AAPD Leadership Gala
February 27, 2002

2002 AAPD LEADERSHIP GALA SPONSORS

AAPD's first annual Leadership Gala was declared a great success from all accounts. The ability for AAPD to host this important event and to reach important milestones was due directly to the generous support of its corporate, foundation and individual sponsors. AAPD is indebted to all of them for their support and demonstrated endorsement of the Leadership Awards program.

• The Prince Charitable Trusts donated $150,000 in support of the Henry B. Betts Award
  
• The Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation donated $100,000 in support of the Paul G. Hearne/AAPD Leadership Awards.

Lead Sponsor
American Express

Reception Sponsor
AOL Time Warner

Gold Sponsors
American Airlines
The Bodman Foundation (in support of the Paul G. Hearne/AAPD Leadership Awards)
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
The California Endowment (in support of the Paul G. Hearne/AAPD Leadership Awards)
Independence Technology, a Johnson & Johnson company
MetLife
Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (in support of the Paul G. Hearne/AAPD Leadership Awards)
National Association of Broadcasters
Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation (in support of the Paul G. Hearne/AAPD Leadership Awards)
Verizon

Silver Sponsors
BellSouth
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Election Systems & Software, Inc.
Equality Staffing
Genentech
Hart Intercivic
McDonald's Corporation
Microsoft Corporation
National Dental Association
Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville PC
SBC Communications
Sagamore Associates
Sequoia Pacific Voting Machines
The Walt Disney Company
Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Bronze Sponsors
Darden Restaurants
Eli Lilly & Co.
HSBC Bank USA
Issue Dynamics, Inc.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Motion Picture Association of America
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
National Council on Independent Living
Novartis Corporation
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Raytheon Corporation
Recording Industry Association of America
Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Patrons
Leslie Harris & Associates
The Marwood Group
Metropolitan Foundation
Motorola, Inc.

Friends
Advamed
Bender Consulting Services, Inc.
The Blanck Family Foundation
Digital Federal Credit Union
Easter Seals Society
The Emerson Group
Grocery Manufacturers of America
Learning Disabilities Association of America
National Association of Black Accountants, Inc.
Rehabilitation Technology Works, Inc.
The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars

In-Kind Donors
Blistex, Inc.
Cingular Wireless
Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Madeline De Vries Public Relations
Midwest Express Airlines
Olay
Revlon, Inc.
Southwest Airlines

Sincere gratitude is extended to all of these sponsors for their support of the first-annual AAPD Leadership Gala.

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