Jesse Cardinale and Brigadier General James Cullen, USA (Ret.), with Human Rights First Campaign Coordinator Carly Goodman (right)

Human Rights First CEO Elisa Massimino (center) with Board member J. Adam Abram and Rosalind Abram

James and Cynthia Odell, Anita Pilzer, and Elahe and Neil Hicks at the cocktail reception

Human Rights First’s Refugee Protection Program Senior Counsel and Deputy Director Anwen Hughes (left) with Linda and Sidney Rosdeitcher and HRF Chief Development Officer Tim Wierzbicki (right)

Human Rights First Board Chair Bill Zabel greets Siobhan Nicolau and Miles Slater

Brigadier General Stephen Xenakis, USA (Ret.), talks with Virginia Joffe

Daisy Jopling performs the musical benediction

Tom Brokaw interviews HRF Founding Executive Director Mike Posner

Jay Kriegel, HRF board member Dan Doctoroff, Jerry Kauff, and Helen Bernstein listen to the speeches

Human Rights First Board Chair Bill Zabel addresses the crowd

Human Rights First Board Vice-Chair Tom Bernstein pays tribute to Mike Posner

Human Rights First CEO Elisa Massimino introduces the 2009 Human Rights First award winners

Brazilian band Forro in the Dark plays at the afterparty

Human Rights First’s Refugee Protection Program Director Eleanor Acer (right) with Monette Zard, HRF’s Fighting Discrimination Program Director Paul LeGendre, and Elahe Hicks at the afterparty