2026 NJ LEEP Gala

Maritime Parc, Jersey City

NJ LEEP is excited to honor Piper Sandler as our Corporate Impact Partner and to honor Elana Wilf Tanzman as our Community Impact Partner at the 20th Anniversary Gala.

June 3, 2026

Pre-Gala Party: 5:30-6:30 pm

For Provost, Dean, Graduate, & Senior level sponsors

Gala: 6:30-9:00 pm

For all Sponsors

2026 GALA COMMITTEE

Alana St. Aude
Goldman Sachs
Managing Director, Americas Head of Private Credit Legal

Jordan Bettman
Radian Capital
Co-Founder/Partner

Paul Cash
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
EVP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary

 Aney Chandy
Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Jen Dalecki
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Principal, Opportunistic Credit Product

Erica Davila
Bristol Myers Squibb
Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer & Head of AI, Data and Privacy Law and Compliance

Jack Ewing
PGIM
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

Aileen Fair
Bristol Myers Squibb
Senior Corporate Counsel

Matt Farkas
Invesco
Senior Counsel

Matt Jokajtys
PSEG
Managing Counsel, Environmental

David Kanarek
American Express
Senior Vice President & Managing Counsel

Galit Kierkut
Greenberg Traurig
Shareholder

Casey Kobi
Barclays
Managing Director

Kelly Krug
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Vice President -Litigation

Owen Littman

Carlos Pelayo
Rocket Mortgage
EVP, Deputy Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

Dan Pietrzak
KKR
Partner, Global Head of Private Credit

Mariela Pietrzak

Jodi Singer
Nomura
Executive Director

Curtis Tao
HSBC
U.S. General Counsel and Senior Executive Vice President

Joe Urso
Deutsche Bank
Director, Co-Head US Bank Regulatory

Megan Vasios
BlackRock
Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy

Josh Webman
Citadel
Head of Data Management

Elana Wilf Tanzman

Eric Zamore
Houlihan Lokey
Senior Vice President, Assistant
General Counsel

2026 GALA SPONSORS

Provost -$75,000

Dean - $50,000

Piper Sandler

Graduate -$35,000

Senior -$25,000

Barclays

Jerry Webman and Susan Ginsburg

Nyron Latif

Junior - $15,000

Tara and Dale Favors

Goldberg Kohn

Ameet and Trina Mallik

David and Cheryl Pollak

Prudential Financial

SRD Legal Group

Zachary  and Pamela Surak

Sophomore - $10,000

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Freshman - $7,500

Cole Schotz

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

2024 GALA VIDEO