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The 43rd Golden Door Award – Our Centennial Year

The Golden Door Award Gala is a very special tradition at the International Institute of New England. The organization has been welcoming and resettling refugees and immigrants in the region for more than a century.

Our Centennial Golden Door Award Gala honored that history by bringing together past honorees and community partners for a very special celebration of a century of welcoming.

  • Wednesday, June 4th, 2025 
  • Omni Seaport Boston Hotel 

Host Committee

Co-Chairs

Noubar Afeyan* • Founder and CEO, Flagship Pioneering; Chairman, Moderna
Stéphane Bancel* • CEO, Moderna
Reshma Kewalramani* • CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Belinda Termeer • President, Termeer Foundation

Members

Howard Beber • Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP
Joshua Boger Boger Family Foundation
Stuart Cable Vice Chairman and Global Chair of M&A, Goodwin Law
Giovanni Caforio* • Chair, Novartis
Marc Casper • CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Jim Champy • Former Chairman and CEO, CSC Index
Anthony Consigli • CEO, Consigli Construction
Srikant Datar* • Dean, Harvard Business School
Deborah Dunsire* Chair, Neurvati Neurosciences
Gordon Dyal  CEO, Gordon Dyal & Co. Advisory Group LP
Victor J. Dzau* • President, National Academy of Medicine
Larry and Atsuko Fish • Fish Family Foundation
Paul Francisco Chief Diversity Officer, State Street Corporation
Yvonne Greenstreet • CEO, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Peter Handrinos Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Marina Hatsopoulos • Board Chair, Levitronix
Yie-Hsin Hung President and CEO, State Street Global Advisors, State Street Corporation
Jean Hynes • CEO, Wellington Management
Rachid Izzar • Executive Vice President, Global Product Strategy & Commercialization, Biogen
Adam Koppel • Partner, Bain Capital Life Sciences
Mark Levin • Chairman, The Possible Zone
Terry McGuire Founding Partner, Polaris Partners
John McQuillan • Chairman and CEO, Triumvirate Environmental, Inc.
Yiannis Monovoukas
Carolyn G. Mugar

Betsy Nabel • Chairman, Lasker Foundation; Consultant, ModeX Therapeutics/OPKO Health
Mike Nally • CEO, Generate Biomedicine
Colette Phillips • President and CEO, Colette Phillips Communications, Inc.
Andy Plump • President, R&D, Takeda
Graham Robinson Partner and Boston Office Head, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP
Gabriel Schmergel* • Retired Biotech CEO
Marshall Smith • Chairman of Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs
Jane Steinmetz Boston Office Managing Principal, EY
Emily Whelan • Partner and Chair, Intellectual Property Department, WilmerHale
Benjamin Zander* • Founder, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Jeysi Zuniga • President, Synergy Contracting Inc.

*Past Golden Door Award Honoree

Sponsors

Visionary Steward Sponsors

Golden Legacy Sponsors

Tuan and Thuy Ha-Ngoc

Tuan and Thuy Ha-Ngoc

Centennial Benefactor Sponsors

Champion Sponsors

Advocate Sponsors

Ms. Rosamond Allen and Mr. Paul Landry

Ms. Rosamond Allen and Mr. Paul Landry

Biogen logo

Biogen

Bob and Sharon Cirone

Bob and Sharon Cirone

Consigli Construction Co., Inc.

Consigli Construction Co., Inc.

Lisa and Theo Melas-Kyriazi

Lisa and Theo Melas-Kyriazi

Ann Merrifield and Wayne Davis

Ann Merrifield and Wayne Davis

New England Finish Systems, LLC

New England Finish Systems, LLC

Novartis

Novartis

New England Finish Systems, LLC

Otsuka

Wade Rubenstein and Jill Block

Wade Rubenstein and Jill Block

Takeda GDA Sponsorship Logo

Takeda

Stryker GDA Sponsorship Logo

Stryker

Partner Sponsors

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Alnylam

Alnylam

Bain Capital Life Sciences

Bain Capital Life Sciences

Boger Family Foundation

Boger Family Foundation

Bob & Denise DiCenso

Bob & Denise DiCenso

Nancy L. Donahue

Nancy L. Donahue

Michael Douvadjian

Michael Douvadjian

Sam & Alex Epee-Bounya

Sam & Alex Epee-Bounya

Ernst & Young LLP

Ernst & Young LLP

Fish Family Foundation

Fish Family Foundation

Graham Robinson

Graham Robinson

Belinda Juran and Evan Schapiro

Belinda Juran and Evan Schapiro

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

Merck & Co., Inc.

Merck & Co., Inc.

Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanle

Proskauer

Proskauer

State Street

State Street

Anonymous

Anonymous

Promoter Sponsors

Natalya Belonozhko and Amr Hafez

Natalya Belonozhko and Amr Hafez

BrandSafway Services LLC

BrandSafway Services LLC

Lois and Jim Champy

Zoltan and Cristina Csimma

Zoltan and Cristina Csimma

Eastern Bank

Eastern Bank

Frias Family Foundation

Frias Family Foundation

The Golob Family

The Golob Family

Magali Hickey

Magali Hickey

Yie-Hsin Hung

Yie-Hsin Hung

Jennifer Keddy and Stuart Levinson

Jennifer Keddy and Stuart Levinson

Jamie and Yiannis Monovoukas

Jamie and Yiannis Monovoukas

Carolyn G. Mugar

Carolyn G. Mugar

Polaris Founders Capital

Polaris Founders Capital

Sunrise Erectors

Sunrise Erectors

Fereshtah Thornberg

Fereshtah Thornberg

WilmerHale

WilmerHale

Anonymous

Anonymous

Anonymous

Anonymous

Ally Sponsors

Albireo Energy

Business Interiors Floor Covering

Business Interiors Floor Covering

Business Interiors Floor Covering

charles river

charles river

Cross Country Consulting

CrossCountry Consulting

DeAngelis Iron Work

DeAngelis Iron Work

Goodwin

Scott and Janice FitzGerald

Scott and Janice FitzGerald

Drs. Charlotte McKee and Mark Proctor

Drs. Charlotte McKee and Mark Proctor

Dr. Francois & Micheline Nader

Dr. Francois & Micheline Nader

Josh Rottner, Goodwin Procter

Josh Rottner, Goodwin Procter

PwC

PwC

Carolina San Martin and Roger Gill GDA Sponsorship

Carolina San Martin and Roger Gill

Gabriel Schmergel

Gabriel Schmergel

Rick and Gitte Shea

Rick and Gitte Shea

Brendan & Kerry Swords

Brendan & Kerry Swords

Friend Sponsors

Jessica Bethoney

Jessica Bethoney

Dyer Brown & Associates, Inc.

Dyer Brown & Associates, Inc.

Fragomen

Fragomen

Kathy and Bill Gillett

Kathy and Bill Gillett

Greenwood Industries, Inc.

Greenwood Industries, Inc.

Harris Charitable Fund

Harris Charitable Fund

Hilb Group

Hilb Group

Sylvia Jacob and Corey Bollier

Sylvia Jacob and Corey Bollier

Maguire Company, Inc.

Maguire Company, Inc.

John and Christine Maraganore

John and Christine Maraganore

Mark Richey Woodworking

Mark Richey Woodworking

M.L. McDonald Sales Company

M.L. McDonald Sales Company

Northern Trust

Northern Trust

Pidgeon & Co.

Pidgeon & Co.

Rebecca Parkhill and Robert Willett GDA Sponsorship Logo

Rebecca Parkhill and Robert Willett

Parlee Farms

Parlee Farms

Andrew Plump and Suzanne Driscoll Plump

Andrew Plump and Suzanne Driscoll Plump

Yesim and Mark Richardson

Yesim and Mark Richardson

Synergy Contracting, Inc.

Synergy Contracting, Inc.

United Methodist Foundation of New England

United Methodist Foundation of New England

W.S. Anderson, Inc.

W.S. Anderson, Inc.

Anonymous

Anonymous

Our Mission

The International Institute of New England (IINE) creates opportunities for refugees and immigrants to succeed through resettlement, education, career advancement and pathways to citizenship.

Our History

Founded in 1918 in Lowell, Massachusetts as a community effort to welcome new Americans immigrating to the area, IINE today serves more than 18,000 refugees and immigrants annually, with programs in Boston, Lowell, and Manchester, NH.

Our Programs

Refugee Resettlement

IINE helps newly arrived refugees, special immigrant visa holders, and humanitarian evacuees during their first few months in the United States as they transition from insecurity to a supportive, healthy new beginning. Our team welcomes them at the airport, helps them to find a home and a job, registers children for school, enrolls families in health plans, and helps newcomers navigate a new community.

Family Reunification

IINE addresses one of the U.S.’s greatest challenges by reuniting unaccompanied children released from detention centers on the southern U.S border with family members or sponsors living in the United States. Based in Boston, this program is one of the largest of its kind in the region.

Immigrant Education and Workforce Preparation

Each year more than 1,500 immigrant adults enroll in our English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Skills Training classes, and employment programs. We offer specialized training programs that prepare people for jobs in the healthcare and construction industries.

Immigration Legal Services

For people seeking work authorization, permanent resident status, citizenship, humanitarian parole for loved ones, family reunification, and much more, we provide trustworthy and affordable legal services.