October 11, 2023 | Cipriani 42nd Street

SparkYouth's 2023 Awards Benefit

Celebrating Neha Santiago, Shiva Viswanathan, Gisele Castro & 15 of NYC's Young Leaders

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SparkYouth's 2023 Awards Benefit

SparkYouth held our Annual Awards Benefit on October 11, 2023 at Cipriani 42nd Street. During the event, we celebrated young leaders from our partner programs and their work creating a better NYC for all of us.

We honored two corporate leaders, Neha Santiago, Head of Real Estate Private Credit & Managing Director, Cerberus Capital Management, and Shiva Viswanathan, Co-Head of U.S. Acquisitions & Senior Managing Director, Northwood Investors with the Champion for Youth Award. We also honored nonprofit leader Gisele Castro, Chief Executive Officer, exalt, with our Community Impact Award.

Proceeds from the Awards Benefit support SparkYouth’s inspiring youth development programs serving thousands of children throughout New York City.

2023 Champion for Youth Honorees

2023 Community Impact Award Honoree

HERO

  • Cerberus Capital Management

PARAGON

  • Northwood Investors

ICON

  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

CHAMPION

  • Adler & Stachenfeld LLP

  • Bryan Boisi, Cushman & Wakefield

  • BXP

  • CBRE

  • Eastdil Secured

  • EY

  • Fidelity National Title Insurance Company

  • JLL

  • Michelle & Sonny Kalsi

  • Yvette & Steve Kohn

  • L&L Holding Company LLC

  • Sylvie & Lee Millstein

LEADER

  • 1754 Properties

  • Ed Adler, Lubert Adler Real Estate Funds

  • Akin

  • Anchor Line Partners

  • Avison Young

  • Blackstone

  • Alison & Marty Burger

  • Dechert LLP

  • Kevin Faxon, Shadow Hill Partners

  • Greta Guggenheim

  • Kenneth S. Horn, Alchemy Properties, Inc.

  • J.P. Morgan Asset Management

  • Carol & Robert T. Lapidus

  • The Matays Family

  • Michael Nash

  • Newmark

  • PwC

  • Quinn McCabe LLP

  • Friends of Neha Santiago: Julia Butler • Catherine Chen • Anar Chudgar • Tracey Gamble • Deborah Ginsberg • Olivia John • Sarah Lagosh • Victoria Shusterman • Caitlin Simon • Nicole Sermier

  • Adam R. Schwartz, Angelo, Gordon & Co.

  • Silverpeak Real Estate Partners

PATRON

  • Altus Group

  • Benenson Foundation

  • Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

  • Chicago Title Insurance Company New York

  • Nora Creedon

  • Dean Dakolias • Steven Stuart, Fortress Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

  • Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

  • Goldman Sachs Real Estate

  • Gray Foundation

  • David W. Levinson, L&L Holding Company LLC

  • Steven Lichtenfeld, Proskauer Rose LLP

  • Linklaters

  • M&T Bank

  • Milbank LLP

  • Jay A. Neveloff, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, LLP

  • Naftalis & Frankel LLP

  • Pacific Retail Capital Partners

  • Paul Hastings

  • Neha & Marcos Santiago

  • Skadden

  • SL Green Realty Corp.

  • Charlene & Aaron Welsh

  • Wheelock Street Capital