THE AFRICA-AMERICA INSTITUTE'S 24TH ANNUAL AWARDS GALA
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Ritz-Carlton Battery Park, New York

AAI AFRICAN NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The People of Mozambique
accepted by
H.E. Armando Emílio Guebuza
President of the Republic of Mozambique

AAI AWARD FOR CAPACITY BUILDING AND
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
Neville Isdell
Chairman, Board of Directors
The Coca-Cola Company

AAI DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD
Jorgina Manhengane
Operations Manager, Petromoc SA

MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, NPR

BENEFIT COMMITTEE

CO-CHAIRS
Alexander Cummings
Chief Administrative Officer
The Coca-Cola Company

Peggy Dulany
Founder and Chair
The Synergos Institute

MEMBERS
Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Harvard University

Ambassador Ibrahim Gambari
Special Advisor to the
United Nations Secretary-General

Anna Getaneh
Founder & Chair
The Ethiopian Children's Fund
Found & Creative Director
African Mosaique

Professor Wangari Maathai
AAI Alumna
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Founder, The Green Belt
Movement

Professor Jeffrey Sachs
Director, The Earth Institute
Columbia Univeristy

Most Reverend Desmond Tutu
Archbishop Emeritus

MAJOR SPONSORS

GALA UNDERWRITER



GRAND SPONSOR
Chevron Corporation

LEADERSHIP SPONSORS
De Beers

Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America

The West Africa Fund, GP, LLC

GLOBAL PARTNERS
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP

Shell International B.V.

INTERNATIONAL SPONSORS
American International Group

H.J. Heinz Company

CONTINENTAL SPONSORS
American Federation of State,

County & Municipal Employees

Barloworld Ltd.

Ellen Jewett & Richard Kauffman

Zephyr Management

SILENT AUCTION
Amaridian

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