Party Pictures 12/5/05 - We told ya, t’is definitely the season

We told ya, t’is definitely the season

Marcia Stein and Kathleen Turner

Two weeks ago over at the Rainbow Room, high above Rockefeller Center, Citymeals-on-Wheels held their 19th annual Power Lunch for Women.

This is an almost-but-not-quite “for women’s only” luncheon, a who’s who from the worlds of business, media, government and the arts.

It’s also, surprise-surprise, considered one of the top networking lunches in the annual New York social calendar.

They let some guys in, and for the privilege they (the guys) pay $10,000 a ticket to sit at a table surrounded by women (who treat him like he’s a hero).

Diane von Furstenberg

Donna Hanover

Joan Collins

Senator David Paterson

Gael Greene

Paula Zahn

Rikki Klieman

Rusty Staub

Victoria Clark

Tricia Walsh-Smith

Janice Combs

Jeanine Pirro

Janet Sainer

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

Laurie Tisch with daughters Carolyn and Emily Sussman

Arlene Dahl

Bobbi Brown

Eva Pigford

L. to r.: Rita Cosby; The scene inside the Rainbow Room.

The New York University Child Study Center hosted its 8th annual award dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street, chaired by Lori and George Hall. The dinner honorees were Bob Wright, chairman and CEO of NBC Universal and Suzanne Wright, co-founder of Autism Speaks.

Lori and George Hall present the 2005 Child Advocacy Award to Bob and Suzanne Wright

Guests included NYC Child Study Center board members Brooke and Dan Neidich, Alice and Thomas Tisch, the Honorable Jon Corzine, Cathy and Steve Graham, Linda and Arthur Carter, Michael Fascitelli and Elizabeth Cogan Fascitelli, Klara and Larry Silverstein, Jill and Robert C. Smith, Ellen and Howard Katz, Thomas Lee and Ann Tenenbaum, Claude and Bruce Wasserstein, Martin and Susan Lipton, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Dr. Gail Saltz, Eric Jong and Kenneth Burrows, Heather and Steve Mnuchin, Jon Mechanic, Anne Keating, Daryl and Steve Roth, Douglas Schoen, Samuel and Ronnie Heyman.

Supporters of this year’s dinner included Beth Rudin DeWoody, Mickey Drexler, Michael Gould, Dr. Sally Peterson, Laura and Robert Sillerman, and Katherine and Jerry Speyer.

Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., George and Lori Hall, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, and Suzanne and Bob Wright

This year’s dinner celebrated the remarkable advances researchers from the Child Study Center have made in the field of mental health and helping children in need. This is another one of those philanthropies that started as an idea several years ago with Brooke Neidich and a few friends and since has turned into an important achievement affecting the welfare and quality of life of children and their families.

Brooke Garber Neidich and Jamie Niven

Beth and Michael Fascitelli

Dylan Baker, Susanna Thompson, B.D. Wong, and Diane Neal

Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D. and Dr. Ruth Westheimer

Alice Tisch, Michael Fascitelli, Ann Tenenbaum, and Claude Wasserstein

Al Roker, Brian Ross, Ann Curry, and Debra and Stone Phillips

Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Bob and Suzanne Wright, and Ann Curry

Lori and George Hall

Thomas H. Lee, Gary Cohn, and The Honorable Jon S. Corzine

Larry and Klara Silverstein

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Frédéric de Narp, President and CEO of Cartier North America and Maria Crawley-Bayazid, Director, hosted a holiday celebration in honor of the Centennial Anniversary of the National Audubon Society at the Cartier Mansion, 653 Fifth Avenue at 52nd Street.

"Holidays are a time for friends and family. We wanted to show our appreciation to the friends of Cartier for their support throughout the years," Said Mr. de Narp.