2024 Champions of Choice
RegisterABOUT CHAMPIONS OF CHOICE
The annual Champions of Choice luncheon supports the National Institute for Reproductive Health and its Action fund, and our work in cities and states nationwide to advance just and equitable reproductive freedom. This year, NIRH and NIRH AF will unveil our blueprint for the next generation of reproductive freedom advocacy while honoring leading voices of this work on the ground and philanthropically.
We will also honor Andrea Miller, our fearless and long-time president who unexpectedly passed away late last year. We invite you to join us in paying homage to Andrea’s legacy, the work NIRH and its Action Fund have done thus far, and forging forward boldly and unapologetically in our quest to win reproductive freedom policies. We carry Andrea’s brilliant vision in our hearts and minds and press on to do the important work of reproductive health and rights, with justice as a guiding lens.
2024 Champions of choice awards luncheon
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 – 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET
Ziegfeld Ballroom, 141 W. 54th Street, NYC
Sponsorships, tables, and tickets can be found here.
2024 CHAMPIONS OF CHOICE EMCEEs
LIZZ WINSTEAD
As Co-creator and former head writer of The Daily Show, co-founder of Air America Radio, comedian Lizz Winstead helped change the very landscape of how people get their news. Winstead is not only a writer and creator, she was also a correspondent on The Daily Show and co-hosted Unfiltered, Air America Radio’s mid-morning show, with Chuck D and Rachel Maddow.
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Known as one of the top political satirists in America, Winstead is recognized by all the major media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, O Magazine, and as Entertainment Weekly’s 100 Most Creative People. Winstead’s first book, Lizz Free Or Die: Essays, released in 2012, garnered incredible reviews. Ms. Magazine says, “Lizz Winstead is a sharp-witted truth-teller, and Lizz Free or Die will inspire anyone who has ever talked back to the television or wished they could come up with satire as insightful as The Daily Show.”
Lizz continues to do stand-up, and make appearances on cable news, yet spends most of her time helming Abortion Access Front AAF) an inclusive NYC- based reproductive rights organization she founded in 2015. AAF uses humor and outrage to expose anti-choice hypocrisy and mobilizes people to take action in all 50 states. Hosting the AAF podcast, Feminist Buzzkills is the perfect next step for Winstead combining her activism with her comedy. It is a must listen, new episodes drip Fridays wherever you get your podcasts.
To keep up with Lizz, follow her on Twitter, Insta and Tiktok @lizzwinstead or like her on Facebook www.facebook.com/lizzwinstead.
JOYELLE Nicole JOHNSON
Joyelle Nicole Johnson is a comedian and writer who brings joy to the stage. Joyelle made her network TV debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers and more recently performed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon twice in one year. Her first stand-up special Love Joy is available on Peacock.
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Her career in abortion care has spanned all facets of clinical provision, providing care in universities, independent clinics, and Planned Parenthood settings. She spent her early career at Washington University School of Medicine, where she not only practiced clinical abortion care but also served as a mentor and leader in the training of the next generation of abortion providers. During that time, understanding the profound impact of access deserts across the Midwest and South, Dr. McNicholas pioneered a practice model that married academia and traveling abortion provision. In addition to serving Missourians, she routinely traveled to Kansas and Oklahoma helping to keep a local lifeline for these communities.
In 2019, Dr. McNicholas joined Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri as the organization’s first-ever Chief Medical Officer. In this role, she oversaw the planning and execution of the organization’s post-Roe strategy. Under her leadership the organization took a radical approach to access expansion, expanding the care that PPSLR provides to include abortion through 28 weeks, innovating the provision of medication abortion to use telemedicine, with the option of medication by mail, and expanding the anesthesia services to ensure patients had a dignified and comfortable experience. Under her leadership, PPSLR launched the regional logistics center, which has been critical in navigating abortion seekers to southern Illinois.
Dr. McNicholas believes a physician’s advocacy voice is as important as their clinical, research, or surgical skills. She has grown into an unapologetic and vocal advocate engaging in every available medium. She has been the plaintiff to numerous challenges of state and federal laws and regulations. She has testified before the Missouri Legislature and the United States Congress.
She has been recognized by a diverse group of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and fierce commitment to just and equitable abortion access. She is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and was recently named a finalist for the European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
2024 CHAMPIONS OF CHOICE HONOREES
Power of
Philanthropy
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lawrence b.
beneNson
Lawrence B. Benenson is involved in developing and implementing Benenson Capital Partners’ investment strategies and internal operations as well as guiding its short and long-term planning. His leadership has helped Benenson Capital Partners grow to become one of the nation’s premier owners of net-leased properties.
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Mr. Benenson holds a BA from Duke University. He is President of the Realty Foundation of New York, is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York and the International Council of Shopping Centers.
Lawrence is also a filmmaker including the documentaries Eva Hesse, the Emmy Award – winning The Hunt for Planet B, Red, Whiteville and Blue and the just released Don’t F with Pablo.
Mr. Benenson serves on the Boards of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). He was the Chairman of the Institute for the Study of Global Anti-Semitism and Policy and is Senior Co-Chairman of the Lincoln Center Real Estate and Construction Council. He serves on the Boards of the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, the Museum for African Art, the American Folk Art Museum, ART/OMI International Arts Center, New York Junior Tennis and Learning, the Al Hirschfeld Foundation and the Ad Reinhardt Foundation.
Mr. Benenson and his wife, Elyse, created their Charitarian Foundation according to the theory that people who have more ought to help people who have less.
Please visit the foundation’s website at CHARITARIAN.COM
FEARLESS
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AWARD
Dr. Colleen McNicholas,
DO, MSCI, FACOG
Dr. Colleen McNicholas, raised on Chicago’s southside, is a graduate of the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, her Fellowship in Family Planning, and her Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation at Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis.
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Her career in abortion care has spanned all facets of clinical provision, providing care in universities, independent clinics, and Planned Parenthood settings. She spent her early career at Washington University School of Medicine, where she not only practiced clinical abortion care but also served as a mentor and leader in the training of the next generation of abortion providers. During that time, understanding the profound impact of access deserts across the Midwest and South, Dr. McNicholas pioneered a practice model that married academia and traveling abortion provision. In addition to serving Missourians, she routinely traveled to Kansas and Oklahoma helping to keep a local lifeline for these communities.
In 2019, Dr. McNicholas joined Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri as the organization’s first-ever Chief Medical Officer. In this role, she oversaw the planning and execution of the organization’s post-Roe strategy. Under her leadership the organization took a radical approach to access expansion, expanding the care that PPSLR provides to include abortion through 28 weeks, innovating the provision of medication abortion to use telemedicine, with the option of medication by mail, and expanding the anesthesia services to ensure patients had a dignified and comfortable experience. Under her leadership, PPSLR launched the regional logistics center, which has been critical in navigating abortion seekers to southern Illinois.
Dr. McNicholas believes a physician’s advocacy voice is as important as their clinical, research, or surgical skills. She has grown into an unapologetic and vocal advocate engaging in every available medium. She has been the plaintiff to numerous challenges of state and federal laws and regulations. She has testified before the Missouri Legislature and the United States Congress.
She has been recognized by a diverse group of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and fierce commitment to just and equitable abortion access. She is a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society and was recently named a finalist for the European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
Andrea N. Miller Fighting Forward Award
pAMELA
mERRITT
Pamela Merritt is executive director of Medical Students for Choice, a global non-profit working in over 30 countries to ensure that medical students and residents are educated about all aspects of reproductive health care, including abortion. Prior to joining MSFC, Pamela co-founded and served as the co-director of Reproaction, a national organization formed to increase access to abortion and advance reproductive justice.
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Pamela was a 2017 Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice Fellow at the Rockwood Leadership Institute. She is chair of the Guttmacher Institute Board of Directors and honorary chair of Reproaction’s Advisory Council. Pamela also serves on the Our Bodies Ourselves Today Leadership Council and chairs its Abortion and Contraception vertical. A longtime writer and progressive thought leader, Pamela’s personal blog (AngryBlackBitch.com) was named one of the world’s 50 most powerful blogs in 2008 by The Guardian. Her work has been published in The Guardian, Rolling Stone, and the Rewire News Group.
2024 CHAMPIONS OF CHOICE HONORARY CHAIRS
RanIa Batrice
Political, Policy & Advocacy
Strategist
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Rania Batrice is the founder and President of Batrice and Associates and a partner at the Win Company, first generation American, and a dual Israeli citizen with Palestinian emigre parents – is a top Democratic operative with over two decades of experience who has risen to the top of American progressive politics, policy and advocacy, with a combination of dogged perseverance and clear-eyed savvy on how to win victories for those on the margins. Rania was Deputy Campaign Manager for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential run and managed other major surrogates and Sanders’ appearances on behalf of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee. As the head of her own consulting firm, she has helped develop strategy for a wide portfolio of organizations, including the Arab American Institute, March for Our Lives, March For Science, Human Rights Watch, and many others.
More recently, during the 2022 cycle, Rania worked with the Wisconsin Democrats, Rep. Summer Lee, former Rep. Andy Levin and others to create unique content and organize events on behalf of committees and candidates–including organizing and producing an Avengers reunion and a virtual variety hour with celebrities and Members of Congress, continuing to show that there is a balance to strike between localizing campaigns while leveraging important national relationships.
Raised partly in Palestine en route to Lubbock, Texas, Rania broke from a traditional upbringing with her pursuit of sports and activism, going on to play college basketball in north Texas. She previously taught in the United Arab Emirates and is part of a State Department program focused on democracy-building and civil society engagement in Middle Eastern and Northern African countries including Tunisia, Morocco, and Jordan. Rania’s work spans many issue areas, spaces and countries, but all comes back to a central theme—justice, equity, humanity, and sovereignty for all.
Dr. Uché Blackstock
NY Times Best-Selling Author, & Founder & CEO of Advancing Health Equity
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Dr. Uché Blackstock is a physician and thought leader on bias and racism in healthcare. She is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity and appears regularly on MSNBC and NBC News.
Dr. Blackstock is also a former associate professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the former faculty director for recruitment, retention, and inclusion in the Office of Diversity Affairs at NYU School of Medicine. She received both her undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University, making her and her twin sister, Oni, the first Black mother-daughter legacy graduates from Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Blackstock’s generational memoir, LEGACY: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine was published by Penguin Random House on January 23, 2024, and became an instant New York Times best-seller. Dr. Blackstock currently lives in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York, with her two school-age children.
Amy Brenneman
Award-winning Actor, Writer,
Producer & Activist
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Amy Brenneman is an Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor and producer whose work on television includes NYPD Blue, Private Practice, Frasier, VEEP, The Leftovers, Goliath, and Judging Amy, based on the work of her mother, the Honorable Frederica S. Brenneman, which she created and executive produced. More recently, she’s been seen in Tell Me Your Secrets on Amazon, Shining Girls (Apple TV), and opposite Jeff Bridges in The Old Man on Hulu. Film: Heat, Casper, Fear, Daylight, Friends and Neighbors, The Jane Austen Book Club, and Nine Lives, among others.
For her activist work, Amy has been honored by Women in Film, the Brady Center, the California State Assembly, the National Children’s Alliance, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the Help Group, the Chime Institute, and the Producer’s Guild of America, among others. Along with her family, she traveled to Peru as an ambassador for CARE. In 2017, Amy was honored by the National Institute for Reproductive Health with the Champions of Choice Award. And in 2019, she received the Change Agent Award from En Garde Arts. Amy has been the keynote speaker for a NARAL, Cal-TASH, The Council for Exceptional Children, the National Institute for Reproductive Health, and on the steps of the Supreme Court.
Amy is proud to have been a part of the amicus brief for the landmark Supreme Court Case, Whole Woman’s v Hellerstedt and serves on the Creative Council for The Center for Reproductive Rights. In 2016 she received the Eleanor Roosevelt Award from The Feminist Majority for her ongoing commitment to reproductive rights.
Deniese DAVIS
Emmy nominated Producer & Founder/CEO of Reform Media Group
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Deniese Davis is a four-time Emmy nominated Producer and the Founder/CEO of Reform Media Group, which recently inked an exclusive development deal with Tyler Perry Studios. Previous producing credits include the upcoming feature film HARD FEELINGS, HBO’s comedy series’ INSECURE, A BLACK LADY SKETCH SHOW, and the MAX comedy series RAP SH!T. An alum of CUNY Brooklyn College and AFI, she is also Co-Founder of ColorCreative.
ABIGAIL DISNEY
Filmmaker & Philanthropist
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Abigail E. Disney advocates for real changes to the way capitalism operates in today’s world. As a philanthropist and social activist, she has worked with organizations supporting peacebuilding, gender justice, and systemic cultural change. She is a documentary filmmaker who won an Emmy for “The Armor of Light.” Her latest film, “ The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales ,” which she co-directed with Kathleen Hughes, made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The film screened in select theaters and is available on-demand. In Season 4 of the podcast “All Ears,” Abigail used the film as a jumping-off point to ask big-thinking business leaders, union organizers, economists, and others how they would fix our broken economy.
She is also Chair and Co-Founder of Level Forward, an ecosystem of storytellers, entrepreneurs, and social change-makers dedicated to balancing artistic vision, social impact, and stakeholder return. She also created the nonprofit Peace is Loud, which uses storytelling to advance social movements and the Daphne Foundation, which supports organizations working for a more equitable, fair and peaceful New York City.
dr. JOAN FALLON
Founder & CEO of Curemark
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Dr. Joan Fallon, Founder and CEO of Curemark, is considered a visionary scientist whohas dedicated her life’s work to championing the health and wellbeing of childrenworldwide. Curemark is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel therapies to treat serious diseases for which there are limited treatment options. The company’s pipeline includes a phase III clinical-stage research program for Autism, as well as programs focused on Parkinson’s Disease, schizophrenia, and addiction.
Joan holds over 400 patents worldwide, has written numerous scholarly articles, and lectured extensively across the globe on pediatric developmental problems. A former Assistant Professor at Yeshiva University in the Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. She holds appointments as a Senior Advisor to the Henry Crown Fellows at The Aspen Institute, as well as a Distinguished Fellow at the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Franklin & Marshall College and The Pratt Institute. She currently serves as a board member at the DREAM Charter School in Harlem, the PitCCh In Foundation started by CC and Amber Sabathia, Springboard Enterprises an internationally known venture catalyst that supports women–led growth companies and Vote Run Lead a bipartisan not-for-profit that encourages women on both sides of the aisle to run for elected office. She served on the ADA Board of Advisors for the building of the new Yankee Stadium and has testified before Congress on the matters of business and patents.
Joan is the recipient of numerous awards including being named one of the top 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2020 by Goldman Sachs, 2017 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year NY in Healthcare and received the Creative Entrepreneurship Award from The New York Hall of Science in 2018.
KATHRYN KOLBERT
Reproductive Rights Attorney &
Activist
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A reproductive rights attorney, Kathryn Kolbert has had a long and distinguished career advancing women’s rights. A co-founder of the Center for Reproductive Rights, she has argued two abortion cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, including Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 case which has been widely credited with saving Roe v. Wade. Casey and Roe were recently overruled by the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The co-author of the recent book Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom and the popular Ted talk on the end of Roe, Kolbert has been speaking to audiences across the country about what to do in the post Dobbs era.
CINDI LEIVE
CEO, The Meteor
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Cindi Leive is the CEO and co-founder of The Meteor, a new media company for audiences interested in modern feminism. She is also the cohost of the award-winning podcast Because of Anita, about the 30th anniversary of Anita Hill’s testimony. Leive is the former editor in chief of both Glamour and Self magazines, roles in which she won multiple National Magazine Awards and an Emmy, and the author and producer of bestselling books including Together We Rise, about the making of the Women’s March.
LARA MARCON
Philanthropist
dawn porter
Award-winning Filmmaker
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Award-winning, acclaimed filmmaker Dawn Porter has emerged in the entertainment industryas a leader in the art of storytelling; directing and producing critically acclaimed projects thathave impacted generations of people from all walks of life. As a two-time Sundance film festivaldirector, Porter’s work has been featured on HBO, Netflix, CNN, PBS, MSNBC, MTV Films, andother platforms. She has been recognized with career achievement awards from the Hamptonsand Mill Valley Film Festivals, is the recipient of the 2022 Critics Choice Documentary Awards“Impact Award,” and an honoree at the 2022 Gracies Leadership Awards.
Alysia Reiner
Actress and Producer
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Alysia Reiner is best know as “FIG” on 7 seasons of Orange is the New Black , and won a SAG AWARD as part of the incredible cast. You can also catch her as Sunny on all 5 seasons of Peabody Award-winning Better Things on F/X x HULU, Agent Deever on Critic’s Choice award winning Ms. Marvel on Disney +, Kathryn on the new comedy horror SHINING VALE opposite Courtney Cox and Greg Kinnear on STARZ, & Kiki Rains on HBO’s The Deuce. She both starred in & produced the Sundance Film Festival hit Equity & Tribeca Film Festival favorite Egg, which is 100% fresh on ROTTEN TOMATOES. A few other recent adventures include getting naked in an Emmy Award winning episode of Broad City, and going head to head against Annalise on How To Get Away with Murder, and of course getting married in the Oscar winning SIDEWAYS. She loves working as a change maker for women. As an advocate for women’s rights & climate change initiatives, she is on the board and an ambassador for The Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media, Earth Day Initiative, and Air Protein. She is the Eco-Emissary for Izzy Zero Waste Beauty, and founded the eco-fashion initiative, Livari. Alysia has been invited to speak and keynote at The White House, The United Nations, Google, Cannes Lion, Women’s Media Summit, Collision, countless film festivals and other events about breaking barriers for women in all fields, specifically the entertainment industry. She is also a volunteer firefighter because if the world is a dumpster fire, she wanted to get better at putting out fires.
@alysiareiner on instagram & twitter, www.alysiareiner.com
ANIKA NONI ROSE
Tony Award Winning Actor, Singer & Author
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Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose can be seen in the Showtime series, Let The Right One In. She drew notice for her acclaimed performance as Regina in Netflix’s most-watched limited series to date, Maid, opposite Margaret Qualley and Nick Robinson, for which she was nominated for “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special” at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards.
Previously, Anika hosted the third season of the Being Seen Podcast where she led important conversations on in-depth exploration of the Black female experience, told through ten episodes that explore the ways in which we inhabit spaces likes power, freedom, desire and safety.
She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in Caroline, or Change (Lucille Lortel Award, Theatre World Award, Obie Award, Clarence Derwent Award, Drama Desk nomination). Additional Broadway credits: A Raisin in the Sun (Tony Award nomination and Outer Critics Circle nomination), Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Footloose. Additional stage credits include Carmen Jones for which she won a Lucille Lortel Award, an AUDELCO award and received Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations; the New York Philharmonic’s production of Company and Broadway’s Cat On A Hot Tin Roof directed by Debbie Allen. A nine-time NAACP Image Award nominee, Rose has voiced many audiobooks, and has performed all over the world, including singing at Carnegie Hall and the Vatican.
Anika is currently starring in the highly anticipated Broadway play, Uncle Vanya, alongside of Steve Carell.
Melissa Silverstein
Founder of Women & Hollywood, & Artistic Director at Athena Film Festival
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Melissa Silverstein is the founder of Women and Hollywood, and the host of the In Her Voice podcast which takes you behind the scenes with women filmmakers, actors, producers and others for an intimate look at the creative process. She is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of The Athena Film Festival at Barnard College, and the founder of the Girls Club.
DR. RON SIMONS
Storyteller, Actor, & Tony winning Producer for SimonsSays Entertainment
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Dr. Ron Simons stands as a trailblazing force in the entertainment industry, boasting an impressive six Tony Award nominations and four wins, making him the highest African-American Tony Award-winning producer in history. As the visionary Founder and CEO of SimonSays Entertainment, he champions diversity on Broadway and in film, exemplified by the company’s mission, “Tell Every Story®.”
Simons, recently nominated for his 6th Tony Award for “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations,” leads SimonSays Entertainment with a rare mix of business savvy and creative insight. Beyond his numerous awards and accolades, including the Heritage Award from Columbia College’s Black Alumni Council, Columbia College’s venerated John Jay Award, Simons is an esteemed educator, shaping the future of the industry at prestigious institutions like Columbia University School of the Arts and the Sundance Film Lab.
As a multifaceted talent, Simons not only excels as a producer but also shines as an accomplished actor with an array of stage, film, and television credits. His philanthropic efforts further underscore his commitment to positive change, contributing his time and expertise to various organizations in New York and Seattle, solidifying his legacy as a transformative force in the world of entertainment and beyond.
JOY GORMAN WETTELS
Impact Producer & Founder of Joy Coalition
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Joy Gorman Wettels is the founder of JOY COALITION, an impact-producing venture with a focus on premium, purpose-driven content for a global audience. Committed to authentic representation, the company often aligns with policy experts and leading philanthropic organizations from development through release.
As an advocate and consultant at the intersection of entertainment and impact, Gorman Wettels has worked alongside policymakers and thought leaders across several current issues. She serves on the Advisory Council for UCLA’s Center for Scholars and Storytellers, collaborating with their teen advisory council across cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds to ensure truthful representation, and on the Advisory Board for Hollywood, Health & Society at USC Annenberg’s Norman Lear Center. Joy Coalition regularly collaborates with the office of the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, on Hollywood’s response to the urgent youth mental health crisis. Previous impact partners include Think of Us, Reform Alliance, SafeBae, and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Joy has been a guest speaker, honoree, or contributor at the Hollywood and Mind Summit, Federation of American Scientists Public Service Awards, the United State of Women Summit at DC Women’s March, Teen Vogue Summit, the Society for Research in Child Development Global Conference, and an It’s On Us call to action against sexual violence with President Joe Biden. On behalf of 13 REASONS WHY, she’s accepted a Sentinel Award, Television Academy Honors for advancing social change, and the 2018 Mental Health America Media Award.
Joy grew up in Yonkers, New York hopping the subway to NYC for standing-room tickets to Broadway shows. She then commuted to Barnard College of Columbia University where she produced the 102nd Columbia Varsity Show written by fellow students Brian Yorkey & Tom Kitt. Subsequently, she helped shepherd their Pulitzer and Tony-winning musical NEXT TO NORMAL to Broadway for over a decade. Joy is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Television Academy.
2024 CHAMPIONS OF CHOICE AWARDS LUNCHEON EVENT SPONsORS
(as of April 23)
Ruby Level
Elyse & Lawrence B. Benenson
Nancy Silverman
Trailblazer Level
Bob Fertik & Antonia Stolper
BronxCare Health System & Mr. Miguel Fuentes
Illuminary Level
Select Equity Group
Sharon Weinberg
Agnes Gund
Visionary Level
The Edward H. Benenson Foundation, Inc. Joyce B. Cowin
Dolores M. Smith
Laurie Campbell
Defender Level
Anna Berent & Antoinette Danvers, M.D.
Friends of Lawrence B. Benenson Jill Braufman & Daniel Nir GFP Real Estate Gil Besing Goldman Sonnenfeldt Foundation
Meika Hollender Lara Marcon
Kathleen S. McHugh
Mrs. Sharon J. Monahan Andrew Siegel
Janet Y. Yearwood
Protector Level
BakerHostetler
Bob Horne & Laurie Lindenbaum Gary Jacob Goldfarb & Fleece LLP
Robert Jaffe Colleen & Robert Millstone
National Basketball Association
Barbra Rothschild
Jerry Speyer
Tony Tamer
Maria T. Vullo
Weiler Arnow Mgt. Co., Inc
Advocate Level
David Altman
Lisa Carnoy
Susan R. Cullman
Roxanne Donovan
Kathryn Green
Graciela & Neal Meltzer
Arthur & Susan Cohen Rebell Barbara Rothschild
Tarter, Krinsky & Drogin, LLP
Elizabeth Wang
2024 ChampionS of choice benefit
committee
Meika Hollender
Kathleen McHugh
Nathalie Molina Niño
Daphne E. Ortiz
Abigail Schumer
2024 nirh board of directors
Abigail Schumer, Board Chair
Antoinette Danvers, MD, Secretary
Janet Y. Yearwood, Treasurer
Anna Berent, JD
Jill Braufman
Daniel Gonzales, ex officio
Meika Hollender
Jennifer Justice
Kathleen McHugh
Nancy Silverman, emerita
Dolores M. Smith
Sharon Weinberg
Dr. Jen Welter
2024 NIRH ACTION FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Daniel Gonzales, Board Chair
Robert Jaffe, Treasurer
Bob Fertik, Secretary
Ivelyse Andino
Gabriela D. Lemus, Ph.D
Nathalie Molina Niño
Abigail Schumer, ex officio
Maria T. Vullo