Champions of Choice Honorees

Kate Walsh
In 2017, Walsh was seen in the hit comedy, GIRL’S TRIP, as well as the Netflix feature #REALITYHIGH and Sony’s MARK FELT: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE. Walsh is also widely known for her starring role as Dr. Addison Montgomery on ABC’s PRIVATE PRACTICE and GREY’S ANATOMY. Walsh has also appeared on and executive produced a variety of other shows in the TV space.
Aside from acting, Walsh has been a strong voice in the fight for women’s rights and reproductive freedom. Another cause important to Walsh is ocean and marine life conservation. Lastly, Walsh has also traveled around the world with Operation Smile to provide surgical care to children born with cleft lips.

Margaret Munzer Loeb
Margaret served on the boards of the National Institute for Reproductive Health from 2006-2015 and the Center for Reproductive Rights from 2011-2013. She currently serves on the boards of PEN America, Prep for Prep, and the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. Margaret is also a member of the President’s Advisory Council on the Arts at Brown University, where she received her B.A. in History and Visual Art. She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from New York University’s Silver School of Social Work.
Margaret started her career in commercial film production and has recently returned to creating films through her company, MML Productions. She is currently executive producing and directing a documentary feature film on the unintended consequences of over-parenting, over-pressuring, and over-protecting children today.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo
Under his leadership, New York passed marriage equality, a $15 minimum wage, the strongest paid family leave program in the nation, the strongest gun safety laws in the nation, equal rights for women, greater protections for immigrants, the largest investment in education in state history, cut taxes for the middle class, implemented a 2 percent property tax cap, put more New Yorkers to work than ever before, and became the first state in the nation to offer free college tuition for middle-class families. He also got the state building again – taking on projects that had been stalled for decades and using union labor every step of the way.
Andrew Cuomo is the proud father of three girls, Mariah, Cara, and Michaela.

Senate Democratic Leader
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
As Leader, Andrea Stewart-Cousins has made women’s rights and growing the state economy a key priority for the Senate Democratic Conference. She also understands that education is the equalizer in our society, and that is why she has fought to improve the quality of education for every child, regardless of what zip code they live in. Throughout her time in public service, Senator Stewart-Cousins has been a strong advocate for human rights, quality education, accessible and affordable reproductive health care, and making government more efficient, transparent and accountable to all citizens.
Senator Stewart-Cousins resides in Yonkers, was married to the late Thomas Cousins and has three children and four grandchildren.

Speaker Carl E. Heastie
Since his very first days in office, he has been a fierce and public advocate for the needs of women and girls, including the importance of advancing equitable access to the full range of reproductive and sexual health information and services and securing each person’s right to make important decisions about their reproductive lives.
Photos from Champions of Choice
2019
Champions of Choice
Benefit Committee
Co-Chairs: Aisha Mills and Nathalie Molina Niño
Aila Main
Lara Marcon
Susan McPherson
Christina C. Quinn
Abigail Schumer
Diane Solomon
Audrey Spiegel
Mila Tuttle
Sharon Weinberg
Event Sponsors
Ruby
Margaret Munzer Loeb · Nancy Silverman
Trailblazer
Audrey Gruss · Audrey and Jeff Spiegel
Illuminary
Elyse and Lawrence B. Benenson · Cynthia Green Colin and Patricia Green
Visionary
Abigail and David Schumer · Dolores M. Smith · Diane Solomon · Mila Tuttle · Sharon Weinberg
Defender
Caroline Hirsch · Jill Lafer · Aila Main · Lara Marcon · Aisha C. Mills · Laura Scheuer
Protector
Donna L. Bascom · Daniel and April Brooks · Laurie Campbell · Debra Cooper · Roxanne Donovan · Bob Fertik and Antonia Stolper · Wendy Flanagan · Raquel and Lear Levin · Kathleen S. McHugh
Boards of Directors
National Institute for Reproductive Health
Sharon Weinberg, Chair
Raquel Levin, Treasurer
Laura Ross, Secretary
Robert Jaffe, ex officio
Jill Braufman
Dána-Ain Davis
Julie Kay
Kathleen McHugh
Jane Pollock
Laura Scheuer
Abigail Schumer
Nancy Silverman, emerita
Dolores Smith
Audrey Spiegel
National Institute for Reproductive Health Action Fund
Robert Jaffe, Chair
Shirley Gordon, Treasurer
Bob Fertik, Secretary
Sharon Weinberg, ex officio
Donna L. Bascom
Daniel J. Brooks
Kim Chirls
Debra Cooper
Sophia Danenberg
Daniel Gonzales
Sarah Kovner
Raquel Levin
Aisha C. Mills
Nathalie Molina Niño
Christine C. Quinn
Maria Vullo
Video highlights
Champions of Choice 2019
Location
Ziegfeld Ballroom
141 W 54th St
New York, NY 10019