Thank you to all of the sponsors, attendees, and honorees who made the SEO Annual Awards Dinner on April 9, 2025 a memorable success. The enthusiasm of 1,000 people in the room was a great boost of support to our community and the work we do together every day!
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Underwriter Sponsors
Hythem T. El-Nazer
Kenneth C. Griffin, Citadel, and Citadel Securities
Susan and John B. Hess
Nic Humphries & Partners of Hg
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
The Roberts Foundation
Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF)
TA Associates
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Pacesetter Sponsors
Anonymous
Hara Amdemariam*
Joseph Bae* and Janice Lee
Frank Bisignano
Orlando and Katy Bravo
Charlesbank
Deloitte
Mark Gallogly and Lise Strickler
Global Infrastructure Partners
Kenneth B. Mehlman
Kammy Moalemzadeh*
Scott and Amie Nuttall
Susan and Joe Plumeri
Amelia and Adebayo Ogunlesi
Anjuli & Raj Rao
Julian and Ana Salisbury
Menna* and Eli Samaha
Nishi Somaiya*
Summit Partners
Tishman Speyer
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
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Platinum Sponsors
Bank of America
Gloria and Mark Bieler
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Kenneth and Kathryn Chenault
Maya Chorengel and Arpad Molnar
Chubb
Citi
Chase and Stephanie Coleman
Michael DeFlorio, Harvest Partners
Amy Ellis*
Gilbert Andrew Garcia* (SEO 1983) and Dr. DeeDee Garcia
Garcia Hamilton & Associates
Gray Foundation
Carla Harris*
Haveli Investments
Hearst
Lazard
Morgan Stanley
Paulson Family Foundation
Verdun S. Perry*
PwC
Reverence Capital
S&P Global
Siris Capital
Alex Tahsili
Ed Tam* and Tara Hart
Jason Werlin and Morgan Seigler
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Benefactor Sponsors
Acquavella Family Foundation
Barclays
Blue Owl Capital
Brookfield
John Civantos*
Tonika and Taj* Clayton
Clearlake Capital Group
EGF Accelerator
HPS Investment Partners
IBM
ICONIQ Capital
Insight Partners
Kimberly Kravis and Jonathan Schulhof
Kroll, LLC
Nyssa and Chris* Lee / Lee Family
Lexington Partners
Jennifer and Marc Lipschultz
McDermott Will & Emery
NHL
Oaktree Capital Management
Michael and Maria Osheowitz
Dinesh and ILA Paliwal
Palladium Equity Partners
PennantPark Investment Advisers, LLC
Michael A. Peterson
Silversmith Capital Partners
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
TP ICAP
TPG
UBS
Keith* and Marla Wofford
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Opportunity Sponsors
American Express
Artemis Real Estate Partners
Atria
BDT & MSD Partners
Lisa and Jeff Bewkes
Roy Burns
Natalie and Billy Butcher
Centerview Partners
Cinven
Corinthia Global Management
Eva and Glenn Dubin
Evercore
EY-Parthenon
Dr. & Mrs. Bienvenido Fajardo
Franklin Templeton
Michelle and Brandon Freiman
FS Investments
GCM Grosvenor
General Atlantic Foundation
Golub Capital
Goodwin
Janus Henderson Investors
JPMorgan Chase
Eric and Emmie Lee
The Margaret and Daniel Loeb Foundation
Alison Mass
Crystal McCray and Raymond J. McGuire
Henry and Laura McVey
MJR Foundation LLC
Natixis Investment Managers
OHA
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
PGIM Investments
RBC Capital Markets
Related Companies
Kim and Ralph Rosenberg
Bob Scully and Nancy Peretsman
Proskauer LLP
Sentinel Dome Partners
Shore Capital Partners
Silver Lake
Adam and Melanie Smith
Amy and David Sorkin
ST6 Partners
State Street Global Advisors SPDR
Sabin and Beverly Streeter
Harry D. Taylor
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Patrons
Anonymous
Advent International
The Baumgartner Family
Steven Bayardelle
Beth Chartoff Spector
Jay Coughlon
Vince DeGiaimo
Lon Dolber*
Amit Doshi*
Agnes Gund
Kyu Han and Heinz Maeusli
Andrew Harris
Anna and Tony Hass
Javed Khan
Kohlberg & Company
Lawrence Lavine
Manulife John Hancock Investments
Garrett and Mary Moran
Michael Nickols
Irene and Peter Pappas
Partnership for New York City
Gavin Payne
Alexander Popov
Hal Ritch
Janice Cook Roberts
Anthony Scalese
Janine Shelffo
Vipul Tandon
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Supporter Sponsors
John Addis
Mila Hingorani*
Shaia Hosseinzadeh and Jana Matheson
Carlos Ingles*
Dev Kapadia
Vishnu* and Monica Kurella
Larry Nath
Gavin Payne
Steven Puccinelli
Raymond James
M. Ali Rashid*
Louis Salvatore
Nathaniel Simmons*
Vipul Tandon
Rick and Katie Wandoff
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Friends
Robert Barlick
Steven Bayardelle
Michael Billings
David Blatte
Mogodoli Bond
Jim Bonetti
Mimi and Jim Broner
Eduardo* and Tasha Cabral
Ashton Chan*
David Chun
Jennifer Davis
Kevin Gibbons
Shaia Hosseinzadeh
Fidelity Investments
Flexis Capital LLC
Amy Ho*
Sunil S. Jain*
Diego Kantt*
Dev Kapadia
Justin Korval
Roy Ku
Rick Landgarten
Anthony Lehman* & Molly Brady Lehman
Julius Marapachi*
Ryan Miller
Ephraim Musokwa*
Jamie Pate
Diego Recalde*
Lorena Rodriguez*
Avinash G. Samudrala*, Standard Digital Capital LLC
Brett Scharf
Holly Sheffield
Manuel Sobrino
Danielle and Abraham Tiamiyu
Donna M. Sittmann
Danielle & Abraham* Tiamiyu
Marjorie Torres
Philip Varughese*
Chip Wadsworth
James Wallick
Sponsorship and ticket level details are below. To become a sponsor, please contact development@seo-usa.org.
- Underwriter Sponsor ($250,000): Two premier tables for ten; Twenty tickets to the Chairman’s Reception; prominent recognition in all event-related materials as an Underwriting sponsor; Premium placement of full-page ad in digital dinner journal; prominent placement on Awards Dinner Step & Repeat; Premier recognition in event materials
- Pacesetter Sponsor ($100,000): One premium table for ten; Ten tickets to the Chairman’s Reception; Prominent recognition in all event-related materials as a Pacesetter sponsor; Premium placement of full-page ad in digital dinner journal; Placement on Awards Dinner Step & Repeat; Recognition in event materials
- Platinum Sponsor ($50,000): One premium table for ten; Five tickets to the Chairman’s Reception; Listing in all event-related materials as a Platinum sponsor; Preferred placement of full-page ad in digital dinner journal; Recognition in event materials
- Benefactor Sponsor ($35,000): One preferred table for ten; Two tickets to the Chairman’s Reception; Listing in all event-related materials as a Benefactor sponsor; Placement of full-page ad in digital dinner journal; Recognition in event materials
- Opportunity Sponsor ($15,000): Three seats at a sponsor table; Three tickets to the general reception; Listing in all event related materials as an Opportunity sponsor. Placement of half-page ad in digital dinner journal and recognition in event materials; Limited Availability
- Patron Ticket ($5,000): One ticket to the dinner with premium seating; One ticket to Chairman’s reception; Listing in dinner journal; Recognition in event materials
- Supporter Ticket ($2,500): One ticket to the dinner with preferred seating; One ticket to the general reception; Listing in dinner journal; Recognition in event materials ; Limited Availability
- Friend Ticket ($1,000): One ticket to the dinner; One ticket to the general reception; Listing in dinner journal; Recognition in event materials; Limited Availability
- SEO Alumni Ticket ($300): One ticket to the dinner; One ticket to the general reception; Only available to SEO alumni
The fair market value is $350 per person. Contributions in excess of $350 per person may be considered a tax-deductible contribution.
