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THE VISCARDI CENTER THURSDAY - MAY 20, 2021 Presented by MIKE PIAZZA STANLEY BERGMAN BETHANY HAMILTON Sportsman of the Year Corporate Leadership Honoree Roy Campanella Award Recipient Baseball Hall of Farner Chairman of the Board Professional Surfer & & CEO Motivational Speaker Henry Schein Inc. FAMILY MAR Ks FOUNDATION Innovation Leadership Honoree The Viscardi Center is a nonproft organization dedicated to educating, employing, and empowering children and adults with disabilities. It was founded in 1952 by disability advocate Dr. Henry Viscardi, Jr., who himself wore prosthetic legs and served as an advisor to eight U.S. presidents. Today, The Viscardi Center is a hub for leading-edge approaches, providing Pre-K through High School education, school-to-work youth transition services, vocational training, career counseling and employment placement, and assistive technology. Nationally, it advances inclusive workplaces through the National Business & Disability Council and connects innovators to self-employment success at the National Center for Disability Entrepreneurship. On a global basis, its Project Accessible Oral Health initiative improves access to quality oral health care. YOUR SUPPORT SUSTAINS VITAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES The pandemic has presented The Viscardi Center with unimaginable challenges and long-lasting consequences in our ability to safely continue our life-changing work. Proceeds from Celebrity Sports Night will give us the fexibility to meet our most critical needs, safeguard and deliver programs/services in new ways, and strengthen technology supports. MORE WAYS TO GIVE Together, we can transform the lives of people with disabilities. GIFTS OF EXPRESSION/NAMING OPPORTUNITIES Make a donation in recognition of someone important to you. MAJOR GIFTS Provide direct support to our facility, programs, and services. PLANNED GIVING Leave a lasting impression by including a bequest in your will or making The Viscardi Center a benefciary of your charitable trust, retirement plan, or life insurance policy. For more information, please contact the Development Department at 516.465.1593 Learn more or donate at ViscardiCenter.org VIRTUAL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS WELCOME REMARKS Introduction by John D. Kemp, President & CEO of The Viscardi Center INTRODUCTION FROM KENNY ALBERT VISCARDI CHATS WITH HENRY SCHEIN Debbie and Dylan Cuevas (Viscardi parent and student), John D. Kemp interview Stanley Bergman and Gerry Benjamin ROY CAMPANELLA AWARD Introduction from Chris Alvarez, 2016 Viscardi Valedictorian Bethany Hamilton MISSION MOMENTS VIDEO LIVE AUCTION INNOVATION LEADERSHIP AWARD Amy Marks Dornbusch, The Marks Family Foundation CELEBRITY MESSAGES Featuring Eli Manning, Brett Favre, and more SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD Mike Piazza VISCARDI CHORUS SINGS “SHOOTING STARS” SENIOR CLASS BASKETBALL AWARDS CLOSING REMARKS Dear Friends of The Viscardi Center, Thank you for attending our virtual 54th Annual Celebrity Sports Night. We all look forward to being together in person in 2022! As our largest fundraiser, each year Celebrity Sports Night raises vital funds for Viscardi’s most critical needs, many of which are not covered by any other funding source. To that end, I want to acknowledge the support of all donors and companies that have given to this event, as well as the Center at large, over these past unprecedented ffteen months. Believe me, we have needed your support now more than ever. I want to thank all the teachers, therapists and staff, throughout The Viscardi Center, Abilities, Inc., and Henry Viscardi School, for their inspiring dedication during this diffcult time. I am proud to report that we have been able to meet our mission at a time when we know they, too, are personally facing challenges. These walls are strong, but the people within them are even stronger. When the pandemic hit, the Center and School pivoted quickly to continue to serve children and adults through our educational and employment programs and services. The necessity to say “yes we can,” instead of “it is too hard,” taught us all that we are capable of much more than we had previously thought. I always say that it is my honor to serve as Board Chair, and I mean it, perhaps now more than ever. I want to thank my fellow Board Chairs, Beth Daly (HVS Board) and Candy Cucharo (Abilities Board), for their partnership this year. I also express my gratitude to all Board Members for their time and contributions to our life-changing work. Finally, I want to pay special tribute to John Kemp, Sheryl Buchel and all members of the senior management team. Their fexibility, ingenuity and spirit have not only kept The Viscardi Center surviving this year, but they have kept it thriving. It is an honor to serve alongside them. I hope you enjoy tonight’s event, and please be sure to join us in person on May 19, 2022 for our 55th Annual Celebrity Sports Night. With Gratitude, Russ Cusick Board Chair, The Viscardi Center GUEST EMCEE KENNY ALBERT Broadcaster Kenny Albert, a 2016 and 2020 fnalist for a National Sports Emmy Award, is the only play-by-play broadcaster currently calling all four major sports in North America. He recently completed his 27th season broadcasting NFL games on FOX (including fve NFC Divisional playoff games), and has worked Major League Baseball games on various FOX networks for 24 years. Albert is currently in his 25th season as the radio voice of the New York Rangers, and also calls select New York Knicks games on MSG Networks. He has called men’s and women’s ice hockey at the last fve Winter Olympics for NBC, as well as Track and Field at the 2016 Summer Games, and is one of NBC’s NHL voices as well. Albert has called seven Stanley Cup Final series on national radio, in addition to television calls of post-season baseball, the Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, NFL Pro Bowl and the international feed of Super Bowl XLVI. He has also been behind the mic for Premier Boxing Champions on both NBC and FOX. Albert began his professional career as the radio voice of the American Hockey League’s Baltimore Skipjacks, followed by three seasons calling Washington Capitals games on Home Team Sports. He attended Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington, New York and New York University. Albert resides in northern New Jersey with wife Barbara, and daughters Amanda and Sydney. STANLEY M. BERGMAN CORPORATE LEADERSHIP HONOREE Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Offcer Henry Schein, Inc. Since 1989, Stanley M. Bergman has been Chairman of the Board and CEO of Henry Schein, Inc., a Fortune 500® company and the world's largest provider of health care products and services to offce-based dental and medical practitioners, with more than 19,000 Team Schein Members and operations or affliates in 31 countries and territories. Henry Schein is a member of the S&P 500® index. In 2020, the Company's sales reached $10.1 billion. Henry Schein has been a Fortune World's Most Admired Company for 20 consecutive years. Mr. Bergman serves as a board member or advisor for numerous institutions including New York University College of Dentistry; the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine; the Columbia University Medical Center; University of the People; Hebrew University; Tel Aviv University; the University of the Witwatersrand Fund; The World Economic Forum’s Health Care Governors; the Business Council for International Understanding, the Japan Society, and the Metropolitan Opera. Mr. Bergman is an honorary member of the American Dental Association and the Alpha Omega Dental Fraternity. Mr. Bergman is the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor; the CR Magazine Corporate Responsibility Lifetime Achievement Award; the 2017 CEO of the Year award by Chief Executive Magazine; Honorary Doctorates from The University of the Witwatersrand, Western University of Health Sciences, Hofstra University, A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health, Case Western Reserve University and Farmingdale State College (SUNY); and Honorary Fellowship from King’s College London - Dental Institute and the International College of Dentists. Stan and Marion Bergman and their family are active supporters of organizations fostering the arts, higher education, cultural diversity and grassroots health care and sustainable entrepreneurial economic development initiatives in the United States, Africa, and other developing regions of the world. Mr. Bergman is a graduate of The University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and is a South African Chartered Accountant and a NYS Certifed Public Accountant (CPA). MARKS FAMILY FOUNDATION INNOVATION LEADERSHIP HONOREE The Marks Family Foundation is dedicated to supporting a broad array of causes, with three primary focus areas for giving: uplifting women and girls, music and the arts, and education. The Foundation, led by Carole and Michael Marks, was an initial supporter of the Henry Viscardi School’s Dance Movement Therapy program, serving students with severe physical disabilities, and The Viscardi Center’s newly launched National Center for Disability Entrepreneurship, which sets innovators with disabilities on the path to self-employment success. Michael is himself an entrepreneur and business professional with experience managing prominent companies in Silicon Valley. Their daughter, Amy Marks Dornbusch, serves as Director of the Marks Family Foundation, the President of Gemstone Vineyard in Napa Valley, and General Partner of Willowtree Venture Fund. Their son, Justin