Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 6:00 PM
New York Hilton Midtown, New York City
Each year, supporters across the SEO community come together to celebrate our high-impact work, invest in the lives of the young people we serve, honor remarkable leaders in business and philanthropy, and enjoy connecting with each other around a shared passion for expanding opportunity. Please join alumni, partners, and sponsors for special 2023 Awards Dinner in SEO’s 60th anniversary year!
Honorees

Raymond J. McGuire
President, Lazard

Peter Y. Chung
Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer
Summit Partners
SEO ’88 Alumnus
Dinner Chair

James P. Gorman
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Morgan Stanley
Special Guest

Gayle King
Co-Host, CBS MORNINGS
Editor at Large, Oprah Daily
Sponsorship Levels
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Opportunity Sponsor: $15,000
One half table of a table (5 seats); Five tickets to the general reception; Listing in the dinner journal; Recognition in event materials
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Patron: $5,000
One ticket to the dinner with premium seating; One ticket to general reception; Listing in dinner journal; Recognition in event materials
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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
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Friend: $1,000
One ticket to the dinner; One ticket to the general reception; Listing in dinner journal; Recognition in event materials
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SEO Alumni: $300
One ticket to the dinner; One ticket to the general reception
Sponsors
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Underwriting Sponsors
- Kenneth C. Griffin
- Susan & John B. Hess
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Marie-Josée & Henry R. Kravis
- Morgan Stanley
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Pacesetting Sponsors
- Anonymous
- Orlando & Katy Bravo
- The Bisignano Family
- Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
- Deloitte
- Hythem T. El-Nazer – TA Associates
- Global Infrastructure Partners
- Nic Humphries – Hg
- Kenneth B. Mehlman
- Kammy Moalemzadeh
- Scott & Amie Nuttall
- Susan & Joe Plumeri
- Julian C. Salisbury
- Tishman Speyer
- Siris
- WCAS
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Platinum Sponsors
- American Express
- Artemis Real Estate Partners
- Blackstone Charitable Foundation
- Cerberus
- Kathy & Ken Chenault, General Catalyst
- Maya Chorengel
- Chubb
- Citi
- Amy Ellis
- Gilbert Andrew Garcia and Garcia Hamilton Associates
- Deborah L. Harmon
- Hearst
- Hunter Point Capital
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- Nyssa & Chris Lee
- News Corp
- Verdun S. Perry
- S&P Global
- Salesforce
- Alex Tahsili
- Ed Tam & Tara Hart
- TP ICAP
- TPG
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Benefactor Sponsors
- Acquavella Family Foundation
- The Baupost Group
- Mark Bieler
- Box
- Broadridge Financial Solutions
- Brookfield
- Andrea & Jim Burns
- John Civantos, Avance Investment Management
- Clarion Partners, LLC
- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- Deerfield Foundation
- Diamond Hill
- Dunes Point Capital
- Fiserv, Inc.
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
- GCM Grosvenor
- General Atlantic Foundation
- Carla Harris
- IBM
- ICONIQ Capital
- Invesco
- Kimberly Kravis & Jonathan Schulhof
- Kroll, LLC
- Lexington Partners
- Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
- National Hockey League
- Nuveen, a TIAA Company
- Maria & Michael Osheowitz
- Dinesh & ILA Paliwal
- Palladium Equity Partners, LLC
- Paramount Group
- Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
- PwC
- Related Companies
- Bob Scully & Nancy Peretsman
- Silver Lake
- Adam & Melanie Smith
- Amy & David Sorkin
- Summit Partners
- Third Point LLC
- Warburg Pincus
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Opportunity Sponsors
- Atairos
- Karen & Todd Builione
- Natalie & Billy Butcher
- CBRE
- Cinven
- Columbia Threadneedle Investments
- Digital Realty
- Cheryl Cohen Effron & Blair Effron
- The Elder Family
- Fidelity Investments
- Fortress Investment Group
- Franklin Templeton
- KKR Capstone
- L Catterton
- Eric J. Lee
- Lehrer Cumming
- Lord, Abbett & Co.
- Ninon Marapachi & Meck Khalfan
- Maybel Marte, BlackRock
- Laura & Henry McVey
- MetLife
- NetApp
- Otterbourg P.C.
- Principal Asset Management
- Restaurant Associates
- Ralph Rosenberg
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Patron Sponsors
- Chartres Lodging Group, LLC
- DataRobot
- Glenn Dubin
- Michelle & Brandon Freiman
- Friedman Family Foundation
- Agnes Gund
- Anthony C. Hass
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- John Hancock Investment Management
- Kohlberg & Company
- Judy & Leonard Lauder
- Jennifer & Roland Merchant
- Janice Cook Roberts
- Jim Robinson
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Supporters
- ClearBridge Investments
- Delphix
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Friends
- Gensler
- Insight Partners
- L & K Partners Inc.
- Ephraim Musokwa
- Michael Zimmerman, Main Sequence Ventures