2024 Womankind Gala

2024 Womankind Gala

Our heart is full! The 2024 Gala was an inspiring evening to celebrate the 2,000+ survivors Womankind works alongside on their pathways to healing and to raise support and awareness for the incredible efforts of our Communities Rising. For 42 years, Womankind has been a leader providing multilingual, holistic, and culturally-responsive services for survivors of gender-based violence. Thank you to all who joined us in reaffirming our collective commitment and vision to creating a future where we Rise Above Violence and our communities can innovate toward collective well-being, restoration, and social justice.
Our daily work alongside survivors of gender-based violence is made possible by the support of others who rise with us. For our 2024 Gala, it is with distinction, respect and admiration that we celebrate and honor Kavita N. Ramdas and Jennifer H. Wu with our Phoenix Award, in recognition of their outstanding advocacy and deep commitment to advancing gender and racial justice and equity.
Phoenix of the Year

 

Kavita N. Ramdas

Founder & Principal, KNR Sisters

 

Learn about Kavita's work.

 

Phoenix of the Year

 

Jennifer H. Wu

Founding Partner, Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP

 

Learn about Jennifer's work.

 

Womankind’s important work with survivors of gender-based violence is made possible by the generous support of our 2024 Communities Rising Gala sponsors. Thank you!

Phoenix

 
 

Visionary

 
 

Mission

Jenifer & Brendan Garvey

Partner

Champion

 
 
The Bahl Family in Memoriam of Lekshmi Bahl
Mae Hsieh, Gregory Bylinsky & Family

 

Advocate

EMCOR Group, Inc.
Flora Feng, Jeff Slater & Family
Merv Garretson / JanetJewelry.com / Hearst
Law Offices of Deborah Chan P.C.
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Jane Tran
Tran Agency Group

 

Ally

Alera Group
AlixPartners
The Bliss Group
Feinberg Hanson LLP
Dilshad Marolia & Zal Dabhoiwala
Mintz
The M&T Bank Charitable Foundation / Wilmington Trust
Percent
Akita Somani
Trisha Srivastava / PeertoPlay
Kyoko Waseda-Hida & Norio Hida

Womankind also thanks all supporters who donated and contributed at the individual level!

KAYE

Musician, Actor, and Comedian

Listen to her music here.

OMNY Taiko

Visit their website here.

 

Mae Hsieh

Board Co-Chair
Lawyer, Business Professional & Social Impact Leader

Jane Tran

Board Co-Chair
Co-Founder and COO, Sixfold

Honorary Host Committee

Nelson Chu
Founder & CEO, Percent
Sapna Chudgar
Fiduciary Managing Director, Wilmington Trust
Narges Kakalia
Chief DEI Officer, Mintz
Madhuri Kumar
Vice President, Moelis & Company
LB and Adam Savitz
Cortney Stapleton
CEO, The Bliss Group
Lisa Sun
Founder and CEO, GRAVITAS
Kiet Tran
Founder & CEO, Peer Data
Rishi Varma
Corporate Senior Vice President, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary, Cargill
 

Host Committee

Mae Hsieh / Board Co-Chair
Jane Tran / Board Co-Chair
Jenifer Garvey / Board Treasurer
Alexander Ong / Board Secretary
Yogesh Bahl / Board Member
Madhavi Batliboi / Board Member
Deborah Chan / Board Member
Sujata Dayal / Board Member
Flora Feng / Board Member
Merv Garretson / Board Member
Susanna Hong / Board Member
Akita Somani / Board Member
Trisha Srivastava / Board Member
Jarret Yoshida / Board Member
 

Creative Strategy & Event Production

Juliana Sloper, Plum Strategy
 

Photography

Lucas Huang Photography
Raissa Oliveira
 

Video Production

87th Street Creative
 

Candle Production

Columbia University's UNICEF USA Club
Womankind Community Members
 

For Gala questions, please contact Jennifer Munz (Womankind Chief Development Officer) at jennifermunz@iamwk.org or 212-732-0054 ext. 105.