35th Annual Wall Street Business Leadership Council Tribute Dinner
Join Boston College alumni, parents, friends, and leadership for the 35th annual Wall Street Business Leadership Council Tribute Dinner.
A can’t-miss celebration to support the Wall Street Business Leadership Council Scholarship, which provides financial aid for the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program, the event has raised more than $57 million in endowed scholarship funds in its 35-year history.
At this event, the BC community will celebrate graduating Presidential Scholars, and University President William P. Leahy, S.J., will present the President’s Medal for Excellence to an individual in recognition of their life’s work.
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
55 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
6:30 p.m. Cocktail reception
7:30 p.m. Dinner and program
Black tie
2025 President’s Medal for Excellence Honoree
René F. Jones ’86, P’25
Chairman and chief executive officer of M&T Bank
Boston College Trustee and Co-Chair, Soaring Higher: the Campaign for Boston College
René F. Jones is chairman and chief executive officer of M&T Bank, a diversified, community-focused banking franchise with $200 billion in assets and a network of 1,000+ branches across the eastern U.S.
Before being named chairman and CEO in December 2017, he served as chief financial officer from 2005 to 2016, responsible for managing the financial actions of the company. In 2005, he was named to M&T’s Management Group, a group of senior executives responsible for the company’s strategic direction.
Born and raised in Ayer, Massachusetts, Jones received a bachelor of science in management science from Boston College. He began his career in accounting at the Boston-based office of Ernst & Young, and later at a private equity firm, and went on to receive a master of business administration from the University of Rochester. In 1992, he joined M&T as part of the Executive Associate program.
Jones participates in several organizations to help advance the industry, including the Bank Policy Institute, where he serves as vice chair, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he serves as a director. He is also active in the community, serving on the boards of ACV Auctions, Boston College, and the Pan-Mass Challenge, as well as on the advisory council of the University at Buffalo.
As one of only a few Black CEOs in the Fortune 500, Jones is passionate about equity of opportunity, both in and outside the company. He serves as a steward of the Council for Inclusive Capitalism and on the capital advisory committee of Aux21, a seed-stage firm investing in the future of global commerce with a focus on companies led by immigrant founders.
Table Benefactor Packages
There are many opportunities to support the Wall Street Business Leadership Council Tribute Dinner as a benefactor. All levels of support include a table for 10 people.
To learn more, contact Lisa Beck at beckee@bc.edu.
$100,000+ Founder
Includes VIP seating, a president’s reception for you and one guest, and recognition as a founder in tribute dinner event publications ($97,000 tax deductible, $3,000 non-tax deductible).
$50,000+ Dinner Chair
Includes premier seating and recognition as a dinner chair in tribute dinner event publications ($47,000 tax deductible, $3,000 non-tax deductible).
$25,000+ Dinner Vice Chair
Includes recognition as a dinner vice chair in tribute dinner event publications ($22,000 tax deductible, $3,000 non-tax deductible).
Please note that many donor-advised funds have specific guidelines regarding grants to support charitable events such as the Wall Street Business Leadership Council Tribute Dinner. Please consult your fund’s custodian if you have any questions.
Individual Ticket
$2,500 ($2,200 tax deductible, $300 non-tax deductible)
Class of 2024
Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program Alumni Only
$50 (100% non-tax deductible)
Classes of 2021–2024
$200 (100% non-tax deductible)
Classes of 2016–2020
$350 ($50 tax deductible, $300 non-tax deductible)
Classes of 2013–2015
$750 ($450 tax deductible, $300 non-tax deductible)
Classes of 2010–2012
$1,250 ($950 tax deductible, $300 non-tax deductible)
About the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program
Proceeds from the Wall Street Business Leadership Council Tribute Dinner support the Wall Street Business Leadership Council Scholarship, provided through BC’s Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program.
Established in 1991, the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program provides a select group of students of outstanding talent and character the opportunity to embark on an integrated honors educational experience designed to embody the best of the University and its Jesuit heritage of educational excellence in service to society as “Eagles for others.”
Meet the Class of 2025 Presidential Scholars
Maria Fernanda De Nadai
The Wall Street Business Leadership Council Scholarship
Tribute Dinner Media
Thank You to Our 2025 Benefactors
Founders
$500,000+
Gabelli Funds
$250,000+
Mary ’82 and Jon Rather ’82*, P’10, ’12, ’14, ’17
$100,000+
Mia and Darin Davidson, P’21, ’25
Brigid Doherty ’96 and René F. Jones ’86, P’25
Alexandra ’91 and Mark Maruszewski, P’24
Rachel ’93 and Travis Rhodes ’93, P’27, ’29
Dinner Chairs
$50,000+
Carolyn and Richard Aberman ’07+
Marilee ’87 and Peter Bell ’86, P’20, ’25
Katey Sullivan-Clerico ’07 and William Clerico ’07+
Suffolk Cares Charitable Foundation
Jane Boyle and Chris Hentemann Family ’90, ’90, P’23, ’28*
Allegra and Martin Kelly*, P’26, ’28
Peggy and Al Kelly*, P’09, ’11, ’13, ’16, ’26
Christine and Joseph Popolo ’89, P’20, ’23, ’25
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Susan and Michael White ’74, P’95
Dinner Vice Chairs
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Barbara and Mark Boisi ’75*, P’01, ’03, ’04
Norine ’69 and Geoffrey Boisi ’69*, P’11
Virginia and David Butters ’64, P’95
Julia Canney ’21
Robin and James Carey ’88, JD’91, P’26
Ariana and Michael Chiaravalloti
Kelly and Richard A.C. Coles ’90
Flatley Foundation
General Catalyst
Won ’95 and Ken Giuriceo ’95, P’28
J.H. Management Company
Holocene
J.P. Morgan
Samina Kanwar and Thomas Majdanski ’02*
A Stifel Company
Heather Kennedy Miner ’00* and Mark Miner ’98
KPMG
Patti and Jonathan Kraft, P’24
Nancy La Valle
Lazard
The Carol & Gene Ludwig Family Foundation
M&T Bank
Tara Muller and Richard Jacobsen ’99, JD’03*
Mary Hasten and Brien O’Brien ’80, P’11, ’18
David P. O’Connor ’86
Hugh O’Kane Electric Co., Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Rafferty Holdings
RBC Capital Markets
Jonathan R. Serko, P’15, ’17, ’21*
Carla and Kevin Smart ’99*
Sarah and Patrick Grady ’04+
Paul Bronzo Family
Sally ’75 and Vincent Gianatasio ’74, P’05, ’08
The MCJ Amelior Foundation
Abby and Kevin Kelly ’00
Michelle ’98, MBA’05, MS’05+ and Lyle Knight
Keely ’95 and Jason Krantz ’95, P’23
Virginia and David McAuliffe ’71
Morgan Stanley
Mikaela Boyd ’02+ and Ryan Heller ’01
Kristen and Daniel Forman ’09
Regina and Francis Gannon ’90, MA’92
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Brett Huneycutt ’03+
Charlene ’03 and Joseph Irineo ’03*
Kristine ’03 and Jeffrey Jonas ’03+
Anna Kelleher ’00* and Justin Toumey ’00
Kara ’92 and Patrick Lawler ’93, P’26
Andrea ’96* and Erik Lisher
Maureen ’00 and Peter Manley ’00+
Jean and Kevin McLaughlin ’78*
Nyca Partners
Tanji Reed Marshall ’86 and Robert Marshall ’88, P’17
Dorsey and Edwin Roseberry ’93*, P’28
Linda Sanchez and Gregory Ho, P’17
Denise Stack ’82, P’14, ’15, ’17
Marisa ’07+* and Timothy Sullivan ’07
Mina Takayanagi, P’28
Jennifer Theiss ’06*
Alexandria Tithof-Hill and Matthew Hill ’97
Beth ’86 and Peter Vanderslice ’86
Elizabeth and Joseph Walsh ’86, P’22, ’27
Hadley and Jayson Yost
Grace ’05* and Eric Zuncic
Mason Adore ’24
Alexis Allen ’17^
Matthew Alonsozana ’14+
Lazaro Alvelaez ’22+
Avita Anand ’19+
Carolina Andruss ’24
Brendan Armstrong ’24
Kathleen Arrix ’24
Elizabeth Baker ’02+
Sarya Baladi ’19+
Caroline Bald ’23+
Madeline Bald ’21+
Michael Balzarotti ’23
Madeleine Bamberger ’24
Jennifer Barbosa ’01*
Morgan Belforti ’19
Ryan Belforti ’23
Grace Beneke ’24
Lubens Benjamin ’23
Mousumi and Bivash Bhattacharya, P’27
Bryan Boisi ’04^
Patricia ’79 and James Bonan
Amanda Bradley ’21
Connor Brady ’19
Caroline Brewster ’24
Rebecca Browndorf, MS’25
Michael Brue ’20
Allison ’99 and Turner Buford ’99+
Matthew Burke ’21
Emily Caffrey ’24
KellyAnn Callahan ’21
Andrew Cammon ’18+
Casandra Candelaria ’95
Meghan and Michael Caponiti ’90, MA’90, P’19
Sarah Carter ’24
Michelle Catano ’23
Dani Cattolica ’15+
Robert Cerise ’22+
Esther Chang ’02, JD’07
David Cichello ’24
Catherine Cole ’17+
James Collins ’98
Michael Cornet ’21
Timothy Coy ’14
Josephine Crockett ’24
Heidi Curley Kline and Alan Kline, P’27
Julia Curtin ’23
Peter DaGiau ’20
Julia Dalton ’84
Sarah Daugherty ’21
Michael Davidson ’21^
Katherine ’11+ and Cotter Davis ’11
Kimberly, JD’16, and Jovalin Dedaj ’13, JD’16^
Paul DeJacimo ’24
Julia DePiero ’21
Jorge Dickens ’24
Daniel DiCocco ’21
Frank DiRenno ’15+
Gwendolyn Dolce ’24
Samuel Dolinger ’08+
Sara Draddy ’23
Phoebe Drummond ’23
Hayley Duffy ’23
Carter Dwyer ’22
Bradley Ehrlich ’22
Joshua Elbaz ’19+
Colleen Ernst ’11+
Isabella Feliciano ’23
Christopher Ficeto ’24+
Anthony Figura ’21
Ann ’66, H’14, and Arthur Finck, P’93, ’95, ’96, ’06, ’08
Evangelia Frankis ’21
Andrew Frey ’01+
Julia Fuqua ’21
Chloe Garber ’23
Joseph Garvin ’21
Daniel Genis ’14
Blake Germani ’24
Grant Giampalmi ’23
Jenna Giannelli, MS’08
Katherine Gilfillan ’21
Katherine Gold ’19+
Meagan Gonzalez ’17+
Lindsay Groves ’23
Jessica Guo, MBA’97*, and Philip Chu, P’27
Catherine Hamilton ’16+
Nicholas Hawk ’21
Kara Heck ’24
Hunter Heisz ’23
Olivia Hermanspan ’22
Julia Marguerite Sanchez Ho ’17^
Timothy Hoag ’14
Samuel Hocking ’12+
Francis Hodgens ’24+
Aaron Horne ’17
Jeffrey Houle ’87
Molly Hueston ’21
Maria Ibanez ’23
Casey Irwin ’21
Kaileigh Jackson ’24
Kevin Jackson ’04
Julio Jimenez ’97
Isabelle Jones ’23+
Katherine Justice ’24
Emily Kaiser ’14
Noah Kim ’24+
Samantha Kim ’18+
Jordan Klumb ’23
John Knowles ’18+
Annabel Kocks ’24
Felícita Kostianis ’23
Alexandra La Torre ’17+
Srina Lacet ’24+
Ryan Lade ’21
Samuel Lalanne ’03
Margaret Langan ’85 and Evan Ladouceur
Lise PMC’73 and Jeff Leist
Olivia Levy ’21
Maureen Lewin ’23
Jiaqi Liu ’24
Xin Liu ’11+
Anna Lizzul ’14^
Ann ’15 and James Lizzul ’09
Caimin Long ’21
Jillian Long ’12^
Margaret Loughman ’19+
Brianne Lynch ’11 and Gregory Pidgeon ’11^
Meagan ’95 and Gary Lynn ’94, P’24
Luke Mackey ’21
Paiton Marshall ’21
Kayla Martello ’24
Nicole Masuoka ’24+
Annette Matyszczyk ’22
Sydney McAlister ’21
Julia McCahill ’24
Kelly McCartney ’11+
Cecelia McDonald ’10+
Olivia McDonald ’23
Alison McDonough ’17 and Taylor Palumbo ’17
Jacob McErlean ’21+
Connor McKelvey ’14
Caroline McKeon ’21
Ashley McKnight ’24+
Joseph McLeese ’23
Jacob McNutt ’23
Lucy Methven ’15, MA’16+
Hadley Middelton ’24
Patrick Mills ’24
Scott Molony ’11, MDiv’22+
Alexandra Morelli ’24
Mary Moriarty ’23
Madeline Mouton-Johnston ’18+
Sara Moyers ’23
Alice Moyle ’24
Brennan Mulqueen ’24
Connor Murphy ’19+
Julia Murphy ’19
Nicole Napolitano ’14
Nikhil Neelagaru ’23
Haley Nemsick ’21
Mary Neumeier ’08+
James Ng ’09
Patricia Noonan ’07+
John O’Connor ’21
Elizabeth O’Neill ’24
Mary Kate O’Neill Baldwin ’17^
Charles O’Reilly ’23
Madeleine O’Shea ’20
Nicholas Obert ’24
Amelia Orlando ’19
Katarina Otruba ’21
Emilio Palafox ’24
Ryan Pastor ’24
Amitha Patel ’23
Daisy Patrick ’24
Benjamin Pederson ’14
Pedro Perez Carballo ’14
Celso Perez ’09, MA’10+
Maria Perez ’10+
Thomas Persinski ’21
Will Peters ’21+
John Phelan ’20
Lindsay ’98+ and Jack Philbin ’98
John Piccard ’21
Peter Pinto ’22+
Nicholas Poli, JD’14^
Camille Powers ’21
Lisa Quinn ’89
Gregory Redmond ’24
Rebecca Reilly ’19+
Sammy Ricci
Leena Rijhwani ’20+
Dean Rosales ’20
Charles Roseberry ’28
Jack Russell ’23
Christopher Russo ’19^
Joseph Russo ’22
Sophia Sabet ’21
Sara Samir ’21+
Pamela Samuel ’23
Mikayla Sanchez ’23
Elizabeth Sarian ’21
Lindsey Sauerwein ’11 and Jose Perez ’11+
Meaghan Sawyer ’23
Adam Schadt ’23
Hollis Schmitt ’23
Frederic Schroeder ’20
Christopher Scullin ’10+
Isabella Secchiaroli ’23
Ian Serko ’15^
Angela Shannon ’06 and Brenton Wheatley ’06
Caroline Shea ’23
Susan Martinelli Shea ’76, P’04
Samantha Sherwood ’21
Eric Silva ’00
Allison Simon ’23
Elizabeth and Bruce Simons, P’17
Russell Simons ’17+
Connor Skorge ’23
Madison Slattery ’24
E’sachi Smalls ’23
Abby Soja ’24
Trevor South ’21
Erin Spellman ’21
Rishi Srinivasan ’23+
Corrie Steeves ’98+
Deborah and Jeffrey Stevenson, P’20, ’23
Megan Streeter ’24
Carly Sullivan ’20+
William Sutor ’19
Suzanne Sweeney ’07^
Nicole Taylor ’01+
Bret Thompson ’23
Brad Theiss ’18
Grace Tierney ’21
Taylor ’06+ and Leigh Tinmouth ’07, JD’10
Olivia Tobin ’21, MEd’22
Julia Tolari ’22
Daniel Tonkovich ’13^
Collin Tsui ’24
Joseph Tully ’00
Elizabeth Turner ’23
Daniel Ulanovsky ’22+
Omo-Dafe Uvieghara ’21
Eva Valcic ’19^
Arivee Vargas ’05, JD’08, H’22, and Trevor Rozier-Byrd ’05
Kathleen Veneri ’89
Mary Viceconte ’21
Charles Viehl ’23+
Sarah Walters ’20
Suzanne ’92 and Brian Walters ’92, P’20, ’27
Cathy Wang ’21
Brian Ward ’21
Elizabeth Ward ’19^
Elizabeth Warner-Rousseau ’19+
James Webster ’22
Luke Welch ’23
Madeline West ’21
Frederick Westerman ’88
Brian Willer ’93
Eliza Wilson ’22
Charles Witmer ’11
Caroline Wong ’23
Zachary Yorio ’22
* Denotes members of the Wall Street Business Leadership Council Executive Committee
^ Denotes members of the Young Alumni Committee
+ Denotes alumni of the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program
The Wall Street Business Leadership Council is a formal network of Boston College alumni, parents, and friends in the business sector. Led by its Executive Committee and Young Alumni Committee, the council provides members the opportunity to strengthen their connection with Boston College and each other through programming and networking opportunities. To learn more about getting involved, visit bc.edu/wsblc.