Annual Gala - Bal du Printemps

You are invited to PDF’s annual gala, Bal du Printemps.  Led by PDF Chairman Page Morton Black, Bal du Printemps is an elegant evening to celebrate community leaders who work to advance the state of Parkinson’s and raise funds for PDF.

Wednesday, May 16
6:30 PM Cocktails
7:30 PM Dinner and Dancing
The Pierre, Fifth Avenue at 61st Street, New York, NY

Tickets: Tickets will go on sale mid-February.  See sponsorship opportunities at right.

Honoree: PDF is pleased to honor Isobel Robins Konecky with the Page and William Black Humanitarian Award.

Honorary Chairman: Page Morton Black.

Dinner Chairman: Kyle W. Blackmon, Vice President and Associate Broker, Brown Harris Stevens Residential Sales, LLC.

Co-Chairs: Margo Catsimatidis, Jill Taub Drury, Stephanie Goldman-Pittel, Karen Burke Goulandris, M.D., Ph.D., Stevi Gurkoff and Arlene Levine.

Proceeds: Proceeds benefit the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation’s Ronald S. Konecky Fellowship in Movement Disorders at Columbia University Medical Center.  It is one of several fellowships that PDF funds to ensure that the best young minds are attracted to Parkinson’s science and care.

About Bal du Printemps

Bal du Printemps has been cultivated over the years by Page Morton Black, Chair of the PDF Board of Directors and wife of the late William Black, founder of PDF.  The spirit of the evening is to celebrate the community leaders who advance Parkinson’s science, and the philanthropic leaders who make these advances possible with their generous financial support.  Past attendees have included Madonna, Muhammad Ali, Frank and Kathy Lee Gifford and Lynn Redgrave. 

At the dinner, PDF recognizes and honors outstanding figures in the Parkinson’s community. 

Past recipients of Awards include:

• Herbert Pardes, M.D., President and CEO of New York Presbyterian Hospital – 2011
• Margo and John Catsimatidis and Family – 2010
  
• The Light of Day Foundation and Founder, Robert Benjamin – 2010
  
• Evan and Sandra Stern and Family – 2009
• The Mel and Carol Taub Family, medical philanthropists, Mel serves on board of directors of PDF – 2008
• The Sol and Lillian Goldman Family, philanthropists – 2007
• Dr. Stanley Fahn, Scientific Director of the Parkinson's Disease Foundation – 2006
• Page Morton Black, Chairman of the PDF Board of Directors – 2005
• Alan and Kathy Greenberg, philanthropists – 2004
• John K. Castle, Chairman and CEO, Castle Harlan, Inc. – 2003
• Gerald D. Fishbach, M.D., Dean of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University – 2003
• Herbert Pardes, M.D., President and CEO, New York Presbyterian Hospital – 2003
• Paul Greengard, Ph.D. and Avid Carlsson, M.D., Ph.D., co-recipients of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine – 2002
• Lillian Goldman, humanitarian and philanthropist – 2002
• Eric R. Kandel, M.D., co-recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine – 2001