The Carter Burden Center for the Aging's 45th Anniversary Gala

THE CARTER BURDEN CENTER FOR THE AGING’S 45th ANNIVERSARY GALA

Celebrating Volunteerism

On November 7, 2016, The Carter Burden Center for the Aging hosted its 45th Anniversary Gala, Celebrating Volunteerism. Macy’s, with acceptance by Peter Sachse, Chief Growth Officer, Macy’s, received the 2016 Business Leadership Award, and Andy Sieg, Head of Global Wealth & Retirement Solutions, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, received the 2016 Humanitarian Award. The Gala Co-Chairs were Mr. & Mrs. A.J.C. Smith, Jeffrey A. Weber and Paul Wyatt, and the Vice Chairs were Susan Burden and William Goldman, Barry S. Sternlicht and Stacey Gillis Weber. The event, which was held at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Manhattan, welcomed 280 guests.

Peter Sachse became Macy’s, Inc.’s Chief Growth Officer in February 2016, a new role for the company. In this capacity, Mr. Sachse oversees Macy’s merchandising, as well as Macy’s Backstage, Bluemercury, Marketing and international expansion. Sachse brings to this position a wide range of experience in merchandising, stores, marketing, innovation, international and digital retailing. He began his retail career in 1980 at Macy’s in Kansas City, and throughout the next nine years, he held positions of increasing responsibility, such as president of The Bon Marché in Seattle and Macy’s first chief marketing officer when the Macy’s Corporate Marketing organization was formed in 2003. Mr. Sachse serves as President of the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund and as a director of XO Group, Inc.

Andrew Sieg is Head of Global Wealth and Retirement Solutions (GWRS) and is a member of the Bank of America Management Committee. GWRS provides a comprehensive set of investment products and services, as well as retirement solutions, to clients of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and U.S. Trust. Mr. Sieg first joined Merrill Lynch in 1992 as an analyst in the Global Wealth Management business; he later served in senior strategy and field leadership roles over the next 13 years. Prior to his career at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Sieg served in The White House as an aide to the assistant to the President for Economic and Domestic Policy, and in 2015, he represented Bank of America at the White House Conference on Aging, where he joined President Barack Obama and leaders in the field of aging to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the global longevity revolution. Mr. Sieg also represents Bank of America Merrill Lynch on the advisory boards of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging and the Stanford University Center on Longevity. He is a member of The Schreyer Honors College External Advisory Board at Penn State, as well as a member of the Harvard Kennedy School Dean’s Council.

Celebrating Volunteerism

Thanks to corporate and foundation partners, and individual donors, the Carter Burden Center’s volunteers are able to offer a range of services, such as health workshops that promote wellness to body, mind and spirit, case management and supportive counseling to seniors through the Elder Mistreatment & Abuse Prevention Program, and keeping seniors active through arts programs that engage their creativity and help them learn new skills. In addition to the Carter Burden Center’s committed staff, last year 3,500 volunteers gave over 31,000 hours of their time so that these programs could thrive. These volunteers help reach many more seniors in a personal way by assisting with grocery deliveries to seniors who are homebound, providing health education and monitoring vital signs, and teaching English as a second language.

The Carter Burden Center for the Aging, Inc. is a non-profit agency established in 1971 by the late Carter Burden when he was a New York City Councilman. The mission is to promote the well-being of seniors, 60 and older, through a continuum of services, advocacy and volunteer programs oriented to individual, family and community needs. The Carter Burden Center is dedicated to supporting the efforts of older people to live safely and with dignity. For more information, please visit www.carterburdencenter.org.

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Photo Captions:

-Peter Sachse, Chief Growth Officer, Macy’s, 2016 Business Leadership Honoree and Andy Sieg, Head of Global Wealth & Retirement Solutions, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, 2016 Humanitarian Honoree

- Peter Sachse, Chief Growth Officer, Macy’s, 2016 Business Leadership Honoree; Jeffrey A. Weber, Board Chairman, Carter Burden Center for the Aging; Susan L. Burden, Board Member, Carter Burden Center for the Aging; William J. Dionne, Executive Director, Carter Burden Center for the Aging; Andy Sieg, Head of Global Wealth & Retirement Solutions, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, 2016 Humanitarian Honoree

Photo Credit: Hechler Photography