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OCTOBER 26, 2023 BROOKLYN, NY
HONOREES
MARK ATTANASIO
NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN BROOKLYN METHODIST HOSPITAL
RAMA SY
CRYSTAL HUDSON
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Crescent Capital Chairman and Principal Owner, Milwaukee Brewers Investment Banking Analyst, Morgan Stanley New Heights Class of 2018
CO-CHAIRS WILL BLODGETT* DUANE FIEDLER* RICH KLEIMAN* NINA LESAVOY*
New York City Council Member District 35, Brooklyn
CAMERON LEWIS** JONATHAN MAROTTA* MARK PATRICOF* NICHOLAS SILVERS*
HOST COMMITTEE LAURENCE BROWN* LINDA CHOONG* TROY DIXON* JOHN GILMORE* JOSH GREENBERG BYRON JONES* ANDREW NATHAN*
RICHARD ROBERTS* JEREMY SCHIFFMAN ALAN SCHRAGER* TED SMITH* LANCE THOMAS** DAVID THOMPSON* TY WALLACH*
*BOARD MEMBER **BOARD MEMBER + NEW HEIGHTS ALUMNUS
ERIC WEDEL JAMES YOLLES* VICKI ZUBOVIC*
Welcome to the 7th annual GameChangers Ball. Two years ago, New Heights made a landmark move to a new home in Brooklyn. Since that time, we have been on a non-stop journey of growth – adding more value to our community, in more ways than ever. Through partnerships with dozens of local organizations, schools, elected officials and other corporate and community groups, we have increased access to resources that young people need to thrive academically, socially, emotionally and physically. We have expanded our College Bound program and continued to demonstrate strong outcomes in educational attainment and career development for our student-athletes. We have also introduced new community-based services that are reaching hundreds of additional youth and families who come from Crown Heights and other historically underserved neighborhoods in Brooklyn. In total, our network of after-school, weekend and summer initiatives now engage more than 1,500 young people annually – five times the number we served in previous years. Tonight is a special celebration of these achievements and, most importantly, an opportunity to thank all of you for making every victory possible. We could not do it alone. Your support for our sports-based college and career readiness programs, and your commitment to our growth in our new home, results in game changing and life changing opportunities for deserving boys and girls. On their behalf, we thank you for your incredible generosity and welcome you to the GameChangers Ball. In appreciation,
Mark Patricof Board Chair
Ted Smith Executive Director
OUR MISSION New Heights is a 501(c)3 educational non-profit organization based in New York City. Our mission is to educate and empower promising underserved youth to be leaders, champions and student-athletes by developing the skills necessary for success in high school, college and life.
OUR COMMUNITY New Heights serves boys and girls throughout New York City, the majority of whom come from economically and racially marginalized communities. Over 90% of our participants identify as African-American, Hispanic or multi-racial and many will be the first in their families to graduate from college.
OUR SCOREBOARD 100% 98% 78% $65M+
high school graduation rate college matriculation rate college completion rate i n scholarship/financial aid awarded to student-athletes *Since 2005
WELCOME
MARK PATRICOF, BOARD CHAIRMAN, NEW HEIGHTS
OPENING REMARKS
TED SMITH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEW HEIGHTS
CORPORATE GAMECHANGER PRESENTED BY
GRACE LANIER, NEW HEIGHTS CLASS OF 2025
NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN BROOKLYN METHODIST HOSPITAL
JUAN MEJIA, MPH, PRESIDENT NYP BROOKLYN METHODIST
ALUMNI GAMECHANGER PRESENTED BY
DAVID THOMPSON, BOARD MEMBER, NEW HEIGHTS
RAMA SY
NEW HEIGHTS CLASS OF 2018
AUCTION + LIVE APPEAL PAT TULLY, AUCTIONEER
LANCE GOULBOURNE, NEW HEIGHTS CLASS OF 2008 DAYO OLOWOKERE, NEW HEIGHTS CLASS OF 2030
DINNER SERVICE COMMUNITY GAMECHANGER PRESENTED BY
JONAH ZINOMAN, NEW HEIGHTS CLASS OF 2028
CRYSTAL HUDSON
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 35, BROOKLYN
GAMECHANGER AWARD PRESENTED BY
JONATHAN MAROTTA, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER, NEW HEIGHTS
MARK ATTANASIO
CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER, CRESCENT CAPITAL CHAIRMAN AND PRINCIPAL OWNER, MILWAUKEE BREWERS
CLOSING REMARKS
NEW HEIGHTS
NOW MORE
THAN
EVER
MORE PROGRAMS New Heights is expanding our signature College Bound program and introducing a variety of new community-based services for local youth and families.
MORE PARTNERSHIPS New Heights now partners with dozens of local schools, elected officials, corporations and other organizations to increase opportunities for our student-athletes.
MORE PEOPLE Since moving to our new home in Brooklyn, New Heights has nearly doubled the size of our staff to support our ongoing growth.
MORE ACCESS New Heights is opening up our home to hundreds of additional boys and girls in the community to make quality sports and education activities more accessible.
MORE OUTCOMES As New Heights introduces new services in Brooklyn, we are highly focused on strong program outcomes in education, career development, mental health and well-being, and economic mobility.
MORE IMPACT New Heights is now reaching over 1,500 young people annually, more than five times the number served prior to moving to Brooklyn.
NEWYORK-PRESBYTERIAN BROOKLYN METHODIST HOSPITAL
THE HONOREES
CORPORATE GAMECHANGER AWARD NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital has been an incredible New Heights supporter and partner, helping us connect our youth and their families to quality health care programs, services and other comprehensive resources. Their culturally sensitive approach to health care, along with their compassionate and long-standing commitment to the Brooklyn community – and to Crown Heights in particular – changes the game for thousands of New Yorkers every day. --NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital has been providing outstanding medical care to the surrounding communities for over 130 years. Located in Park Slope, Brooklyn, the 591-bed teaching hospital is part of NewYork-Presbyterian’s healthcare system, which includes ten hospital campuses across the Greater New York area. Affiliated with Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYorkPresbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital offers a wide range of inpatient and ambulatory services, including specialties like cancer and cardiac care, advanced and minimally invasive surgery, neurosciences, orthopedics, and women’s health. In 2021, the hospital opened the Center for Community Health, a world-class ambulatory care center where leading specialists from Weill Cornell Medicine and Columbia University Irving Medical Center, working collaboratively under one roof, combine innovative clinical approaches and cutting-edge technology to provide exceptional, comprehensive care to the Brooklyn community. NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital is also home to a Commission on Canceraccredited program offering the most advanced, innovative approaches in chemotherapy, radiation therapy and support services. The hospital houses Centers of Excellence for bariatric surgery and breast imaging, and is a New York State-designated stroke center. For more information or to find a physician, please call 718-499-2273 or visit nyp.org/brooklyn.
RAMA SY
THE HONOREES
INVESTMENT BANKING ANALYST, MORGAN STANLEY NEW HEIGHTS CLASS OF 2018 / SUNY OSWEGO CLASS OF 2021 ALUMNI GAMECHANGER AWARD Originally from Senegal in West Africa, Rama Sy came to the United States when she was in the ninth grade and became involved with the New Heights College Bound program shortly thereafter. During her time with New Heights, she flourished on and off the basketball court. In 2018, she graduated from high school and matriculated to SUNY Oswego. She was the first in her family to attend college. At Oswego, Rama was a member of the basketball team, earning All-Conference and Conference Academic Honor Roll recognition. She was also named the 2019 winner of Launch It, the SUNY Oswego School of Business’s annual start-up competition. While in college, Rama stayed connected to New Heights by working as a Team Leader at the New Heights Summer Academy, serving as a peer counselor and mentor to middle school youth in the classroom and on the court. Rama graduated from college early, in 2021, with a degree in Business Administration. With support from New Heights, she earned a summer analyst internship in Private Equity at Morgan Stanley. This internship turned into a full-time role as an Investment Banking Analyst at the firm in 2022, where she is currently employed.
CRYSTAL HUDSON
THE HONOREES
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DISTRICT 35, BROOKLYN COMMUNNITY GAMECHANGER AWARD Crystal Hudson is the Council Member for New York City’s District 35 in Brooklyn, representing the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights – the neighborhood that New Heights calls home. She has been a passionate advocate for New Heights for years, helping us grow our organization and our programs in Brooklyn. Crystal was elected in 2021 and made history as one of the first out gay Black women ever elected in New York City. Crystal is a community organizer and public servant committed to making government more accessible for more people and delivering a just recovery for all New Yorkers in the wake of a global pandemic, economic crisis, and racial reckoning. Before entering public service, Crystal spent more than a decade working in marketing and advertising –– first with the WNBA’s Washington Mystics and NBA’s Washington Wizards and then at Amtrak, where she managed a portfolio of sports, entertainment and multicultural marketing campaigns for the nation’s passenger rail service. Once she entered public service, Crystal served as Co-Director of the Community Outreach Unit at the New York City Council, First Deputy Public Advocate of Community Engagement at the Office of the Public Advocate, and Chief of Operations to the Majority Leader of the City Council. Crystal is a proud graduate of Spelman College and holds a Master’s degree from George Washington University. She proudly lives with her partner in the District she represents.
MARK ATTANASIO
THE HONOREES
CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER, CRESCENT CAPITAL CHAIRMAN AND PRINCIPAL OWNER, MILWAUKEE BREWERS GAMECHANGER AWARD Mark Attanasio is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Crescent Capital Group LP, an employeeowned alternative asset manager and SEC-registered investment advisor with approximately $25 billion in assets and over 170 employees. He supervises the firm’s public and private market activities. Mr. Attanasio is also Chairman and Principal Owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. Throughout his tenure with the Brewers, he has remained personally dedicated to and involved with Brewers Community Foundation, the organization’s charitable arm. Since 2010, Brewers Community Foundation has donated more than $50 million to non-profit organizations supporting health, education, recreation and basic needs. In addition, Mr. Attanasio holds positions on several not-for-profit boards, including Heal the Bay, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), LA2028 Olympic Committee, and Harvard-Westlake School. Mr. Attanasio also served on the President’s Leadership Council at Brown University for a decade and is a member of the Student Life Visiting Committee at MIT. He is currently Chairman of the Investment Committee for Major League Baseball (MLB), as well as a member of the Labor Policy Committee. He is also the co-Chairman of the Investment Committee for LACMA and HarvardWestlake School. Mr. Attanasio received an A.B. from Brown University and a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.
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