New
York Yankees legends David Cone and Lee
Mazzilli and New York Mets greats
Ed Charles, Ron Darling, John Franco and Ed
Kranepool attended the NYC & Company
Foundation’s annual Leadership in Tourism Award Dinner on Wednesday,
December 9, 2009 at The Plaza Hotel, in Manhattan.
Notable attendees
included: George Fertitta, CEO of NYC & Company; Randy
Levine, president
of the New York Yankees; Jonathan Tisch, chairman & CEO
of Loews Hotels; Emily Rafferty, president of The Metropolitan
Museum of Art and chair of NYC & Company’s Board of Directors;
Jennifer Steinbrenner Swindal, general partner and vice
chair of the New York Yankees; Tim and Nina
Zagat, co-founders
of Zagat; Bill Rudin, president of Rudin Management
Company, Inc.; Lonn Trost, Chief Operating Officer of the New York Yankees
and Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group.
This year’s Benefit honors the New York Yankees and New York Mets
to celebrate the opening of two iconic major league ballparks in one
city. The evening’s proceeds support the NYC & Company Foundation,
a charitable organization, whose mission is to raise awareness and generate
excitement about New York City’s vibrant cultural organizations.
