Our 2nd Annual Gala, held Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at Tappan Hill Mansion, in Tarrytown, was a big success — and a wonderful evening! See below for information about our emcee and honorees, as well as for photos and a video recording of the event. And please consider supporting the Foundation by clicking the button.
Chris Williams
Emcee
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HONORING
Elinor F. Urstadt
Philanthropy & Leadership Award
2025 Honorees
Left: Dr. Belinda Miles, Janice Haughton & Sam Battaglia of Turner Construction, Chris Williams. Center: Urstadt Scholar Petr Klaus, Elinor Urstadt, Dr. Belinda Miles, Chris Williams. Right: Westchester County Federation of Women’s Clubs Members.
Sue Gerry, Dr. Belinda Miles, Debbie Raizes
Charlie Urstadt, Elinor Urstadt, Petr Klaus, Cathy & Wing Biddle
WCCF President Susan Elion Wollin, Chris Williams (sporting a SUNY WCC cap), WCCF Chair Cornelia Spring
Susan Elion Wollin, Cornelia Spring, Chris Williams, Susan Yubas, Dr. Belinda Miles
Kristian Haughton, Turner Construction’s Janice Haughton & Sam Battaglia, Saverio Battaglia
Toby Crystal, David Stern and Betsy Stern
SUNY WCC President Dr. Belinda Miles
Joyce Seligman and Susan Elion Wollin
Rob & Linda Moser, Rachel & Kenneth Rader
SUNY WCC Board of Trustees Chair Dr. LeRoy Mitchell & Dr. Janice Francis, Marie & John DeCicco
Karen & Peter Herrero
Ruth & Andrew Suzman
Josephine Moffett and Kathy Halas
Michael Benenson, Susan Yubas, Debbie Raizes
Stewart & Robin Cooke, Joanne & George Rosamond, Marcia Klein
Elyse and Barry Klayman
Dr. Thomas Lee and Alyssa Lee
Dr. Elisa Burns & Meryl Alison
Chris Williams, Joyce Hirsch, Phil McGrath
Allison Chen, Joanne Landau, Geoff Thompson, Elizabeth Bracken-Thompson
Beth Zadek and Liz Gruber
Dr. Erik Fortune, Chris Williams performing a magic trick
Dr. Belinda Miles, Westchester County Federation of Women’s Clubs Scholar Abigail Guzman, Joanne Rosamond, Marcia Klein and Robin Cooke of the Federation, Chris Williams
Bryant Urstadt, Elinor Urstadt, Urstadt Family Scholars Petr Klaus and Annie Pingry, Cathy Biddle
To see more photos, click here.
To view the digital journal click here.
Gala Committee
Chair
Susan Yubas
Co-Chairs
Meryl A. Allison & Elisa E. Burns, MD
Saverio A. Battaglia
Catherine Urstadt Biddle
Robin Cooke
Betty Cotton
Toby Crystal
John A. DeCicco
Lisa M. Denig, Esq.
André G. Early
Aleida M. Frederico
Dr. Marsha Gordon
Doug Greene
Jennifer & Bud Gruenberg
Kathleen Halas
Janice Haughton
Lorna Hawthorne
Peter Herrero
Joyce A. Hirsch
Anne Janiak
Wilson Kimball, Esq.
Elyse & Barry Klayman
Marcia Klein
Joanne Landau & Rabbi Fred Schwalb
George Lindsay
Patricia Lunka
Richard Martinelli
Carmen L. Martínez-López & Ívan López
Matthew G. McCrosson
Philip J. McGrath
Robert K. McNamara
Linda Moser
Wendy Nadel
Jonathan K. Pollack
Deborah Raizes
Michael Romita
Joanne Rosamond
Richard Shearer
Florence Sinsheimer
Cornelia Spring
Betsy May Stern
Sybil Strum
Jeremy Sunshine
Ruth & Andrew Suzman
Dolores Swirin-Yao
Dorry Swope
Alice Tenney
Lucille S. Werlinich
Sani Williams
Teresita Wisell
Susan & Marc Wollin
Frances Wynn
Beth Zadek
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