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Jewish Community Federation's Day of Philanthropy

Please join us for the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund’s premier annual event, Day of Philanthropy, which brings together changemakers, civic and corporate leaders, and philanthropists to celebrate our collective impact.

We are honoring John Pritzker, recipient of the Robert Sinton Award for Distinguished Leadership, and featuring keynote speaker Congressman Ritchie Torres. 

Registration and Reception - 11:00 am-12:00 pm

Luncheon and Program - 12:00 pm-1:30 pm

Storytelling with John Pritzker - 1:45 pm-2:30 pm

 

Event Co-Chairs

Jackie and Dan Safier

Kalah Espinoza and David Agger

Host Committee (as of 9.5.2024)

Phyllis Cook, Dana Corvin and Harris Weinberg, 

Ellen and Barry Finestone, Cathy and Jim Koshland, Laura and Gary Lauder, 

Barbro and Bernard Osher, Diane and Howard Zack

 

Thank You to Our Sponsors (as of 10.4.2024):

Seligman Family Foundation - Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Convergent Computing / CCO

Big Picture - Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP - Dodge & Cox - Farella, Braun + Martel LLP

Geolo Capital - JP Morgan Private Bank - Laird Norton Wetherby - Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Mercer - Osterweis Capital Management - Prado Group - Primark Benefits - Shwiff, Levy & Polo LLP

Swift River Consulting - Third Plateau

To join our list of corporate sponsors, please email jeannem@sfjcf.org. 

Interests: Meetings
Date: 
October 14, 2024
TIME: 
11:00 AM - 2:30 PM
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Location: 
Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco
757 Market St
City: 
San Francisco

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Organized By: 
Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Event Contact Person: 
Stacey Silver
415.509.0095
Events@sfjcf.org
Speakers: 
Congressman Ritchie Torres
Representative Ritchie Torres is a fighter from the Bronx who has spent his entire life working for the community he calls home. Like many people in the Bronx, poverty and struggle have never been abstractions to him, and he governs from a place of lived experience.

Ritchie’s mother single-handedly raised him, his twin brother, and his sister in a public-housing project. She paid the bills working minimum-wage jobs, which in the 1990s paid $4.25 an hour. While Ritchie grew up with mold, lead, leaks, and no reliable heat or hot water in the winter, he watched the government spend over $100 million dollars to build a golf course across the street for Donald Trump. In 2013, at the age of twenty-five, Ritchie became New York City’s youngest elected official and the first openly L.G.B.T.Q person elected to office in the Bronx.

At the City Council, Ritchie stood out, and during his seven-year tenure he tenaciously tackled problems big and small for the Bronx and New York City. He passed over forty pieces of legislation, including legislation protecting the City’s affordable housing stock and tackling the city’s opioid epidemic. As the Chairman overseeing NYCHA, he held the first committee hearing ever in public housing, which led to a $3 billion-dollar FEMA investment, the largest in NYC history. As Chair of the Oversight & Investigations Committee, Ritchie has led investigations into the heating outages and lead poisoning at NYCHA, the Taxi Medallion scandal, the City’s controversial Third-Party Transfer program, and Kushner Companies.

Ritchie currently lives in the Bronx and represents NY-15 in the Bronx. He is a member of the Committee on Financial Services and the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.
Honorees: 
John Pritzker
John Pritzker is Founding Partner and Director of Geolo Capital, where he oversees all sectors of the San Francisco-based private equity and investment firm. John began his career at Hyatt Hotels Corporation in 1972, and in 1984 became Managing Director and Divisional Vice President of Hyatt Hotels and Resorts. He was a founding board member of Ticketmaster, Inc. and Chemdex/Ventro Corporation.

Most recently, John orchestrated the merger of Joie de Vivre Hospitality, Thompson Hotels and Alila Hotels to form Commune Hotels Resorts. In January 2016, Commune Hotels and Destination Hotels merged, creating Two Roads Hospitality. The newly formed company spanned seven countries, with five hospitality brands and over 97 hotels. In December 2018, Hyatt Hotels Corp. agreed to acquire Two Roads Hospitality. Additionally, John has served as Chairman and CEO of a number of businesses in the hospitality industry, including Red Sail Sports, Mandara Spa, and The Odyssey Club (now Exclusive Resorts).

John is Chairman of the John Pritzker Family Fund; whose mission is to help people lead fulfilling and healthy lives in vibrant communities. John serves on the Executive Council of UCSF Health and the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he chairs the Visiting Committee on Modern and Contemporary Art. He is also a board member of the Bernard Osher Foundation, a member of the Emeritus Board of Tipping Point Community, and a past president of the Bay Area Jewish Federation.