Human Rights First: Human Rights Awards Dinner

Human Rights First: Human Rights Awards Dinner

2001 Human Rights Awards Dinner
Honoring
 * Salma Sobhan of Bangladesh, Amchok Thubten Gyamtso of Tibet, and Francisco de Roux, S.J. of Colombia

Dinner Chairs
 * Tom A. Bernstein, Chelsea Piers Management
 * Craig Cogut, Pegasus Investors, L.P.
 * Daniel Doctoroff, Oak Hill Capital Management
 * William D. Zabel, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Special Guests Source
 * Master of Ceremonies: Charlie Rose
 * Featured Speakers: Kerry Kennedy, Elisa Massimino & Sigourney Weaver

2002 Human Rights Awards Dinner
Honoring
 * Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Dr. Sima Samar, an Afghan doctor

Dinner Chairs
 * None mentioned

Special Guests Source
 * Tom Brokaw, Sigourney Weaver

2003 Human Rights Awards Dinner
Honoring
 * Chinese Dissidents Xu Wenli and Xu Jin
 * Archbishop Pius Ncube
 * Honored for Extraordinary Leadership: Human Rights First President Tom A. Bernstein, and Human Rights First Board Chairman William D. Zabel

Award Presenters Source
 * Mike Posner
 * Tom Brokaw
 * Saad Eddin Ibrahim

2004 Human Rights Awards Dinner
Honoring Dinner Chairs Dinner Co-Chairs Source
 * Mehrangiz Kar and Helen Mack
 * Gail Furman, Robert Joffe and Virginia Joffe
 * Tom A. Bernstein, William D. Zabel

2005 Human Rights Awards Dinner
Honoring
 * Mudawi Ibrahim Adam
 * Ludmilla Alexeeva

Honorary Chair
 * Thomas R. Pickering

Dinner Chairs Dinner Co-Chairs
 * Michael Lacovara, Philip A. Lacovara, Sybil Shainwald
 * Andi Berstein and Tom A. Bernstein, Deborah Miller and William D. Zabel

Host Committee
 * Elsie and Bernie Aidinoff, Kelly and Jay Sugarman, James E. Brumm, Lynda M. Clarizio, Deborah and Craig Cogut, Betsy and Alan D. Cohn, Mitchell and Monica Dolin, Donald F. Donovan and Jennifer Lake, A. Whitney Ellsworth, Edward P. Evans, Leslie Gimbel and Marc Kusnetz, John J. Gibbons, Karen Goodheart, Kerry Kennedy, Helen & Martin Kimmel, Steven J. Kolleeny, Mathilde Krim, Jo Backer Laird, Joann and Robert Todd Lang, Kenneth Lapatine, Steven S. Lash, Mark Lawrence-Apfelbaum, Jill L. Rosenberg, Philip H. Rudolph, Steven H. Schulman, Steven R. Shapiro, Judith E. Siegel-Baum, John S. Siffert, Harold Snyder, Beryl Snyder, James M. Stillwaggon, Trish and George A. Vradenburg, Sigourney Weaver, Basil P. Zirinis III

Dinner Committee Source
 * Mig Boyle, Matthew Dontzin and Ginger Harris, Helen and Peter Haje, Michelle Ores, Llewellyn Wells, Lynn Witkowski

2006 Human Rights Awards Dinner
Honoring Dinner Chairs
 * Damas de Blanco from Cuba
 * Munir and Suciwati from Indonesia
 * Lewis B. Kaden, Vice Chairman & CAO, Citigroup Inc.
 * Ellen O. Kaden, SVP, Law & Government Affairs, Campbell Soup Company

Special Guests Source
 * Meredith Vieira, Sigourney Weaver, Alberto J. Mora

2007 Human Rights Awards Dinner
Source
 * Dinner Host: Meredith Vieira
 * 2007 Award Honoree: Fariba Davoodi Mohajer
 * Distinguished Guests: General Joseph P. Hoar, USMC (ret.), Major General Fred E. Haynes, USMC (ret.), and other senior retired military leaders.
 * Special Guest and Presenters: Sam Waterston, Sigourney Weaver

2008 Human Rights Awards Dinner

 * SALUTING Long-time Partner and Human Rights Activist Senator Edward M. Kennedy
 * AND HONORING: The Next Generation of Human Rights Defenders:
 * Oleg Kozlovsky
 * Nora Younis


 * EVENING HOST: Sigourney Weaver
 * PRESENTERS
 * Mary Chapin Carpenter
 * Saad Eddin Ibrahim
 * Asma Jahangir
 * Caroline Kennedy
 * Kerry Kennedy
 * Elisa Massimino
 * Michael Posner
 * Mary Robinson
 * William D. Zabel

Source 2008
 * DINNER CHAIRS: Andi and Tom A. Bernstein, Gail Furman, HBO, Lizanne and Barry Rosenstein – JANA Partners, and William D. Zabel and Deborah Miller

2009 Human Rights Awards Dinner
Source 2009
 * Honoring: Brazilian human rights defender Sandra Carvalho and Colombian human rights defender Principe Gabriel González
 * Saluting: Michael Posner, founding executive director of Human Rights First
 * Special Guest: Tom Brokaw
 * Dinner Chairs: Andi and Tom A. Bernstein, Daniel and Alisa Doctoroff, and William D. Zabel and Deborah Miller

2010 Human Rights Awards Dinner

 * Honoring: Ugandan LGBTI human rights defender Julius Kaggwa and Roma human rights activist Viktória Mohácsi
 * Special Guest: Gerda Weissmann Klein, Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, and Academy Award winner
 * Dinner Chairs: Andi and Tom A. Bernstein, Daniel and Alisa Doctoroff, Alberto Mora and Susan Talalay, and William D. Zabel and Deborah Miller

2011 Human Rights Awards Dinner
Source 2011
 * Host: Brian Williams, Anchor and Managing Editor, NBC Nightly News
 * Special Guests: Academy Award-winning Philip Seymour Hoffman and The Good Wife's Josh Charles
 * Presenting: The Sidney Lumet Award for Integrity in Entertainment to CBS’s The Good Wife
 * Honoring: Human Rights Activists Basem Fathy of Egypt and Shehrbano Taseer of Pakistan
 * Dinner Chairs: Andi and Tom A. Bernstein | Robbie and Brad Karp | Alberto Mora and Susan Talalay | Michael K. Rozen | William D. Zabel and Deborah Miller