Monday, November 7, 2016

Fall Fête

Fountain House Fall Fête Chairs Florence Peyrelongue, Angela Clofine, Lil Phillips, Jeremy Goldstein, Katie Zorn, and Jennifer Oken.

Fountain House, the world’s leading model for mental health treatment for people living with serious mental illness, celebrated its ninth annual Associates Fall Fête on October 27, 2016 with cocktails at MaxMara followed by dinner and dancing at the Racquet and Tennis Club. The event introduces an audience of young professionals to Fountain House’s unique “working community” treatment model for mental illness and its mission to fight the stigma associated with the disease.

Event Chairs Byrdie Bell, Angela and Michael Clofine, Madeleine and Alexandre Desmarais, Jeremy L. Goldstein, Kathleen and Reha Kocatas, Katherine Lipton and Alex Lipman, Jennifer Oken, Florence Peyrelongue, Lil Phillips, Katie Tozer, Shaina and Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, and Katie Zorn were joined by guests, including: Jane and Greg Baecher, Maria Boyazny, Jennifer Cacioppo, Diane and Peter Chapman, Katherine Cohen, Sarah Crocker, Alice Kim and David Cynn, Jeronimo and Daniella del Villar, Barbara Fernandez de Valle, Kenzie Gelgach, Marcella Gonzalez de Cosio, Alice Kim and David Cynn, Norris and Charlie Daniels, James Finkel, Sarah Friend, Linda Garnett, Victor Geraci, Mark Gilbertson, Lorna and Larry Graev, Shannon Henderson, Jennifer Liang, Stephanie and Jim Loeffler, William Manger, Elizabeth Meigher, Noelle and Chris Momsen, Brooke and Robby Mountain, Elizabeth Pyne, Fabiana and Sam Ramirez, Nick Raynes, Emma and David Rhodes, Virginia Cary Ritter and Eitan Hoenig, Elisabeth Saint-Amand, Greg Schmitt, Annemarie and Max Shea, Oliver Singer, Bronwen Smith, Dani Stahl, Giusi Cennamo Tye and Alexander Tye, Kristin and Tony Ursano, Violetta and Coen Weddepohl, Mary Beth Winningham, Megan Hollis Zavala, and Franny and Richard Zorn. The Associates presented the Fountain House Advocacy Award to Paul Dalio, Filmmaker, Writer and Director of Touched with Fire starring Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby and Executive Produced by Dalio’s mentor, Spike Lee. The film, based on Dalio’s struggles with bipolar disorder, premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2015 and was a New York Times Critics’ Pick, winner of the International Bipolar Foundation Vision Award as well as The Voice award.

Centerpieces created by the Horticulture Unit at Fountain House

Kenzie Geldbach, Chris Sieger, and Catherine Sieger

Michael and Angela Clofine Brian and Nora Barry

Tanya Rivero, anchor of Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero on Wall Street Journal Live, was the Master of Ceremonies for the evening. Rivero has a long history interviewing leaders in the world of business, politics, and culture and served as a correspondent and anchor for ABC News. Fountain House members, Rasida Barry, Alexander Dow, Lenny Jimenez, Sean Price, whose college educations were temporarily interrupted because of their illness, received the Danny Zorn Scholarship Award. Each of the recipients completed the Fountain House College Re-Entry program, the only program of its kind to target young adults and bridge the gap between clinical mental health services and educational institutions.

Advocacy Award winner Paul Dalio

More than 70% of college students currently living with mental illness drop out before earning a degree. To date, over $1,000,000 has been raised through Fall Fête, a portion of which goes to support the educational pursuits of Fountain House members. Fountain House successfully addresses the devastating impact of serious mental illness. Fountain House was founded in New York City in 1948 with the belief that people living with mental illness can be active participants in their own and each other’s recovery. Each year, over 1,300 members come to Fountain House to contribute their talents, learn new skills, access opportunities and forge new friendships.

Fountain House has inspired the creation of more than 300 similar programs in 30 countries that serve more than 100,000 people annually. Visit www.fountainhouse.org

Kristin Ursano, Shannon Henderson, Fabiana Ramirez, Angela Clofine, and Noelle Momsen

Tara Wilson and Liz Anderson Aurora

Jason Bowman, Franny and Richard Zorn, and Kenn Dudek

Lil Phillips, Mark Gilbertson, and Elisabeth Saint-Amand

Alissa Koller and Ariel Burman

Marcella Gonzales, Jeronimo del Villar, Daniella del Villar, and Barbara Fernandez de Valle

Mary Beth Winningham, Alexander Frost, and Virginia Cary Ritter

Matt Brown and Todd Goergen John and Amy Rudic

Ashley Enthoven, Ellie Berens, Sarah Crocker, and Teddy Baxter

Danny Zorn Scholarship winner Rasida Barry, Katie Zorn, and Danny Zorn Scholarship winner Lenny Jimenez

Claudia Kiss, Bronwen Smith, Katie Zorn, and Elyssa Bucceri

Advocacy Award winner Paul Dalio, with wife Kristina Nikolova

Katherine Cohen and Chris Warren

Greg Schmitt, Meghan Dorsey, Orly Halpern, and Elisha Goldberg

Lorna Graev, Larry Graev, and Diane Chapman

Perry Betts and Meagan Hollis Zavala Brooke and Robby Mountain

David and Emma Rhodes

Jane and Gregory Baecher Coen and Violetta Weddepohl

Catherine MacDonald, Gloria and Carey Fieldcamp, and Katie Tozer

Suzanne Salan and Jennifer Oken

Kathleen Kocatas, Oliver Singer, and Elizabeth Pyne

Florence Peyrelongue and Master of Ceremonies Tanya Rivero

Chris Warren, Tracy Florack, and Octavio Serena

Will Dietrich, Elizabeth Meigher, and Whitney Stroh

Annemarie Shea, Victor Geraci, Jennifer Cacioppo, and Mark Gilbertson