2025 Gala: Peace Made Possible

2025 Tanenbaum Gala: Peace Made Possible

Join us at The Edison Ballroom in New York City on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 6:00 pm or virtually at 7:00 pm!

From cocktail hour through the seated dinner, guests will immerse themselves in Tanenbaum’s programs that are transforming workplaces, schools, health care institutions and global areas of conflict. There will be plenty of time for conversations with Tanenbaum leadership, staff, and many other influential members of the Tanenbaum community who share a passion for building respect for religious difference.

You’ll hear from individuals who are creating and sustaining paths to building a world that respects religious difference including Corporate Bridge Builder honoree Nadine Augusta, Chief Impact Officer at Cushman and Wakefield, Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum Award for the Advancement of Interreligious Understanding honoree, Dr. Azza Karam, Founding President and CEO of Lead Integrity, and Adam Solomon Award for Excellence honoree Alison Overseth, CEO at the Partnership For After School Education (PASE). Tanenbaum will honor the legacy of the late Dr. Leonard S. Polonsky, CBE, with the Philanthropic Bridge Builder award.

Please plan to join us!

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Edison Ballroom
240 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036
October 23, 2025
6:00 – 9:00 PM ET
Livestream Broadcast: 7:00 PM ET

For more information, please contact Simon Beer at [email protected] or 212.967.7707 x 132


2025 Honorees

Nadine Augusta

Chief Impact Officer, Cushman & Wakefield

Corporate Bridge Builder Award

Dr. Azza Karam

Founding President and CEO of Lead Integrity

Rabbi Marc H. Tanenbaum Award for the Advancement of Interreligious Understanding

Alison Overseth

Chief Executive Officer, Partnership for After School Education (PASE)

Adam Solomon Award for Excellence

Dr. Leonard S. Polonsky CBE

Philanthropic Bridge Builder Award (Posthumously)

Tanenbaum will honor the legacy of the late Dr. Leonard S. Polonsky CBE with the Philanthropic Bridge Builder award.

Thank you to our generous sponsors and contributors!

Visionaries’ Circle
Cushman & Wakefield
Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)

Peacemakers’ Circle
Dr. Georgette F. Bennett
Merck & Co.

Healers’ Circle
Barbara and Jeffrey Becker and Epstein Becker & Green
Citi
Foa & Son, an Alera Group Company
Barry Friedberg
Suzanne and Douglas Henck
TJ Haynes-Morgan and Michael Morgan
Holly and Michael Weiss

Builders’ Circle
Goldman Sachs
Amy and Robert Heller
David Heller
Alison Overseth

As of October 16, 2025


Tanenbaum is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations to Tanenbaum’s 2025 Gala are deductible to the extent they exceed $215 per person attending. The Presenting Sponsorship is deductible up to $71,500 ($75,000 less value of benefits received).