Connecticut Science Center Gala: Close Encounters of the STEM Kind
Join us at the Connecticut Science Center Gala: Close Encounters of the STEM Kind for out-of-this-world cocktails, a seated dinner (with mashed potatoes), music, live and silent auctions, and more in support of inspiring programs to meet the current and future STEM workforce needs. The Connecticut Convention Center will be transformed into a not-to-miss celebration of science fiction through the ages.
Gala-goers will also celebrate STEM leaders and innovators in our community with a special presentation of the 2024 STEM Achievement Awards and Petit Family Foundation Women in Science Leadership Awards. This year, the Science Center will dedicate and present the first annual Dr. Theordore S. Sergi K-12 Educator of the Year Award.
Saturday, October 5, 2024
6:30PM-Midnight
At the Connecticut Convention Center
100 Columbus Boulevard
Hartford,
CT 06103
TICKETS
THANK YOU TO OUR GALA SPONSORS
The Mother Ship Sponsors
Devil’s Tower Sponsors
- Barnes Group
- Belcan
- Hoffman Auto Group
- Gemma Power Systems
- Laticrete International
- Liberty Bank
- Voya Financial
- Petit Family Foundation
- Stanley Black & Decker
- The Cigna Group
- UBS – Greco Wealth Management
- Waterford Group
Area 51 Sponsors
- Adams & Knight
- CBS, a Xerox Company
- CompassMSP
- Cinemotion
- Data-Mail, Inc.
- Fairview Capital
- HSB
- iHeart Media
- KPMG LLP
- MetroHartford Alliance
- Prime Materials Recovery Inc
- Propark
- Pullman & Comley
- PwC
- The Hartford
Flying Saucer Sponsors
- Burns & McDonnell Foundation
- Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense
- Hartford HealthCare
- Meryl & Scott Braunstein
- Shipman & Goodwin
- SMG Corporate Services
- USA LED
- USA Waste & Recycling
- Vistra
- Wondr Nation
Mashed Potato Sponsor
- Connecticut Natural Gas
- Gallagher Benefits Services
- Jackson Lewis
- Robinson & Cole, LLP
- RSL Fiber Systems, LLC
- Trinity College
For additional information, please contact Whitney Gray,
Director of Institutional Giving at
wgray@CTScienceCenter.org or
(860) 520-2124
SUPPORT THE GALA
Meet the 2024 Award Honorees
STEM Achievement Awards
Dr. Theodore S. Sergi K-12 Educator of the Year
Dr. Michelle A. BellingerFaculty of Physics and Eng.
Acad. of Aerospace Eng.
Lifetime Achievement in Innovation
Mark R. Gurvich, Ph.DSr. Fellow, Structural Analysis
Collins Aerospace
Non-Profit Organization
Petals and S.T.E.M.
Innovator to Watch
Molli BennettWelder
Habco Industries, LLC
Higher Education
Dr. Florian CarleManaging Director
Yale Quantum Institute
Student
Jonathan PlonaSenior
Wolcott High School
Industry Innovator
USA Waste & RecyclingThe Petit Family Foundation Women in Science Leadership Award
Women in Science Leadership Award
Dr. Nicole WagnerCEO
LambdaVision, Inc.
Women in Science Leadership Youth Award
Natalia V. TorresSenior
Bloomfield High School
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE 2024 GALA COMMITTEE
Chairs
- Jennifer DiBella
- Jilline Dolan
Members
- Taylor Benedum
- Marissa Corda
- Jennifer DiPentima
- Carla Economos
- Kate Greco
- Lori Hess
- Monica Hoffman
- Martha Kalen
- Shawna Klimaszewski
- Joy Mattei
- Maya Nicole Matthews
- Irene O'Connor
- MaryBeth Reiss
- Rachel Schilberg
- Rebecca Williams
- Nola Zimmerman
