New York Gala 2008

The 100 Women in Hedge Funds 2008 New York Gala was held on November 19 at Cipriani 42nd Street, New York. The event raised more than $1.7 million to benefit the Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute at the Ralph Lauren Center. 100 Women in Hedge Funds' support will help the Ralph Lauren Center augment its existing Screening and Patient Navigation Programs in the areas of breast, cervical and colon cancer, and leverage its expertise to establish two Satellite Patient Navigation Programs in medically underserved communities in Chicago, IL and in San Francisco/Oakland, CA.

100 Women in Hedge Funds presented two hedge fund industry awards at the Gala:

• The 2008 INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP AWARD was awarded to Sonia Gardner, President and Co-Founder of Avenue Capital Group in recognition of her professional talent, ethics and passion that help define and advance the hedge fund industry's standard of excellence.
   
• The 2008 EFFECTING CHANGE AWARD was awarded to Ken Langone, philanthropist, financial backer and co-founder of The Home Depot.

For further details of the evening, please download the Press Release

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For inquiries, please contact the New York Gala Committee.

About The Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Institute at the Ralph Lauren Center:
The cornerstone of the Ralph Lauren Center, based in Harlem, NY, has been its Patient Navigation Program, where each new patient with a suspicious finding is seen by a patient navigator, who guides the patient and her family effectively through the complexities of the healthcare system. The Patient Navigation Program was pioneered over seventeen years ago in Harlem by the Center's founder and president, Harold P. Freeman, MD. A cancer surgeon in Harlem for more than 40 years, Dr. Freeman is a nationally recognized authority on the interrelationship of race, poverty, and cancer. He served as the Chair of the US President's Cancer Panel for 11 years under Presidents Bush and Clinton, and is a past President of the American Cancer Society.

For more information, please visit ralphlaurencenter.org or hpfreemanpni.org.