RIAA SPONSORS
Your organization can support TAG through a sponsorship
amfAR
Amida Care
AVAC
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Gilead Sciences
Housing Works
Latino Commission on AIDS
Marta Heflin Foundation
Merck & Co
Otsuka Novel Products GmbH
QIAGEN
Sanofi
ViiV
Vir Biotechnology, Inc.
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
The 2021 Research in Action Awards is supported, in part, by the Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and STI (BHHS) of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)
THE LEGACY CIRCLE
The Legacy Circle is a dedicated group of past RIAA honorees who continue to support the work of TAG through a generous contribution.
Amanda Lugg (2019)
David France (2019)
Dr. John B. Steever (2019)
Charles King (2017)
Barbara Hughes (2016)
Jim Eigo (2015)
Polly Harrison (2011)
Trip Gulick (2009)
Dr. Jack Whitescarver (2015)
Dr. Steven Deeks (2010)
Dr. Judith Auerbach (2006)
Tom Duane (2005)
Bruce Schackman (2005)
Dr. Gerald Friedland (2004)
Jane Silver (2003)
Lynda M. Dee, Esq. (2000)
Tom Viola (2000)
RIAA DONORS
You can support TAG through an individual Research in Action Award donation
VISIONARY
The Debs Foundation
LEADER
Richard M. Lynn & Joseph Evall
CHAMPION
Joe Evall – in honor of my husband Rich Lynn and the rest of the fabulous TAG board and staff
Kevin & Neil Goetz – in honor of Erica Lessem and Bob Bronzo for their dedication and passion
Robert W. Lennon & Mark Gilrain
Robert Monteleone
Audrey Sokoloff & Tim Hosking
BUILDER
Bob Bronzo
David France – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Judith Harrington
Mark Harrington – in memory of Dr. Joseph A. Sonnabend, and in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce, Erica Lessem, and Dr. Rochelle Walensky
Laura Morrison – in honor of Erica Lessem, the incredible TAG staff members she did so much to nurture, and of course, Bob Bronzo
Mark M. Sexton & W. Kirk Wallace – in honor of Richard Lynn
John Michael Stipe – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Mrinal Vikram & Kevin Finnegan – in honor of Erica Lessem
ARTIST
Anonymous
Alex Arce – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce and in memory of our dear Sally Cooper
Jim Aquino – in memory of Aldyn McKean
Jill Casid
Jonathan Creighton & Megan Harrington
Nicholas Debs – in thanks and admiration to Erica Lessem from a technologically challenged friend
John F. Duane & Dr. Mary E. Northridge – in memory of William H. Duane
Joy Episalla & Carrie Yamaoka – in memory of Tony Feher
Robin Haueter & Daniel Bodner
Jameel Jiwani – in honor of Erica Lessem’s years of service to TAG
Erica Lessem – in honor of TAG’s brilliant staff and amazing partners
H.A. Sedgwick – in honor of Cassandra Leveille
David Sigal & New York State Senator Brad Hoylman
ENGINEER
Ivy Kwan Arce – in honor of Sally Cooper, Bryn Gay, Annette Guadino, Richard Jefferys
Benson R. Cohen
David Corkery
Lisa Danzig
Judith & Steven Gluckstern – in memory of Michael Palm
Roy M. “Trip” Gulick, MD, MPH
Rebecca Jordan-Young – in memory of Sally C. Cooper, and in honor of our dear friend Ivy Kwan Arce
Burt Lazarin
Michael K. Longacre – in memory of Tony Ortiz
Kelsey Louie – in honor of Rob Lennon and Mark Harrington
George & Mirla Morrison
Eddie Pelto – in memory of Daniel A. Volpe
Daniel Ptacek
Bruce Schackman & Ed Sikov
Jacqueline Wilson & Jonathan Keattch – in honor of Nick Debs
Barry Wolf
SCIENTIST
Margot & Robert Bazell
Karen Bronzo & Jefferson Rabb – for the important work you do
Stephen Capone & Carlos Sanchez
Marisa Cardinale
Steven & Denise Chickery
Robert Croonquist – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce and Lee Mentley
Paul L. Dietz – in memory of Andrew Velez
Dr. Jennifer J. Furin – in honor of the amazing work done by the TAG TB team
Annette Gaudino – in memory of Elizabeth, Bobby, and Traci
Mark Gilrain – the effectiveness of TAG’s work always wells me up. And then on top of that is the vision and hope for a world to literally be so much better and more well. I am so grateful for all that is!
New York State Assembly Member Deborah J. Glick
Jay Leitz & Jessica Boyle – in memory of Elaine Romagnoli
Don Lessem
Joseph McConnell & Erik Haagensen
Carole D. Mitnick, MD – in memory of Mario Castro Tapia
Kathleen M. O’Leary
Maura Packham – in memory of Mark Straight
Robert H. Remien, PhD
Greig Sargeant – honoring the dedication and devotion of TAG, Bob Bronzo, and Jim Aquino
Jane Silver
John Decker Weis
Gary Williams – in memory of Gloria Neuscheler
ACTIVIST
Anonymous – celebrating the life of Elaine Romagnoli
Linda Gattegno Berghoff – in honor of Bobby Bronzo and his tireless work and spirit to make the world better
Jennifer K. Clark – in honor of Erica Lessem, My Amazing Cousin
Stephanie & Walter Cowles – in honor of Barbara Hughes
Lynda M. Dee – in memory of Mark Thomas & Dennis Hook
Hon. Thomas K. Duane
Jim Eigo – in memory of Sally Cooper
Richard Foster III – for all the work TAG does (shout out to Jason K.), including my boyfriend Jim Aquino
Andrew Friedman
Tom Gilroy – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Ron Goldberg & Joe Chiplock
Jennifer Herman – in honor of Bob Bronzo and Jim Aquino
Karyn Kaplan – in honor of Erica Lessem
Sarrah Karzai
Sung Woon Kil – in honor of Bob Bronzo
Joseph Lauretano – in honor of Bob Bronzo
Claire Lennon – in honor of Robert Lennon
Jim McKay – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Julian McKenna – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Elaine & Glenn Mealy – in honor of Robert Monteleone
Kristin Milot – in memory of Richard Milot
Ann Northrop – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Marilyn Oliva – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Kate & Rob Previti – in honor of Jameel Jiwani
David Rosen
Erica Rosengart
Aditya Sankaranarayan – in honor of Jameel Jiwani
Peter Schamel
Mark Schatz – in honor of Jason Kirk
Steve Scott – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Lousine Shamamian
Andrew Shih – in memory of Greg Lugliani
Dr. John B. Steever – in honor of Robert Monteleone: thank you for all that you do!
Monte Steinman – in honor of Jason Osher and Richard Schubel
Eve Strauss & Richard Strauss – in honor of Erica Lessem
Craig Wallace
Zach Whorton
Todd Wiener – in honor of Bob Bronzo, whose decades of activism have always been about taking care of people
P. Forrest Williams, Jr.
RESEARCHER
Mark Ansell
Gabriel Arce-Yee – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Dr. Judith D. Auerbach – in honor of Rochelle Walensky, my colleague and friend
Erica Baum
Emily Brew & Miel Nelson – so grateful for TAG’s work, and in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Eliza Bullis – in honor of Erica Lessem
Ana Arce Casas – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Keith Cheek – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Dr. Steven G. Deeks
Maria del Pilar Arce – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Peter Morris Dixon
Thomas Dozol – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Ben Ehrlich
Tom Evans
Tamara Franz – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Dr. Gerald Friedland
Matt Freitas
Rodney & Idan Gould – in honor of Kevin Goetz
Maria Gualdoni – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Sabrina Guerrero–Morris – in honor of Erica Lessem
Kate Harrington & Cameron Coltharp
Paula Hartstein & Jonathan Levin – in honor of the entire TAG crew
Jonathan Hochhauser
Tim Horn – in honor of Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Ivy Kwan Arce, and Erica Lessem
Yuki Iwashiro – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce and TAG
Richard Jefferys – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce and in memory of Sally Cooper
Sheila Jiwani – in honor of Jameel Jiwani
Jeannine Kiely – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Liz Lassus – love you Bob!!
Stephen H. Lewis – in honor of Erica Lessem
Amanda Lugg – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce and Erica Lessem
Tomas Medina – in honor of Jim and Richard
Louis Minora
Sumit Nihalani – in honor of Jameel Jiwani
Bianca Maria Orlando – in honor of Rich Lynn
Mark Porter
Daphne Powell & Christopher Harrington
Eli Rarey – I love you Ivy! I see you!
Allen Reiver – in honor of Jason Kirk
Matthew Sargenti
Nancy Schultz – in honor of Jason Kirk
Salvatore Seguna – in honor of Jameel Jiwani
David Shaw
Karen R. Shaw
Chuck Smith – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Sayo Suzuki-Bartoli – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Susan Swindells – in honor of Erica Lessem
Ian Thompson
Julie Tolentino – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Craig Torrie
Michael & Susie Trost – thanks Bob Bronzo
Sunita Viswanath & Stephan Shaw – in honor of our dear friend Bob Bronzo
Andrew Vernon – in honor of Mark Harrington, Mike Frick, and Lindsay McKenna
Lisa Volling – in honor of Jameel Jiwani
E.J. Weppler
Dr. Jack Whitescarver
Eduardo Wong & Stephen Betschel – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Christian Zimmermann – in memory of Richard Mark Kielar
Greg Zola
ADVOCATE
Christopher Berardelli
Alex Breitman – for the amazing staff at TAG (and now former staff!) Love working with each and every one of you!
Pablo Cerrilla
Conner Chilton
Jane Cole & Sammy Carr – in honor of our very good friend Bob Bronzo
Adam & Nick Contois
Gisa Dang – in honor of Finn and Frida
Debora Daniels – in honor of Robert Bronzo
Margaret DeLong
Michele Farinet
Phillip Faustino
Christine Ferrara – in honor of Laura Morrison and her tireless work on behalf of TAG for the past three decades
Pamela Fornieri – in honor of Bob Bronzo
Cynthia Glasser – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Catherine Gund – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Alex Henderson
Stacey Humphries – in honor of Erica Lessem
Amy Hsu
Thomael Joannidis – in honor of Erica Lessem
Suely Johns – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Christopher Kauffmann
Cherry Kim – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Eric Komoroff – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Susan Leimsider
Peter & Janet Lessem
Michael Louella – in memory of my dear friend Timothy Ray Brown
Sarah Melancon
Wayne Miller
Polly & Matthew Milligan
Joseph Monteleone
Sandra M. Palleja, MD – in memory of Nicholas Rango, MD, Helen Rodriguez-Trias, MD, and Monserrate Perez
Lee Raines – in memory of Ricky Varetta
Quinn Richardson – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Karen Saltser
Caroline Smith
Julie Snider – in honor of Erica Lessem
Marc Wagner
Karen Waller – in honor of my very good friend, Bob Bronzo
Brian Zabcik
Mia Zmud – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
FRIEND
Jay Abrenica
Martha & Francisco Arce
Shayna Bergman
Brenda Berkman – in honor of Laura Morrison
Sean P. Butler
Carol Carpentieri – in honor of Bob Bronzo
Carrie Couture – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Ellen Darby
JD Davids – in memory of Kiyoshi Kuromiya
Stephen Fairbanks
Martin Fitzpatrick – I ❤ Ivy
Karen Flaherty – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Paul Fontanella
Kenneth Fornataro
Dennis F. Giza
Leah Hollander – in honor of Ivy Kwan Arce
Jason Kirk
Michelle Leimsider
Kimbirly Mack – in memory of Clara Mays Mack, my Mom
Kathryn Mainello – in honor of Bob Bronzo, your hard work and dedication to TAG is incredibly inspiring
Leslie Norton
Timothy Nelson
Annette Porchetta
Jason Marco Rayo
Jason Rosenberg
Phillipe Rosier
Jaclyn Salzillo – in honor of Jameel Jiwani
Yael Shy – in honor of Erica Lessem
Chrystal Siersma
Geeta Siersma
Marvin Wesley Smith
Dave Thomson
Dane Vannatter
ALLY
Anonymous
Kenneth Bing
Brandon Cuicchi – in honor of Timmy Lunceford
Holly Fisher
Daniel G. Garza – in honor of Positively Fearless
Pavel Kargapolov
Brenda Kirk
Joann Lassus
Mike Merry – in memory of William E. Bent and Mark E. Foster
Amanda Shuler
If you missed our 2020 event or want to relive the joy and solidarity that evening, please check out last year’s Research in Action Awards.