Celebrating Our Impact


Each year, supporters across the Opportunity Network community come together at our annual Night of Opportunity Gala to honor the achievements of OppNet Fellows and industry leaders who have committed to expanding college and career access.

Honorees

Todd Kahn Headshot

Todd Kahn

Chief Executive Officer and Brand President

Coach

Craig Melvin Headshot

Craig Melvin

Co-Anchor, “TODAY”

Co-Host, “3rd Hour of TODAY”

Kneeland Youngblood Headshot

Kneeland Youngblood

Founding Partner, Chairman, and CEO

Pharos Capital Group

Emcee

Soledad O’Brien Headshot

Soledad O’Brien

Founder and CEO

Soledad O’Brien Productions

Supporters


OppNet’s work would not be possible without our community of partners and friends. We are deeply grateful to the individuals, companies, and foundations who have so generously supported this year’s Night of Opportunity. We are fortunate to have you in our network and appreciate the critical resources you bring to our work.

Leadership Circle

Coach Foundation | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | KPS Capital Partners, LP | Jeremy Palmer and Raquel Vargas Palmer* | Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | The Rees Family*

Champion

American Express | The Britton Family Foundation | The Broccoli Foundation | Jennifer and Sean Cohan* | Michael and Jennifer Davis* | Evercore | Goldman Sachs | GreenPoint Partners | Anna Kovner and Seth Meisel* | Pharos Capital Group | Robin and Michael Psaros | Bharat and Ferha Sahgal* | Vannita Simma-Chiang and David Chiang* | Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP | Rachel Weisz* and Daniel Craig* | Kim Welch*

Benefactor

Acertitude/Kevin O'Neill | ADP Foundation | Atlas Holdings LLC | Bank of America | BetterUp | BNP Paribas | DexKo Global | Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP | Colin S. Graham* and Sarah Graham / Spencer Stuart | Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey | Todd Kahn | Danielle Lee* | Morgan Stanley | The Mumford Family | NEA | Sarah and Dan O'Keefe* | PNC Bank | Ashok and Priya Raju* | Shonda Rhimes | Ropes & Gray, LLP | Abrielle Rosenthal* | Joanne and Paul Schnell* | Shapiro Pogrebin Foundation | Kim Sharky-Lytle and Shawn Lytle* | Norah and Brian Weinstein*

Underwriter

Alereon, Inc. | Bass, Berry & Sims | Jaclyn and Leo Greenberg | Michael Archer and Elizabeth Nieto* | Jeffrey Klein and Craig Nossel | L'Oreal | Aisha Thomas-Petit*

Investor

AlixPartners | Aon | Barclays | BMO Capital Markets | Citi | John Connaughton | CPM Holdings Inc. / David Webster | Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Denneen & Company, Inc. | Dentons | Duane Morris | EMCOR Group | Excel Sports Management | EY | Dave and Julie Friedland | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | Golub Capital | Guggenheim Securities, LLC | Peter and Debbie Gyenes | JP Morgan Chase | Lazard | Light & Wonder | Jay Mandel and Molly Stern* | Moelis & Company | Okapi Partners LLC | Anna Peng and Justin Kish | Perelson Weiner | Polsinelli | RBC Capital Markets | RhythMedix | Linnea and George Roberts | Santander Corporate & Investment Banking | TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. | UBS | Valuation Research Corporation | Marc and Dana Weingarten | Wells Fargo | Ian and Gigi Woods*

Mentor

Fred Bentley | Angela Cai & Greg Boguslavsky | Cannon and Bruce Campbell | Ryan Cotton | Jefferies | Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher | The Katie McGrath & JJ Abrams Family Foundation | Lockton | Phil and Ellie Loughlin | Devin & Leslie O'Reilly | PwC | Robin and Jeff Raich | SearchOne Advisors, LLC | Rahul Sevani and Megha Chopra | Debbie and Chet Wood

Partner and Patron

Anonymous (3) | Ashley and Christopher Everett/Goldman Sachs Gives | Robert Farkas | Doug Franck/Bradley | Erin George | Tricia Glynn | Andrew Kaplan | Elizabeth and John Kilgallon | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton | Jennifer Kopylov | Roshanak Malek | Angela D. McCray | Melissa Post | Dan Switzer | Ryan Thomas | Natalie and Rod Wright

* Board Member

Information


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All proceeds benefit The Opportunity Network, a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization.

Our tax ID is 43-1984494. Tables and tickets are tax deductible, less $325 per seat.