Treehouse Shakers' Season of Love Benefit

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Treehouse Shakers’ Season of Love Benefit

Celebrate Our Annual Benefit and Special Honorees

Allison Berg, Gabrielle Fialkoff & Susan Margolin
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

6:00-8:30 PM
Zaha Hadid Building

Event Suite

520 W. 28th St.

New York, NY 10001

*Enjoy Wine, Food, Live Performance, Conversation and Paddle Raise

Each Donation Supports Our Performances & Outreach Programming

Gala Chair

Michael Walsh

Benefit Committee

Matias Einaudi, Carrie Fellens, Melanie Gomez, Trey Coates-Mitchell, Linda Novak, Rashmi Singh, Annie Mayer-Walsh

Board Members

Emily Bunning, Chris Kim, Stephanie Griffin, Tina Manchise, Mara McEwin, Geri Pell, Emily Regas, Sarah Young, Michael Walsh, David Zimmerman
*Enjoy Wine, Food, Live Performance, Conversation and Paddle Raise

Each Donation Supports Our Outreach Programming

Cocktail Dress Attire

More About Treehouse Shakers' Honorees Allison Berg, Gabrielle Fialkoff & Susan Margolin

Allison Berg is an award-winning filmmaker who directs and produces feature-length documentary films and television specials and series. Berg most recently co-directed and series produced the 4-hour doc series Cold Blooded with Joe Berlinger, which screened at DocNYC and IDFA and aired on SundanceTV. Previously, Berg directed and produced, with Frank Keraudren, the feature-length documentary film The Dog, which screened at numerous film festivals including the Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Berlinale and SXSW. The film received international recognition, was listed by the New York Times reviewer Manhola Dargis as one of the best films of 2014 and was theatrically released by Drafthouse Films. Allison’s first film, Witches in Exile, about woman accused of witchcraft and banished to witch villages in Northern Ghana, premiered at the 2004 SXSW Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Documentary Feature Film. Witches in Exile has screened at festivals throughout the world and has both international television and educational distribution. Berg has received grants from such prestigious foundations as the Catapult Film Fund, Hartley Film Foundation, the Soros Documentary Fund, New York State Council of the Arts, Eastman Fund, Wellspring Foundation, Women in Film Foundation and she was selected for the 2014 Artists Academy at the Film Society at Lincoln Center. Other credits include Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer and Director on documentary series and specials for broadcasters such as Sundance Channel, History Channel, MTV and A&E and producing the premiere 2014 Getting Real event for the IDA.

Gabrielle Fialkoff is a civic leader, advisor, and senior executive with over 25 years of experience at the highest levels of government, business, and philanthropy. She currently leads The GKF Group, advising public, private, and nonprofit organizations on how to advance their missions and create lasting impact. She also champions projects at the intersection of culture and social change, including serving as Executive Producer of the upcoming documentary Time Warp. Gabrielle has held leadership roles in New York City government, including as Commissioner of the Parks Department and as Senior Advisor to Mayor Bill de Blasio, where she helped drive key initiatives that shaped the city’s public realm and social fabric. Earlier in her career, she led her company, Haskell Jewels, a fashion jewelry company, through a decade exponential growth. A passionate advocate for the arts, equity, and opportunity, Gabrielle began her career in politics and continues to be deeply engaged in civic life. She is a trustee of the Fashion Institute of Technology and serves on the boards of the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Stockade Works, a nonprofit dedicated to workforce development in the creative industries.
Susan Margolin is a producer and pioneer of digital film distribution with 25+ years’ experience in independent film and media. She co-founded distributor New Video/Docurama Films (1992) and ran the company until it was sold to Cinedigm (2012). She distributed over 400 critically acclaimed documentaries, including Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s The Invisible War and Pennebaker’s Dont Look Back. In 2016 Margolin launched St. Marks Productions and has produced and executive produced award-winning feature documentaries including HBO’s A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting and Nancy Buirski’s Desperate Souls Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy which was shortlisted for an Academy Award. She also produced Buirski's A Crime on the Bayou and The Rape of Recy Taylor, and Billy Shebar’s Monk in Pieces which premiered recently at the Berlinale. Margolin serves on the board of Chicken & Egg Films and Manhattan Neighborhood Network, on the Advisory Boards of New York Women in Film and Television and the DPA. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and the Producers Guild of America (PGA). She is a graduate of Brown University.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

520 W 28th St, 520 West 28th Street, New York, United States