Pinnacle Award

Loretta Lynch

83rd US Attorney General & Partner, Paul, Weiss

Loretta E. Lynch, the former United States Attorney General, is a partner in the Paul, Weiss Litigation Department. Ms. Lynch advises clients on government and internal investigations and on high-stakes litigation and regulatory matters. Ms. Lynch’s legal career has included both private law practice and public service, including three presidential appointments. Ms. Lynch served as the U.S. Attorney General from 2015- 2017, where she was appointed by President Barack Obama. As Attorney General, Ms. Lynch oversaw more than 100,000 employees across numerous agencies and offices, including the 93 U.S. Attorneys; major investigative agencies, including the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); the U.S. Marshals Service; the Bureau of Prisons; the National Security Division; and the Office of the Solicitor General, among others. Ms. Lynch has been recognized as a “Distinguished Leader” by the New York Law Journal and has been named one of Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation” and a “General Litigation Trailblazer” by the National Law Journal. She is recognized as a Band 1 practitioner by Chambers in the Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations (New York) and the Crisis Management categories. Loretta is also recognized by The Legal 500 as a Leading Lawyer in the Corporate Investigations and White-Collar Criminal Defense category. Ms. Lynch received her J.D. and her B.A. in American Literature from Harvard University.

Legacy Award

Kane Brenan

Chief Executive Officer & Board Member of TIFF Advisory Services

Kane Brenan has served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of TIFF Investment Management since 2020. In this role, he leads the firm in fulfilling its mission to be the best OCIO to the nonprofit community. Building on TIFF’s three-decade legacy, he brings best practice to investment management and advisory to help clients achieve their individual investment and organizational objectives in an increasingly challenging landscape.

Prior to joining TIFF, Kane spent more than 20 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently as Partner, Global Head and co-CIO of the Global Solutions Portfolio Group, working closely with large endowment and pension clients in an OCIO capacity. Prior to this role, Kane was a Managing Director, helping to manage Goldman’s secondary private equity investment platform. Previously, Kane was a corporate M&A lawyer at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.

Kane is also active in support of nonprofits outside of his work at TIFF, including serving on the boards of Beyond Celiac, Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation, and Holy Child School at Rosemont.

He earned his BA from Boston College and his JD/MBA from Georgetown University and currently holds FINRA Series 7 and 63 licenses. Kane is also a member of TIFF’s Investment Committee and the TIFF Advisory Services (TAS) Board.

Advocate for Change

Stand Against Violence East Harlem (SAVE)

Stand Against Violence East Harlem, GOSO’s Cure Violence Program

GOSO is one of the only reentry and diversion programs partnered with a unit of Cure Violence, the national program that seeks to eradicate shootings and other forms of violence in under-served communities. Stand Against Violence East Harlem (GOSO/SAVE) is currently working in and around the Thomas Jefferson, James W. Johnson, and Robert F. Wagner among other NYCHA Housing Developments in East Harlem.

GOSO/SAVE’s work is guided by the principles of Cure Violence, a strategy that leverages the experiences of members of the community to do outreach, including people who have been directly affected by gun violence and “violence interrupters,” young people who have formerly engaged in high-risk activities who act as credible messengers of an anti-violence message in order to prevent and reduce youth violence. Having turned their lives around, they are now engaging high risk individuals who are most likely to be involved in gun violence. GOSO/SAVE outreach workers and violence interrupters are trained to mediate conflicts on the street and work to de-escalate disputes before crisis or violence erupt. GOSO/SAVE additionally connects at-risk individuals to extensive networks that provide job training, employment opportunities, mental health services, and legal services that lead to long term violence reduction in East Harlem. This lived experience affords GOSO/SAVE staff the status of credible messengers, individuals with the capacity to persuade community stakeholders and at-risk young men to give up their guns and work for greater community safety and prosperity.

GOSO/SAVE’s activities include: Daily canvassing and community outreach in and around the catchment area; Conflict resolution and mediation services; Life coaching, mentoring, and case management; Prevention, intervention, and aftercare to all violent/trauma-related incidents; Community events focused on building community across East Harlem; Job readiness training and paid internship placement; and Group facilitation.