2024 PURSUIT BASH GALA

The Pursuit Bash Annual Gala celebrates our impact and growing community of Fellows, partners, funders, and volunteers. 

Join us on June 10th, 2024, at the Glasshouse NYC as we bring together the best in tech, business, impact, and philanthropy and honor industry leaders who embody our values.

Our mission is to create economic transformation. By training low-income adults to launch and advance careers as software engineers, we help our Fellows go from earning $18,000 to over $90,000 starting salary on average, adding an estimated $2M in lifetime earnings. Pursuit partners with leading companies like Blackstone, USV, Citi, Peloton, and Uber to employ Fellows in career-defining engineering roles and supports them with on-the-job training to ensure potential translates to performance. Since 2013, Pursuit has created ~$1B in total lifetime wage gains, creating lasting economic mobility that spans generations. 

To learn more about Pursuit, visit our website and check out the Bash page to learn more about this special evening.

BASH EVENING SCHEDULE:

• 6:30pm–7:30pm: Cocktails
• 7:30pm–9:00pm: Dinner + Program
  
• 9:00pm–11:00am: After Party (separate Party-only tickets available)

BASH HONOREES:

• Tony Davis, CEO & CIO of Inherent Group
• Hope Knight, President & CEO and Commissioner at Empire State Development
• Rook Soto, Pursuit Fellow & Senior Developer at United Parks & Resorts
• Erica Stevens, Pursuit Fellow & Software Engineer at Dow Jones

BASH MC: 

Jo Ling Kent
CBS News Senior Business and Tech Correspondent

GUEST CHEF:

Mads Refslund
Founder of Ilis, Co-Founder of Noma, Multi-Michelin Starred Chef

BASH COMMITTEE:

• Chair: Zachary Smith, Partner at Humans of the Internet
  
• Vice Chair:
  • Margot Edelman, General Manager at Edelman NY
  • Paul Vizcarrondo, Former Partner, Of Counsel Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
  • Dan Teran, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Gutter Capital
• Host Committee:
  • Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer
  • Natalia Quintero, Former Head of Latin America at Silicon Valley Bank
  • Elias Roman, Senior Director of Product Management at Google Labs
  • Stuart Spodek, Managing Director at BlackRock
  • Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO of the Partnership for New York City
• Planning Committee:
  • Michael Borofsky, General Counsel at Gryphon Investors
  • Alan Jones, Pursuit Board Member
  • Ritambhara Kumar, Managing Director at J.P. Morgan
  • Zohar Yardeni, Chief Product Officer at The Knot Worldwide
    

To learn more about tables, individual tickets, and corporate sponsorships, email bash@pursuit.org.