This past June, the National Urban Technology Center (Urban Tech) hosted its Annual Awards Gala dinner. It was an elegant evening in celebration of Urban Tech’s mission of developing educational curricula and services for building social and emotional skills and improving academic, financial and digital literacy skills for underserved youth.

The financial commitments Urban Tech has received from our generous benefactors support us in our mission to bridge the digital divide that exists in areas across the United States. It is because of the support of these generous individuals, organizations and corporations listed on the last page that Urban Tech is able to develop programming and new supportive services to advance the technological competencies, both inside and outside of the classroom.

With the help of this year’s benefactors, we will launch our new YLA Bullying Prevention module to support the N.Y.S. Dignity For All Students Act passed in 2012 to protect a student’s right to learn in a stress-free environment. DASA was enacted to respond to the large number of students who are harassed and bullied on a daily basis and Urban Tech will address this problem by promoting pro-social values among students and more positive behavior in schools and in afterschool programs.

We are eternally grateful to everyone who made our 2016 Annual Awards Gala a success and look forward to an even bigger event next year!

Patricia BransfordPresident and FounderThe National Urban Technology Center

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Urban Tech was truly honored to present Raymond J. McGuire with our 2016 Humanitarian Award, Crystal McCrary with our 2016 Visionary Award, June Ambrose with our 2016 Youth Empowerment Award and PwC Charitable Foundation’s Earn Your Future Program®, which was accepted by Shannon L. Schuyler, with our 2016 Community Service Award.

URBAN TECH CELEBRATESVISIONARIES

SHANNON L. SCHUYLERPrincipal, Chief Purpose Officer and Corporate Responsibility Leader at PwC; President of PwC Charitable Foundation

RAYMOND J. McGUIREGlobal Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Citigroup, Inc.

CRYSTAL McCRARYAward-Winning Film and Television Producer, Director and Author

JUNE AMBROSE Creative Director, Author and Celebrity Stylist

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MICHAEL BLAKEAssemblyman79th District, New York State

A Champion Empowering and Strengthening Our Communities

SHARON Y. BOWENCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

DAVID DAVENPORTManaging PrincipalUrban Greenfit (UGF)

DR. HAZEL N. DUKESPresidentNAACP New York State Conference

A Trailblazer for Women, Education and Diversity

An Innovator Building a More SustainableNew York

One of the Country’s Leaders, Dedicated to Civil Rights and Human Justice

DR. THELMA DYE-HOLMESThe Hilde L. Mosse, ChiefExecutive OfficerNorthside Center for Child Development

ANDREA HOFFMANFounder and CEOCulture Shift Labs

An Advocate Fighting to Break the Stigma onMental Illness

The Visionary Behind Global Groundbreaking Diversity Initiatives

JENNIFER JONES AUSTIN, ESQ.Chief Executive Officer and Executive DirectorFederation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA)

BRANDON A. KELLEYVice President, Corporate StrategyU.S. Facilities, Inc.

A Committed Public Servant Trailblazing Innovation in Education and Advocacy

Creating Strategic Solutions and New Partnerships to Build New Business Growth

TONYA LESLIE, PH.D.Vice President and Publisher,Learning Supports & Family and Community EngagementScholastic, Inc.

Changing the Game in Education and Beyond

BRANDEE McHALEPresidentCiti Foundation

E. DENISE PERRYFounder and Artistic DirectorMillennium Dance Company

MONIKA SANTELLIOwnerFocus Gamez LLC

Taking Citizenship and Volunteerism to a Global Level

Inspiring Communities Through Dance andthe Arts

Taking the Technology Industry by Storm

DR. ELEANOR SMALLEYExecutive Vice President andChief Operating OfficerJASON Project

SHEENA WRIGHT, ESQ.President and CEOUnited Way of New York City (UWNYC)

Achieving Systemic Development in Education

Mobilizing Communities by Breaking Barriers and Building Opportunities

At this year’s gala, Urban Tech announced our inaugural class of Innovators. We honored these individuals for their commitment to our shared mission of changing the game in technology by creating new solutions for students as well as the many under-resourced communities that we serve. Urban Tech also published a special publication entitled “Celebrating Innovators,” to highlight our groundbreaking honorees.

URBAN TECH ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL CLASS OF INNOVATORS

URBAN TECH EYES PRINCIPALS FOR NEW LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM

Principals are the primary leaders of our education system. With their vision and leadership skills, they guide students, teachers, parents, faculty and staff towards the common goal of providing our children with the tools they need to become outstanding students and citizens.

Now, more than ever, the social and emotional skills students learn in school help them navigate the complex surroundings of our modern world. The National Urban Technology Center’s (Urban Tech) Executive Principal Leadership Institute (EPLI) is an innovative, 18-month intensive pilot program designed to enhance the talents of school principals with transformational leadership skills.

DAVID DAVENPORTManaging PrincipalUrban Greenfit (UGF)

An Innovator Building a More SustainableNew York

ANDREA HOFFMANFounder and CEOCulture Shift Labs

The Visionary Behind Global Groundbreaking Diversity Initiatives

TONYA LESLIE, PH.D.Vice President and Publisher,Learning Supports & Family and Community EngagementScholastic, Inc.

Changing the Game in Education and Beyond

MONIKA SANTELLIOwnerFocus Gamez LLC

Taking the Technology Industry by Storm

URBAN TECH’S NEW ACTION AGENDA

REIMAGINING LITERACYFounded in 1995, The National Urban Technology Center, Inc. (Urban Tech), a 501(c)(3) education not-for-profit, provides access to technology and training to address the widening computer literacy and achievement gap in inner-city communities. About 90% of Urban Tech’s clients live at or below the poverty level. Urban Tech’s primary focus is to transfer educational tools to schools and community-based organizations nationwide for promoting academic performance, life skills and workforce preparation among young people, ages 10 to 19. The organization also provides training programs for the educators who serve these populations.

For over 20 years, Urban Tech has provided special digital and classroom programs designed to support individualized learning and help young people acquire the technology, information and life management skills they need to navigate the complex world around them.

REIMAGINING LITERACY

More than reading, writing and mathematics, our youth require a broader skill set to navigate and manage the world they live in.

Over the last two decades, Urban Tech has designed and implemented programs that assist youth, educators and adults to acquire and refine the skills they need to make good decisions and to compete successfully in the 21st Century global community.

Today, we are proud to launch a new initiative, Reimagining Literacy, that will integrate traditional skill set silos and break ground for new supportive services that will combine our core programs with the latest learning research to better equip our clients with the skills they need to grow and succeed. Reimagining Literacy will repackage our current programs and add new ones to our services.

Our new definition of literacy will be expanded to include: Information Literacy Digital Literacy Financial Literacy Life Management Literacy

Urban Tech’s core mission is to use the power of technology to transform lives. This is achieved by combining its over-20-year history of providing effective social emotional learning, digital literacy, financial literacy, academic supports and dropout prevention services to high-needs, underserved communities with the added expertise of globally-recognized educational and industry partners.

Urban Tech adheres to the highest pedagogical standards and principles in compliance with state and federal policies, including the U.S. Department of Education National Technology Plan, the National Assessment for Educational Progress and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

Stay tuned for more details about our new programs that will roll out in late 2016 and into 2017.

Join us as we reimagine the future of our country’s youth.

The goal of this ground-breaking program is to produce principals who are highly skilled, visionary and transformative leaders. Upon receiving specialized training in the areas of social/emotional literacy, budgeting, negotiating, advocacy, fundraising, education technology and effective community engagement, these principals will be able to share their honed skills with their teachers, administrators, staff, students and families.

The initiative will also revolutionize the way educators view school principals as chief education officers, visionary and transformational leaders, by providing supports to help them create optimal learning environments that will lead to high rates of student achievement, principal retention and urban centers of excellence.

NEW PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

For more information on Urban Tech’s EPLI program, please visit: www.urbantech.org

LEADERSHIP CIRCLEPat & Tom BransfordJPMorgan Chase

FOUNDER’S CIRCLEBTIG LLCCiti Corporate PhilanthropyInfor (US), Inc. - Charles E. Phillips Jr.Jelena & David KaplanRaymond J. McGuire and Crystal McCrary

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLECiti FoundationMorgan Stanley - James GormanPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP - Brad KarpPwC Charitable Foundation, Inc.Saks Fifth Avenue / ArmaniAnn Tenenbaum & Thomas H. LeeTime Warner Inc. - Jeffrey Bewkes

BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLEThe Executive Leadership FoundationVicky FreeIan GoodmanLazard LLC - Vernon Jordan Jr.Carol Sutton Lewis & William M Lewis Jr Charitable FoundationNielsenThe Reginald F. Lewis Foundation Inc.Teneo Strategy - Kimberly B. DavisViacom - Marva A. SmallsWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP - Mark A. GetachewXerox FoundationKathy and Jeff Zukerman

PATRONSAdvent Capital Management, LLCAriel Investments, LLC - Mellody HobsonCharles AtkinsDavid and Monica Azare DavenportHolly & Rich BilelloSharon Bowen & Larry MorseValentino D. CarlottiJanina CaseyJ.T. Childs, Jr.Mystic Aquarium - Stephen M. Coan, Ph.D.Mary desJardinsDilenschneider Group - Robert DilenschneiderLinda Spradley DunnThelma Dye-Holmes & Carlton HomesFederation of Protestant Welfare Agencies (FPWA) - Jennifer Jones AustinJouvence LLC - Focused GamezDavid & Elizabeth Benintendi GoldsteinBruce GordonJoyce & Ira Haupt, IIHeartland Brewery - Lauren PaganoHerbert HofflerAlia Jones-HarveyDavid KirshenbaumCara & Jeff KleinBetty LoThe Metro-Manhattan (NY) Chapter of The Links, IncorporatedThe Morrison & Foerster FoundationNancy & Morris W. OffitJames PalazzaBarrington D. Parker, Jr.The Parsons Family Foundation - Richard ParsonsE. Denise PerryMarilyn & Hugh B. PriceCorey PrintupMaurice ProfitAlicia QuarlesLarry RosenbergMeg RothPeter SchelfthaudtRush Philanthropic Arts FoundationJennifer Temps Inc. - Jennifer SingletonMarva A. SmallsThe Starker Family FoundationU.S. Facilities Inc - Brandon KelleyUnited Way of New York CityReginald Van LeeVerizonCarra WallaceJoshua WeintraubJanice Savin Williams & Christopher J. Williams

FRIENDSAllstate’s Baylor Premier Agency - Vanessa BaylorWilliam CollinsJoshua EisenbergKelsey EngleLinda GardnerRomi HowardBarbata JamesSamuel JonesTonya LeslieRoger MeilleurEmerson MooreNAACP New York State Conference - Metropolitan Council - Hazel N. DukesSusan RomeroAlan SchwartzHazel J. Shorter, MDThe Sklar Family Foundation - Brian SklarGeorge Van Amson

SUPPORTERSMaryAnn AllmanSuzanne AntoliniElisa BaezCrystal BarnesAlison BartlettRita Sinkfield BelinChet BhanBrittney BlackmonDr. Susan BrancheTrevor BurtonJohn ContantJoy S. CookePeter DaCostaBarbara & Harry DelanyEmilio DelgadoGerald DennisDesigns That DonateMartha DugganJasmine ElliottJill FastenbergCatherine FitzgeraldSusanna GiboniKaitlyn GilbertPeter GormanBennie HadnottDawn HankinSuzette HunteJanice Innis-ThompsonPatricia Redd JohnsonBrett JohnsonBrandon KelleyValerie KennedyPeter KettleDonna M. KristalBrenda J. LauderbackMarlene LedfordYasmin L’EstrangeLoida LewisKeryn LimmerHerman LoDonald LoweryLisa Kelly MaikStephanie MajakH. Carl McCallBob McGrathEloise MessineoAlan MuraokaPaula Nailor Carl NelsonJohnny NuherColleen O’HoraRoscoe OrmanEllena B. O’TooleMarquita Pool-EckertChrystie B. PriceDanyale PriceShelley RappAnderson RosarioLisa RossRoger SoJody SteinglassGabrielle SulzbergerEsleth SwardyLottie TannKadia TubmanGlenn Tunstull - Tunstull StudioJacqui WasserbergerMargaret & Charles WilliamsSteven WolfeIrene Zelnick, Esq.

OUR GALA’S GENEROUS SUPPORTERS

To learn more about the National Urban Technology Center, please visit www.urbantech.org.80 Maiden Lane, Suite 606, New York, NY 10038 | 212-528-7350

INVEST IN THE FUTURE BENEFIT COMMITTEE

Urban Tech would like to thank the Awards Dinner Benefit Committee for their tireless efforts in making this event a reality and for their continued support of our organization. It would not be possible without you!

HONORARY AWARDS DINNER CHAIRS

Senator Charles E. SchumerAnnette BeningValentino D. CarlottiDavid desJardinsDr. Ramon GonzalezLouis Gossett, Jr.Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.Patti LaBelleCarol Sutton & William M. Lewis, Jr.Dr. Reatha Clark KingDr. Joyce & Hon. H. Carl McCallBruce E. MoslerMarilyn & Hugh PriceRussell SimmonsBlair UnderwoodJanice & Christopher Williams

BOARD OF DIRECTORS & ADVISORS

Monica AzareRichard BilelloPat & Tom BransfordLinda G. DavilaKim & St. Clair DavisSanjeanetta HarrisAlia Jones-HarveyJessica & Alan IsaacsLoida Nicolas LewisDon LoweryDouglas E. McNeelyDr. Carlotta MilesKimberley LaMarque OrmanAndrea M. PriceAlan R. SchwartzJohn StarksCarra WallaceCheryle A. WillsKathy & Jeff Zukerman