Worldfund hosted its 10th Year Anniversary Education Leadership Award Dinner at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in New York City on June 5th. We honored the producers of the powerful exposé about Mexico’s education crisis, ¡De Panzazo!, including: Daniela Alatorre, David Calderón, Claudio X. González Guajardo, Carlos Loret de Mola, Alejandro Ramírez and Juan Carlos Rulfo; and Marcos Antonio Magalhães, former CEO of Philips Latin America and Founder & President of Instituto de Co- Responsabilidade pela Educação.

¡De Panzazo! Producers receive Education Leadership Award. From left: Juan Carlos Rulfo; Daniela Alatorre; Claudio X. González Guajardo and Alejandro Ramírez. Also awarded but not pictured are David Calderón and Carlos Loret de Mola.

The Award Dinner celebrated Worldfund’s Tenth Anniversary as an organization with 350 U.S. and Latin American business and education leaders in attendance supporting Worldfund and the honorees. We are thrilled to report that the event raised over $1 million for Worldfund's programs.

Honorary Chair, Governor Jeb Bush; Worldfund Founder and President, Luanne Zurlo; Former CEO of Philips Latin America and Founder & President of Instituto de Co-Responsabilidade pela Educação, Marcos Antonio Magalhães and Worldfund’s Chairman of the Board, Steve Shindler

Click here to view the Worldfund video shown at the event.

Click here for photos of the evening!