On April 28th, 2017, The Hetrick-Martin Institute, the nation’s oldest and largest organization specializing in serving and advocating for LGBTQ youth, honored fashion legend Fern Mallis – creator of New York Fashion Week and President of Fern Mallis LLC, and Erika Karp – founder and CEO of Cornerstone Capital, for their first women’s focused event.
HMI CEO Thomas Krever said “Business leaders like Erika Karp and icons like Fern Mallis are carving the path for the generations to come, showing the power of leadership and philanthropy, opening doors where there once were walls, raising the bar where once there were glass ceilings, and building bridges where once there were chasms of ignorance, bias and fear. Our youth at HMI have remarkable true role models in Erika and Fern.”
