pernick
Cole Schotz P.C.

Timothy Graulich
Davis Polk

Rachel Albanese
DLA Piper

Alan J. Carr
Drivetrain LLC

Heather Barlow
Dundon Advisors

Gaurav Malhotra
Ernst & Young

Richard Bernard
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath

Carlin Adrianopoli
FTI Consulting

Tanya Meerovich
FTI Consulting

William Henrich
Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC

Keith Martorana
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Nathan Haynes
Greenberg Traurig

Alan D. Halperin
Halperin Battaglia Benzija, LLP

Jeffrey Finger
Jeffries

Michael Freitag
Joele Frank

Corinne Ball
Jones Day

Heather Lennox
Jones Day

Steve Reisman
Katten Muchin Rosenman

Harold Bordwin
Keen-Summit Capital Partners/Summit Investment Management

Matt Bordwin
Keen-Summit Capital Partners/Summit Investment Management

Nicole Greenblatt
Kirkland & Ellis

Christina Pullo
Kroll Restructuring Administration

George Klidonas
Latham & Watkins

Jeffrey Cohen
Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Shawn M. Riley
McDonald Hopkins, LLC

Derek Abbott
Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP

Michael Barocas
Otterbourg

Brad Sandler
Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP

John Weiss
Pashman Stein

Andrew Parlen
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Bruce Mendelsohn
Perella Weinberg

Mark Buschmann
PJT Partners

Chris Ward
Polsinelli LLP

M. Blake Cleary
Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP

Ryan Wagner
Prudential Private Capital

Patty Tomasco
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

Daniel DeFranceschi
Richards, Layton & Finger

Rachel Mauceri
Robinson+Cole

Ryan Dahl
Ropes & Gray LLP

Andrew Sherman
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

Sunny Singh
Simpson Thatcher

Lisa Laukitis
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Shana Elberg
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Jay M. Goffman
Smith Goffman Partners

Nathan Cook
Teneo

David Prager
The Brattle Group

Frank Oswald
Togut, Segal & Segal LLP

Francine Gordon-Durrer
Verita

Ricky Mason
Wachtel, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Kelly DiBlasi
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Pauline Morgan
Young Conaway

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Borough

$50,000

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Neighborhood

$25,000

Alvarez & Marsal

Ropes & Gray LLP

Park

$15,000

Jen & Brian Fox

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Avenue

$10,000

Apollo Management

AlixPartners

Centerview Partners LLC

Deloitte

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Houlihan Lokey

Kroll Restructuring Administration

Omni Agent Solutions

Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones LLP

PJT Partners

Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP

The Saferstein Family

Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP

Street

$5,000

A&O Shearman

Ares Management

Akin

Daniel Aronson

BRG Corporate Finance

C Street Advisory

Clifford Chance

Blake & Susan Cleary

Cole Schotz P.C.

Brian & Angela Corio

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Paul & Debbie Deutch

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Drivetrain LLC

Dundon Advisers LLC

Pam & Randall Eisenberg

Epiq

Evercore

Francine Gordon Durrer & Van Durrer

Faegre Drinker

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

Michael Freitag

FTI Consulting

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Goodwin Procter LLP

Nicole & Russell Greenblatt

Timothy Graulich

Greenhill & Co., LLC

Halperin Battaglia Benzija, LLP

Hilco Global

Jefferies LLC

Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher

Jones Day

Katten

Keen-Summit Capital Partners/Summit Investment Management

Kekst CNC

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Natasha Labovitz

Lisa & Dan Laukitis

Tyson Lomazow

McDermott Will & Emery

MoFo Foundation

Norton Rose Fulbright

Frank & Dina Oswald

Paul Hastings LLP

Perella Weinberg Partners

Polsinelli

Portage Point Partners

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP

Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A.

Ridgewood Savings Bank

Robinson+Cole

Sidley Austin LLP

Selendy Gay PLLC

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Smith Goffman Partners

Teneo

The Brattle Group

Togut, Segal & Segal LLP

Verita

Block

Accordion

Ankura Consulting Group LLC 

Alston & Bird

Arthur B. Levine Co., Inc.

ASK LLP

Ingrid Bagby

Carrianne & Rob Basler

Sharon & David Botter

BDO

Kelley Cornish

CR3 Partners, LLC

Cozen O’Connor

Kelly DiBlasi

Ernst & Young

Michael Foreman

Garnett Station Partners

Getzler Henrich & Associates LLC

Gordon Brothers

Hughes Hubbard & Reep

Robert & Stacey Katz

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

KeyBank

Landis Rath & Cobb LLP 

$1,000

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

MACCO Restructuring Group LLC

Gaurav Malhotra

Beth & Ricky Mason

Pauline Morgan

Paula & Norm Pernick

Christina Pullo

PwC

Raines Feldman Littrell LLP

Bradley Robins

RPA Advisors

Rachael Ringer

Chris Ruggeri & Melissa Bodner 

Bradford & Lisa Sandler

Wendy Conway Schmidt

Sills Cummis & Gross

Sunny Singh

Steptoe LLP

Richard & Courtney Stieglitz

Thompson Coburn LLP

Winthrop Golubow Hollander LLP


You Can Make a Difference!

Your support plays a critical role in enabling CitizensNYC to help New Yorkers—especially those in low-income areas—come together and improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. With your partnership, CitizensNYC will make hundreds of grants to empower grassroots leaders and neighborhood business owners across all 5 boroughs.