The Young Leadership Council of Gilda’s Club Worldwide

The mission of the Young Leadership Council (YLC), a group of young professionals, is to represent a new generation of leaders who are advancing the cause of social and emotional support for people living with cancer by raising awareness and organizing philanthropic initiatives to benefit Gilda's Club Worldwide.

GCWW is the headquarters of the Gilda’s Club network, providing the leadership, assistance, education, training, and advocacy that make the Gilda’s Club program possible. GCWW develops clubhouses in new communities; trains staff and board members in the Gilda’s Club program, and provides open clubhouses with intensive, ongoing assistance. GCWW continually improves the Gilda’s Club program, advocates for and promotes research about social and emotional support, and solicits and establishes fundraising partnerships to benefit the clubhouses. The organization relies exclusively on philanthropy for support.

The YLC is tasked with ensuring that the support for Gilda’s Club Worldwide continues. It was established in 2004 by GCWW Board Member Evan Berkley, who lost his father to cancer at age 19 and subsequently created the Be a Buddy Foundation to improve the lives of people living with cancer. YLC members work in the fields of film, television, marketing, entertainment law, corporate law, finance, and publishing.

Since the group’s inaugural event in September 2005, the YLC successfully raised over $600,000 and brought the mission of Gilda’s Club to hundreds of new friends. They have subsequently held smaller, awareness building events and after making significant contributions to the 2007 Gilda’s Club Worldwide Gala, the group is now focused on their third signature event on September 27, 2007 at the DKNY flagship store.

Young Leadership Council

William Bermont, Chair - CitiGroup Global Markets, Inc.
Brandon Miller, Vice-Chair - Bergdorf Goodman
Glen Kopp, Secretary - Stillman & Friedman, P.C.
Artie Ambrosio - America Express
Marissa Amendolara - Saks Fifth Avenue
Nicole Berrie - Elle Magazine
Alan Blaustein - The Maia Group
Sarah Carberry - Google
Lucretia Gilbert - Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Lauren Ginsberg - NYC Office of Emergency Management
Philip Giordano - Deutsche Bank
Jessica Goldberg
Erica Gray - Discovery Communications
Ilka Gregory - Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Claire Hadden - Diageo
Jane Hegleman - Daily Candy
Cynthia Jones - Lehman Brothers
Bryn Kenny - Christian Dior
Joel S. Kent - Lehman Brothers
Beth Klein - Frederic Fekkai
Kira Kohrherr - Kpr
Rachel Masi - National Center For Children in Poverty
Dominique Ramirez - CitiGroup Global Markets, Inc.
Allison Silver - Focus Features
Tameka Simmons - Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP
Joseph Vendemia - JP Morgan Securities
Erica Wolf - Nanette Lepore
Aaron Zahn - Garrison Investments