The evening’s auctioneer, actor Malik Yoba with journalist Baz Dreisinger.<strong></strong>
October 6, 2016
Service Above Self
It was an evening of glitz and glamour Wednesday at The Plaza Hotel in New York as Jamaican business titan and CEO of Continental Baking Company Gary “Butch” Hendrickson and Robert Pittman, chairman & CEO iHeart Media, received the American Friends of Jamaica (AFJ) Hummingbird Award for international philanthropy at the 2016 Hummingbird Gala. Friday Social shares highlights.
Special Projects Manager, Continental Baking Company Tiffany Wong.<strong></strong>
Out in support of their son Gary ‘Butch’ Hendrickson (right) were his parents Karl & Nell.<strong></strong>
Exchanging business notes were (from left): Glen Christian, chairman and CEO of Cari-Med Limited, Lowell Hawthorne, CEO of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery & Grill, and Garth Walker, CEO of Business Access TV.<strong></strong>
Special advisor to Minister of Tourism Delano Seivwright with model Danisha Scott.<strong></strong>
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Laura Kerr (left), director, Sunset Resort, and Kate Hendrickson, director of special projects Jamaica Pegasus Hotel.<strong></strong>
Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon (left), founder of Mustard Seed Communities, and international recording artiste Orville ‘Shaggy’ Burrell.<strong></strong>
(From left: Committee members and event chairs) Glenn Creamer, Ambassador Brenda LaGrange Johnson, Ambassador Pamela Bridgewater, Wendy Hart, Manuela Goren, honorees Robert Pittman and Gary ‘Butch’ Hendrickson, Patricia Falkenberg, Michele Rollins, Monica Ladd and Dr Sidney Engel.<strong></strong>
Out in support of their father Gary ‘Butch’ Hendrickson were his children Craig, Rachel (centre) and Amanda.<strong></strong>
Jodi Lyn, realtor at Century 21; her husband, Matthew Lyn, COO at CB Group; and Nicole Pandohie, communications consultant.<strong></strong>
Paula Kerr-Jarrett, director of Barnett Limited, oozed ‘haute’ glam in vintage Halston.<strong></strong>
Recently appointed Jamaican Ambassador to the United States Audrey Marks looked regal.<strong></strong>
Jamaican reggae artist, Protoje in performance at the Hummingbird Gala.<strong></strong>
Monsignor Gregory Ramkissoon, founder, Mustard Seed Communities, and Thalia Lyn, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Island Grill.<strong></strong>
Jamaican Ambassador to the United Nations, Courtney Rattray and his physiotherapist wife Tanya.<strong></strong>
Patriarch of the Hendrickson family, Karl with his wife, Nell.<strong></strong>
(From left): Dave Lyn, director, CB Group; Jackie Hendrickson, managing director, Yummy; Gary ‘Butch’ Hendrickson, CEO and chairman of Continental Baking Company; his constant companion Heidi Ho Shue and Lori Ann Lyn, director, CB Group.<strong></strong>
