Gala Event: A Celebration of Superheroes
Pension Rights Center 35th anniversary celebration
On March 30, 2011, the Pension Rights Center held a gala event to celebrate its 35th anniversary. A slideshow of photos and event details are below. Were you unable to attend the celebration? Watch video here.
All photos taken by Kristian Whipple.
Reception and Awards Presentation
The Robert M. Ball – Lisle C. Carter Superhero Awards for outstanding contributions to retirement security
- The Honorable Charles Grassley, United States Senate
- The Honorable Tom Harkin, United States Senate
- The Honorable George Miller, United States House of Representatives
- Marilyn Hennessy, Trustee and former President and CEO of The Retirement Research Foundation
Launch of the Michael S. Gordon Fellows Program
- A cadre of retired pension professionals committed to working with the Pension Rights Center on projects within their areas of expertise.
- Dianne Bennett
- Frank Cummings
- Carol Gold
- Daniel Halperin
- Robert Nagle
- Henry Rose
Recognition of Conversation on Coverage Participants
- Martha Hutzelman, chair, Steering Committee
- Melissa Kahn, co-chair, Working Group I
- Norman Stein, co-chair, Working Group I
- Michael Calabrese, co-chair, Working Group II
- John Kimpel, co-chair, Working Group II
- Christopher Bone, co-chair, Working Group III
- Maria Freese, co-chair, Working Group III
- Cathy Heron, co-chair, Working Group III
- Ian Lanoff, co-chair, Working Group Iii
2011 Helen Quirini Activist Awards
- Ewa Bielski, former chair of the Citizens Commission on Pension Policy
- Paul Edwards, former chair of the Coalition for Retirement Security and the Citizens Commission on Pension Policy
- C. William Jones, president and CEO of the Association of BellTel Retirees, Inc., and chairman of the board of ProtectSeniors.Org
- Janice Winston, spokesperson for the Ad Hoc Coalition to Restore Retirement Security and the Bell Atlantic Coalition for Retirement Security
Special Guest Presenters
- David Certner, Legislative Counsel and Director of Legislative Policy for Government Relations and Advocacy, AARP
- Lynn D. Dudley, Senior Vice President, Policy, American Benefits Council
- Maria Freese, Director of Government Relations and Policy, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
- Regina Jefferson, Pension Rights Center Board Member and Professor, Columbus School of Law at Catholic University
- Ralph Nader, Consumer Advocate
Sponsors
The Pension Rights Center's board and staff thank all who generously donated to our 35th Anniversary Gala.
Super Sustainer
AARP
Powerful Patron
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
Dynamic Donors
AFL-CIO
Association of BellTel Retirees Inc.
Center for Economic Organizing
Korein Tillery, LLC
MetLife
Ralph Nader
Prudential Financial
Sandals & Associates, P.C.
Service Employees International Union
Cosmic Contributors
American Academy of Actuaries
American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries
AmericaWorks
Steven R. Bruce
Conference on Consulting Actuaries
Congress Asset Management
Gray Plant Mooty
Groom Law Group, Chartered
Ian Lanoff
Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C.
Marco Consulting Group
Peter Orszag
Pensions & Investments
Fred Reish and Bruce Ashton, DrinkerBiddle
Society of Actuaries
Norman Stein
United Food & Commercial Workers International Union
Spectacular Supporters
American Benefits Institute
American Council of Consumer Interests
American Council of Life Insurers
John H. Biggs
Steven M. Champlin
Drinker Biddle & Reath
Fidelity Investments
Norman P. Goldberg
Regina T. Jefferson
Olena Berg Lacy
The Law Office of Denise M. Clark, PLLC
Lebau & Neuworth LLC
Judy Mazo & Mike Seidman
Marion and Harvey Mudd
Lucia and John Mudd
Susan Mudd & John Norquist
Alicia H. Munnell
National Retiree Legislative Network
ProtectSeniors.org
Trucker Huss
Fantastic Friends
Anonymous
The Aspen Institute
Alan A. Cleveland
Ronald Dean: A Law Corp.
Economic Policy Institute
Gerontology Institute
Mrs. Michael Gordon & Elizabeth Gordon Jonckheer
Michael A. Haberman
Daniel Halperin
Keller Rohrback LLP
Ruth Taylor Kidd
Monique Morrissey & Mike Duffy
Moukawsher & Walsh, LLC
Robert E. Nagle
National Consumers League
National Partnership for Women and Families
Tom & Ruth Reeder
Heddy & Trip Reid
Donald Ross
Steven Sacher
Howard Shapiro
John Turner, Pension Policy Center
Robert J. Walker
Event Committee
- Olena Berg, Pension Rights Center Board, Event Committee Chair
- Alane Allman Dent, American Council of Life Insurers
- Denise Clark, Law Office of Denise Clark
- Ranny Cooper, Weber Shandwick
- Maria Freese, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
- Sally Greenberg, National Consumers League
- Regina Jefferson, Catholic University Law School, Pension Rights Center Board
- Bill Jones, Association of BellTel Retirees
- Melissa Kahn, MetLife
- Joan Kuriansky, Wider Opportunities for Women
- Ian Lanoff, Groom Law Group, Pension Rights Center Board
- Judy Mazo, The Segal Group
- Marion Mudd, Pension Rights Center Board
- John Nichols, Gray Plant Mooty
- Fred Reish, DrinkerBiddle
- Howard Shapiro, Proskauer Rose LLP
- Tom Terry, T. Terry Consulting
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