2021 Gala
Past Events – CEF Gala 2021
Date: September 28, 2021 (Wednesday)
Location: Due South-Dockside in the Navy Yard and Virtually
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001 – 09.28.21 CEF Gala
01 – 09.28.21 Gala – Sen Markey and CEF President Luis Maldonado
02 – 09.28.21 Gala – Senator Markey
03 – 09.28.21 Gala – Senator Markey and Havard University’s Kara Hass and Peter DeYoe
04 – 09.28.21 Gala – CEF VP Emmanual Guillory presenting Rep. Bobby Scott award
05 – 09.28.21 Gala – CEF Treasurer Danny Carlson and Rep. Meng chief of staff Maeve Healy
06 – 09.28.21 Gala – CEF executive director Sarah Abernathy
07 – 09.28.21 Gala – former CEF president Myrna Mandlawitz announcing Joel Packer Spotlight on Advocacy series
08 – 09.28.21 – Gala 2021 Board of Directors (missing 4)
09.28.21 – Sarah Cohen – Stephanie Salvador – Connie Myers – Bryce McKibben
09.28.21 Gala – ACG staff
09.28.21 Gala – American Library Association group
09.28.21 Gala – CASE Group
09.28.21 Gala – CEF Board member Leslie Finnan (NAFIS) and Sasha Pudelski (AASA)
09.28.21 Gala – CEF gala co-chairs Peter DeYoe (Harvard) and Myrna Mandlawitz (CASE)
09.28.21 Gala – CEF Past Presidents Stephanie Giesecke and Noelle Ellerson Ng – Stuart Packard
09.28.21 Gala – CEF President Luis Maldonado (AASCU) and CEF Treasurer Danny Carlson (NAESP)
09.28.21 Gala – Chiefs for Change- Makese Motley and Amber Moore
09.28.21 Gala – Clair Viall and Viviann Anguiano
09.28.21 Gala – Harvard – Isabella Peter Kara
09.28.21 Gala – Jared Solomon – Sarah Cohen – Becky Levin
09.28.21 Gala – Lindsay Kubatzky, Greg Waples, Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, Becca Murdoch
09.28.21 Gala – Luis Maldonado – Esosa Ruffin – Sabrinia Zarifi – Kimberly Jones
09.28.21 Gala – Moira Lenehan, Karen Studwell, Jenny Smulson
09.28.21 Gala – NCCEP
09.28.21 Gala – NEA staff Drew Kent, Stephanie Salvador, Ronnie Lau
09.28.21 Gala – Sasha Pudelski and Makese Motley
10 – 09.28.21 Gala – registration table
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