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About the Event

Free at Last
A Celebration of Freedom & Justice
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Cipriani Wall Street

Cocktail Reception | 6:00 p.m.
Dinner & Program | 7:00 p.m.
Cocktail Attire

Join us for an inspirational evening honoring exceptional heroes and partners in the Innocence Project’s fight to free the innocent and prevent future wrongful convictions. Hear from the freed and exonerated people whose stories are at the heart of our work and celebrate their return home.

To purchase a ticket, contact the gala office at 646.842.1647 or [email protected]

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Gala Co-chairs

Tony Goldwyn

Actor, Director and Producer

Brett Hart

President, United Airlines

Johnny Hincapie

Member, Exoneree Advisory Council

Sara Naison-Tarajano

Partner, Head of Goldman Sachs Ayco and Goldman Partner Office

Alondra Nelson

Harold F. Linder Professor, Institute for Advanced Study

Freedom & Justice Champion

Sara Naison-Tarajano and Orestes Tarajano / Goldman Sachs Gives

United Airlines

Visionary

Wendy Nacht and John Motulsky

The Tow Foundation

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Reformer

Adele Bernhard and Peter J. Neufeld

Chicago Title Insurance Company

Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek

Freshfields LLP

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Renee and John Grisham

Jane Musky and Tony Goldwyn

Alondra Nelson and Garraud Etienne

Neufeld Scheck Brustin Hoffmann & Freudenberger, LLP

New York Jets Foundation

Vered Rabia

Dorothy Rick and Barry C. Scheck

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP - New York

Doris and Stanley Tananbaum Foundation | Andrew Tananbaum and Family

Leader

Aeromag

Arnold & Porter

Christopher Asaro

Cynthia and Paul Augustine

Burns & McDonnell

GFP Real Estate

Haynes Boone

Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP

Jacobs

Jenner & Block LLP

Jones Day

Katherine and Peter Lyon / Goldman Sachs Gives

Mary Mattingly and Steve Reiss

McDermott Will & Schulte

The Morton Family

O’Melveny & Myers LLP

PwC

Jessica Roth and Ben Lawsky

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Jack and Kristalina Taylor