Welcome to the 2015 Holiday Silent Auction
The auction will close at 11:59pm PT on December 15, 2015.
Please review the auction rules and guidelines below before placing any bids.
All items can be picked up in Los Angeles; items that must be shipped to the winning bidder will incur an additional $5 fee.
Check back throughout early December because new items will be added along with live bidding links!
VIP Lunch with Carolyn Cassidy AB '99
SVP, Current Series at 20th Century Fox
Cassidy joined 20th Century Fox in August 2009 as VP, Comedy Series and was promoted to SVP four years later, recently shepherding the development of ABC’s breakout hit Fresh Off the Boat as well as FOX’s comedy The Grinder. She also developed the long-running hits New Girl and Last Man Standing and oversaw a roster of producers, writers and directors for the studio.
In July 2015, she was tapped to run the current series department at 20th as SVP, Current Series. In her role, she oversees a roster of over twenty primetime television series including Empire, Modern Family, American Horror Story, and Last Man on Earth.
Cassidy started her career as a current executive at NBC where she worked on series such as Will & Grace, The Office, Las Vegas and Ed. She also served as a comedy development executive at ABC Studios where she helped develop Samantha Who? along with other cable and broadcast series.
A graduate of Harvard University, Cassidy resides in Los Angeles with her husband and two year old daughter.
Estimated Value: Priceless!
Starting Bid: $100
Bid Increments: $15
VIP Lunch with Diane Nabatoff AB '78, MBA '82
Producer, Tiara Blu Films
Since founding Tiara Blu Films, Diane has produced Take The Lead, (New Line) starring Antonio Banderas and Narc, (Paramount) written and directed by Joe Carnahan, starring Ray Liotta and Jason Patric. She executive-produced The Brass Teapot starring Juno Temple and Michael Angarano and Gray Matters starring Heather Graham, Sissy Spacek and Alan Cumming. For Television, she executive produced: Knights of the South Bronx starring Ted Danson (nominated for a SAG award) and Malcolm David Kelley (nominated for a Namic Vision Award) for A&E; Racing For Time (nominated for a NAACP Image Award) starring and directed by Charles Dutton (nominated for an NAACP Image Award for acting) for Lifetime as well as three seasons of the series After Hours with Daniel for Mojo. She also co-executive produced the pilots Scent of the Missing by Carol Mendelsohn for TNT and Baseball Wives by Tom Fontana and Julie Martin for HBO. She recently produced the award winning documentary Dancing In Jaffa and is now working on a documentary about cancer with Stanley Tucci. She will produce Regulator by Pat Kelly with PalmStar next year. She is also developing multiple projects including: the Barbara Jordan story with Viola Davis and Tony Kushner for Fox Searchlight, the book The Monopolists with Big Beach, and a one-hour musical drama with Jason Katims and Julia Brownell for NBC. For theater, she is developing several Broadway musicals, including one based on her film Take The Lead.
Prior to founding Tiara Blu Films, Diane was a Producer at Interscope Communications, where she developed and produced films that include: Very Bad Things, written and directed by Pete Berg, starring John Favreau, Cameron Diaz and Jeremy Piven; The Proposition directed by Lesli Glatter, starring Kenneth Branagh, Madeleine Stowe and William Hurt; Operation Dumbo Drop, directed by Simon Wincer, starring Danny Glover, Ray Liotta and Denis Leary; Separate Lives directed by David Madden, starring Jim Belushi and Linda Hamilton; Holy Matrimony, directed by Leonard Nimoy and starring Patricia Arquette; and Body Language starring Tom Berenger for HBO.
Earlier in her career, Diane was the Senior Vice President of Production of Henry Winkler’s Fair Dinkum Productions and Vice President of Vestron Pictures where she served as Executive Producer of Hider in the House and Fear (nominated for an Ace Award). She began her film career in Los Angeles as Vice President at The Feldman-Meeker Co. working on The Golden Child starring Eddie Murphy and serving as Associate-Producer of The Kindred and Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark.
In addition to her career in the film industry, Diane has had diverse experiences in the entertainment field: she was a professional singer; worked with the legendary Joseph Papp at The New York Shakespeare Festival; consulted with Atlantic Productions, a London-based film company as well as the New York based American Film Company; worked in programming at HBO and produced the annual LA Human Rights Watch theatrical production, Cries From The Heart.
Prior to receiving a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University, where she was the first female producer of Hasty Pudding Theatricals and the founder of The Radcliffe Pitches, the first Harvard female a cappella group.
Diane is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America.
Estimated Value: Priceless!
Starting Bid: $100
Bid Increments: $15
VIP Lunch with Noah Oppenheim AB '00
Senior Vice President of NBC News, Executive-in-Charge of the Today show, and Screenwriter
Noah Oppenheim is Senior Vice President of NBC News and Executive-in-Charge of the Today show. He oversees all aspects of the morning show franchise – both broadcast and digital.
Also a screenwriter, Oppenheim co-wrote The Maze Runner, which has grossed $300M+ since its release, and the upcoming The Divergent Series: Allegiant. His original screenplay, Jackie, produced by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman is currently in production.
Oppenheim began his career in news—leading political talk shows such as Hardball with Chris Matthews and Scarborough Country. An Emmy winner, he also helped create Mad Money with Jim Cramer, has covered three presidential elections, and reported from Iraq, Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, and Libya.
Oppenheim has also served as Head of Unscripted and Digital Development at Reveille, the production company behind hits like The Office and The Biggest Loser. While at Reveille, he created and executive produced primetime shows for NBC, Fox, MTV, and Lifetime, as well as online programming for a variety of brands and platforms.
Oppenheim is co-author of the New York Times bestselling series, The Intellectual Devotional. His essays have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Esquire, Men's Health, and The Weekly Standard.
Estimated Value: Priceless!
Starting Bid: $100
Bid Increments: $15