WBGO Champions of Jazz 2017 - April 21
Newark Public Radio
Honorees
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Mindy A. Cohen
Co-founder of Evergreen Partners, Inc. since 1993, Mindy has 35 years of experience organizing large and small-scale events throughout NJ and the US. Before her retirement in 2016, her work benefited Fortune 500 firms and nonprofit organizations, and has been featured in The NY Times and Washington Post, and NJBIZ’s "Best 50 Women in Business 2013." Her career began on Capitol Hill where she became Chief of Staff to Congressman Harold Volkmer (MO) at age 27. In 1980, she established a national fundraising consulting firm with clients including US Senators, Congressmen and political organizations. Mindy led the Washington/NJ fundraising efforts for Senator Lautenberg and served as his exclusive fundraising counsel for over 10 years. In 2002, Mindy joined the Board of Trustees of WBGO and was elected Chair of the Board and Executive Committee in 2009 - the first woman in WBGO’s history to do so. Mindy and her husband David live in West Orange.
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The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation was created and funded in 1993 by Ella Fitzgerald, the First Lady of Song, in order to fulfill her desires to use the fruits of her success to help people of all races, cultures and beliefs. Ella hoped to make their lives more rewarding and she wanted to foster a love of both reading and music. She hoped to provide assistance to at-risk and disadvantaged members of our communities that would enable them to achieve a better quality of life. The Foundation seeks to continue Ella Fitzgerald's goals by making charitable grants serving four major areas of interest: 1) creating educational and other opportunities for children; 2) fostering a love and knowledge of music, including assistance to students of music; 3) the provision of health care, food, shelter and counseling to those in need; and, 4) specific areas of medical care and research with an emphasis on Diabetes, vision problems and heart disease.
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