# Event Details - **Event Name**: Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine Young Leaders Now Award Dinner 2026 - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 10:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us at the Young Leaders Now Award Dinner, celebrating the brightest young minds of our generation with cocktails and a seated dinner!About this EventAbout this eventJoin Resolution Project for our annual Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine Young Leaders Now Award Dinner at Current at Chelsea Piers on October 14 in New York City. This dinner is an opportunity to support our work, gather with leaders in the public, private, and social sectors, and connect with Resolution Fellows and Enactus students around the world.The evening will consist of a cocktail hour followed by an elegant seated dinner and remarks from our Fellows, Honorees, and Enactus students at our new venue. Guests will enjoy panoramic views of the Hudson River and receive a curated gift bag at the end of the night.Every year at the YLN Award Dinner, we honor outstanding changemakers who understand the value and importance of letting young people lead. Past awardees include Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine, Founder of World Model UN; Shiza Shahid, Co-Founder & Former CEO of the Malala Fund; Reeta Roy, President and CEO of Mastercard Foundation; and Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International.About Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine:Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine is a social-impact entrepreneur, corporate lawyer, and global education leader whose work spans sectors, geographies, and communities. She is the President & CEO of Khan Academy Philippines—the first international licensee of Khan Academy—leading the nationwide rollout of free, AI-enabled learning to millions of students and teachers across the country. Earlier in her career, she practiced corporate law in New York and Boston and served for over a decade as Senior Counsel at Bracebridge Capital. She has also held key civic and academic roles, including Vice-Chair of the Harvard University Board of Overseers and Trustee of Massachusetts General Hospital. We are deeply honored to have Geraldine as a Founding Member of Resolution Project and a steadfast champion of Resolution Fellows as they turn bold ideas into real-world impact.About this year’s Honorees:The Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine Young Leaders Now Award goes to Daquan Oliver, Founder of WeThrive—a nonprofit closing the opportunity gap through after-school entrepreneurship programs for middle and high school students. An Ashoka Fellow and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Daquan founded WeThrive at twenty-one and embodies the spirit of the award as an inspiration and role model for Resolution Fellows worldwide.The Champions Circle Award for Supporting Young Leaders goes to Gonzalve Bich, global business leader and former CEO of BIC, who modernized the company and expanded access to educational tools for 245 million children across emerging and developed markets.The Founders Award for Extraordinary Service goes to Maria Livanos Cattaui, who served as Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce from 1996 to 2005, championing the role of business in the global economy and forging a landmark partnership between the ICC and the United Nations.About Resolution ProjectResolution Project empowers youth to lead today, creating immediate impact that forges them into lifelong changemakers. To do this, Resolution operates three distinct but complementary pathways: Enactus, its flagship global program, which engages over 50,000 students annually across 34 countries in team-based entrepreneurial projects that build leadership and enterprise skills; the Resolution Fellowship, its signature program, which provides seed funding, mentorship, and lifelong support to individual university students launching social ventures across 87 countries; and Accelerating Impact Challenge, its global accelerator for ventures ready to scale. Together, these initiatives have benefited millions of people and created meaningful economic, social, and environmental impact worldwide. Founded in 2007, Resolution Project is headquartered in New York. Learn more at resolutionproject.org.Interested in Sponsoring YLN? Learn more here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqU8d95grH8Agenda🕑: 06:00 PMWelcome & Cocktail Hour🕑: 07:00 PMDinner & Remarks - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/geraldine-acuña-sunshine-young-leaders-now-award-dinner-2026/100001989401051097 - **Event Categories**: business, nonprofit, contests - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 4 hours - Location: Current - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 520.29, max: 520.29, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Current - **lat**: 40.74531409999999 - **long**: -74.0091738 - **full address**: Current, Chelsea Piers, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine Young Leaders Now Award Dinner 2026 - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/e0109e13ef95eec623f6d19efbbd13cb3c2f0eea8adcbe502471560285808e62-rimg-w1200-h800-dc615f5b-gmir.jpg?v=1781202752 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Geraldine Acuna-Sunshine Young Leaders Now Award Dinner 2026 being held? - **A:** Geraldine Acuna-Sunshine Young Leaders Now Award Dinner 2026 takes place on Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 10:00 pm at Current, Chelsea Piers, New York, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Geraldine Acuna-Sunshine Young Leaders Now Award Dinner 2026? - **A:** Geraldine Acuna-Sunshine Young Leaders Now Award Dinner 2026 is organized by Resolution Project. - **Q**: Who is this event for? 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