We went to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Grand Finale Gala Saturday night at the Ritz Carlton. Candidates for the Man and Woman of the Year campaign raised a record-breaking $1.6 million to cure blood cancers. We snapped Cisco’s Valerie Muleners, Alan Balutis, and Lori and Larry Payne.
Congrats to the Man and Woman of the Year for winning the 10 week fundraising competition to fund critical cancer research: Ted Britt Ford’s Evelyn Smallwood and Cisco Systems’ Gary DePreta, here with the Boy and Girl of the Year, Vishav Chopra and Rylie Richards, blood cancer survivors and inspirations for the campaign. And congrats to Bisnow's Whitney Cohn, who also raised a ton for a great cause.
Guests used BidPals to bid on silent auction items including Jon Stewart tickets, artwork by the boy and girl of the year, and a Hawaiian getaway. Here, Cancer Treatment Center for America’s Shon Watson and Sera Snyder with Tonya Barnes, a patient.
Bravo to the LLS National Capital Area Chapter, which has raised more than any of the 58 US chapters 10 out of the past 11 years. Here, Man of the Year for 2009 Hap Peben and 2012 John Nyce bookend Biexergy’s Anna Fox; at right, current LLS co-chair, World Wide Technology’s Kevin Pearson.
