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Lycée Français de New York Gala 2020 About Honoree Tickets & Tables Corporate Support Auction Quick Links Gala 2020 has been postponed. The health and safety of our community is our highest priority. We are working to confirm a new date in late spring, and we will share it as soon as possible. Cipriani Wall Street Cocktail Reception, Dinner, Live and Silent Auction, and After Party Gala 2020 Co-Chairs Fabiola Beracasa Beckman Natalya Poniatowski Lauren Santo Domingo Shirin von Wulffen About The Lycée Français de New York is pleased to announce its 21st Annual Gala, honoring Tory Burch with the Charles de Ferry de Fontnouvelle Award. Past Lycée Français de New York Galas have brought together more than 1,000 guests and have raised over $2.2 million in a single evening. Funds raised at the Gala directly benefit Lycée students in the form of scholarships and support for the school’s academic and co-curricular programming. Past honorees have included Gad Elmaleh, Sidney Toledano, Jean Paul Gaultier, Thierry Henry, Angélique Kidjo, and Hamdi Ulukaya. Proceeds support our efforts to make our extraordinary educational program available to students in need through scholarships and enhance academic and cultural initiatives at the school. ‍ The Lycée Français de New York is a non-profit, independent school founded in 1935 that welcomes more than 1,350 students, representing more than 60 nationalities, from nursery school through 12th grade. The school’s unique program combines French and American educational principles in a bilingual, culturally immersive curriculum that inspires students to be thinkers, innovators and leaders, at home in the world. Honoree Tory Burch is the Executive Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Tory Burch LLC, an American lifestyle brand. Tory launched the company in 2004 with a small boutique on Elizabeth Street in New York City as well as an ecommerce site. The brand has since grown into a global business with more than 300 boutiques from New York to Paris and Shanghai. ‍ Social responsibility was built into Tory’s business plan and has been a part of the company from its inception. In 2009, she launched the Tory Burch Foundation to advance women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship in the United States by providing access to capital, education and digital resources, as well as a Fellowship program. To date, over $50M in loans have been distributed to over 3,000 women entrepreneurs through the Foundation’s Capital Program powered by Bank of America. ‍ Tory also serves on several boards including the Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Barnes Foundation and the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. In addition, she is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations as well as a board member at the Riverdale Country School. ‍ Tory has been recognized with numerous awards and honors, including the CFDA for Accessory Designer of the Year, Forbes’s Most Powerful Women in the World, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s Sandra Taub Humanitarian Award and Glamour’s Women of the Year. Her first book, Tory Burch In Color (Abrams, 2014), was a New York Times Best Seller. ‍ A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in art history, Tory lives in New York City with her husband and three sons. Photo Credit: Patrick Demarchelier Sponsors Leadership Founders Benefactors Exclusive Airline for travel to France Quick Links Save The Date Individual Tables & Tickets Corporate Support Corporate Sponsorship Package Auction Contact Us @lfnygala on Instagram Copyright © Lycée Français de New York. All rights reserved....