7:00PM - 8:00PM
To watch a recording of the event, click here.
UHF's Gala is one of New York's premier health care events, an annual event for decades that helps support our work to build a more effective health care system in New York, and honors exceptional leaders for their contributions to health and health care. Three awards are presented annually: the Health Care Leadership Award, the Distinguished Community Service Award, and a Special Tribute. Honorees are carefully selected to recognize extraordinary leadership benefiting New York and New Yorkers.
SALUTE TO THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE
A special part of the Gala this year was a salute to the health care workforce in gratitude for their invaluable service during the pandemic
with a special performance by
Broadway star
Brian Stokes Mitchell
and
also featuring a musical performance by
New York area health care workers
2020 HONOREES
HEALTH CARE LEADERSHIP AWARD
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr .
President and CEO, TIAA
in recognition of his personal leadership and TIAA's role as one of the largest and most respected financial services providers in the world, with a special commitment to the health care workforce
DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa
Co-Founders & Co-CEOs, Warby Parker
in recognition of Warby Parker's work to provide underserved New York City school children with free vision screenings and glasses
SPECIAL TRIBUTE
Stephen and Constance Lieber*
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
*honored posthumously
in recognition of their visionary philanthropy to advance scientific research and treatment to improve the lives of those with mental illness
For additional information, please email gala@uhfnyc.org.