Save the Date: Celebrating Home & Community Gala 2025

Each year, the Celebrating Home & Community Gala raises vital funding to strengthen Breaking Ground's outreach and housing programs serving New Yorkers who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

This is a critical time for New York, confronting serious challenges at the intersection of mental health, affordable housing, and homelessness. People experiencing homelessness on the City's streets face extreme obstacles to overcoming a terrible condition, foremost among them the lack of a dignified and secure place to call home. Breaking Ground’s interventions help homeless New Yorkers attain that essential dignity and security for themselves and for our entire society.

Event Details: Thursday, October 30th, 2025

Honoring: Priscilla Almodovar, President & Chief Executive Officer, Fannie Mae

Gala Co-Chairs:

Michael J. Franco President and CFO, Vornado Realty Trust

Michael Lascher Senior Managing Director, Real Estate – New York, Blackstone

Kara McShane Managing Director and Head of Commercial Real Estate, Wells Fargo

David Picket CEO, Gotham Organization, Inc.

Sponsorship packages will be available soon!

Meet our distinguished honoree:

Priscilla Almodovar is President and Chief Executive Officer of Fannie Mae and serves on the company’s board of directors. She has more than 30 years of leadership in finance, real estate, and banking.

With deep expertise in America’s housing finance system, Priscilla leads a company that plays an essential role in the U.S. economy, manages more than $4 trillion in assets, and is a reliable source of affordable mortgage financing for homeowners, homebuyers, and renters across the country.

Before joining Fannie Mae, Priscilla led a national organization focused on investing and increasing the supply of affordable housing, and prior to that was a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase, where she led two of the firm’s national real estate businesses.

Earlier in her career, she led the New York State Housing Finance Agency and the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Priscilla started her career specializing in international project finance.

Priscilla has received many recognitions, including being listed as one of Forbes’ World’s 100 Most Powerful Women, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, Dow Jones’ MarketWatch 50, CNBC’s Changemakers, and Hispanic Executives’ Leading Latinas.

Priscilla serves on the board of Realty Income (NYSE: O), a real estate investment trust. She also serves on the board of New York Road Runners.

Have questions or interested in learning more about the gala? Please reach out to Vanessa Miller, Assistant Vice President, Special Events and Community Engagement, via email or at (212) 389-9391.