2025 Lifting Girls Up Gala and College Shower

Girls Inc. of New York City’s annual gala brings together the city’s most influential thought leaders from the corporate, nonprofit, and philanthropic communities for an evening of dinner and dancing to raise critical funding for educational programs that inspire girls, young women, and gender-expansive youth to be strong, smart, and bold.

We will honor several distinguished leaders who have advanced equity in their industries.

The Gala and College Shower also provides the unique opportunity to witness our mission firsthand as we applaud 25 college-bound high school seniors and present them with scholarships and gifts for college.

For additional information and sponsorship inquiries, please contact lchang@girlsincnyc.org.

2025 Lifting Girls Up Gala & College Shower

About the 2025 Strong, Smart & Bold Leadership Honoree

Ursula Burns

Founding Partner, Integrum

Ursula was the Chairwoman of the Board of Xerox Corporation from 2010 to 2017 and Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2016. She is a founding partner of Integrum Holdings, and a Non-Executive Chairwoman of Teneo Holdings LLC.

Ursula is on several private company boards, while also providing leadership counsel to several community, educational and non-profit organizations including the Ford Foundation, the Massachusetts Institute  of Technology (MIT) Corporation, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Mayo Clinic, amongst others.

President Barack Obama appointed Ursula to lead the White House national program on STEM from 2009-2016, and she served as Chair of the President’s Export Council from 2015-2016 after service as Vice Chair from 2010-2015. In February 2022, Ursula joined the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Advisory Council on Supply Chain Competitiveness as Vice Chair.

Her book “Where You Are Is Not Who You Are” was published in June 2021.