The 11th Annual Gala benefiting
Larkin Street Youth Services
“Building a Sustainable Future”
We rasised a record $725,000 at out annual 2013 Paving the Way Gala! We would like to thank everyone who attended and give a special thanks to Americas Cup, ORACLE, Jimmy Spithill and Mark Buell for their support and partnership with Larkin Street.
View the event photos here: 2013 Paving the Way Gala
Friday, March 8, 2013
6:00pm – 9:30pm
Four Seasons San Francisco, 757 Market Street
Cocktails, Dinner, Live and Silent Auction
Special Guests:
Mark Buell – Chair, America’s Cup Organizing Committee
Jimmy Spithill – Skipper and Helmsman, ORACLE Team USA (with members of his team)
Mark Buell
Mark Buell is a native San Franciscan, and has spent 35 years in both public and private real estate development. Mark served as San Francisco’s first Director of Economic Development under Joseph Alioto and later served as the first Director of the Emeryville Redevelopment Agency from 1977 to 1985. He was a founding member and first President of CALED, the California Association for Local Economic Development and served on the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission under Dianne Feinstein. Buell is Chair of the America’s Cup Organizing Committee.
Jimmy Spithill
Jimmy Spithill is Helmsman and Skipper at ORACLE Team USA. Spithill has been a force in competitive sailing for almost two decades. An early America’s Cup aficionado dating back to the Australia II’s win in 1983, Spithill was the youngest skipper to take the helm on the oldest boat with the smallest budget in the 1995 America’s Cup in San Diego and he is one of the few skippers to win a Grade 1 match race regatta without losing a single race. When he won the 33rd America’s Cup on USA 17 as skipper of ORACLE Racing at the age of 30, Spithill became the youngest skipper to ever win the revered America’s Cup trophy.
For further information on the event, tickets, sponsorship opportunities, or auction items, contact the Special Events Manager at events@larkinstreetyouth.org or call (415) 673.0911 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 
(415) 673.0911 FREE end_of_the_skype_highlighting ext. 306.