
2025 Black & Red
The Bushnell
166 Capitol Avenue | Hartford, CT
Thank You!
Thank you for your support of the 33rd Annual Black & Red. We are excited to announce that over $6 million was raised—a new Black & Red fundraising record! The net proceeds will benefit
Hartford HealthCare’s Center for Education, Simulation & Innovation (CESI) at Hartford Hospital.
2025 Black & Red Featured Entertainer
Train
Hartford Hospital is excited to announce that multi-GRAMMY Award-winning, diamond-selling band, Train, will be the Featured Entertainment. Since their formation in 1994, internationally acclaimed band Train has been captivating audiences across the globe with their signature blend of rock and pop, infectious melodies, and heartfelt lyrics. Known for their critically acclaimed catalog of chart-topping smash hits like “Drops of Jupiter,” “Hey, Soul Sister” and “Drive By,” Train has sold more than 10 million albums and 30 million tracks worldwide. The band has had 14 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart and 13 albums on the Billboard 200 albums chart, earning multiple platinum/gold citations, including three GRAMMY Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, and dozens of other honors.
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Our Black & Red Team
Honorary Event Chairs
Luisa & Frank Borges
Committee Chairs
Lauren Chase, MD & William Chase
Clinical Leadership
Steven J. Shichman, MD
Executive Director
Stephen Donahue, MSM, RRT
Director of Operations
Thomas Nowicki, MD
Medical Director
Deanne Regan
Wet Lab Operations Manager
Britta Raczkowski
Operations and Business Development Manager
Rebecca Gleason, RRT
Simulation Manager
Committee
Beverly Buckner Baker
David J. Dixon, Jr.
Sheila & Doug Elliot
Elizabeth Fusco
Samara & Andrew Ginsburg
Ann & Marty Guay
Abby Jackson
Lenworth Jacobs, MD
Ishani Kohli
Kathy & Brian MacLean
Jim Marzi
Milrose Mercado
Mark Moriarty
Elaine Rooke
Heather Spencer
Mary-Jo & Greg Toczydlowski
Elizabeth Vandeventer
Leigh & Joel Vengco
Thank You to Our 2025 Sponsors
Legacy Sponsor
Spotlight Sponsors
- Aon
- Ares Management
- AstraZeneca
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Connecticut Children's
- Connecticut Ear, Nose, & Throat Associates
- Connecticut Hospital Association
- Cooney, Scully and Dowling
- Creative Office Interiors
- Crosskey Architects
- Crumbie Law Group, LLC
- Cruz/Brighthaupt Family
- Custom Electric, Inc.
- Delta Dental of Connecticut
- Fidelity Investments
- Fiducient Advisors
- 7 Summits Construction / Freeman Companies
- Gaffney, Bennett and Associates
- Gfeller Laurie LLP
- Gilbane Building Company
- Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C.
- Hartford Steam Company
- ImageFIRST
- Jackson Lewis P.C.
- Jefferies
- Kodiak Solutions
- Annie Lazarus
- In Honor and Memory of Anne MacDonald by Heather Mannuel, MD and Ian Neuman
- McDermott Will & Emery
- Medtronic
- Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
- NDC Commercial Construction, Inc.
- Neuberger Berman
- New Era Technology
- Priority Express, Inc.
- Ricoh USA, inc.
- Sacred Heart University
- Kerrie & Jack Soos
- Trinity College
- University of Hartford
- Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C.
- Xerox Business Solutions
In-Kind Donors
- American School for the Deaf
- Brian Ambrose Photography
- The Bushnell
- Correlation Productions
- Halo Branded Solutions
- Hartford Business Journal
- Hartford Courant
- iCleanse
- JT Ghamo
- LAZ Parking
- Max Catering & Events
- Pentimento Design
- Quast Media LLC
- Sign Pro
- WTNH News 8