2025 HEAF Gala

11x11: 11 Days, 11 Friends, $11 Increments

HEAF Gala 2025

HEAF DIGITAL JOURNAL

HEAF Gala Honorees and HEAF Alum Taylour and Jourdan White pose with awards

HEAF Board Chair Alex Alger speaking at HEAF Gala

Emcee for HEAF's Gala Dr. Jeff Gardere speaking at HEAF's Gala

HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson speaking at HEAF's Gala

HEAF Board member, Gladys Palma de Schrynemakers speaking at HEAF's Gala

HEAF's Director of Community Wellness, Dilim and Dieke and her Community Wellness team pose at HEAF's 2025 Gala

Martha Velasquez, Catherine Mahony, Akhil Mehta, and Earnestiena Cheng from HEAF's Emerging Leaders Council and Stefin Wooleber, HEAF's Director of Fund Development & Events (Center) pose at HEAF's 2025 Gala

Powered By Professionals Team, Donnie Manetta, and Justine Amante pose at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson, Long time HEAF Supporters Marilyn Blackstone and Dean Shomburg and Executive Director of Police Athletic League, Carlos Velasquez post at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson and Kenya Salaudeen pose at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson, wife Kenya Johnson and their children pose at HEAF's 2025 Gala

Denise Campbell and Marsh McLennan guests and HEAF President & CEO Michael Johnson pose at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF's President & CEO, Michael Johnson and HEAF Founder and Chair Emeritus, Daniel Rose pose at HEAF's 2025 Gala

Yma Oria and Pedro Hernandez at Harlem Community Development Corporation post at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF Gala Guests posing at Step and Repeat

HEAF 12th Grader, Darnell and his parents Dr. Kiwana Yates and Dr. Darnell Yates pose at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF Board Member Colette Smith and HEAF Gala Guest pose at Step and Repeat at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF Students post at Gala

HEAF 12th Grader, Darnell and Gorge Santana, HEAF Director of Onward post at HEAF's 2025 Gala

Mohit Aayush and Max Mindich from FTI Consulting, HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson and HEAF Board member Shaun Waters post at HEAF's 2025 Gala

Japhet Aryiku, Executive Director of the Helping Africa Foundation and his guest and HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson post at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF Board member Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD and HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson post at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF Gala guest, HEAF Board member Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD, HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson and HEAF Gala Honoree and HEAF Alum Jourdan White pose at Step and Repeat at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson and HEAF Gala Honoree and HEAF Alum Jourdan White posing at Step and Repeat at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF 6th Grader, Emanuel and HEAF Board member Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD pose at Step and repeat at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF Board member Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD and HEAF Board Vice Chair Dave Wildman post at Step and Repeat

HEAF Board member, Gladys Palma de Schrynemakers and HEAF's President & CEO Michael Johnson pose at Step and Repeat at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF Board Vice Chair, Dave Wildman and HEAF Board Chair, Alex Alger pose at HEAF's 2025 Gala Step and Repeat.

HEAF Board Vice Chair, Dave Wildman, HEAF Board Chair, Alex Alger, HEAF Board member, Gladys Palma de Schrynemakers, Kenya Johnson and HEAF's President & CEO Michael Johnson pose at Step and Repeat at HEAF's 2025 Gala

Michael Johnson, HEAF's President & CEO, and his wife Kenya Johnson posing at Step and Repeat at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF Student, Khloe and her mom posing at Step and Repeat at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson and Carlos Velasquez, Executive Director of Police Athletic League, Inc. posing at Step and Repeat at HEAF's 2025 Gala

HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson (Center) and HEAF Gala Guests posing at Step and Repeat

Gorge Santana, HEAF Director of Onward, Christy Martinez, HEAF Director of Curriculum and Learning, and HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson posing at Step and Repeat

Denise Campbell, Marsh McLennan, and HEAF President & CEO, Michael Johnson posing at Step and Repeat

HEAF Gala Guests posing at Step and Repeat

Martha Velasquez, Emerging Leaders Council Member, and guests posing at Step and Repeat

HEAF Gala Honorees Jourdan and Taylour White (Center) and their guests posing in front of step and repeat

Honoring:

Jourdan White
Associate – Fixed Income Division, Morgan Stanley, and HEAF Alum

Taylour White
Managing Director of Schools, Ascend Schools, and HEAF Alum

DONATE & SUPPORT

For more information or questions, please contact Stefin Woolever,
at [email protected] or 212.663.9732 ext 318

Thank you to our incredible sponsors and supports that made this evening possible!

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