The Playground Partners, a program of the Women’s Committee of the Central Park Conservancy, hosted their Annual Family Party after a two-year hiatus, raising $470,000 for the management and maintenance of Central Park. The well-attended event, generously sponsored by Nordstrom, was held at Heckscher Playground to support the Playground Partners’ mission to provide children and families with safe and accessible areas to play. 

Event co-chairs were Anna Bender-Zeckendorf, Kara Gerson, Gillian Hearst, Dustee Jenkins, Ji Park Kwak and Stephanie X. Stamas. Grandparent Chairs Suzanne and Bob Cochran, Honorary Chair, Zanna Roberts Rassi, Playground Partners Chair, Heather McAuliffe, Playground Partners Vice Chairs, Mimi Ritzen Crawford and Austen Phillips Cruz, Women’s Committee President, Yesim Philip, and Central Park Conservancy’s CEO, Betsy Smith joined many other event guests including Katherine Birch, Ainsley Earhardt, Darice Fadeyi, Tiffany Gardner, Amie James, Alexia Leuschen, Margo M. Nederlander, Liz Peek, Emmy Rossum, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Gigi Stone Woods, and Chris Wanlass, Vice President and General Manager, Nordstrom NYC Stores.