Columbia College Young Alumni Fund Spring Benefit

The Spring Benefit Host Committee cordially invites the classes of 2004-2013 to attend the 8th Annual Columbia College Young Alumni Fund Spring Benefit.

Co-chairs
Sanaz Fazeli ’11
John Zaro ’05

Tala Akhavan ’13
Matthew Amsterdam ’10
Natasha Avanessians ’12
Dayana Azuaje ’10
Allison Bajger ’07
Daniel Bajger ’07
Daniela Cassorla ’10
David Chait ’07
Jeremy Colvin ’08
Andrew  Colvin ’10
Mary Martha Douglas ’11
Samantha Feingold ’07
Stephanie Foster ’12
Arielle Fox ’11
Mary Kate Frauenheim ’13
Daniel Goldman’04
Julie Hall ’13
Maxie Glass Harnik ’09
Lisa Heffner ’06
Jennifer Hsia ’06
Alexa Hubbard ’10
Justin Ifill ’06
Arvind Kadaba ’07
Jill Larson ’10
Michele Levbarg-Klein ’12
Ashley Lherisson ’12
Eric Lukas ’09
Christina Macchiarola ’10
Beth Malin ’11
Katy Marshall ’12
John Mascari ’08
Cliff Massey ’10
Scott Maxfield ’11
William McDavid ’10
Robert Meyerhoff ’06
Meredith Milstein ’09
Brian Mulligan ’09
Brittney Nagle ’12
Iman Nanji ’13
Negin Navab ’12
Leo Nolan ’09
Christine Ortiz ’08
Michael Paranac ’10
Charles Pippen ’08
Preston Pohl ’09
Greg Pupo ’09
Brendan Quinn ’05
Alex Rosen ’11
Daniel Shapiro ’07
Valerie Smith ’09
Maria Sulimirski ’13
Liana Tedesco ’11
Michael Topol ’10
Alana Tung ’12
Miklos  Vasarhelyi  ’04
Jeff Witten ’10
Shelly Zhu ’10

 

 

 

When & Where

Friday, April 25th, 2014
370 Park Ave. (between 52nd and 53rd Streets)
New York City


7—8 p.m. – John Jay Associates Reception honoring Justin Ifill ’06 with the Gerald Sherwin ’55 Young Alumni Service Award

8—11 p.m. – Benefit and Silent Auction

Online registration is closed. Please call 212-851-5664 through 5:00 p.m. to purchase tickets. Due to club regulations, no tickets will be sold at the door.

See who's coming to the Spring Benefit.

Ticket Information

A benefit ticket includes a gift to the Columbia College Young Alumni Fund, open bar and hors d’oeuvres.
Dress code is cocktail attire; jacket and tie are required for men.

  • $100—Classes of 2010-2013
  • $125—Classes of 2005-2009
  • $150—Class of 2004

A John Jay Associates ticket includes all of the above as well as a John Jay Associate-level gift to the Columbia College Young Alumni Fund. John Jay Associates are recognized as leadership-level donors in the Columbia College Annual Fundraising Report and are also invited to attend a special reception at seven o’clock p.m.

  • $350—Classes of 2010-2013
  • $625—Classes of 2005-2009
  • $1,150—Class of 2004

Young alumni who contributed a John Jay Associate-level gift between July 1, 2013 and May 10, 2014 are invited to join the seven o’clock reception with the purchase of a standard benefit ticket.

Contributions to the benefit are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law; the nondeductible portion of the benefit is $75.

If you are unable to attend the Young Alumni Fund Spring Benefit but would like to support the College with a fully tax-deductible gift, please make an online donation

Your Support

Proceeds from the Columbia College Young Alumni Fund Spring Benefit support undergraduate education at Columbia College.

Your generosity will enhance financial aid, provide the resources necessary to maintain Columbia’s renowned Core Curriculum, support improvements in student services and support summer internship stipends. Gifts to the College Fund bolster all aspects of the undergraduate experience. Alumni support of the College Fund has made possible enhancements to Columbia’s academic and student programs. With your generosity, the College will continue to thrive.

Check out photos from last year’s benefit!


Who's Coming to the Spring Benefit 

Class of 2004

Randy Berkowitz
Daniel Goldman
Stephanie Lung
Hilary Robinson
Miklos Vasarhelyi

Class of 2005

Anya Boutov
Michael Grady
Brendan Quinn
Demetrios Yatrakis
John Zaro

Class of 2006

Kimberly Endelson
Jennifer Hsia
Justin Ifill
Seneca Iscove
Robert Meyerhoff
Charlie Pope

Class of 2007

Allison Turza Bajger
Daniel Bajger
Gerard Barrett
Arvind Kadaba
Waqas Shaikh
Daniel Shapiro
John Shekitka
Terence Zaleski

Class of 2008

Augusta Foshay-Rothfeld
Justin Kamen
Karl Moats
Christine Ortiz
Charles Pippen
Anthony Segna
Jeff Silberman

Class of 2009

Monique Alves
Michael Drabkin
Maxime Glass Harnik
Evan Harnik
Alexander Howard
Meredith Milstein
Brian Mulligan
Leo Nolan
Preston Pohl
Greg Pupo
Valerie Smith
Steffan Wolfe

Class of 2010

Kate Abrams
Matthew Amsterdam
Dayana Azuaje
Clay Bartlett
Robyn Burgess
David Byeff
Daniela Cassorla
Julia Feldberg
Lindsay Griffith
Alexa Hubbard
Jennifer Johnson
Gregg Klein
Adam Lampell
Jill Larson
Sarah Lebovitz
Christina Macchiarola
Jonathan Maimon
Cliff Massey
Chloe McNerney
Louis Miller
Natasha Naayem
Michael Paranac
Monica Quaintance
Anne Reilly
Joe Saia
Ahmed Suria
Michael Topol
Alana Tung
Timothy Tzeng
Shelly Zhu

Class of 2011

Zach Ali
Jason Banos
Sarah Brovman
Sumedha Chablani
Austin Cohen
Benjamin Cotton
Alexa Davis
Mary Martha Douglas
Kate Durnan
Sanaz Fazeli
Arielle Fox
Simone Foxman
Lalit Gurnani
Gairy Hall
Gillian Kemmerer
Timothy Lam
Steve Lowenthal
Beth Malin
Scott Maxfield
Jon Miller
Kerry Morrison
Carolina Perez
Kevin Roberts
Alex Rosen
Hannah Smith
Holly Stanton
Zack Susel
Liana Tedesco
Jeremy Whyte
Noelle Williams
Max Zinner

Class of 2012

Michael Adame
Renuka Agarwal
Shreya Agarwal
Emily Ahn
Raissa Arguelles
Sarah Avallone
Natasha Avanessians
Jerry Bell
Carson Christus
Dominic Condello
Dane Cook
Nathaniel Dickey-White
Sarah Druckenmiller
Stephanie Foster
Taylor Gattinella
Asalia Goldberg
Elyssa Goldberg
Alexa Goldson
Jake Goren
Sahil Gupta
Shom Hinduja
Paul Hsiao
Jennifer Hwang
Ashwini Kadaba
Eylul Kayin
Rishi Kodali
Michele Levbarg-Klein
Ashley Lherisson
Dylan Lonergan
Michael Loya
Vivian Luo
Joaquin Mallo
Nikita Manilal
Katy Marshall
Evan Miller
Ross Morand
Brittney Nagle
Negin Navab
Anchit Nayar
Vincent Ning
Anthony Potter
Alex Powell
Allyson Shea
Matthew Siegfried
Kristin Simmons
Harrison Soebroto
Allyson Werner
Alienor Westphalen
Gabrielle Yo

Class of 2013

Tala Akhavan
Constance Boozer
Mary Kate Frauenheim
Andrew Godinich
Amanda Gutterman
Julie Hall
Fred Havemeyer
Asher Hecht-Bernstein
Michael Kahn
Michael Kaufman
Peter Krawczyk
Alexander McHale
Richard Medina
Iman Nanji
Perry Nickerson
Alexander Park
Ella Quittner
Catherine Rawls
Bennett Rosnick
Olivia Santoro
Robert Sigmon
Katherine Sorin
Eleanor Stein
Caroline Strickland
Maria Sulimirski
Richard Sun
Ashley Zambito