Wendy M. Siegel Honored at the 56th Real Estate and Construction Industries Dinner Dance Gala in New York

Gala Raises Over $2.5 million for National Jewish Health

The 56th annual National Jewish Health ‘A Winter’s Evening’ Dinner Dance was held Saturday, December 14, 2024, at Pier Sixty, Chelsea Piers New York. More than 400 guests attended the “Through the Looking Glass” themed event, raising over $2.5 million to establish the Wendy M. and Stephen B. Siegel Family Fund for Accelerated Discovery in Immunology and Lung Repair at National Jewish Health, the leading respiratory hospital in the nation. Wendy Siegel, co-chair of the National Jewish Health Council of National Trustees and executive chair of the event for 30 years, was honored with the National Jewish Health Humanitarian Award. The award is given to individuals nationwide who have made significant civic and charitable contributions to their communities, their professions and to National Jewish Health.

Pictured from left: Stephen Siegel; Wendy Siegel (honoree); Larry Silverstein; Michael Salem, MD; and Peter Riguardi.

"Wendy Siegel has made National Jewish Health and A Winter’s Evening a priority, and we are humbled and grateful,” noted Michael Salem, MD, CEO and president of National Jewish Health.

As a driving force behind ‘A Winter’s Evening’ for the last three decades, Wendy Siegel has envisioned and produced magnificent and iconic benefit galas, honoring deserving individuals in the New York real estate and construction industries. Through this annual event alone, she has helped raise more than $57 million for life-changing care and research. Since 2000, Wendy and her husband Stephen B. Siegel, have served on the National Jewish Health Council of National Trustees. They have been Council co-chairs since 2006, overseeing a team of more than 275 elected Trustees from across the country who serve as ambassadors and advocates for the hospital.

Larry Silverstein, chairman of Silverstein Properties, Inc., treasurer of the National Jewish Health Board of Directors and honorary chair of the event, introduced Wendy Siegel and helped to lead the event’s program.

"Thirty years ago, Wendy generously offered to be the executive chair of ‘A Winter’s Evening,” remarked Silverstein. “She has taken this event to new heights, as it has become one of the most enduring and successful events for our industry and for National Jewish Health."

Stephen Siegel, who served as one of the event’s dinner chairs, presented her with the Humanitarian Award. He also welcomed Peter Riguardi, of JLL who was inducted as a Trustee. Riguardi was honored at the event in 2023.

Also, in attendance were many of the event’s past 30 honorees from the real estate and construction industries who joined to recognize Wendy Siegel making it a “30 for 30” celebration.

President’s Circle sponsors were The Feil Organization, Wendy M. & Stephen B. Siegel, and The Silverstein Family. The Founder Sponsors included Michele & Marty Cohen; Glenwood Management Corp.; Victoria & Lloyd Goldman; John Kukral/Northwood Investors LLC; The Murnick Family; Michael Salem, MD and Meghan & Evan Zucker. The Honoree’s Circle included Brookfield Properties; BXP; Chicago Title Insurance Company; Cushman & Wakefield; Emmes; Anne & Robert Ivanhoe; The Kuhn Family; Kushner Companies; SJP Properties; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP; Eliot Spitzer; and Lisa & Mark A. Walsh.