Overview
Join Women@NJPAC for this unforgettable evening of music and the party of the year, the annual Spotlight Gala! Help us raise essential funds to advance NJPAC’s work in arts education, community engagement and arts and well-being.
View the 2024 Spotlight Gala Brochure
View the 2024 Spotlight Gala Playbill
schedule of events
5:30PM Cocktails
6:45PM Gourmet Dinner
8:00PM Concert, Live Auction & Founders Award Ceremony
9:30PM Dessert, Dancing & After-Party
founders award 2024 honoree
for commitment to NJPAC, Newark and the Arts
On this special evening, we will present NJPAC’s Founders Award to Prudential Financial in recognition of the unique and essential role the company has played in building, sustaining and expanding the Arts Center since its inception – and in celebration of Prudential’s 150 years in Newark.
Featuring
Gladys Knight
A genuine living legend of American music, Gladys Knight has won several GRAMMY® Awards for her recordings that span gospel, pop, R&B and soul. For this extraordinary concert, the “Empress of Soul” will perform hits and rarities from across her decades in the music business.
gala 2024 co-chairs
Mindy A. Cohen
Patricia L. Capawana
attire | festive black tie
For more information about sponsorships and tickets, please contact Women@NJPAC at women@njpac.org or call Sarah Rosen, Managing Director at 973.297.5806.
generously sponsored by
LEAD SPONSOR
UNDERWRITER
The MCJ Amelior Foundation
VISIONARIES
Mindy A. Cohen and David J. Bershad
Merck & Co., Inc.
Arthur F. Ryan
VICE CHAIRS
Toby and Leon G. Cooperman
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
PSEG
PwC
Tanenbaum Keale LLP
PLATINUM SPONSORS
ADP
Bank of America
Anne Evans Estabrook, DBA Elberon Development Co
Gibbons, P.C.
RWJBarnabas Health
The Smart Family Foundation/David S. Stone, Esq./ Stone & Magnanini
TD Bank
Lizzie & Jonathan Tisch
Nina and Ted Wells
SILVER SPONSORS
Alongi Media
Audible, Inc
Bloomberg Philanthropies
BNY Mellon
Boston Consulting Group
Chubb
Cognizant
Judy and Stewart Colton
Edison Properties Newark Foundation
The Fidelco Group – The Berson Family
Forvis Mazars, LLP
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Hackensack Meridian Health
William and Joan Hickey
IBM
Jones Lang Lasalle, Inc.
The Honorable Thomas H. Kean
Michael Manfredi and Marion Weiss
William and Paula Marino
McCarter & English, LLP
NJM Insurance Group
Panasonic Foundation
PNC Bank
Rutgers University-Newark
Seyfarth Shaw
SP+ Parking
Ticketmaster
Turner Construction Company/Pat A. DiFillippo
Unity Electric
Windels Marx
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