Spring Gala
2026 SPRING GALA
Presenting Bobye List with the 2026 BCM Champion Award
Experience the Museum as you’ve never seen it before – an enchanted evening where adults rule the roof! Join over 400 of Brooklyn’s business and philanthropic leaders for craft cocktails and exceptional cuisine.
The 2026 Spring Gala is BCM’s premier fundraising event, supporting our mission to inspire curiosity in the next generation.
Thursday, June 11
6:30 pm
Cocktail Attire
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2026 Spring Gala Supporters
HERO
SUSTAINER
Amanda and Patrick Nichols
The Ohashi-Freed Family
Larkyn and Jim Sinclair
Freya Zaheer & Whit Bernard
NEIGHBOR
Sanam Akhlagh & Morad Masjedi
Julie and Larry Kwon
Allison Maritza Lasky
Ambereen Sleemi & Sean O’Neal
George and Anna Sampas
Ambereen Sleemi and Sean O’Neal
FRIEND
Cristin Frodella & Conor Sheridan
The Futrell Family
Michael Lasky
Dana and Seth Pouwels
Alicia Wang and Humayun Khalid
Alicia Wang and Humayun Khalid
Freya Zaheer and Whit Bernard
Barbara and Michael Zimmerman
HOST COMMITTEE
The Basu-Leon Family
The Campbell-Metzger Family
CMW Strategies
The Divoll Family
Frederic and Shirley Golen
Tanya S. Layne
Marvalee and Kwesi Leslie
Lord Cultural Resources
Alison Maschmeyer & Guy Dorsainvil
Moses & Singer LLP
Martin Mulkeen & Emily Greenhouse
Neuberger Berman
Dr. Jocelynne Rainey
Brendan Reynolds & Elizabeth Meiers
Schindler Elevator Company
Rashmi Singh & Yan Chow
Angela Tribelli
Sharon L. Volckhausen
Alycia and Aaron Zimmerman
Miranda Family Fund
Tristan Nadal, Pointsfive
The Ohashi-Freed Family
David and Janet Offensend
Brendan Reynolds and Elizabeth Meiers
Lisa Robins and Hervé Pauze
John Sakhleh, Sidley Austin
Schindler Elevator Company
Jessica Schumer
Rashmi Singh and Yan Chow
Studio Joseph
Taliaferro-Riddick Family
Angela Tribelli
Valley Bank
Alycia and Aaron Zimmerman
Special Thanks to Our In-Kind Sponsors
Thank you to our Board of Trustees for their ongoing support
Michael Frazier, Co-Chair
Amanda Sue Nichols, Co-Chair
Darian Futrell, Vice-Chair
Freya Zaheer, Treasurer
Dana Pouwels, Secretary
Sanam Akhlagh
Olivia Basu Leon
Corey Baylor
Prabha Sipi Bhandari
Bonnie Campbell
Jamison Divoll
Adam Freed
Cara S. Friedlander
Cristin Frodella
Frederic Golen
Humayun Khalid
Lawrence Kwon
Allison Maritza Lasky
Tanya Layne
Marvalee Bascus Leslie
Tanya Levy-Odom
Martin Mulkeen
Tristan Nadal
Sean O’Neal
Brendan Reynolds
Kiesean Riddick
José Rolon
George Sampas
Jessica Schumer
Jim C. Sinclair
Rashmi Singh
Angela Tribelli
Sharon Volckhausen
Alycia Zimmerman
Ex-Officio
Zohran K. Mamdani, Mayor
Julie Menin, Speaker of the New York City Council
Diya Vij, Cultural Affairs Commissioner
Mark D. Levine, Comptroller
Antonio Reynoso, Brooklyn Borough President
Martin Maher, Brooklyn Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
Can’t make it?
Consider making a donation! Funds raised support Brooklyn Children’s Museum’s programs and exhibits, serving nearly 300,000 children and adults annually, over 30% of whom access our programs free of charge. All donations to Brooklyn Children’s Museum are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law.