CASA's 18th Anniversary Awards Dinner

On March 23, 2010 CASA celebrated its 18th Anniversary Awards dinner at The Pierre hotel. Honored at the event were Representative Patrick J. Kennedy and the Honorable Jim Ramstad with CASA's Inspiration Award for their work in Congress to ensure parity legislation for American's suffering from substance abuse, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP with CASA's Special Achievement Award for their founding support and longstanding commitment to CASA, and Robert Leonidas and the Nestlé Prepared Foods Company with the CASA Distinguished Service Award for their vital partnership in helping America's children grow up healthy and drug free. The dinner raised more than $1.2 million dollars to support CASA's work in the field of addiction and substance abuse. Julie Chen, co-anchor of CBS' The Early Show served as Master of Ceremonies.

Dr. and Mrs. Louis Sullivan	CASA Board member Michael Roth
(From L to R) Jim Ramstad, Christopher Lawford, Joseph A. Califano, Jr., and Patrick Kennedy	(From L to R) Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Hilary Paley Califano, Robert Leonidas, Cynthia Waite, and Jim and Kathryn Ramstad
Julie Chen and Leslie Moonves	Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and CASA Board member Columba Bush
Barclay Resler and CASA Board member Clyde Tuggle	CASA President and CEO William H. Foster and Cheryl Healton
Joseph A. Califano, Jr. presents Dewey & LeBoeuf Chairman and Partner  Steven Davis with the Special Achievement Award	Joseph A. Califano, Jr. with Patrick Kennedy and Jim Ramstad, recipients of the Inspiration Award
Joseph A. Califano, Jr. presents Nestlé Prepared Foods Company President and CEO Robert Leonidas with the Distinguished Service Award

(Photos courtesy of Eric Weiss)

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