Kevin Sullivan with Bob Ezra of law firm Ezra Brutzkus Gubner, wife Bonnie Ezra and Frank Kaufman. Photo by Karina Pires
CITY OF HOPE
City of Hope Honors Frank Kaufman and Kevin Sullivan at Annual Fundraiser
With the City of Hope celebrating its 100th birthday this year, the annual fundraiser organized by the medical center’s Fashion & Retail Group seemed all the more meaningful.
For a change, the event was held in Orange County, Calif., at The Grove of Anaheim—a nod to the evening’s honorees, Frank Kaufman, a partner in Moss Adams, and Kevin Sullivan, the Western region manager and executive vice president of Wells Fargo Capital Finance. Kaufman noted that for 30 years he has been driving north to attend these events in Los Angeles, so it was nice to have everyone come south—even if they didn’t have a passport to cross the county line.
Sullivan said he appreciated the extra effort people made to come down to Orange County.
“When I look out at the audience, I see friends, family and a lot of great folks. It also reminds me that there are folks who can’t be here ... because they did not win their battle against the diseases that the City of Hope fights,” he said. “I have always been a big believer that there are two kinds of people. There are those who choose to do something about something, and there are those who stand on the sidelines. Just by being here, you have chosen to be the kind of people who do something about something.”
After awarding Kaufman and Sullivan their Spirit of Life honors, the Fashion & Retail Group, headed by Jeremy Weitz of Buchalter Nemer and Mike Earnhart of Wells Fargo, presented the City of Hope with a $625,000 check. The medical center in Duarte, Calif., is a research, treatment and education center dedicated to treating and curing cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.
Before and after the presentations and buffet dinner, musical entertainment was provided by Brother Yusef, followed by the well-known blues group The Robert Cray Band.
