Celebrating its 23rd year, the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation’s signature event, Taste for a Cure will be held on Friday, April 27 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. During this special evening, Paul Telegdy will be honored with the 2018 Gil Nickel Humanitarian Award.
Taste for a Cure unites the entertainment and epicurean communities and consistently ranks among the top ten culinary events in Southern California. This year’s event will feature an Italian theme of superb wines from renowned wineries, and signature dishes from some of Los Angeles’ top Italian chefs and restaurants, while raising valuable funds for leading-edge cancer research at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC).
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2018 Gil Nickel Humanitarian Award
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The Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation is guided by a Board of Directors representing community and business leaders united in the commitment to end cancer through research. Click here for the Board of Directors roster.
PREMIER
MINI
UCLA Health and David Geffen School of Medicine
BENEFACTOR
Ami and Joe Cohen
Dick Clark Productions
21st Century Fox and Fox Television Group
Ali Jassim Family
Linda Miller Savitt & Bob Savitt
NBC Universal
Dana and Matt Walden
Judi and George Ray Wiley
Wendy and Mike Wiley
PATRON
Ann C. Rosenfield Fund and Susan and David Leveton
Brooks Brothers
Alan Carter
Oscar Dominguez
Sheryl and Bob Freedman
Genentech
Imagine
Lawrence & Meg Kasdan
MGM Studios
3 Arts Entertainment
Arthur Smith
Translational Research in Oncology/TRIO-US
UCLA Division of Hematology-Oncology
United Talent Agency
FRIEND
Barnes and Thornberg LLP and Josh and Irina Rosenberg
Alan Berro
Creative Artists Agency
Electus-IAC
Endemol Shine North America
Fremantle Media North America
Dr. Judith Gasson & Dr. David Kronemyer
Grace Ford Salvatori Foundation
Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoverman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller & Gellman
ICM Partners
The Katz Family Foundation and Kathy and Randy Katz
The Kurtzman Family Foundation
Jeanne and Gary Newman
Pauline and Joseph Romano & Susie Romano and Randy Steinberg
SpringHill Entertainment and Glassman Media
William Tanner
UCLA Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
UCLA Department of Radiation in Oncology
Warner Bros. Television Group
Manizheh Yomtoubian
MEDIA SPONSOR
Angeleno
PARTNER
Delta Air Lines