AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE RAISES OVER $450,000 FOR 2011
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) would like to extend a big thank you to our donors, sponsors, committee members and honorees that played a significant role in organizing our five Awards of Excellence (AOE) events for 2011. A tremendous amount of work was invested to assure the success of each event. TMCF raised over $450,000 in 2011, a 39% increase from 2010.TMCF’s Awards of Excellence (AOE) were created in 2000 to recognize notable individuals, in a specific geographic location, who serve as role models as a result of significant achievement in a chosen field, community service, or by exemplifying Justice Thurgood Marshall’s commitment to impartiality, civil rights and education. The events, which are designed to celebrate like-minded leaders, are annual reminders of Justice Thurgood Marshall’s legacy and support new partnerships between AOE honorees and sponsors to support students at our member-schools comprised of 47 public Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
The Awards of Excellence (AOE) were designed to increase awareness of TMCF and its programs, raise funds, identify and nurture potential national supporters, provide a forum for TMCF to foster internships and job placements for TMCF scholars, assist TMCF development staff members by providing a platform to introduce prospective sponsors, and to showcase TMCF students and member schools.
This year’s events were held in the following cities:
- Newark, NJ, March 2011, Nanina’s in the Park
- Miami, FL, May 2011, Epic Hotel
- Chicago, IL, July 2011, Law Offices of Sidley Austin LLP
- Charlotte, NC, October 2011, Founders Hall
- Los Angeles, CA, November 2011, The Getty House (The official residence of the Los Angeles Mayor)
This year's honorees included:
NEWARK, NJ: Raymond M. Brown, Esq., a partner at Greenbaum, Rowe, Smith & Davis, LLP; Barbara Bell Coleman, president of BBC Associates LLC; Lawrence S. Lustberg, Esq., director of GIBBONS, P.C.; Jerry Izenberg, a retired Sports Journalist for the Star Ledger and New Jersey State Superior Court Judge, The Honorable Shirley A. Tolentino, was recognized posthumously.
MIAMI, FL: Jeffrey S. Bartel, Esq., managing director, Hamptons Group, LLC, The Honorable Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Marlon Hill, Esq., partner, delancyhill, P.A., Calvin Hughes, news anchor, WPLG-ABC 10, Bacardi L. Jackson, Esq., Tucker Law Group, LLC, and Eve Wright, Esq., vice president and associate general counsel for the Miami HEAT.
CHICAGO, IL: Martin R. Castro, Esq., President & CEO of Castro Synergies, LLC, and Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights & the Illinois Human Rights Commission; Maria C. Green, Esq., Deputy General Counsel at Illinois Tool Works; James D. Montgomery, Esq., Partner, Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery; and Kimberly Y. Smith, M.D., Infectious Disease Specialist at Rush University Medical Center.
CHARLOTTE, NC: Ophelia E. Garmon-Brown, M. D., vice president, Novant Health; Corie Pauling, Esq., associate general counsel, TIAA-CREF, Fred A. Whitfield, Esq., president & chief operating officer of Bobcats Sports & Entertainment, and Emily Zimmern, president & CEO, The Levin Museum of The New South.
LOS ANGELES, CA: Faye W. McClure, vice president, Farmers Insurance; the Honorable Andre Birotte Jr., U.S. Attorney, Central District of California; Don Newcombe, baseball legend, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers; Holly Robinson Peete, actress and activist; and City National Bank
A special thanks to the following:
Mary V. Jones, MVJ Consulting - Event Planning & Fundraising Services, Gayle Thigpen-Allen, Allen and Partners, Inc., Broadcast journalist/novelist, Rolanda Watts, TV personality, Judge Joe Brown, Paul W. Sweeney, Jr., Esq., event chairman for L.A. AOE, event host committee for L.A. William Bernfeld, Esq., Jeryl Bowers, Esq., Wayne Bradshaw, Samantha Davies, Alida M. Garcia, Esq., Lawrence Hinkle, Esq., Michael Lawson, Esq., Mattie McFadden-Lawson, John Sweeney, Esq., Neki Mohan & Miami ABC Channel 10, Glenda G. Gabriel, Emma Allen, Ed Lewis, Daryle Bost, Esq., Nichelle Nicholes Levy, Esq., Stoke Caldwell, Esq., Janelle Lyons, Esq., Julius Chambers, Esq., Andre Rose, Esq., Roger Denny, M.D., TJ Solomon, Esq., Diane Ellis, Marilyn Sutton-Haywood, Venessa Harrison, Tiffany Jones, T. Michael Todd, Esq., Amy Johnson, Esq., Antonio Lewis, Esq., Spurgeon W. Webber, III DDS., Stanley Stallworth, Esq., Michael I. Bennett, Ph.D., Beverly A. Coley, Lisa James, Gregory Lewis, Esq., Antoinette Pittman, Jorga A. Porter, Butler Sharpe, Tyronne Stoudemire, Juanita S. Temple, Esq., Crystal Connor, Esq., Marcy Sparks Fuentes, Chauncey Hamlett, Eric A. Hernandez, Esq., Anthony Jackson, Eric Knowles, Christopher Norwood, Aurelia Reinhardt, Honorable Rodney Smith, Ulla Zucker-Williams, Former World Heavy Weight Boxing Champion, George Foreman, Dennis Bone, Joseph Maurillo, Honorable John W. Bissell, Douglas S. Eakeley, Esq., Armando B. Bontoura, Peter C. Harvey, Esq., Curtis A. Johnson, M.D., Kevin H. Marino, Esq., Pamela T. Miller, Esq., Arthur F. Powell, Honrable Sandra Ann Robinson, Glenn F. Scotland, Esq., Tommy M. Shi., Esq., Richard Thigpen, Esq., Karol Corbin Walker and Gary N. Wilcox, Esq.
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ABOUT THURGOOD MARSHALL COLLEGE FUND
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), named for the U.S. Supreme Court's first African-American Justice, was established in 1987. TMCF supports and represents nearly 300,000 students attending our 47 member-schools, which include public Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs). TMCF’s work is critical to guaranteeing our country a robust and diverse pipeline of talented workers and future leaders. TMCF achieves its vision of Changing the World . . . One Leader at a Time by focusing on three areas: Scholarships, Capacity Building and Programmatic Support, and Public Policy & Advocacy. TMCF achieves its vision of Changing the World … One Leader at a Time by focusing on: scholarships; capacity building and programmatic support; and public policy and advocacy. TMCF is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization and has a "Four Star" rating by Charity Navigator. For up-to-the-minute information about TMCF and its initiatives, visit: www.thurgoodmarshallcollegefund.org.
