The Action Awards celebrates the pioneering actions by individuals and organizations in 2016 that helped create LGBT-inclusive athletic environments and eliminate anti-LGBT prejudice.
This year's event will feature an evening of cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, an inspiring awards ceremony, a luxury silent auction, and the opportunity to network with individual and corporate philanthropic leaders from the sports and business communities, as well as all-star athletes and sports personalities.
HON...
The Action Awards celebrates the pioneering actions by individuals and organizations in 2016 that helped create LGBT-inclusive athletic environments and eliminate anti-LGBT prejudice.
This year's event will feature an evening of cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, an inspiring awards ceremony, a luxury silent auction, and the opportunity to network with individual and corporate philanthropic leaders from the sports and business communities, as well as all-star athletes and sports personalities.
HONOREES
Boston Celtics
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA's All-Time Leading Scorer and Six-Time NBA Champion
Greg Louganis, Four-Time Olympic Gold Medalist
Heather O'Reilly, Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist and World Cup Champion
PRESENTERS & SPECIAL GUESTS
Grant Hill, Retired NBA Star & Co-Owner, Atlanta Hawks
Lori Lindsey, Retired US Women's Soccer National Team Midfielder
Peter Nelson, Executive Vice President, HBO Sports
Music by DJ Prince Hakim
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT ACTIONAWARDS.ORG
SCHEDULE
7-10 PM Cocktail and Hors d'oeurves Reception
8 PM Action Awards Ceremony
10 PM After-Party
EVENT LEADERSHIP
Christine C. Quinn
Fran Boller
Chris Coffey
Brian Ellner
Frederick C. Raffetto
Robert L. York, Jr.
MVP SPONSORS $25,000+
Ken Mehlman
NBA & WNBA
CAPTAIN SPONSORS $15,000+
MillerCoors
RBC Capital Markets
ALLY SPONSORS $10,000+
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Citi
Allison Grover and Susie Scher
Haddad Brands
HBO
KPMG
Northwestern Mutual
Target
Steve, Laurie, and Jonathan Tisch
Tusk Ventures
Steve Wozencraft and John Evans
FANS $5,000+
Capalino + Company
Icon Realty Management
Major League Soccer
National Football League
BOOSTERS $2,500+ & In-Kind Gifts
AT&T
BakerHostetler
Boxed Water is Better
Edelman
JetBlue
MillerCoors
Susan Rudin
Tito's Handmade Vodka
CO-CHAIRS $1,000+
Ansell Grimm & Aaron, PC
Michael Balaban
Scott L. Bennett
Robby Browne
Joy and Steven Bunson
Tim Bush and Xavier Boyaval
Laura Clise
Chris Coffey and Adam J. Riff
Karen Dixon
Jeff Gates and Mike Moran
Jeff Gearheart
Sarah Goldfrank
Keith Harman
Albert Imperato
Kevin Jennings and Jeff Davis
Lisa Linsky
McDermott Will & Emery
Alan Miles and Drew Glick
Christine C. Quinn and Kim Catullo
Frederick C. Raffetto
Barry Skovgaard
Rob Smith and Rod Grozier
Harold Smith-Franzen
Mark Stephanz
Mike Syers
Hudson Taylor and Lia Parifax
Andrew Tobias
Andrew Ward
HOST COMMITTEE $500+
Diane Coffey
Tracy Elstein
Laurence Isaacson and Alex Guidera
Bruce Hayes
Lanaya Irvin
Tanya Kalivas
Gregory Kerr
Otho Kerr
Joseph Lattinelli
Jack and Sarah Raslowsky
Michael Sarkozi and Ron Shuma
Johann Shudlick
Susan Stewart and Julie Olson
Daryl Wickstrom and Steve Cunningham
List in formation as of September 13, 2016.