38TH ANNUAL

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DINNER WEEKEND NOVEMBER 1-2, 2019 INFORMATION 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS On behalf of the Black Tie Dinner Board of Directors, we look forward to welcoming you to the Sheraton Sharon Anaston Hotel on November 1st and 2nd for the 2019 Brandon Baker Black Tie Dinner, presented by BBVA. Scott Bates Brian Batchelor We have included some important information for you Doug Bedell and any guests to prepare you for the Dinner Weekend. David Estrada If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to David Gifford-Robinson reach out! Thank you for supporting our beneficiaries Matt Ginn and community together with us. Jeremy Hawpe Carter Lindley Nathan Robbins & Jeremy Hawpe Terry Loftis Co-Chairs John Mason Robert Mosser Dana O’Connell Caleb Patterson Bryan Street Brad Pritchett 3RD FLOOR Nathan Robbins R S Zac Rudd D O Ethan Skinner Registration & U Kee Sourjohn Welcome Sponsor Reception Stacey Stevenson Nick Totin Liliana Villarreal 2NDFLOOR G Martha Voigt S ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS Hotel Access C Preconvene Harwood Street Pearl Street Black Tie Dinner C Doug Frankel 2 F

Jarrod Freeman Olive Street Stephen Gilhooly FLOOR V Dan Godfrey 1ST Mitzi Lemons Mary Mallory* Street Level Phillip Murrell Valet, Rideshare Bill Justice * Drop Off & Pick Up Live Oak Street Scot Presley Randy Ray* David Sassano Dick Weaver* IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING DINNER TICKETS *Lifetime Advisory Board Member No Dinner tickets will be distributed prior to the event. All guests will need to check-in either Friday evening at B4Black or on Saturday evening to collect tickets and any eligible reception passes. THE 2019 BLACK TIE DINNER IS PROUD TO SUPPORT 16 LOCAL BENEFICIARIES AND OUR NATIONAL BENEFICIARY.

LOCAL BENEFICIARIES

AIDS Outreach Center AIDS Services of Dallas Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Cathedral of Hope United Church of Christ Celebration Community Church Equality Foundation Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Legacy Counseling Center Northaven United Methodist Church Planned Parenthood Promise House Rainbow Roundup Resource Center Trans Kids and Families of Texas Uptown Players

NATIONAL BENEFICIARY

The Foundation

Black Tie Dinner is a non-profit organization that raises funds for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) supportive organizations serving North Texas through a premier event of education, empowerment and entertainment in partnership with the community. THE 2019 BLACK TIE DINNER IS SPONSORED IN PART BY

PRESENTING SPONSOR

DIAMOND SPONSORS

DALLAS HOTEL

DAVID W. CARLSON & STEVE SMITH

SILVER SPONSORS

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JOHN MCGILL & MARK HOPPER MORGAN W. COX III

EMERALD SPONSORS

A N D M AC A I D S F O U N DAT ION

RANDY RAY &

JOHN LAWRIMORE & BILLY PINSON DANNY TON & PRESTON LONG TIM & LITA WELCH RUBY SPONSORS

ALCON ROBERT MOSSER & ROBERT CALDERON AMN HEALTHCARE PHILLIP MURRELL AT&T NORTH TEXAS INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONSULTANTS BAKER & MCKENZIE, LLP DR. MARK PARKER & ERIC JOHNSON BDO USA, LLP PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES DOUG BEDELL STEVEN POUNDERS, M.D. & DEIADRA BURNS & AMANDA MINKLER KONATA CHILDS, M.D. CAPITAL ONE SCOT PRESLEY & STEVEN RAYL CBRE PURELY CBD COMERICA JEFF RANE DALLAS MAVERICKS NATHAN ROBBINS STEPHEN GILHOOLY KEN SULLIVAN GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP TENET HEALTHCARE JAMES HARRISON & DOLPH HAAS TEXAS PREMIER TITLE - JEREMY W. HAWPE MICHAEL MOON & JASON RAMSEY HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP TPG HE SAID MAGAZINE UPTOWNDERM - DR. FARHAD NIROOMAND J.P. MORGAN CHASE VINSON & ELKINS KIRKLAND & ELLIS WALGREENS LIBERTY MUTUAL DAVID WHITE & DR. MICHAEL LUNARDON LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C. MIKE WILLIAMS & RICHARD MICHAEL LOCKE LORD LLP LOYAL CAN - CHRISTIAN GAMBOA & BRIAN LEBOW SAPPHIRE SPONSORS

AARP METHODIST DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER – PARTNERS CLINIC AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP TRICIA MILLER AND SELWYN RAYZOR STEVE ATKINSON & TED KINCAID MORGAN STANLEY - GEORGE GILE BANK OF AMERICA NEIMAN MARCUS BRIAN BATCHELOR NORTHAVEN CHURCH - REVEREND MARTI SOPER BCG JOSEPH & ARNOLD VINCENT PACETTI PAM AND JOHN BECKERT RANDY PAUER & JEAN PAUL BAERT BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF TEXAS PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS DENNIS BOLIN & BRYAN WALDROP ROGER POINDEXTER & MATT MATHER BRYAN LONG FLOWERS WILL PRYOR CENTRAL MARKET PWC CHILDREN’S HEALTH O’NEIL WYSOCKI DEBNAMRUST STEVE & LISA RUDNER ERNST & YOUNG, LLP DAVID SASSANO & DON TAPANI DOUG FRANKEL & GREG HAGOPIAN SIDLEY AUSTIN DAVID & RYAN GIFFORD-ROBINSON STEPHEN TOSHA & STEPHEN STRECANSKY GILEAD SCIENCES TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY KATHY HEWITT & ANNE FAY TRANSAMERICA STEPHEN HIDLEBAUGH & LOGAN GADDIS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS RON HILL & KEE SOURJOHN UPTOWN PHYSICIANS GROUP JACKSON WALKER, LLP MARTHA VOIGT KPMG LLP DICK WEAVER MITZI LEMONS & DR. SARAH HARDY STEVE & DAVID WEIR SHAWN MCROBERTS DAVID WOOD & DON HENDERSHOT

PEARL SPONSORS

NICOLE CONGER ROSLYN DAWSON THOMPSON & REX THOMPSON LESLIE GARNER & CHRIS LABOVE KAY WILKINSON & CHRIS KOUVELIS DIANA MILLER KAREN & MIKE WILSON ALL BLACK TIE DINNER FRIDAY, NOV 1, 2019 WEEKEND EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE: 2019 B4Black Underwritten by:

DALLAS HOTEL 400 N. OLIVE STREET DALLAS, TX 75201

Hotel Registration: 8:00PM – 10:00PM Lone Star Ballroom Preconvene For guests staying overnight at the Sheraton Sheraton Dallas Hotel Dallas Hotel, check-in is at 3:00PM; check-out Conference Center, 2nd Floor is at Noon. Silent Auction Hotel Parking: $31+tax for Valet Parking Registration, Buying, and Bidding or $12+tax for Self-Parking Live Entertainment provided Nearby surface parking is also available by BBVA & AEG Entertainment SATURDAY, NOV 2, 2019 BLACK TIE DINNER

4:45PM Registration & Welcome San Antonio Ballroom, 3rd Floor

Pre-Dinner Cocktail Reception & Silent Auction Lone Star Ballroom Preconvene, 2nd Floor

6:30PM Lone Star Ballroom Doors Open (All complimentary bars close at 6:30PM; cash bars open at 7:00PM)

7:00 – 10:00PM The 2019 Black Tie Dinner Lone Star Ballroom

10:00PM AFTERBLACK Party Houston Ballroom Preconvene, 3rd Floor

Underwritten by: MORGAN W. COX III

Sponsor Reception Silent Auction Checkout 5:00PM – 6:00PM opens immediately following the Dinner Houston Ballroom and closes at 12 AM (Ruby & Above Sponsors, by Invitation Only) Underwritten by: KAY WILKINSON POLICIES, PARKING & TRANSPORTATION

PARKING FOR THE DINNER OTHER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS The Black Tie Dinner complimentary valet service begins at 3:00PM, We also encourage guests to travel to the hotel via public Saturday, November 2rd. Be sure to mention you are attending the transportation or ride-sharing services. The DART light rail system Dinner. To take advantage of the FREE parking, guests MUST use has a station across the Street from the Sheraton (at Bryan and Pearl the Black Tie Dinner Valet, which is contracted separately from the Streets), providing a great option for those traveling from DFW Airport Sheraton Dallas Hotel Valet. The hotel overnight valet parking fee is or within the DFW area. $31+tax. No self-parking will be available for Black Tie Dinner guests at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. Any guest parking at the hotel prior to AMERICAN AIRLINES AIR TRAVEL 3:00PM will be subject to the Sheraton Dallas Hotel Valet parking fee. Black Tie Dinner’s exclusive airline partner is American Airlines. They have generously provided a 6% discount to all Black Tie Dinner The Black Tie Dinner valet closes at 2:00AM, Sunday, November 3rd. attendees traveling from outside of Dallas. When booking flights At that time, keys to any unclaimed cars will be turned over to the on aa.com, use promotion code 65H9BW when checking out. Note Sheraton Dallas Hotel Valet. Parking will continue to be that this promotion is valid to flights to Dallas from October 27th to complimentary until 3:00AM. After 3:00AM – or if one decides to spend November 8th, 2019. (Some exclusions may apply) the night at the hotel – guests will be charged the $31+tax Sheraton Dallas Hotel Valet parking fee. SHERATON HOTEL POLICIES In keeping with the hotel SMOKE-FREE policy, all areas of the hotel PARKING FOR THE DINNER AND OVERNIGHT are non-smoking. This includes the lobby, all guest rooms, lounges, Guests staying at the hotel overnight may use the Sheraton Dallas restaurants, meeting rooms and banquet facilities. To protect the Hotel or the Black Tie Dinner valet. Guests will be charged the hotel smoke-free environment, the hotel will post a $200 cleaning fee to the overnight valet parking fee, which can be paid at room account of any guest who smokes in his or her room. check-out. ACCESSIBILITY PARKING FOR SPONSORS WITH COMPLIMENTARY HOTEL SUITES For access to the 2nd floor of the Sheraton Dallas Hotel for all Black Sponsors receiving complimentary hotel suites as a benefit of their Tie Dinner Activities, please use the Conference Center elevators. For sponsorship will receive complimentary overnight valet parking. all hotel guests, the South and Center towers all have elevator access Guests may use either the Sheraton Dallas Hotel or the to the 2nd floor. Black Tie Dinner valet.

Please email [email protected] with any questions you may have about the Weekend.

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Follow email and text instructions prior to the Dinner to register for our Silent and Premier Auctions.