TH E
A S SO C IATI O N FO R
FRONTOTEMPORAL
D E G E N E R AT I O N ’ S
INAUGURAL
HOPE
RISING
BENEFIT
AF TD'S I N A U G U R A L
HOPE RISING BENEFIT
T H U R S D AY, S E P T E M B E R 2 9 , 2 0 1 6
h o n o r i n g D AV I D Z A S L AV
President & Chief Executive Officer,
Discovery Communications
The Susan Newhouse & Si Newhouse
Award of Hope Recipient
T H E P I E R R E H OT E L , N E W YO R K C I T Y
WELCOME
PAU L A Z A H N
VIDEO
CO M M IT T E D TO C H A N G E
TOGETHER TONIGHT
S U SA N D I C K I N S O N , A F T D E X EC U TI V E D I R EC TO R
DINNER
VIDEO
SUSAN SUCHAN
TELLING OUR STORY
D A N I E L H E D AYA , 2 0 1 6 B E N E F I T C O - C H A I R
O L I V I A G O L D R I N G , A D V O C AT E ,
Y O U N G A D U LT A M B A S S A D O R F O R A F T D
HOPE IS RISING
K AT H Y N E W H O U S E M E L E , 2 0 1 6 B E N E F I T C O - C H A I R
C ALL TO AC TIO N
P R E S E N TAT I O N O F T H E S U S A N N E W H O U S E
& S I N E W H O U S E AWA R D O F H O P E
T O D AV I D Z A S L AV
BY DONALD NEWHOUSE, 2016 BENEFIT CO - CHAIR
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
KELLI O’HARA
DESSERT BUFFET
Dear Friends of AFTD,
Thank you for joining us for this special evening. By being part of the
first AFTD Hope Rising Benefit, you are sending a powerful message
to families around the world impacted by frontotemporal degeneration
(FTD): Hope is rising for a better future.
More prevalent for people under 60 than Alzheimer’s or any other form of
dementia, FTD is still far too little known. It brings a progressive decline in
behavior, language and/or movement. Diagnosis is still far from accurate,
and options to connect and find support are limited. Too many individuals
and families are left to face a devastating disease in confusion and isolation,
confronting the reality that their or their loved one’s best days are behind
them far too soon.
The organization I have the privilege of leading, the Association for
Frontotemporal Degeneration, is the preeminent nonprofit working to improve
quality of life for people affected by FTD, and to drive research to a cure.
Raising awareness is key to everything we want to achieve, and we are
incredibly grateful to David Zaslav, who with Discovery Communications has
championed our cause. His vision and generosity have helped AFTD to reach
millions of people with vital information about this still too-little known disease.
Our event marks the second World FTD Awareness Week. Tonight you
are part of a national phenomenon, joining more than 100 fundraising
and awareness events across the U.S., with more than a dozen countries
holding events of all kinds.
We are grateful to benefit co-chairs Donald Newhouse, Kathy Newhouse Mele
and Daniel Hedaya, and to all of our event sponsors. Through their generosity,
every dollar donated through this benefit will directly support AFTD’s mission.
As we celebrate tonight, it is a promising time for those of us committed to
ending FTD. Still: much work remains, and the real celebration should be
reserved for the day when we have eradicated this disease. AFTD’s board, staff
and volunteers are resolutely focused on achieving that goal, committed to
our core values of knowledge, collaboration, respect, dignity and compassion.
We value your partnership in this important work.
Sincerely,
Susan L-J Dickinson
Executive Director
AFTD
THE ASSOCIATION
FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL
DEGENERATION
OPENING THE GATEWAY
TO HELP AND A CURE
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is
the most common form of dementia
for people under age 60. Currently
incurable and without approved
treatments, FTD has profound effects
on the lives of more than 50,000
Americans. The hallmark of FTD
is a gradual, progressive decline in
behavior, language, and/or movement.
Accurate diagnosis can take years,
and options to connect with peers
and experts are all too rare. Anyone
impacted by FTD today deserves far
more than medicine can yet provide.
AF TD M E DICAL ADVISO RY COU NCIL
MARIO M EN D E Z, M . D. , PH . D. , C HAI R
U N IVERSIT Y O F C ALI FO R N IA ,
LOS AN G ELE S
IAN R . A . MAC K ENZI E , M . D. ,
C HAI R ELEC T
U N IVERSIT Y O F B RITIS H CO LU M B IA ,
VAN CO U VER
B R AD LE Y F. BO E VE , M . D.
MAYO C LI N IC , ROC H E STER
B R AD FO R D C . DIC K ERSO N , M . D.
HARVAR D U N IVERSIT Y
D EN N IS W. DIC KSO N , M . D.
MAYO C LI N IC , JAC KSO NVI LLE
K AR EN DU FF, PH . D.
CO LU M B IA U N IVERSIT Y
B ER NAR DI N O G H E T TI , M . D.
I N DIANA U N IVERSIT Y
J I LL GO LD MAN , M . S .
CO LU M B IA U N IVERSIT Y
M U R R AY G ROS S MAN , M . D. , ED. D.
U N IVERSIT Y O F PEN N SY LVAN IA
In the U.S. and around the world,
the Association for Frontotemporal
Degeneration (AFTD) is the leading
nonprofit working to improve quality
of life for people affected by FTD,
and to drive research to a cure. With
a community of donors, volunteers,
advocates and professionals,
AFTD works every day to advance:
collaborative research; awareness;
support for those directly impacted;
and education for healthcare
professionals, while advocating for
appropriate, affordable services.
EDWAR D H U E Y, M . D.
CO LU M B IA U N IVERSIT Y
AF TD BOAR D O F DIR EC TO RS
M .- MARS EL M E SU L AM , M . D.
N O RTHWE STER N U N IVERSIT Y
GAI L AN D ERS EN , C HAI R
D E AN NA AN G ELLO
STE VE B ELLWOAR
RIC K C H I LDS
H ELEN -AN N CO M STOC K
D EB B I E FEN OG LIO
STEPH EN FEN OG LIO
MAT T HATFI ELD
SUSAN L AD EN
JARY L ARS EN , PH . D.
PAU L LE STER
K ATH Y M ELE
LISA R ADI N
P O P S H EN IAN
BO N N I E S H EPH ER D
B E TH WALTER
J O H N WH ITMARS H , PH . D.
M IC HAEL H UT TO N , PH . D.
ELI LI LLY & CO M PAN Y, U K
DAVI D S . K N O PMAN , M . D.
MAYO C LI N IC , ROC H E STER
WALTER A . K U K U LL , PH . D.
U N IVERSIT Y O F WAS H I N GTO N
VI RG I N IA M .-Y. LEE , PH . D.
U N IVERSIT Y O F PEN N SY LVAN IA
C ARO L F. LI PPA , M . D.
D R E XEL U N IVERSIT Y
I R EN E LIT VAN , M . D.
U N IVERSIT Y O F C ALI FO R N IA ,
SAN DI EGO
B RU C E L . M I LLER , M . D.
U N IVERSIT Y O F C ALI FO R N IA ,
SAN FR AN CISCO
J I LL M U R R ELL , PH . D.
I N DIANA U N IVERSIT Y
C H IADI O N YI K E , M . D.
J O H N S H O PKI N S U N IVERSIT Y
ROSA R AD EMAK ERS , PH . D.
MAYO C LI N IC , JAC KSO NVI LLE
H OWAR D ROS EN , M . D.
U N IVERSIT Y O F C ALI FO R N IA ,
SAN FR AN CISCO
J O H N Q . TROJAN OWS KI , M . D. , PH . D.
U N IVERSIT Y O F PEN N SY LVAN IA
HONORING
DAVID ZASLAV
THE SUSAN NEWHOUSE &
SI NEWHOUSE AWARD OF HOPE
Frontotemporal degeneration takes so much from those whose lives it
touches. Because today there are no disease-modifying treatments—and
because today there is no way to cure or prevent this form of dementia—FTD
can test our resolve, our sense of connection and purpose.
One thing we will never let FTD take from us is hope. The Susan Newhouse & Si
Newhouse Award of Hope is being presented for the first time at tonight’s benefit.
The Newhouse family has been a leader in raising hope for all facing FTD—
committing more than $10 million to support FTD research over the past year,
targeting the discovery of new ways to diagnose and treat FTD. Dedicated to
Susan Newhouse and her brother-in-law Si Newhouse, two individuals who have
suffered from this form of dementia, the Award of Hope has been established to
honor an individual or organization instrumental to improving quality of life for
people with FTD, and driving research for a cure.
The award is intended as a reminder to all whose lives have been touched by FTD
that no matter how difficult your challenges, you are not alone. As a community,
we will fight this disease, bringing a future in which FTD can no longer alter lives
or test families. Together, we will realize our common hope to #endFTD.
As chief executive, David Zaslav sets the strategy and oversees all
operations for Discovery Communications. Reaching three billion
cumulative global viewers, Discovery is home to a portfolio of worldwide
television networks, led by Discovery Channel, TLC, Investigation
Discovery, Animal Planet, Science and Velocity, as well as U.S. joint
venture network OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, Discovery Kids in Latin
America, and Eurosport, home of the 2018-2024 Olympic Games across
Europe. Prior to joining Discovery, Zaslav had a distinguished career at
NBCUniversal where he was instrumental in developing and launching
CNBC and also played a role in the creation of MSNBC.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: SI NEWHOUSE, DONALD NEWHOUSE, AND SUSAN NEWHOUSE.
Award by Tiffany & Co.
HOPE STARTS WITH YOU
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AFTD is sincerely grateful for the support and leadership on display this
evening. You have made a profound difference in our work to #endFTD.
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This event is only possible because of people like you who have chosen to
address a critical challenge facing far too many families around the world. If we
can unlock treatment and a cure for FTD, it will mean a significant advance for
all forms of dementia. Your generosity brings a better world closer to reality.
HOST
PAULA ZAHN
A 30-year news veteran and nine time Emmy Award winning journalist,
Paula Zahn is the Executive Producer and host of On The Case With Paula
Zahn on Investigation Discovery. Before ID, Paula anchored for CNN,
hosting American Morning and the prime time show Paula Zahn Now. Prior
to CNN, Zahn joined Fox News after spending ten years at CBS News, where
she co-hosted CBS This Morning and anchored the CBS Evening News
Saturday Edition. Earlier, Zahn served as co-anchor of ABC’s World News
This Morning and anchored the news segments of Good Morning America.
Throughout her career, Zahn has interviewed dignitaries and newsmakers,
including former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton, George Bush, Jimmy Carter
and Gerald Ford, Cuban President Fidel Castro, former Russian President
Mikhail Gorbachev, first lady Betty Ford, civil rights leader Stokely
Carmichael, and human rights activist Winnie Mandela. Her career long
reportage has also been honored with the National Commission of
Working Women Broadcasting Award and an AWRT Award for reporting
on gender bias in education.
Zahn is also an accomplished cellist who attended college on a cello
scholarship and has performed with orchestras in Carnegie Hall, Kennedy
Center, Russia and South Korea. She also hosts WNET’S NYC-ARTS, a
weekly look at the Arts and Culture in Tri-State area.
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
KELLI O’HARA
Kelli O’Hara has unequivocally established herself as one of Broadway’s
great leading ladies. Her portrayal of Anna Leonowens in the critically
acclaimed revival of The King and I garnered her the 2015 Tony Award for
Best Leading Actress in a Musical, along with Drama League and Outer
Critics nominations. Recently, Ms. O’Hara starred as Mrs. Darling in NBC’s
live telecast of “Peter Pan” alongside Allison Williams and Christian Borle
and made her Metropolitan Opera debut in The Merry Widow with Renee
Fleming. Other Broadway credits include The Bridges of Madison County
(Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, OCC nominations), Nice Work If You
Can Get It (Tony, Drama Desk, Drama League, OCC nominations), South
Pacific (Tony, Drama Desk, OCC nominations), Pajama Game (Tony, Drama
Desk, OCC nominations), The Light in the Piazza (Tony & Drama Desk
nominations), Sweet Smell of Success, Follies, Dracula, and Jekyll & Hyde.
Regional/Off Broadway credits include Far From Heaven (Playwrights
Horizons and WTF), King Lear (Public Theater), Bells Are Ringing (City
Center Encores), Sunday in the Park with George (Reprise), and My Life
With Albertine (Playwright’s Horizons). Concerts span from Carnegie Hall to
Capitol Hill. Film and television credits include Masters of Sex, Sex & the City
2, Martin Scorsese’s The Key to Reserva, Blue Bloods, Alexander Hamilton,
N3mbers, and the animated series Car Talk. She is a frequent performer
on PBS’s live telecasts and the Kennedy Center Honors. Her solo albums,
Always and Wonder in the World are available on Ghostlight Records.
AFTD HISTORY
AFTD was founded in 2002 by Helen-Ann Comstock. The organization is
the product of her experience as an FTD caregiver for her husband, and
collaboration with scientists, physicians and other caregivers, who echoed
the need for increased attention to the devastation caused by FTD.
One of AFTD’s first actions to advance research was to establish a Medical
Advisory Council comprised of leading researchers, clinicians and health
care professionals from across the U.S. and Canada. Together, they created a
culture of collaboration and excellence that formed a solid foundation for the
organization. Over the past 14 years, AFTD has grown from an all-volunteer
organization funded by a $1,000 donation to a national nonprofit with a
core budget of more than $3 million and a full-time staff of 16. In Europe and
countries across the world, volunteers are increasingly working in their own
associations using the model that Ms. Comstock and AFTD pioneered.
Even as AFTD has grown, dedicated volunteers are the core of our work.
These include people diagnosed and many caregivers who have themselves
seen FTD impact a close family member or friend. By transforming an
experience of profound loss into a commitment to make a difference,
volunteers bring hope to our community.
Today, volunteers drive AFTD’s Board and Medical Advisory Council.
They lead support groups that enable AFTD to have local impact in
communities across the country. And they lead the charge to spread
awareness. Our event’s three co-chairs are themselves volunteers who
have devoted their resources, talents and energy to ending this disease.
Thank you for joining us.
AFTD PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
AFTD raises awareness. Discovery Communications and AFTD collaborated
to develop a PSA on FTD. Discovery broadcast it extensively in August 2016,
showing the ad more than 200 times and bringing FTD awareness to more
than 10 million viewers!
This week is the second ever World FTD Awareness Week, marked nationwide
and by more than a dozen countries across the world. This past Sunday, with
support from a generous donor, an FTD awareness ad ran in the Sunday New
York Times, and a second one will run on October 2. Both were designed by
AFTD volunteer Jody Zorn, who lost her father to this disease.
AFTD drives cutting-edge FTD research. With support and leadership
from the Newhouse family, AFTD has created two major multiyear research initiatives. We launched a 5-year, $5 million quest for
FTD Biomarkers, necessary for accurate diagnosis, tracking disease
progression, and developing accurate outcome measures for clinical trials.
We have also launched a ten-year program to stimulate clinical trials. A
$5 million Newhouse investment has been matched by $5 million from the
Estée Lauder family, to fund a powerful joint venture between AFTD and
The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, our decade-long partner in
FTD drug discovery.
AFTD builds community. A central repository where those impacted by
FTD can record their personal experience is crucial to advancing our
understanding of FTD. After intensive planning and design work, our FTD
Disorders Registry is now ready for launch! This secure database will collect
information from people diagnosed with any FTD disorder, and from their
caregivers and family members. Our Registry will provide a research-ready
patient community to accelerate clinical trials targeting FTD, and assist with
the design of patient-centered studies and care practices.
AFTD gives support. Last year, AFTD’s HelpLine responded to 2,200 calls
and emails. We provided 169 Comstock Grants for caregiver respite and travel
to conferences. AFTD also began to train and affiliate support group leaders
from across the US. To date, 55 affiliated leaders—representing approximately
half of the FTD-specific support groups in the country—have completed the
training. Our program has already been a catalyst for the creation of 17 new
support groups.
AFTD brings hope. AFTD was founded in 2002, envisioning a world where FTD
is understood, effectively diagnosed, treated, cured and ultimately prevented.
By joining us tonight, you bring hope for a day when an effective, comprehensive
response—and an end to this disease—is a reality. Together, we can #endFTD.
THINK IT’S ALZHEIMER’S? THINK AGAIN.
Still far too little known or understood, frontotemporal degeneration (FTD)
is the most common form of dementia for people under 60. It represents
10 to 20 percent of all dementias.
Many doctors are still unfamiliar with this disease, and as a result FTD
is often initially misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s, as a psychiatric condition or
as Parkinson’s. On average it takes 3.6 years to get an accurate diagnosis.
FTD is an umbrella term for a group of progressive diseases that affect the same
brain regions. These include behavior variant FTD, primary progressive aphasia (PPA),
corticobasal degeneration (CBD), progressive supranuclear palsy, and FTD/ALS.
FTD is not a memory disorder. It steals personality, language, judgment
and emotions—the very things that make us who we are. FTD strikes people
in the prime of life, gradually eroding their personality, their ability to speak,
make sound decisions, control their movements, behave within social norms,
and relate to those they love.
Because it usually develops during middle age—and because there is so
often a delay in diagnosis—the damage that FTD does to family relationships,
finances and even to the health of caregivers themselves can be devastating.
Currently there are no approved treatments, and most health care providers
lack knowledge of appropriate care for a person with FTD. The average life
expectancy is 7-13 years after the start of symptoms.
FTD can be extremely isolating, for the person diagnosed and for those who love
them. But AFTD is responding to these challenges—and there are many reasons
for hope, including rapidly increasing awareness, advocacy and research.
and its partners are honored to support
AFTD’s search for a cure for FTD
and its efforts to improve the lives of those affected by it.
We congratulate David Zaslav on his receipt of
The Susan Newhouse & Si Newhouse Award of Hope.
WORLD FTD AWARENESS WEEK
September 25 – October 2
Connect with the FTD community around
the world via tonight’s Twitter wall!
Sample tweet: I took part in AFTD's Hope Rising
benefit. Hundreds joined together tonight to help
#endFTD #HopeRising2016
THE ASSOCIATION FOR FRONTOTEMPORAL
DEGENERATION WISHES TO THANK THE
FOLLOWING FOR THEIR TIME AND TALENT
IN MAKING TONIGHT EXTRAORDINARY:
AF TD VO LU NTEERS AN D DO N O RS
C AK E BOS S/B U D DY VAL ASTRO
DISCOVERY CO M M U N IC ATIO N S/ERI N C ALH O U N ,
TC CO NWAY, ARI ELLE G ELLER , M IC HAEL NAN N E T TI
G EO RG E TOWN CU P C AK E S
G ERS H/ TR E VO R K APL AN - N E WMAN ,
ERIC A TU C H MAN , R AC H EL ZEI D MAN
O LIVIA GO LD RI N G
TH E H EDAYA FAM I LY
H E ATH ER M I LLER
TH E N E WH O US E FAM I LY
K ELLI O’ HAR A
J O HAN NA RO EBAS
SUSAN SU C HAN
ERI KO SOTO AN D FR ED TAFFER
TH I N K FI LM , I N C .
VOG U E/J EN N I FER DO N N ELLY, E AD DY KI ER NAN
AN NA WI NTO U R
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TH E PI ER R E H OTEL /AN D R E W H OITE , B I LL S PI N N ER
JAM E S SAL Z AN O
B E N E FIT MANAG E M E NT
E VENT AS SOCIATE S/D EB B I E FI FE , J U LIAN NA HAR D ER