Revelry By the River 2012
Revelry By The River is Solar One’s annual awards Gala and a celebration of sustainability in New York City. Each year, Revelry honors individuals and companies leading the way in improving New York City’s environmental quality.
In 2012, Revelry By the River will be held on Monday, June 11 at Guastavino’s on East 59th Street, near the Queensboro Bridge.
HONOREES 
This year, Solar One will honor Sir Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room and Board Member Jigar Shah with the Sustainability Achievement Award for their work to harness the power of entrepreneurs to unlock gigaton-scale, market-driven solutions to the climate crisis.
SPONSORSHIPS AND TICKETS
Revelry 2012 sponsorship opportunities and tickets are available through our secure online donations page.
HOST COMMITTEES
We are grateful to this year’s Dinner Committee, Honorary Committee and Sponsorship Committee for their support:
Dinner Committee
Jen Bawden • H. Hartley du Pont • Margo Langenberg • Jean Shafiroff
CHAIRS
Melissa & Thor Thors
VICE CHAIRS
Hilary Cushing Block • Kathy Boyle • Sharon Bush • Debi & Rory Corrigan • Olga & Paul D’Alto • James A. Figg III • Catherine Gropper • Diane Habig • Karen Hoyos • Paula Hunnicutt • Valerie Jennings • Jennifer Kelly • Alexandra Kindler-Mulitz • Marianne Lafiteau • Lisa Nilsson Levin • Matthew Modine • Melissa & Chappy Morris • Peter Millius • Cheryl & John Rhodes • Wendy Sarasohn • Christine K. Schott • Brooke Shields • Janet & Peter Simon • Barbara Dana Tollis • Rien Triefeldt • Mary Van Pelt • Tia Walker • Emery Westfall • Barbara Winston
Andrew Flach
SILENT AUCTION CHAIR
Junior Committee
Kaite Corrigan • Maggie DeFilippo • August Irenee du Pont • Nicole Rhodes
JUNIOR CHAIRS
Genevieve Bahrenburg • Alexander Cushing Block • Brooke Douglas Block • Shelby Bryant • Christopher Campbell • Bree Cohn • Diana Crai • Tracy Dungo • Eleuthere Paul du Pont IV • Brett Finkelstein • Liz Floyd • Liam Griff • Lindsay Griffith • Graham Gullans • Varun Gumaste • Ali Holland • Jamie Joseph • Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy • Maximilian Kirchner • Emily Lang • Ally Lewis • Nick Lombardi • Justine Lupo • Louise McCready • Patrick McDermott • Alaina Melichar • Nora Nagle • Meredith Niemczyk • Kerry-Lynn Riley • David Shankman • Salman Somjee • Amanda Tarplin • Kaylan Tildsley • Sarah Watterson
Carole Bellidora-Westfall • Christine Mortimer Biddle
SPECIAL EVENTS & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Sponsorship Committee
Con Edison • Grenadier Realty
GIGAWATT
Broadway Stages • Crystal Windows • HDR, Inc. • Riverdale Electrical Services • Turner Construction Co.
MEGAWATT
HANAC, Inc. • Hartz Mountain Industries • Valerie Jennings • McKissack & McKissack • NGEN Partners • NRDC/Donna DeConstanzo • O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins • Terrapin Bright Green LLC
DEKAWATT
AKRF, Inc. • A.S.K. Construction • Bollinger, Inc. • Diane Habig • Hazen & Sawyer • Melissa & Chappy Morris • Perry J. Koplik • Quality Metal Stamping
KILOWATT
Evelyne J. Blaikie • Judy Gordon Cox • Monadnock Construction • Barbara Winston
WATT
Honorary Committee
Hon. Charles Schumer, US Senate • Hon. Carolyn Maloney, US House of Representatives • Hon. Jerrold Nadler, US House of Representatives • Hon. Thomas Duane, NY State Senate • Hon. Liz Krueger, NY State Senate • Hon. Velmanette Montgomery, NY State Senate • Hon. Kevin Parker, NY State Senate • Hon. Deborah Glick, NY State Assembly • Hon. Daniel O’Donnell, NY State Assembly • Hon. Thomas P. DiNapoli, NY State Comptroller • Hon. Scott M. Stringer, Manhattan Borough President • Hon. Christine C. Quinn, Speaker, NY City Council • Hon. Gale A. Brewer, NY City Council • Hon. Inez E. Dickens, NY City Council • Hon. Daniel R. Garodnick, NY City Council • Hon. James F. Gennaro, NY City Council • Hon. Robert Jackson, NY City Council • Hon. Letitia James, NY City Council • Hon. G. Oliver Koppell, NY City Council • Hon. Jessica Lappin, NY City Council • Hon. Rosie Mendez, NY City Council • Hon. Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., NY City Council
The 2012 Dinner Committee ushered in the planning for Revelry 2012 with aparty held on April 3 at the beautiful Fifth Avenue home of Mara and Tom Lehrman. A few photos from the event:
Thanks to StepandRepeat.com for generously providing us with a banner!
PAST REVELRY BY THE RIVER GALA EVENTS
Revelry By the River 2011 took place June 7, Sotheby’s, and honored Gina Argento &
Broadway Stages with the Environmental Stewardship Award and Elettra Wiedemann with the Young Environmentalist Award.
Gina Argento, Honoree; Chris Collins, Solar One ED; and Elettra Weidemann, Honoree
Revelry By the River 2010 with the theme “Imagine,” took place June 9 in Stuyvesant Cove Park at the Solar 1 building. It honored Arup with the Sustainability Achievement Award and Lauren Remington Platt & Ashley Wilcox Platt with the Young Environmentalist Award.
Revelry By the River 2009, with the theme “Here Comes The Sun,” took place June 2 at Stuyvesant Cove Park at the Solar 1 building. It honored HSBC Bank USA, N.A. with the Sustainability Achievement Award, actor Matthew Modine with the Environmental Stewardship Award, and Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy with the Young Environmentalist Award.
Revelry By the River 2008, with the theme of “Celebrating Sustainability in NYC” took place June 5 at Stuyvesant Cove Park at the Solar 1 building. It honored Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning & Sustainability& PlaNYC 2030 with the Sustainability Achievement Award and IBM with the Environmental Stewardship Award.
Matthew Modine & Kick Kennedy with George Pataki
Revelry By the River 2007, with a theme of “Celebration of Green Building in NYC” took place May 9, at Stuyvesant Cove Park at the Solar 1 building. It honored the United States Green Building Council with the Sustainability Achievement Award and Turner Construction with the Environmental Steward Award.