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2012 Dare to Dream Award Recipient The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation presents: 2012 D.R.E.a.M.S. in the city Bernd G. Heinze, Esquire Chairs President and Chief Executive Officer, The Heinze Group, LLC D.R.E.a.M.S. in the city Samantha Shanken Baker • Bonnie Inserra • Risa Pulver Bernd G. Heinze, Esquire, is president and CEO of The Heinze Group (an DIABETES RESEARCH, ELEGANCE and MODERN SOPHISTICATION international insurance and legal consulting enterprise) and Accolade Vice Chairs Management Services (an association management company Diane Cohen • Kim Dickstein • Marc S. Goodman representing non-profit, professional trade associations). He regularly is requested to testify before federal and state courts & congressional and The much-anticipated seventh annual D.R.E.a.M.S. in the Meryl Lieberman • Ken Shewer state legislators and regulators; and to speak before international and domestic industry organizations, insurance professionals, rating agencies, colleges, and universities. city soiree will be a chic, sophisticated, elegant evening Young Professionals Chair Mr. Heinze graduated with a BA in International Relations and Economics from the Canisius featuring a seated dinner, wines highly rated by Wine Lindsey Inserra* College (1978) in Buffalo, NY, was selected to and attended the Foreign Policy School at Spectator and a luxury silent auction. D.R.E.a.M.S. in the American University in Washington, DC and obtained his Juris Doctor degree with honors Host Committee (list in formation) : from the Temple University School of Law (1983) in Philadelphia. He is licensed to practice city benefits the cure-focused work of the Elizabeth Beskin • Mallory Buchmann* • Allison Cohen before the United States and Pennsylvania Supreme Courts, and the federal courts of Diabetes Research Institute. Pennsylvania. He is also certified by all state insurance departments and the Chartered Jill Fischer • Tina Santi Flaherty • Dawne Marie Grannum Insurance Institute in the United Kingdom. John Hughes* • Melissa Hyland* • Jamie Kerben Bernd Heinze serves pro bono as General Counsel for the “Whydah Expedition,” the project Dana Jacober • Jay Kline • Nathan Lynn • Sarah Powers to recover and conserve the remains of the only documented pirate ship to sink off the coast Jill Prince • Jessica Shanken • Marni Shapiro of the eastern US in 1717. He and his wife Martha live in suburban Philadelphia and have two Thursday, May 17, 2012 daughters, Kelsey and Sara. Mr. Heinze was the founder, president and an active firefighter Tracy Silverman • Casey & Matt Singer with the Montgomery Township, PA Fire Department. 6:30 PM Donna & Ed Sirlin • Barbara & Rich Traub 583 Park Avenue, Linda & Rob Van Grover • Elizabeth Wolff* 2012 Humanitarian Award Recipient * Young Professionals Committee Member Art Smith (at East 64th Street) Executive Chef Honorary Committee: Master of Ceremonies Alan Kalter Art Smith is the executive chef and co-owner of Table fifty-two, Art and Bob DeRoose • Larry Inserra, Jr. Soul, Southern Art, and LYFE Kitchen restaurants. He recently opened Music for the evening by The Jay Prince Band Michel Nischan • Thomas P. Silver • Marc D. Taub Joanne Trattoria on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with ’s parents, Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta. He has received the culinary Wines for the evening provided by Treasury Wine Estates profession's highest awards, and he has cooked for some of the world's most famous celebrities. In 1997, Art Smith became the personal chef to , a position that lasted ten years. Art Smith has appeared on many television programs, including Top Chef, Top Chef Masters, Iron Chef America, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Nightline, Dr. Oz, Oprah, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Art Smith recently completed the filming of the pilot episode for the ABC-TV program, Time Machine Chefs Sponsorship Opportunities Available (Over Easy Production Inc.) Art Smith has served as special events chef for Martha Stewart Living magazine, and he is a Individual Tickets: The Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) leads the world in cure-focused contributing editor to O, the Oprah Magazine . He also is the author of three award-winning General Admission: $500 Per Guest research. As the largest and most comprehensive research center dedicated cookbooks: Back to the Table; Kitchen Life: Real Food for Real Families; and Back to the Family. Young Professional*: $250 Per Guest to curing diabetes, the DRI is aggressively working to shrink the timeline In 2003, Art Smith founded Common Threads, a non-profit organization that teaches *Under 30 years old, please; limited availability toward the discovery of a biological cure for this disease. The Diabetes children about diversity and tolerance through the world's great cultures. He has been Research Institute was created for one reason – to cure diabetes – which is honored by magazine, the James Beard Foundation, and the Chicago Culinary and will continue to be its singular focus until that goal is reached. For the Museum. Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago proclaimed September 30, 2010 as C hef Art Smith Day. Cocktail Attire millions of people affected by diabetes, the DRI is the best hope for a cure. dreams Invite_Layout 1 3/22/12 11:42 AM Page 4

Event Sponsors*

50-Carat The Inserra Family

Platinum Jane Parker Stacy Joy Goodman Memorial Foundation Chairman, National Board of Directors Diamond The Cohen Family Foundation Harold G. Doran, Jr. Tina Santi Flaherty Ms. Meryl Lieberman & Dr. Howard Gould, Northeast Board of Directors Mallory and Bradley Buchmann Jared & Carrie Nussbaum Chairwoman John Reisman Risa Pulver* Judi & Paul Reisman The Shanken Family Foundation Directors Gold Samantha Shanken Baker Lindsey Inserra Kim & Jordan Dickstein Diane L. Cohen Alan Kava Jill Fischer Peter L. DiCapua Meryl Lieberman Risa Pulver Kim Dickstein Ricardo Salmon* Silver Jennifer Dorn David Sherr Bernd & Martha Heinze Marc S. Goldfarb Kenneth A. Shewer* Barbara & Rich Traub Esther Goodman* Thomas P. Silver Traub Lieberman Straus & Shrewsberry Marc S. Goodman* Thomas D. Stern* The Van Grover Family Bonnie Inserra* Bronze *Also member of National Board of Directors Bell Point Capital The Lilian and Leonard Jacober Foundation Mionetto USA The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation presents: Donna & Ed Sirlin 381 Park Avenue South, Suite 1118, New York, NY 10016 Edith & Norman Weisfeld Phone: (212) 888-2217 Fax: (212) 888-2219 D.R.E.a.M.S. in the city [email protected] www.DiabetesResearch.org/Dreams2012 DIABETES RESEARCH , ELEGANCE and MODERN SOPHISTICATION *as of March 16, 2012 THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2012 • 583 PARK AVENUE, NYC