A Look at Some of the Honorees at Answer the Call’s Annual Gala

Answer the Call, founded by former Major league Baseball (MLB) player and New York Mets Hall of Fame inductee Daniel J. “Rusty” Staub in 1985, is a nonprofit organization that provides critical funding to the families of first responders who lost their lives in the line of duty. In 2021, Answer the Call distributed more than $6.2 million to more than 500 families. The organization can sponsor these families through the generosity of supporters and major fundraising events such as its Annual Gala.

Answer the Call’s 36th Annual Gala took place on October 21 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Approximately 900 people attended the event, and supporters combined with raising $4.3 million for Answer the Call beneficiaries. This allowed the organization to send each family a one-time check in addition to the annual stipend in 2021.

Dozens of businesses and philanthropists provided sponsorship funding for Answer the Call’s 36th Annual Gala. AIG, Citi, and Trilantic North America were among the five Champion of Hope sponsors. In contrast, other sponsors included Bloomberg Philanthropies, Kristen and Andy Shapiro, Stone Point Capital, and Catherine and Michael Aiello. Philip V. Moyles, Jr., president of the board at Answer the Call and executive vice president of EPIC, was honored at the event for his longtime support of the N.Y Police & Fire Widows’ & Children’s Benefit Fund. Moyles, Jr. was appointed president in 2015 and has served on the board since May 2007.

Answer the Call had honored a special guest at each of its annual gala events dating back to its inaugural ceremony in 1986 when it honored Peter Ueberroth. A former United States Olympic hopeful, Ueberroth served as president and CEO of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee for the 1984 Games. That same year, he was elected commissioner of MLB. He served four years as commissioner of the league and oversaw leaguewide attendance increases and a vigilant anti-drug campaign. He also successfully negotiated a four-year, $1.1 billion broadcast partnership contract with CBS.

The following year, Answer the Call honored eventual president Donald Trump. It honored William Voute (1988), Daniel Tully (1989), and Milton Petrie (1990) in subsequent years before honoring its founder, Daniel Staub, in 1991. Since then, it has honored various business executives, politicians, celebrities, and athletes. The nonprofit honored three people, including former New York Rangers captain and two-time Stanley Cup champion Mark Messier and actor Harrison Ford, in 2008. Former New York mayors Michael Bloomberg, Rudy Guliani, Edward Koch, and David Dinkens were the guests of honor at Answer the Call’s 2009 Annual Gala.

More recently, Answer the Call honored executives such as Peter Zaffino (2015), Edward Skyler (2018), and James Zelter (2019). Zaffino, an experienced insurance executive, was president and CEO at Marsh when he was honored and now functions as chairman and CEO at AIG. Skyler, meanwhile, is a former deputy mayor for operations for the City of New York who worked in the Bloomberg administration from 2002 to 2010. He now serves as executive vice president for global public affairs at Citi. Zelter is co-president at Apollo Asset Management.

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