Silver Apple Awards and Gala - Marketing Club of New York

Congratulations to Our 2026 Honorees!

Join Us in Our Celebration

This is the year we celebrate big time.

As we turn 100, we bring you an evening where we toast the legends of marketing. Our distinguished honorees take center stage as the stars of the show, and past honorees are the chart-topping classic acts that have defined the industry. That’s the Marketing Club of New York’s Silver Apples Awards & Gala this year.

Since 1985, more than 300 individuals and organizations have been named a Silver Apple Awards honoree – for their marketing industry achievement, leadership and example for giving back to our field and community.

In 2024, at our 40^th Annual Silver Apples gala, we honored 11 such professionals, and raised thousands of dollars from marketing scholarships to students at New York-area universities interested in careers in marketing.

In spring 2025, we will open our Call for Nominees on this page. Help us identify an exemplary marketing industry nominee – and join us on November 13, 2025, for our 2025 Silver Apples Award Gala at the Hard Rock Café in Times Square.

It will be another unforgettable night – with New York’s top marketing innovators and practitioners.

It's time to nominate our marketing legends and stars for this year's 42nd celebration!

Our Silver Apples Awards Gala is set for the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square for Thursday, November 12, 2026. We need YOU to help us select the honorees through your nominations.

Deadline Extended:

Use the forms here to submit a nominee.

Nominations are open until Friday, August 21, 11:59 pm:

2026

The Hard Rock Café on Times Square
November 12, 2026

2026 SILVER APPLES HONOREES

Golden Apple:

JoAnne Monfradi Dunn, Founder and Former CEO of Alliant (New York, NY)

Silver Apple:

Megan Conahan, Executive Vice President, Direct Agents (New York, NY)

Kent Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Highlights for Children (Columbus, OH)

Neil O’Keefe, Vice President, Retention and Lifecycle Marketing, Volo Sports (Baltimore, MD, and New York, NY)

Vincent Pietrafesa, Vice President, B2B Products and Partnerships, Stirista (San Antonio, TX, and New York, NY)

Brian Rainey, Chief Executive Officer, Path2Response (Broomfield, CO)

Advocacy:

Jason Bier, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, Adstra (Princeton, NJ), and Chairman and President, Federation for Internet Alerts (Chicago, IL)

Innovation:

Michael Cruz, Partner and Head of Content, Summer Friday (CT)

Green Apple:

Jamie Monaco, Senior Manager, Privacy Products, Digital Advertising Alliance (New York, NY)