2023 Gala
CEF Gala 2023
Date: September 13, 2023 (Wed)
Location: The National Press Club
Below are Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) gala remarks
Below are Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) gala remarks
Below are Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) gala remarks
00 – ED Dep Sec Cindy Marten and Rep Alma Adams (D-NC)
01 – CEF Board President Jenny Smulson (AJCU)
02 – Rep Alma Adams and CEF President Jenny Smulson (AJCU)
03 – Rep Alma Adams (D-NC)
04 – CEF Past President Emmanual Guillory (ACE)
05 – Emmanual Guillory and Dep Sec Cindy Marten
06 -Education Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten
07 – Education Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten 2
08 -CEF Vice President Emily Crawford (Vectis DC)
09 -CEF Board Treasurer Steve Voytek (Advance CTE)
10 – CEF Executive Director Sarah Abernathy
ACG – Sarah Abernathy (CEF) and Education Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten
ACG Advocacy staff working CEF’s gala
Alex Chough (NCCEP), Sarah Abernathy (CEF), Emily Crawford (Vectis DC)
Andrew Dunn (Rep. Bonamici) and Becky Levin (AFSCME)
Betty Paugh Ortiz (NCCEP), Emily Crawford (VectisDC) and Alex Chough (NCCEP)
CASE – Angie Balsley, (CASE) Jenny Millward (NAME), Kevin Rubenstein (CASE), Myrna Mandlawitz (CASE), and Kindel Mason (CASE).
CEC attendees
CEF Board – Gala 2023
CEF Board member Frank Ballmann (NASSGAP) and Marc Geslani (College Board)
CEF Board member Nicole Russell (NAFIS)
CEF Board member Sam Chasin (YMCA) and Tiffany Miller (LPI)
CEF Board Past President Emmanual Guillory (ACE) and Rashage Green (House Ed and Workforce Cmte)
CEF Board President Jenny Smulson (AJCU) with ED Dep Sec Cindy Marten
CEF Board Treasuer Steve Voytek (Advance CTE) with Brad Turner-Little (NAWB)
Cindy Cipoletti (LDAA), Myrna Mandlawitz (CASE), Laura Kaloi (Stride Policy Solutions)
Gala 2023 – banquet hall
Gala 2023 – Head table watching speeches
Gala 2023 – reception room 1
Gala 2023 – reception room 2
Gala 2023 – Table AFT
Gala 2023 – Table AJCU
Gala 2023 – Table Unidos US
Jesse Barba (Chegg), CEF Treasurer Steve Voytek (Advance CTE), Past Pres Emmanual Guillory (ACE), Board member Frank Ballmann (NASSGAP)
Laurie VanderPloeg (CEC), Lindsay Jones (CAST), Laura Kaloi (Stride Policy Solutions), Ruth Ryder (ED)
Lindsay Jones, David Griffith (NAESP)
Marc Egan (NEA), Abbie Evans (MENTOR)
Myrna Mandlawitz (MRM Associaties) and Education Dep Sec Cindy Marten
NASFAA – Nalia Medina and Megan Walter
Sarah Cohen (AFT), Kevin Maher (ALA), Deb Koolbeck (NEA), Lakeisha Steele (CASEL), Phoebe Ball (House Ed & Workforce Cmte)
Sasha Pudelsk (AASA), Sarah Cohen (AFT), Stephanie Salvador (NEA), Nicole Russell (NAFIS)
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