The SEO community was excited to gather again on April 21, 2022 for our signature annual event, celebrating this year’s remarkable honorees and the work we do each day to create opportunity for thousands of young people.

  • Underwriter Sponsors
    • Kathy & Ken Chenault and
      General Catalyst
    • Goldman Sachs Gives
    • Kenneth C. Griffin & Citadel & Citadel Securities
    • Susan & John B. Hess
    • JPMorgan Chase & Co.
    • Kirkland & Ellis LLP
    • Marie-Josée Kravis & Henry R. Kravis
  • Pacesetter Sponsors
    • Anonymous (4)
    • Accenture
    • Hara Amdemariam
    • Arthur M. Blank
    • Leslie Williams & James Attwood
    • Joseph Bae & Janice Lee
    • The Bisignano Family
    • Charlesbank
    • Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
    • Deloitte
    • Hythem T. El-Nazer – TA Associates
    • Global Infrastructure Partners
      and Amelia & Bayo Ogunlesi
    • Patrick Healy
    • Nic Humphries – Hg
    • Ana & Philippe Laffont
    • Kenneth B. Mehlman
    • Kammy Moalemzadeh
    • National Land Tenure Co., LLC
    • Scott & Amie Nuttall
    • Joe & Susan Plumeri
    • Salesforce
    • Julian C. Salisbury
    • Siris Capital Group
    • Tishman Speyer
    • WCAS
  • Platinum Sponsors
    • Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
    • American Express
    • American International Group, Inc.
    • American Securities
    • Bloomberg Philanthropies
    • Brooklyn Nets & New York Liberty
    • Russell L. Carson
    • The Chase & Stephanie Coleman Foundation
    • Maya Chorengel
    • Chubb
    • Citi
    • Brian & Karen Conway
    • Eaton Vance
    • William and Dewey Edelman Charitable Trust
    • Amy Ellis & Michael Simon
    • Eaton Vance
    • Richard Friedman
    • Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
    • Hearst
    • Marie-Josée Kravis
    • Nyssa & Chris Lee
    • Morgan Stanley
    • National Hockey League
    • News Corp
    • Paulson Family Foundation
    • Verdun S. Perry
    • PwC
    • S&P Global
    • Ashish Shah
    • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
    • Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
    • Alex Tahsili – Alkeon Capital Management
    • Ed Tam & Tara Hart
    • Thomas H. Lee Partners
    • TP ICAP
    • TPG
    • Trilantic North America
    • Warburg Pincus
  • Benefactor Sponsors
    • Abry Partners
    • Acquavella Family Foundation
    • ADP Foundation
    • Bank of America
    • The Baupost Group
    • Lisa & Jeff Bewkes
    • Gloria & Mark Bieler
    • Blue Owl Capital
    • Andrea & Jim Burns
    • Cabrera Capital Markets LLC
    • CC Capital
    • John Civantos
    • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
    • Clifford Chance
    • Crown Family Philanthropies
    • Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
    • Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
    • Diamond Hill
    • Edwin Gould Foundation Accelerator
    • Evercore
    • EY
    • Fiserv
    • Fitch Ratings
    • Fortress Investment Group
    • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
    • Gilbert Andrew Garcia and Garcia Hamilton Associates
    • Garcia Family Foundation (Arizona)
    • GCM Grosvenor
    • General Atlantic Foundation
    • GI Partners
    • Donald Graham
    • Grain Management
    • Carla Harris
    • Harvest Partners, LP
    • Honeywell
    • HPS Investment Partners, LLC
    • Nic Humphries – Hg
    • IBM
    • ICONIQ Capital
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • KPMG LLP
    • Kimberly Kravis & Jonathan Schulhof
    • Kroll
    • Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
    • Mastercard
    • Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
    • Natixis Investment Managers
    • NetJets
    • Neuberger Berman
    • Newlight Partners
    • Maria & Michael Osheowitz
    • Palladium Equity Partners, LLC
    • Patterson Belknap
    • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
    • Piper Sandler & Co.
    • PREA Foundation
    • Proskauer Rose
    • PSP Investments Holding USA LLC
    • Related Companies
    • Gaurav Seth
    • Silver Lake
    • Silversmith Capital Partners
    • Melanie & Adam Smith
    • Amy & David Sorkin
    • Starwood Capital Group
    • Laurence Stein
    • Third Point LLC
    • Vanbarton Group
    • Keith & Marla Wofford
  • Opportunity Sponsors
    • Akin Gump
    • AllianceBernstein
    • American Century Investment
    • Atairos Management
    • Brookfield
    • Karen & Todd Builione
    • Natalie & Billy Butcher
    • Cinven
    • Clarion Partners
    • Clearlake Capital Group
    • Columbia Threadneedle Investments
    • K. Don Cornwell
    • Diameter Capital Partners LP
    • Mark Ein
    • EY
    • First Eagle
    • Franklin Templeton
    • Gilbert Andrew Garcia and Garcia Hamilton Associates
    • William A. Goodloe
    • Gunderson Dettmer Stough
    • Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigan
    • Xavier, Jericca, & Xavi Gutierrez
    • Harold Hope
    • Invesco
    • KKR Capstone
    • Latham & Watkins LLP
    • Eric J. Lee
    • Leonard Green & Partners, LP
    • Robert & Dana Lewin
    • Lord, Abbett & Co.
    • Madison International Realty
    • Ninon Marapachi & Meck Khalfan
    • Mr. & Mrs. Henry McVey
    • Maybel Marte
    • Nuveen
    • Otterbourg P.C.
    • Ila & Dinesh Paliwal Foundation
    • Reverence Capital Partners
    • Ropes & Gray LLP
    • Bob Scully & Nancy Peretsman
    • Shearman & Sterling LLP
    • UBS
    • Vanguard
    • Vestar Capital Partners
    • Nanar & Tony Yoseloff
  • Patrons
    • Adelante Capital Management LLC
    • Arizona Community Foundation
    • Vivek Bantwal
    • Mark Baumgartner
    • Berkshire Partners
    • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona
    • CastleOak Securities, L.P.
    • Chartres Lodging Group, LLC
    • Lorin J. Crenshaw
    • Glenn Dubin
    • Blair Effron & Cheryl Cohen Effron
    • ESPN Deportes
    • Michelle & Brandon Freiman
    • Samuel Frieder
    • Guggenheim Investments
    • Agnes Gund
    • Anthony C. Hass
    • Paul & Sonia Jones
    • Vishnu Kurella
    • Judy & Leonard Lauder
    • Fran & Ros L’Esperance
    • Peter Lyon
    • Manhattan West
    • Alison Mass
    • John McGuire
    • Garth A. Mitchell
    • Charles Novak
    • Richard D. Parsons
    • Permira Advisers
    • General & Mrs. David Petraeus
    • PGIM Investments
    • Daniel Pietrzak
    • Qlik.org Impact Fund
    • Red Crane Charitable Fund
    • Janice Cook Roberts
    • Jim Robinson
    • Kurt Simon
    • Skadden, Arps, Slate,
      Meagher & Flom LLP
    • Gene Sykes
    • W Cade Thompson
    • Michael Ungari
    • Alisa & Alistair Wood
  • Supporters
    • Allspring Global
    • Anonymous (2)
    • Reena & Raj Agrawal
    • Charles Bendit
    • BlackRock, Inc.
    • Lisa Opoku Busumbru
    • Citizens Bank
    • ClearBridge Investments
    • Fred Ebrahemi
    • Tony Freinberg
    • Noreen Gillen
    • Morton & Linda Janklow
    • Janus Henderson Investors
    • Judy & Art Mehlman
    • National Association of Investment Companies
    • National Lacrosse League
    • Partnership for New York City
    • Sophos
    • Lerone Vincent
    • Jason Wright
    • Emma Zingone
  • Friends
    • Osei Appiagyei
    • Avante Capital Partners
    • Gerald Beechum
    • Drummond C. Bell III
    • Michael Blake
    • Christopher Cardwell
    • Brian Clarke
    • Shayne Doty
    • Douglas C. Lane & Associates
    • Resy Dunn
    • Leslie Elder
    • EY
    • Anthony Ferrara
    • Janet & Jerry Golkin
    • Tim Halpern
    • Harris Williams
    • Keith Hejna
    • Denielle Pemberton Heard
    • Amy Ho
    • Steve G. Horowitz, Inner Circle Sports
    • Insight Partners
    • Jillian Jones
    • Roy Lapidus
    • Domenika Lynch
    • Yvette-Marie Margaillan
    • Roxana McKinney
    • Ernest Mensah & Gina Antilus
    • Emery Mizero
    • Paulina Munoz
    • Chitra Nawbatt
    • Michael Palacios
    • Edward Pascual
    • Keith Patterson
    • Melvin Pina
    • Will Robalino
    • Christian Robinson
    • Cathy Saint Louis
    • Dr. Diane Shropshire
    • Thornburg Investment Management
    • Michael Valdes-Fauli
    • Benjamin Vega
    • Cynthia & Larry Weissblum
    • Nia White
    • Steven Wolfe
    • Nicholas Wood

Sponsorship Levels

  • 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 dinner journal; prominent placement on Awards Dinner photo backdrop; 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 dinner journal; Placement on Awards Dinner photo backdrop; 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 dinner journal; Recognition in event materials

  • Benefactor Sponsor: $25,000

    One preferred table for ten; Two tickets to the Chairman’s Reception; Listing in all event-related materials as a Benefactor sponsor; Placement of half-page ad in dinner journal; Recognition in event materials

  • Opportunity Sponsor: $15,000

    One table for ten; Ten tickets to the general reception; Listing in the dinner journal; Recognition in event materials

  • Patron: $5,000

    One ticket to the dinner with premium seating; One ticket to general reception; Listing in dinner journal; Recognition in event materials

  • Supporter: $2,500

    One ticket to the dinner with preferred seating; One ticket to the general reception; Listing in dinner journal; Recognition in event materials

  • Friend: $1,000

    One ticket to the dinner; One ticket to the general reception; Listing in dinner journal; Recognition in event materials

  • Alumni: $300

    One ticket to the dinner; One ticket to the general reception

  • Guest of SEO Alumni: $400

    One ticket to the dinner; One ticket to the general reception