Jeffrey Menkes, Retired President and CEO, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
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Burke's Healthcare Heroes, For their unwavering commitment to Burke patients during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Bonnie & Tom Grace, Dedicated champions of patients and the professionals who care for them
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Cuddy & Feder LLP, Committed partner of Burke and other organizations in the region through corporate support and leadership
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Marybeth Walsh, M.D. Retired Executive Medical Director and CEO, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
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Matt Yallof, Major League Baseball Network Host, Stroke Survivor and Stroke Patient Advocate
Amy Yallof, Marketing Executive and Stroke Caregiver Advocate
Country Bank, Burke Sponsor and Community Partner, on its 30th Anniversary
Barbara Rubin Kessler, School Librarian, Stroke Survivor and National Aphasia Advocate
Steven Kessler, International Financial and Securities Lawyer, Senior Compliance Officer, Caregiver and National Patient Advocate
Michael James Reding, M.D., Former Director, Stroke Rehabilitation Program, Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Current Volunteer Clinical Researcher, Burke Medical Research Institute
Brad and Jessica Berman, Tax Counsel, General Electric and Deputy General Counsel, National Hockey League
Mick Ebeling, Founder, Not Impossible Foundation
Ryan McDonagh, Captain, New York Rangers
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D., President of The Rockefeller University
J.J. Buchanan, Wellness Coach and Caregiver Advocate
Stephen Buchanan, Retired Financial Executive and Former Professional Athlete
Laurane Magliari, Entrepreneur, Community Advocate and Retired Corporate Executive
Harry Carson, NFL Hall of Famer and former captain of the New York Giants
Marc Tesler, Retired Venture Capitalist & Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Burke’s Restorative Neurology Clinic
George D. Yancopoulos, M.D., Ph.D., founding scientist and president Regeneron Laboratories and chief scientific officer of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
David Carmel, co-founder of Carmel Asset Management
Ron Cohen, M.D., founder, president and CEO of Acorda Therapeutics, Inc.
Lauren Manning, 9/11 survivor who completed her rehabilitation at Burke
Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey
Roger E. Salisbury, M.D. and Roger W. Yurt, M.D. Burn Center Directors of Westchester Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital
Leon Root, M.D., Director of Rehabilitation Services at the Hospital for Special Surgery
Fletcher H. McDowell, M.D., Former President of the Board of Directors of The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Medical Research Institute and former CEO of The Burke Rehabilitation Hospital
Andrew Akerman, Physician and former patient
Jackie DiLorenzo, Denton Johnson, Jennifer Johnson and Ruth Rosenbaum, Members of the Burke Wheelchair Sports Team and participants in the 1995 Paralympic Games
Christopher Reeve, Actor and disability advocate
Richard Manley, Former director of the Westchester County Office of the Disabled
Anthony Bisaccia, Former patient
Sarah Will, Paralympic gold medal winner and member of the U.S. Disabled Ski Team.
John Schmidt, M.D., Neurologist and former patient
Henry U. Harris Jr., Honorary member of the Burke Board and former patient
Murray Goldstein, D.O., MPH, Former Assistant Surgeon General for U.S. Public Health Service
Howard A. Rusk, M.D., Founder of The Rusk Institute
Massimo d'Amore, Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Americas Beverages
Paul Richter, Advocate for spinal cord injury research
Jean Lawson Stone, Community organizer and advocate on behalf of the disabled
Carl Klein, Former patient
Peter J. DeLuca, Chairman of the Burke Foundation
Nancy A. Lieberman, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and former patient
William E. Griffin, Chairman of the Hudson Valley Bank
*as of 6/02/2022