Robbie Gordy from Christie's to return as our exciting gala auctioneer!
Our Child of America gala will be on Friday, May 3, 2019, at Shorehaven Golf Club, Norwalk, CT. Cocktails 6PM; Dinner, Program and Auction 7PM.
Here is the 2019 gala website!
Here is the 2019 gala sponsorship and program journal form.
Our Keynote Speaker will be Tarik A. Brooks, Vice President, Office of the Chairman of Combs Enterprises.
This year we will be honoring Ms. Theresa Rangel, Principal of Tracey Elementary School, with our Child of America award.
Robbie Gordy is an Associate Vice President and Auctioneer at Christie’s New York, where he works on the development and presentation of the auction house’s most prestigious and high profile consignments.
Robbie’s recent work has included the notable collections of gallerists Ileana Sonnabend and Nina Castelli Sundell; London art dealer Leslie Waddington; President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan; groundbreaking Asian art dealer Robert Hatfield Ellsworth; legendary comedian Joan Rivers; financiers and businessmen such as John C.Whitehead and Edgar M. Bronfman; and the upcoming landmark sale of the estate of David Rockefeller. A Fulbright Scholar and graduate of London’s Courtauld Institute of Art, Robbie studied nineteenth-century European painting and sculpture, as well as international Modern and Contemporary art, before joining Christie’s London salerooms. In addition to auctioneering Christie’s sales, Robbie is an enthusiastic Charity Auctioneer who has worked with numerous philanthropic, civic, and cultural organizations across the United States. In the past three years alone, Robbie has raised over $25 million for charitable causes.