Jennifer Gilbert

A warm, wise, and wholly original memoir of survival, renewal, and transformation, by one of New York City’s most successful and respected special events coordinators. With her top-level events company, Save the Date®, Jennifer Gilbert has worked with Fortune 500 companies, broadcast media giants, international nonprofit organizations, and celebrities from Oprah Winfrey to Bill Gates and beyond. Yet few of her clients or colleagues have known, until now, that Jennifer is not only a self-made success: she’s also a survivor. After a random, near-fatal attack left her body in critical condition on a crowded city street, and left her with emotional wounds that would take years to heal, Jennifer embarked upon a journey to reclaim her life. This is her story, in her own words: I Never Promised You a Goodie Bag, an intimate, poignant, inspiring memoir of perseverance, rediscovery, and hope.

Humanity is facing unprecedented ecological and societal crises. Le Ciel Foundation recognises that one of the main root causes of this crisis is a systemic separation between the material and the spiritual: our society has forgotten how to instil daily actions with purpose, values and principles that integrate within a global vision based on interconnectivity and collaboration with all life. And so, each one of our initiatives exists to catalyse this much-needed transformation. Guided at every step by the values of wisdom traditions, we adopt a holistic and multi-layered approach to impacting change, addressing our individual and collective beliefs, behaviours, actions and systems.

The goal of Entrepreneurs@Athena is to build programs that substantively contribute to increasing the ratio of success for women in the start-up world.

Wouldn’t it be great if someone would take the burden of doing the venue search for you? And even better, because it was free? Here at Save the Date®, the nation’s leading event planning company, we know that finding the perfect location is a full time job, so we have made it ours. With our certified venue experts™ and over 1500 locations on our roster, you can stop the endless phone calls and internet research and let us deliver to you a hand-picked customized list of venues that fit your date, budget and taste. The best part? We produce such a high volume of business throughout the year that we garner discounts not available to the general public. You literally have nothing to lose by working with Save the Date®.

Save The Date® connects you with the best vendors for catering, décor and unique entertainment options for your event. And by best, we mean the one’s that fit your budget, availability and style. Think of Save the Date® as a sort of matchmaker. We listen to your needs, call up our trusted vendors and only connect you with someone who will work for both sides. Since we take the time to understand our client’s needs, vendors prefer working with Save the Date®. We get the best prices and dates and we pass that savings along to you. With Save the Date®, if you need it, we’ll find it.

Trust in our professional, seasoned and savvy event planners who specialize in logistics and how to spend wisely within EVERY budget. With over 20 years of experience as New York’s elite event planning company we are comprised of event professionals who are experts in corporate, nonprofit, weddings, social and coming of age events. We take each and every event personally, and focus on your guest’s experience to create a flawless program. Our packages are all a la carte and range from full planning to day of planning and everything in between. Why spend all of this time and money and leave the event up to chance?

Events are evolving by leaps and bounds and we recognize that every client may have different planning needs, or may not even know what is available to them. From the latest technology to the most innovative and creative solutions, Save the Date® is the most tech savvy and cutting edge New York City event planning company. So whether it is a corporate conference or your child’s mitzvah we understand that you want your event to represent you and your guests, not what the last person did. We “get” the wow factor, and where to spend wisely within EVERY budget. Clever ideas don’t cost a thing.