PROGRAM
WELCOME
Soledad O’Brien
CEO, Soledad O’Brien Productions

OPENING PERFORMANCE
Nia Drummond

REMARKS
Tangie Murray, Senior Vice President, 4A’s Foundation
Marla Kaplowitz, President & CEO, 4A’s

MAIP THROUGH THE YEARS
Jacquelyn Green (MAIP 2017)
Program Director, MAIP Fellowship, 4A’s Foundation
Kennedy Studdard (MAIP 2017)
Program Director, MAIP Alumni, 4A’s Foundation

SALUTE TO OUR MAIP
DIAMONDS OF THE DECADES
Mark Robinson, 1977
Marc S. Strachan, 1981
Shameka M. Brown, 1996
Ronnie Dickerson-Stewart, 2004
Jesse Meza, 2015

DINNER
HONOREE PRESENTATIONS

CREATOR WITH PURPOSE AWARD
SEPHORA
Accepted by Deborah Yeh, Abigail Jacobs,
Candace Payne, Anna Banks, Megan Black

THE BEYOND AWARD
Jarrod Moses, Founder & CEO, United Entertainment Group;
Global Chair, DJE Entertainment, Sports & Culture

ELEVATING INCLUSION AWARD
Karen Pavlin, Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer, ServiceNow

FUELING EQUITABLE FUTURES AWARD
Felicia Mayo, Chief People Officer, Block, Inc.

INDUSTRY AGITATOR AWARD
Black Madison Avenue
Accepted by Patrick Bennett (Momentum Worldwide), ​
Perry Fair (McCann), Walter Geer III (VMLY&R),
Andre Gray  (Annex88), Kaleeta McDade (VMLY&R),
Shannon Washington (R/GA US), Sherman Winfield (VMLY&R)

TRIBUTE
Lemon Andersen
PADDLE RAISE
Auctioneer Charles Antin

PERFORMANCES
Chloe Flower
Doug E. Fresh

Music By 
D-Nice

CLOSING
THE CELEBRATION CONTINUES
MAIP After Dark

Monday, October 23, 2023
Gotham Hall, NYC
1356 Broadway, New York, NY 10018

Cocktails 6:30pm
Dinner & Program 7:30-9:30pm
MAIP After Dark (after party) 9:30-11:30pm

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