2025
LOS ANGELES HUMANITARIAN AWARD DINNER

honoring

Humanitarian Award
Presented by Steven Spielberg

Thursday, October 30, 2025
Beverly Wilshire Hotel
9500 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills

6pm | Cocktail Reception
7pm | Program and Dinner

Unable to attend? Make a donation

For more information contact Lori Tessel
310-772-2426 • ltessel@wiesenthal.com

Business Attire • Valet Parking • Dietary Laws Observed

2025 HUMANITARIAN AWARD RECIPIENT


DAVID ZASLAV

President and CEO, Warner Bros. Discovery

Mr. Zaslav also serves on the boards of American Cinematheque, Sirius XM Radio, Inc., and Grupo Televisa. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Paley Center for Media and Syracuse University and is on the Board of Overseers for NYU Langone Health. He is a member of the Executive Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is also a member of the Television Academy.

Mr. Zaslav's decades of philanthropic service includes efforts to combat antisemitism through his relationships with the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the USC Shoah Foundation, and the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, as well as support for environmental, educational, and public health-related causes. He was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2017 and is a member of the Cable TV Pioneers Class of 2018. He is a recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award, the UJA-Federation of New York’s Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award, Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Fred Dressler Leadership Award, and the Association of Frontotemporal Degeneration’s Susan and S.I. Newhouse Award of Hope.

David Zaslav is President and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros. Discovery, one of the world’s largest and most diverse media and entertainment companies with market leadership across all programming genres, including premium scripted television and movies, non-fiction series, international, animation, global sports, and news. Mr. Zaslav sets the strategy and oversees all operations for Warner Bros. Discovery’s global suite of brands, including Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Bros. Television Group, HBO and Max, discovery+, CNN, TNT Sports, HGTV, Food Network, OWN, ID, Warner Bros. Animation, Discovery Kids, Eurosport and more.

CHAIRS


Dawn & Ian Aaron • Lisa & Jeff Bewkes • Blavatnik Family Foundation
Jon Bon Jovi • Aryeh Bourkoff
Eddy Cue • Ariel Emanuel • Evercore
Jon Feltheimer • David Geffen • Sir Lucian Grainge • Jeffrey Katzenberg
Robert Kraft • Elaine & Ken Langone • Rob Manfred • Donald Newhouse
Craig Piligian • Shari Redstone • Mark Shapiro
Karen & Sanford Teplitzky • Hans Vestberg

CO-CHAIRS


Allen & Company • Amblin Entertainment • Gary Barber • Gary B. Bettman
Jason Blum • Paul Buccieri
George Cheeks • David Ellison • Mike Fries
Rich Gelfond • Roger Goodell • Brian Grazer • Ron Howard • JPMorganChase
Michael E. Kassan • Bobby Kotick • David Kramer
Ynon Kreiz
Cyndy & Les Lederer •
Aaron Levie • Bryan LourdMichael Rapino
Michael Rubin • Josh Sapan • Ted Sarandos • Adam Silver
David Solomon • Sony Pictures Entertainment • Barry S. Sternlicht
Jay Sures • Steve Tisch

All but the fair market value of the dinner, $370 per person, is tax deductible. Tax ID# 95-3964928

In the last fiscal year, for each dollar spent, the Center allocated 67 cents to program services, 8 cents for fundraising, and 25 cents for general and administrative expenses.