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.