Dream Big — A Celebration of Opportunity
Thank you to our sponsors, donors, business partners, students, and friends who celebrated with us at Dream Big. You helped raise more than $1.5 million for Futures and Options!
Your tremendous support will provide transformative career exploration programming, mentorship opportunities, and paid internships to New York City’s talented youth.
Our guests at The Plaza were inspired by Dream Big Scholarship winners Raisa Saied and Abigail Veliu as they shared their impressive experiences. We were also thrilled to recognize Wariz Anifowoshe and Brian Resnick, our Dream Big Honorees, for their commitment to supporting youth development.
Relive Dream Big by watching the program, enjoying photos from the evening, and checking out the journal.
Thank you for dreaming big with us!
Dream Big Co-Chair Committee
Diane Arber
Yvette Auyeung
Ruby Chambliss
Allister Chan
Grace Chiu
John Diaz
Alice Eaton
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Stephen Goldstein
Michael Grant
Lisa Grushkin
Kristopher Hansen
Stephen Hessler
Colleen Hsia
Shannon Keirsey
Harnsowl Ko
Lisa Landstein
Jessica Ma
Patrick Machir
Daniel Magliocco
Catherine Mullarney
Erin Murphy
Hugh Nelson
Daniel Pombo
Navid Rahgozar
Jason Scheir
David Schiff
Benjamin Schrag
Matthew Settle
Poonam Shah
Roopesh Shah
Efrem Sigel
Christopher Snyder
Daniel Tannebaum
John Thompson
W. Greg Thonsen
Wray Thorn
Ibrahim Yusuf
Paul Zemsky
Zhe Zhao
Dream Big Sponsors
Futures and Options is deeply grateful to our 2025 Dream Big sponsors. Their generosity supports our career development programs, making a positive impact in the lives of NYC’s youth.
Luminary Sponsor
Visionary Sponsor
Click here to see our 2025 Dream Big Sponsors.
About Dream Big
Dream Big – A Celebration of Opportunity is an inspirational evening in October in which we gather together with partners, volunteers, supporters, alumni and friends to celebrate our students’ accomplishments and the impact of Futures and Options’ programs.
Our Dream Big award salutes the businesses and community leaders who make it possible for young people to acquire the work-readiness skills, career opportunities and higher education needed to succeed in school and in careers.
We also award our Dream Big scholarships to two exemplary Futures and Options alumni, providing financial support as they pursue higher education.
The support we receive at Dream Big is essential to ensuring that Futures and Options can continue to provide robust career development programming to New York City students.
Dream Big 2025 Highlights
