Evening Program · Thursday, April 23, 2026

Arrival

5:00 PM

Cocktail Reception

Program

6:00 PM

Welcome

Daniel Bustillo
Executive Director, 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds

6:05 PM

A Message from the Paterson Family Video

Governor David Paterson & Daniel Paterson
Sons of Basil & Portia Paterson

6:10 PM

Honoring Basil & Portia Paterson

Mark Brossman
Partner, McDermott Will & Schulte LLP

6:20 PM

Basil & Portia Paterson Scholarship Recipient Video

Zulema Farrell
Special Touch Home Health Services · BA in Social Sciences / Mental Health Counseling

Video introduced by:

Rona Shapiro
Executive Vice President, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East

Andrea Thomas-Randall
Associate Executive Director, Sunnyside Citywide Home Care Services, Inc.

6:30 PM

Honoring Michael J. Dowling

Michael J. Dowling
CEO Emeritus, Northwell Health

Introduced by:

Marc Kramer
President, League of Voluntary Hospitals & Homes of New York

6:45 PM

Basil & Portia Paterson Scholarship Recipient Speech

Christiana Mensah
VNS Health · AAS in Nursing

Introduced by:

Faith Wiggins
Director, Long Term Care, CBO & Pharmacy Sectors and HCIEF, 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds

6:55 PM

Basil & Portia Paterson Scholarship Recipient Video

Nona Robinson
Bushwick Stuyvesant Heights Home Attendant, Inc. · Master’s in Public Health

7:00 PM

Honoring Gwynne A. Wilcox

Gwynne A. Wilcox
Former board member, National Labor Relations Board

Introduced by:

Yvonne Armstrong
President, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East

7:15 PM

Closing Remarks

Nadine Williamson-Seals
Senior Executive Vice President, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East

Our 2026 Contributors

2026 Champions

Name of Organization

2026 Patrons

Northwell Health

Segal Marco Advisors

VNS Health

Health Education Project

2026 Sponsors

Gray Foundation

Hamilton Lane

Milliman, Inc.

Mount Sinai Health Systems

National Philanthropic Trust

New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, LLP

The Stein Family Charitable Foundation

Yucaipa Companies

Donors below $10,000

Anonymous Donor

League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York

Step Visual

2026 Supporters

Amalgamated Insurance Company, Inc.

Anthony Welters

BronxCare Health System

CVS Health

EmblemHealth

Greater New York Hospital Association

NY Marriott Marquis

Donors below $5000

Andrew Stern, President Emeritus, SEIU

ADP Charitable fund (1,000)

Bond Schoeneck & King Attorneys (2,500)

Caribou Care (2,500)

Cohen Weiss & Simon LLP (1,000)

Cooperative Home Care Associates (2,500)

Debby King (500)

Gladstein, Reif & Meginniss, LLP (2,500)

Howard Levine (1,250)

Ideal School of Allied Health Care (750)

Ira Wincott (1,500)

Jay Sackman (500)

Levy Ratner (2,750)

Marc Z. Kramer (1,000)

Mark Brossman (2,250)

Mitra Behroozi (500)

Parker Jewish Institute (1,500)

President Emeritus SEIU Andrew Stern (1,000)

Sachs Policy Group (2,500)

Sandi Vito (500)

Scheinman Arbitration and Mediation Services (1,000)

Ullico Investment Company (500)

IATSE (500)

Weaver (1,500)

2026 Contributors

Catha Worthman

Faith Wiggins

Frances Sadler

Laureve Blackstone

Robert Catell

Donors below $250

Daniel Feinberg (100)

Harneen Chernow (100)

Linda Provenza (25)

Rebecca Hall (50)

Scott Hold (100)

 

Planning Committee

Laureve D. Blackstone, Partner, Levy Ratner, P.C.

Mark E. Brossman, Partner, McDermott  Will  &  Schulte

Daniel Bustillo, Executive Director, 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds

Marc Z. Kramer, President, League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York

Stacey Millman, Chief Member Experience Officer, 1199SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds 

Bruce Raynor, President Emeritus, Workers United (SEIU)

Rona Shapiro, Executive Vice President, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East 

Andrea Thomas-Randall, Associate Executive Director, Sunnyside Citywide Home Care Services, Inc.

Sandi Vito, Senior Advisor, 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds

Faith Wiggins, Director, Long Term Care, Community Based Organizations and Pharmacy Sectors, and HCIEF, 1199SEIU Training and Employment Funds

Nadine Williamson-Seals, Senior Executive Vice President, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East

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