VOICES is delighted to announce this year's distinguished emcee, honoree, and musical guest for our 25th Anniversary Always Remember Gala, Honoring the Past, Shaping the Future, as we mark 25 years since 9/11 and the founding of VOICES.

 

Award-winning journalist Brian Williams, longtime friend and supporter of VOICES, will serve as emcee for the evening. The 2026 VOICES Leadership Award will be presented to former CIA Director John Brennan, in recognition of his exceptional career in intelligence and national security and lifelong commitment to protecting our nation. The evening will include a heartfelt 25th Anniversary Tribute to VOICES Honorees whose support over the years has helped us build a lasting legacy. Broadway star and actor, Rachel Gold will sing a special selection in honor of the occasion.

 

Your generosity helps carry our work forward. Funds raised sustain VOICES long-term support for victims' families, responders, survivors, and the next generation. Proceeds help us share the lessons learned from 9/11, so communities are better prepared to respond and recover when tragedy strikes.

 

Sponsorships, commemorative ads, and tables and tickets are available. Can't join us that evening? You can be part of the night by sponsoring a table or making a donation in honor of someone’s memory.

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Brian Williams is a 40 year veteran of television news, and is among the most highly-decorated journalists of his generation. After 28 years at NBC News, he signed off the air for the last time on December 9, 2021.

 

He returned to live television as anchor of Election Night Live on Amazon Prime, a first-of-its-kind global streaming broadcast, covering real-time results of the most consequential election night of the modern era.

 

 

 

John O. Brennan served as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from March 2013 until January 2017. From January 2009 to March 2013, Mr. Brennan was Deputy National Security Advisor and Assistant to President Obama for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.

 

Mr. Brennan began his government service at the CIA, where he worked from 1980 to 2005. In 2003, he led a multi-agency effort to establish the National Counterterrorism Center and served as the Center’s founding Director.

 

 

 

 

Rachel Gold is a New York based actor, writer, and teacher. She made her Broadway debut in The Phantom of the Opera where she played Christine Daaé. She began in the ensemble but was soon moved up to play the role.

 

Other credits include Scarlett O’Hara on the international tour of Gone With The Wind (original English language cast), Ariel in The Little Mermaid at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Hodel in Fiddler On The Roof at Broadway at Music Circus, Sophie/First Soprano in Master Class at Arizona Theatre Company, Louise in Gypsy.

 

In commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of 9/11, and the founding of VOICES, we proudly pay tribute to all our Honorees and Special Guests as part of the evening's celebration:

 

Richard Ben-Veniste, Chris Berman, Tony Blair, Richard Blumenthal, George Bodenheimer, Jon Bon Jovi, William Bratton, James Clapper, Alex Clarke, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Susan Collins, James Comey, Christopher Del Pozzo, John Duffy, Herm Edwards, Gunnar Esiason, Jeff Fager, John Feal, Fred Fielding, Kathie Lee Gifford, Rudy Giuliani, Jamie Gorelick, Slade Gorton, Mike Greenberg, Alice Greenwald, Lee Hamilton, Robert Hurst, Thomas Kean, Raymond Kelly, Bob Kerrey, John Lehman, Joseph Lieberman, Lara Logan, Joan Lunden, Edie Lutnik, Carolyn Maloney, George Martin, Dave Mason, Robert McDuffie, Tom Michaud, John Miller, Robert Mueller, Kevin Murphy, Norah O’Donnell, David Paine, Leon Panetta, David Petraeus, Jimmy Pitaro, Timothy Roemer, Jeremy Schaap, Chris Shays, Lesley Stahl, James Thompson, Family Vigiano, Thomas Von Essen, Rebecca Ulam Weiner, Brian Williams, Jay Winuk, Kurt Wolfgruber, and Bob Woodruff.

 

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Voices Center for Resilience assists communities in preparing for and recovering from tragedy, and provides long-term support and resources that promote mental health care and wellness, for victims' families, responders and survivors.

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