Welcome
Thank you for supporting Detroit Cristo Rey High School and creating endless possibilities for our students!
VIP Cocktail Hour: 5:30-6:30 PM
Main Event: 6:30-9:30 PM
Program and Paddles Up: 7:30 PM
Valet Service Included in Ticket Price
Emceed by Megan Woods, WDIV Local 4
Keynote Speaker: Marcela Escobar-Alava Special Assistant to the President and
Deputy Director of Technology- The White House
Marcela Alava serves as Deputy Chief Office of Administration Information Technology Enterprise Applications where she delivers enterprise solutions across the Executive Office of the President. During this Administration, she also served as the Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of White House Information technology. Prior to her federal service, she was the transformational CIO for Monarch Companies where she led the integration of acquisitions into a single culture and operating system. Prior to Monarch, she was the Chief Digital Officer for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund where she developed the digital products, technology and marketing strategy to enable the broadest reach, largest grants and donations and generational impact the organization has ever attained. Prior to HSF, she was the Divisional CIO for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, a multi-billion-dollar division of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In that role, she oversaw the Global Information Technology strategy and direction to support and enable Home Entertainment’s business operations, including sales, marketing, manufacturing, distribution, business intelligence, finance, and digital functions. Originally from Los Angeles, Alava holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in International Business from Loyola Marymount University, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration in Information Systems and Operations Management from the University of Southern California. She has served and led a variety of non-profit boards and Advisory Committees at the local and national level within the STEM, Early childhood education, Higher Ed and DE&I space.
THANK YOU to this year's sponsors!
Chickadee
Ideal Group
Parrot
Strategic Staffing Solutions
DTE Energy Foundation
Toucan
Stifel
Hummingbird
Dearborn Midwest Company
Plastipak
Walbridge
Dove
Alliance Catholic Credit Union
BenePro
JoAnn Chavez and Michael Laux
Community Financial
Comerica
Fifth Third Bank
General Motors
Hylant
Joan and Jim Tobin
Joe Luther
Magna
Media Partners
DBusiness
Hour Media
Please view our sponsorship package here, and contact Nicole Gize at ngize@detroitcristorey.org for more information!
