2026 NJ LEEP Gala
Maritime Parc, Jersey City
NJ LEEP is excited to honor Piper Sandler as our Corporate Impact Partner and to honor Elana Wilf Tanzman as our Community Impact Partner at the 20th Anniversary Gala.
June 3, 2026
Pre-Gala Party: 5:30-6:30 pm
Pre-Gala Reception, Sponsored by Latham Watkins and Piper Sandler
For Provost, Dean, Graduate, & Senior level sponsors
Gala: 6:30-9:00 pm
For all Sponsors
2026 GALA COMMITTEE
Alana St. Aude
Goldman Sachs
Managing Director, Americas Head of Private Credit Legal
Jordan Bettman
Radian Capital
Co-Founder/Partner
Paul Cash
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
EVP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary
Aney Chandy
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Jen Dalecki
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Principal, Opportunistic Credit Product
Erica Davila
Bristol Myers Squibb
Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer & Head of AI, Data and Privacy Law and Compliance
Jack Ewing
PGIM
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Aileen Fair
Bristol Myers Squibb
Senior Corporate Counsel
Matt Farkas
Invesco
Senior Counsel
Matt Jokajtys
PSEG
Managing Counsel, Environmental
David Kanarek
American Express
Senior Vice President & Managing Counsel
Galit Kierkut
Greenberg Traurig
Shareholder
Casey Kobi
Barclays
Managing Director
Kelly Krug
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Vice President -Litigation
Owen Littman
Carlos Pelayo
Rocket Mortgage
EVP, Deputy Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Dan Pietrzak
KKR
Partner, Global Head of Private Credit
Mariela Pietrzak
Jodi Singer
Nomura
Executive Director
Curtis Tao
HSBC
U.S. General Counsel and Senior Executive Vice President
Joe Urso
Deutsche Bank
Director, Co-Head US Bank Regulatory
Megan Vasios
BlackRock
Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy
Josh Webman
Citadel
Head of Data Management
Elana Wilf Tanzman
Eric Zamore
Houlihan Lokey
Senior Vice President, Assistant
General Counsel
2026 GALA SPONSORS
Provost -$75,000
Dean - $50,000
Latham & Watkins LLP
Piper Sandler
Graduate -$35,000
Senior -$25,000
Barclays
Elana Wilf Tanzman and Brett Tanzman
Greenberg Traurig
Jerry Webman and Susan Ginsburg
Milbank LLP
Nyron Latif
Radian Capital
Ropes & Gray LLP
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Junior - $15,000
Ameet and Trina Mallik
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
David and Cheryl Pollak
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Dechert LLP
Junior - $15,000 (cont.)
Goldberg Kohn
Jenner & Block LLP
King & Spalding LLP
McGuireWoods LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
Prudential Financial
SRD Legal Group
Tara and Dale Favors
Zachary and Pamela Surak
Sophomore - $10,000
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP
Bristol Myers Squibb
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Fenwick
FBT Gibbons LLP
WilmerHale
Freshman - $7,500
Catalent
Cole Schotz
Connell Foley
Groom Law Group
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
NJ LEEP is deeply appreciative of our Dean Level Sponsors
2024 GALA VIDEO
