Starlight Ball 2023 Ad Journal

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25th Anniversary Starlight Ball The Meadow Wood, Randolph NJ Friday, November 17, 2023

Honoring Wendy Aresty Starlight Award

John T. Cunningham Award

Welcome to the Starlight Ball!

There’s magic in the air tonight!

Thank you for joining us for our 25th Anniversary Starlight Ball.

Tonight is a “magical moment” for all of us to celebrate Mayo Performing Arts Center, our honorees, ADP and Wendy Aresty, and to support our mission.

The Starlight Ball is our largest fundraiser of the year. It is also the social event we most look forward to each season. Every year, we are thankful for your overwhelming support. So many of you have given from the heart, and continue to give, because you believe in what MPAC means to our community.

Tonight, we celebrate two wonderful honorees. ADP is being honored with the Starlight Award. ADP has been a long-time corporate supporter of MPAC. ADP has been the primary sponsor of our Community Engagement programs that include our free Arts in Community concerts, which showcase diverse local artists to engage community members of all ages and backgrounds. We thank Tara Albritton, ADP Senior Vice President, HCM Services, who also serves as a valued member of MPAC’s Board of Trustees, for ADP’s enthusiastic support every year.

Wendy Aresty is being honored tonight with the John T. Cunningham Award for outstanding service to MPAC. Many of you know Wendy — she is a true treasure. Wendy has not only been a past member of the MPAC Board of Trustees, and a co-chair of many of our Starlight Balls, but she has personally designed so many of the beautiful centerpieces at our tables for our Starlight Balls, including this evening’s! She is the perfect example of someone whose dedication and support of MPAC knows no boundaries. Wendy’s philanthropy extends beyond MPAC to many other vital organizations here in the Morristown area.

Thank you to our numerous Diamond, Sapphire, Gold and Star Sponsors for your generous support for this evening’s event, and to our amazing Starlight Ball Co-Chairs, Committee and staff members for their hard work in putting this exciting event together.

Warm regards,

Allison Larena President & CEO

Greg Supron Chair, Board of Trustees

Starlight Ball Sponsors platinum

diamond Kristin and Andy Lynn

The MCJ Amelior Foundation Bud & Sudy Mayo and Anne Mayo Ferrante

Wendy Aresty and Chris deVries

Mary Jane Robertson and Jock Clark

gold

Charles Meizoso, Jr. and Brian E. Keating

Ed and Cathy Ahart and

Jeanne and Joe Goryeb

The Hyland Family

Karen and Jeff Kirby

The Lord Abbett Family

Paula and Bill Marino

Wendy and Greg Supron

Starlight Ball Sponsors star Katherine and Joe Brucchieri

Ann and Art Corwin

Jay and Linda Hellstrom

Paragano Family Foundation

Elizabeth Mattson

Nancy and Howard Moseson

Nicholas and Marta Eileen and Carlos Pascarella Rodriguez

underwriters

Richard Batherman Wayne and Marlene Colizza Gail M. Collins Marcia and Peter Hunter Robin Marks Judy and Jim Pohlman Harry and Maxine Riskin music provided by

decor sponsored by

Wendy Aresty and Chris deVries

raffle prize provided by

Thank you to Kate and Bill Conger for generously donating the Wine Refrigerator, and the Starlight Ball Committee and other generous donors for filling it with such wonderful wine! special thanks

Tommy Hilcken for wowing Starlight Ball guests with magic and entertainment.

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Many thanks to each of our committee members for their time, dedication and enthusiastic support in making the Starlight Ball a success.

2023 Starlight Ball Committee Co-Chairs Janet DeMeo | Charlie Meizoso, Jr. | Lisa Wallburg Tara Albritton, Sheri Alexander, Barbara Andriso, Wendy Aresty, Pilar Bellido Matthews, Susan Brauer, Jennifer Brown Stone, Katherine Brucchieri, Mary Cobb, Kate Conger, Christine Dicesare, Ayesha Rashid Failey, Adam M. Greene, Samantha Greene, Patricia Grushkin, Bernadette Hamada, Marcia Hunter, Tess Lewis, Kristin Lynn, Frank Maher, Danielle C. Malloy, Elizabeth Mattson, Anne Mayo Ferrante, Marylyn McLaughlin, Nancy Moseson, Tammy Panetta, Myla Pridgen, Dagmar Schlager, Susan May Sinay, Wendy Supron, Sue Thakur Marysue DePaola, Development Director Justin Wynn, Assistant Director of Development Lana Missaggia, Membership and Special Events Manager Christina Wolfe, Development Manager Janell Ledford, Development Assistant

Mayo Performing Arts Center Starlight Ball Program President’s Welcome Allison Larena President & CEO Starlight Ball Co-Chairs Janet DeMeo, Charles Meizoso, Jr., Lisa Wallburg Chairman’s Address Gregory Supron Chairman of the Board of Trustees starlight Award Presentation Tara Albritton, ADP Senior Vice President, HCM Services John t. Cunningham Award Presentation Wendy Aresty Performance by MPAC’s Performing Arts Company Live “Fund-A-Need” Supporting MPAC’s world-class performances and programs CK Swett Co-Founder, International Auctioneer, Lot 1 Auctioneers

9:30 pm Silent Auction Closes Pick-up begins at 10:15 pm Dancing to the Atomic Funk Project Until 11:00 pm

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“Imagination is the beginning of creation.

You imagine what you desire, you Will what you imagine, and, at last, you create what you Will” George Bernard Shaw

Thank you to the early visionaries of what The Community Theatre could be. Thank you to the many people that believed in that vision and all of those whom made it happen — “The Little Theatre That Could.”

Thank you to EVERYONE who had a part in this — big or small — and who continue to create a legacy and a haven of artistic expression that brings joy to a grateful public.

Well Done!

Wendy Aresty and Chris deVries

The Mayo Performing Arts Center recognizes and thanks our previous Starlight Ball honorees.

2022 Trend Motors, Starlight Award 2019 Unjeria C. Jackson, Starlight Award 2018 Joseph M. Goryeb, Starlight Award 2017 Private Advisor Group, Starlight Award 2016 Morristown Medical Center, Starlight Award

Neil and Lois Gagnon, Starlight Award 2015 Jacobs Levy Equity Management, John T. Cunningham Award 2014 J ohn and Margaret Post, Starlight Award Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, John T. Cunningham Award 2013 Lord Abbett, Starlight Award Eileen and N. Larry Paragano Sr., John T. Cunningham Award

RBC Wealth Management, Starlight Award 2012 Linda and Jay Hellstrom, Conductor’s Award 2011 Patti and David Aresty, Starlight Award John T. Cunningham, Conductor’s Award 2010 R obert J. McCann, CEO, UBS Wealth Management Americas, Starlight Award 2009 William J. Marino, President and CEO, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Starlight Award 2008 Bud Mayo, Starlight Award 2007 The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, Starlight Award 2006 Brian Giovinazzi, President and CEO, First Morris Bank and Trust, Starlight Award 2005 Alyce Tregenza, Starlight Award 2004 Laryssa Krupa and Alexander Slobodyanik, Starlight Award 2003 Steve Wiley, Starlight Award 2002 Fred Hafer, JCP&L, A First Energy Company, Starlight Award 2001 The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Starlight Award 2000 Thomas and Theresa Wajnert, Starlight Award 1999 Fred and Walker Kirby, F.M. Kirby Foundation, Starlight Award

What We Do Tonight What we do tonight is to keep The wonder of the performing arts alive; What we do tonight may not cure the stricken; Nor fill the bellies of a starving people.

What we do tonight might... just might... in a time of special need Lift the spirits of a dying man Or feed the soul of a woman who’s lost her faith Or fill a child’s heart with inspiration.

What we do tonight may not save lives, but What we do tonight can make those lives just a little more worth living.

— Bud Mayo

Mary Jane Robertson and Jock Clark congratulate MPAC on its extraordinary comeback from the pandemic!

Mayo Performing Arts Center Annual Starlight Ball Starlight Award ADP is a comprehensive global provider of cloudbased human capital management (HCM) solutions administration and is a leader in analytics and compliance expertise. Through its unique combination of innovation, data and service, ADP turns information and insights into action - helping leaders cut through the noise and lead with truth and conviction.

ADP has been a proud partner of Morristown’s Mayo and provides support across many areas of the MPAC business. With social responsibility as one of its core values, ADP believes in giving back to the communities where we work and live. The partnership was prompted in part by the alignment of ADP’s core values and MPAC’s goals to be inclusive for all individuals, to entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population and enhance the economic vitality of the local community.

Additionally, ADP Senior Vice President, HCM Services, Tara Albritton, serves on the MPAC Board of Trustees.

In this capacity, Tara is “excited to support the board’s continued focus on diverse community outreach.” The role ADP has played over the years to support MPAC, and its events and programs, in helping achieve their goals has been especially noteworthy.

Please join us this year as we honor ADP with the 2023 Starlight Award.

John T. Cunningham Award Wendy Aresty

M

ayo Performing Arts Center is honored to be presenting Wendy Aresty with the 2023 John T. Cunningham Award for her longstanding service and generous support of our organization. Wendy, an active community member and Morristown native, is the mother of two boys, Michael, 32 and Peter, 30. She currently lives in Bernardsville with her husband, Chris deVries.

Through her creativity and generous spirit, Wendy has made an indelible mark at MPAC, and many other area organizations, as well as those in Colorado.

Wendy has had many varied job and school experiences. Unable to afford college, she went to work for Morris County Savings Bank, ran a restaurant and nightclub, and attended an executive secretarial school in Summit.

From there she was hired to work at Morgan Stanley in New York on the syndicate desk. She was recruited by them to help start an Events Department to coordinate the firm’s activities, including conferences, roadshows and events nationwide.

When she left to get married, she attended culinary school in New York for two years and became a private chef. After having children, she went to framing school and started a small business, Prints Charming. During this time she also held leadership board positions at the JCC of Metrowest, The Peck School and Mountain Lakes Educational Foundation and volunteered to help raise funds for the Mayo Performing Arts Center — a venue she frequented as a child/teen and where she had her first date at fourteen — a Saturday matinee, of course!

Wendy’s philanthropy spanned “cross-country” when she moved to Aspen, Colorado in 2004. There she served on several Boards, including The Aspen Art Museum, Anderson Art Ranch in Snowmass, The Aspen Writers’ Foundation and others, while expanding to two Prints Charming shops.

Wendy returned home to Morristown in 2014 where she served on MPAC’s Board of Trustees. She has been a Starlight Ball Co-chair and continues to serve on the Committee today. She is also active with The Morristown Festival of Books and as a member of Impact 100. She currently has an online art business, the Artful Unicorn.

Please join us this year as we honor Wendy Aresty with the John T. Cunningham Award.

2023 Starlight Ball The Mayo Performing Arts Center is grateful to all those who purchased individual tickets and made donations to tonight’s event.

Individual Ticket Buyers 1776 by David Burke

Rosemarie Kolb

Sheri and Steve Alexander

Langjahr Law LLC

Attentive Dental Care, Dr. Karey P. Matthews, DDS

Lauren and Ken Lantigua

Jerry and Sue Ballanco

David and Tess Lewis

Larena Construction

Michele and William Blanchard

Barry Lowell MD and Geraldine D’Antonio

Mary E. and David L. Cobb Bill and Kate Conger

Laura and Steve Matlin

Cecilia and Mark Decker

Thomas and Marylyn McLaughlin

Janet DeMeo

Mendham Capital Management

John and Kellie Doucette

Nancy and Howard Moseson

Conor and Ellen Evans

John and Lisa O’Krinsky

Dr. and Mrs. Colin Failey

Anita J. Siegel, Esq.

Bernadette and Ferdinand Hamada

Susan and Rick Sinay

Kim and Eric Hart

David Stone and Jennifer Brown Stone

Thomas C. Jardim and Karen Fountain

Trend Motors Volkswagen

Irving B. Kahn Foundation, Inc.

Gil and Claire Zweig

Lisa and Peter Wallburg

Donations Wendy and Jay Birnbaum BCB Bank Frank and Kay Failla The Fleming Family Barry Lowell MD and Geraldine D’Antonio John Maurer Poccia Family Linda Root Mary Louise Smith

Tribute Listing Susan Weinstock Lists as of 11/9/23

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Mayo Performing Arts Center Board of Trustees Gregory J. Supron Chairman Marylyn McLaughlin Vice Chair Mary Jane Robertson Treasurer Anita J. Siegel, Esq. Secretary & Legal Counsel Allison Larena President & CEO Edward W. Ahart, Esq. Tara Albritton Susan Brauer Mary E. Cobb Art Corwin Simone Craig Kevin Dunphy Kristin V. Gallagher Edward A. Gramigna, Jr. Thomas C. Jardim, Esq. Ken Lantigua Kristin Lynn Elizabeth A. Mattson Howard Moseson Caroline Opondo Harry J. Riskin, Esq. Nikki Sumpter Trustees Emeriti Joseph M. Goryeb, Chairman Emeritus Bud Mayo, Chairman Emeritus Leonard Sichel The Late Stephen B. Wiley, Founding Member Mayo Performing Arts Center, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit performing arts organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey.

The Hyland Family is proud to sponsor the 25th Annual Starlight Ball!

We’re thrilled to be able to honor ADP and Wendy Aresty!

Trend Motors and MPAC are two very different businesses with very similar core values.

We believe in serving our community and making people’s lives better, one car, performance or arts education class at a time.

Trend — a staple for all things VW — celebrates the joy and vibrancy MPAC brings to the Morristown community.

We toast your incredible organization for this 25th Annual Starlight Ball.

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we celebrate the support of so many, including tonight’s honorees ADP and Wendy Aresty and

we look forward to exciting MPAC developments to come.

Jeff & Karen Kirby

Welcome to the 2023 Starlight Ball!

We are deeply grateful for your support of MPAC’s vision, and for your commitment and generosity.

We recognize and thank this year’s honorees. Wendy Aresty’s dedication to MPAC as a Trustee, volunteer and ambassador is unmatched. Congratulations Wendy on the John T. Cunningham Award! ADP shares many core values with MPAC and has partnered with MPAC on many important issues in recent years.

Congratulations ADP on the Starlight Award!

We wish to thank the Starlight Ball Committee, Allison and the entire MPAC staff. What a wonderful event! We greatly appreciate your tremendous dedication and all your hard work.

We are incredibly proud to be part of the MPAC community and so excited about the great things to come in the future for this wonderful organization. Thank you.

Wendy and Greg Supron

Congratulations to Wendy Aresty on tonight’s well-deserved honor.

Your generous gifts of your time, talents, guidance and contributions have helped MPAC to evolve, thrive, and launch forward as a premier Performing Arts Center in the country.

We are better because of you.

Joe and Jeanne Goryeb

The Starlight Ball Committee is proud to support the Mayo Performing Arts Center’s 25th Anniversary Starlight Ball.

Top row from left to right: Barbara Andriso, Anne Mayo Ferrante, Kate Conger, Bernadette Hamada, Katherine Brucchieri, Adam M. Greene, Sheri Alexander, Tammy Panetta, Susan May Sinay, Frank Maher, Christine DiCesare, Tess Lewis, Ayesha Rashid Failey Bottom row from left to right: Janet DeMeo, Wendy Aresty, Tara Albritton, Charles Meizoso, Jr., Lisa Wallburg Not pictured: Pilar Bellido Matthews, Susan Brauer, Jennifer Brown Stone, Mary Cobb, Samantha Greene, Patricia Grushkin, Marcia Hunter, Kristin Lynn, Danielle C. Malloy, Elizabeth Mattson, Marylyn McLaughlin, Nancy Moseson, Myla Pridgen, Dagmar Schlager, Wendy Supron, Sue Thakur

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are inspired by the creativity...

We are grateful for the memories... and We are proud to support the outstanding performances and arts education programs offered by the Mayo Performing Arts Center.

Congratulations on your 25th Annual Starlight Ball!

Paula and Bill Marino

MPAC thanks the Performing Arts Company for its performance at tonight’s Starlight Ball

The Performing Arts Company (PAC) MPAC’s Performing Arts Company (PAC) is an ensemble of 30 students, ages 11-18, who perform Broadway-style songs at hospitals, eldercare centers, community events, local festivals and nonprofit fundraisers, free-of charge throughout the state.

For 15 years, this program has been providing a vehicle for youth who share a passion for the performing arts to use their talents to give back to the community as they receive comprehensive training, also free-of-charge, from experienced teaching artists. Each PAC member is a talented singer, dancer and actor who has successfully auditioned. The PAC performs at around 30 New Jersey venues each season, enriching the lives of over 18,000 audience members. In addition to performing with artists who grace MPAC’s main stage, they have been invited to perform at the White House, Walt Disney World, the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway with Kristin Chenoweth, and Gotham Hall in NYC for the Dramatists Guild Fund Gala.

The 2023-2024 Performing Arts Company Members Layna Arvanites Ainsley Ball Brendan Blazier Kaitlin Brown Charlotte Cama Bryella Challandes Naomi Cohen Kayla Colchamiro Ella Conroy Nina DaRocha Ryan Hall Jude Hall Grady Hall Olivia Hamada Liam Houston Maggie Jones

Avril Kagan Dylan Klug Cooper Mandala Mia Munoz Melody Nagle David Oliveira Maddie Pasuit Zion Pearson Aisha Rehan Oliver Shoaf Rebecca Tillett Nick Trupia Justice Vera Bella Vergel Ryan Williams

DIRECTOR: CATHY ROY MUSIC DIRECTOR: charles Santoro

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Thank you MPAC for building our community through the arts.

Larena Construction, LLC (973) 422 - 9000

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Proud to support the Mayo Performing Arts Center and celebrate the 25th Anniversary Starlight Ball.

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See your backyard vacation before it’s built.

Thanks to all for making the theatre a venue we can be so proud of.

Truly “The Miracle of Morristown.”

Bob and Carol Mulholland

The Mayo Performing Arts Center gratefully acknowledges the following individuals and businesses for their generous donations to this evening’s Silent Auction.

23 South Gift Boutique Adventure Aquarium Tara Albritton & Amanda Sinkewitz Sheri & Steve Alexander Altamarea Group Amanti Vino Wendy Aresty & Chris DeVries Attentive Dental Care August barre3 Morristown Rebecca Baruffi The Beach Boys Bellezza Si Esthetics The Bernards Inn Bespoke Theatricals Beth Arentsen Alexis Bittar Braunschweiger Jewelers Bill Burke Burnt Mills Cider Chambers Center for Well Being Chef Fredy’s Table Choice Dermatology Creative Wallcoverings & Interiors Mary & David Cobb Bill & Kate Conger The Corner Bistro Ann & Art Corwin Crayola Experience Easton Chris & Cathy Cree D. Panetta Contracting, LLC Depasquale The Spa The Doobie Brothers El Monte Coffee Roasters Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Colin Failey, MD Colin & Ayesha Failey

Sebastian Forster Forte Debbie Gaelen — The Embellished Path Gallo Wines Dr. Christine S. Ghilian, Ph.D Mike Gilfillan The Godfather of Morristown Joe & Jeanne Goryeb The Grand Café Adam & Samantha Greene Trish & Orren Grushkin Ferdinand & Bernadette Hamada Harvest Restaurants Marcia & Peter Hunter Jockey Hollow Bar and Kitchen Eric Kahn Paintings Rachel Kapner Brian Keating The Michael Kohner Corporation Beena & Steve Levy David & Tess Lewis Luna Café The Magnusson Group Massage Heights Morristown Liz Mattson & Jim Mattson Bud & Sudy Mayo Mayo Performing Arts Center Tom & Marylyn McLaughlin Charlie Meizoso Melania Fashions Mendham Jewelers Merzatta MetLife Stadium Charles Miller Morris Animal Inn Morris County School of Glass The Morristown Game Vault

Nancy & Howard Moseson Bob & Carol Mulholland My Limousine Service New York Giants New York Jets New York Red Bulls O. Berk Company Old Borough Hall Pottery Onore Clothing Paradise Total Spa & Nails Pavesi Ristorante Peapack Private Pelican Sport Center Pinspiration Randolph Diner Restoration Health Acupuncture & Nutrition Harry & Maxine Riskin Mary Jane Robertson & Jock Clark Rose & Fig Custom Charcuterie Roundabout Theatre RPM Raceway Runner’s Haven Serene Beauty Concepts Kenny Wayne Shepherd Anita J. Siegel Rick & Susan Sinay South + Pine Square Luggage Stirling Tavern Wendy & Greg Supron Stephen Taylor Portraits Trend Motors True It Naturals Villa Restaurant Group Lisa & Peter Wallburg WDHA Radio Wegmans As of 10/31/23

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Anita J. Siegel, Willard Bergman, Jr., & Randi Siegel Weniger Siegel & Bergman, LLC Attorneys at Law 365 South Street, Suite 201 Morristown, NJ 07960 973-285-5007 www.sblawllc.com

Extend their congratulations and thanks to Honorees ADP and WENDY ARESTY And to MPAC For making lives better for the People of New Jersey, providing What We Need Now and Always in the Performing Arts

Thank you MPAC family for decades of patronage as Dublin Pub celebrates 50 years!

Congratulations Wendy!

Best wishes from Dublin Pub, Colette Mongey and Family

Dublin Pub

4 Pine Street Morristown, NJ 07960 Tel: 973-538-1999 www.dublinpubmorristown.com

On this 25th Anniversary of the Starlight Ball, we thank each and every Committee member, staff member, Trustee, sponsor and attendee for being a crucial part of tonight’s special event.

We stand in ovation and give special applause to tonight’s honorees, ADP and Wendy Aresty, for their tremendous contributions to MPAC! Lisa and Peter Wallburg

Wendy Aresty, Congratulations on receiving the John T. Cunningham Award!

You are an important part of the MAGIC that has made this organization thrive!

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO!!!

Tom and Marylyn McLaughlin