Executive Challenge

Light The Night’s Executive Challenge is a national fundraising competition among participating professionals who personally raise funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. New York City Executives compete against each other to be declared the local winner, and additionally compete with executives from across the country to be the program’s champion. The 2019 competition officially kicks off in August!

In 2018, 55 local Executive Challengers raised $769,867 with a fundraising average of $13,981 raised!

Participating in the Challenge is simple— follow these proven steps to success:

Partner with the Light The Night Staff to create your customized fundraising plan.
Set a minimum goal of $5K and launch your effort by making a personal contribution.
Nominate a colleague to the join the Challenge. Trust us—it makes it even more fun!
Reach out to your network to seek support from your clients, customers, vendors and personal contacts.
Share your participation socially via LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Engage others to support your efforts!

Participation Benefits

National recognition includes:
- Challenge participants who individually raise $10,000 or more will be listed in a national ad in Forbes Magazine to run in early 2020. The top executive per region will be included with a photo.
- The top executive per region will also be included on our national Light The Night website.
Local recognition includes:
- Invitation to exclusive Executive Challenge networking reception.
- The Top 5 ranking Challengers will be recognized on stage at the 2019 Manhattan Light The Night event on October 17th.
- Complementary invitations to exclusive New York City Chapter events for our reigning year.
- Lifelong bragging rights!

Learn more from our Executive Challenge Chair, Martin Schweitzer:

Meet our 2019 Executive Challengers!

Andrew Armour

Anil Atluri

Ginger Blumenthal

Matt Casner

Gail Castellano

David Conway

Terri Cote

Daniel Damon

Danny Delgado

Joseph DeSabia

Jaclyn Diamond

Anthony DiChiaro

Jason Donders

Scott Eichel

Tarek Elmaghrabi

Jon Farber

Benjamin Fernandez

Archie Foster

Lisa Giovinazzo

Rebecca Gordon

Bryan Hacken

Sam Haskel

Zahra Jamshed

Aron Kershner

Sumeet Khemani

Allie Kubashky

John Lambert

Arnold Lau

Penny Levendis

David Lohuis

Charlie Lu

Michael Marino

Alistair McDougall

Andrew Mogavero

Courtney Morgan

Robert Newton

Karen Palmer

John Park

Leena Patel

Gianna Persico

Rich Raffetto

Anthony Reinhart

Rich Reynolds

Kerry Ryan

Manolis Saridakis

Magdalena Sawicka

Michael Schnee

Martin Schweitzer

Brad Shepard

Jaclyn Tacoronte

Shannon Thune

Colleen Tierney

CS Venkatakrishnan

Carolyn Vento

Kevin Weeks

Wael Younan

Elizabeth Zazo