Event Details
Time: May 7th, 2026 | 6:30 PM
Location: Mandarin Oriental Hotel in NYC
80 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10023
Public Transportation: 59 St-Columbus Circle Station (A, B, C, D trains)
5 Av/59 St Station (N, R, W trains)
Attire: Business or cocktail attire
Our Honorees
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is a premier law firm of more than 1,000 lawyers who deliver innovative solutions to clients’ most complex legal and business challenges. The firm represents many of the world’s leading public and private corporations, asset managers, and financial institutions, while maintaining a deep commitment to service. Widely recognized for market-leading practices in M&A, private equity, litigation, white-collar defense, and restructuring, Paul, Weiss is also a proud partner of JCCA. The firm supports JCCA through meaningful pro bono representation, expansive volunteer initiatives, and generous financial contributions, strengthening services for New York’s most vulnerable children and families.
Louis Jaffe
Lou is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of KingsRock Advisors, a financial services firm. Prior to KingsRock, Lou was the Co-Founder/President of Montrock48 Capital, an alternative asset manager that invested in discretionary global macro themes.
Before co-founding Montrock48, Lou held various roles at Deutsche Bank over a 24-year period. From 2008 to 2015, Lou ran Deutsche Bank’s Institutional Client Group Debt Americas, a team of roughly 200 people responsible for the distribution of all fixed income products, including structured solutions, credit, emerging markets, securitized products, foreign exchange, interest rate, and listed derivatives. Previously, Lou was the Head of the Integrated Credit Sales Group.
At DB, Lou was a member of the North America Corporate Banking and Securities Executive Committee, Institutional Client Group Global Executive Committee, and the Global Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Executive Committee. Lou worked at Bankers Trust from 1991 to 1999 as a member of the credit derivatives group, when the firm was acquired by Deutsche Bank.
Lou served as Chair of the JCCA Board from 2022-2025 and President from 2019-2021. Lou earned a BA in Political Science/Psychology from Syracuse University.
Every donation goes directly toward real-life support for children and families in JCCA’s care. The programs and services listed are representative examples of the assistance JCCA will be able to provide to its clients and families with each donation. JCCA reserves the right to allocate funds to where they are most needed and will have the greatest impact. For information about the event, call 212-558-9914 or email hope@jccany.org.
Benefit Committee
Kirill Azovtsev
Melissa & Scott Barshay
Rachel Begun & Darren Smith
Lois Bennett-Yaffe & Stan Barshay
Julianne Cohn Metzger & Michael Metzger
Heather Federman-Katz & Adam Katz
Lisa & Ross Fieldston
Alisa & Seth Gershman
Barrett & Linda Gross
Scott & Wendy Kleinman
Robert & Sydney Kindler
Dayna & Steven Novenstein
Cortney & David Peretz
Jon & Nancy Pundyk
Ali & Scott Rosenberg
Barbara Salmanson
Lauren & Lawrence Sorrel
Lee & Stephanie Spiegel
Meet The Team
Elizabeth Fine
Chief Development & Communications Officer
Finee@jccany.org
Wendy Perlmutter Finkel
Vice President of Strategic Partnerships
Finkelw@jccany.org
Merav Adia Stern
Director of Philanthropy & Individual Giving
Sternm@jccany.org
Every donation goes directly toward real-life support for children and families in JCCA’s care. The programs and services listed are representative examples of the assistance JCCA will be able to provide to its clients and families with each donation. JCCA reserves the right to allocate funds to where they are most needed and will have the greatest impact. For information about the event, call 212-558-9914 or email hope@jccany.org.
