Full Steam Ahead: A Night of Hope for Pediatric Research and Innovation
The Healthiest Start: Helping Preterm Babies Thrive in the NICU and Beyond
Preterm infants need more nutrition than full-term babies, and at Mass General Brigham for Children, Mandy Belfort, MD, MPH, associate chief of research, newborn medicine, is rethinking how we feed the tiniest babies to give them the healthiest possible future. Her research is unlocking how to better nourish preterm infants and help them thrive in the years to come. In tracking their growth and development from the NICU through age 5, the study is already showing improved health outcomes for these children.
Piecing Together a Cure for Celiac: One Clinician’s Mission to Protect the Next Generation
Inspired by her own personal connection to celiac disease, Maureen Leonard, MD, MMSc, the clinical director for Celiac Research and Treatment at Mass General Brigham for Children, is spearheading a study aimed at understanding why some children develop celiac and others don’t by looking at genes, the environment, and the microbiome—research that could someday lead to better treating and even preventing celiac and other diseases like diabetes, multiple sclerosis and food allergies.
2025 STORYBOOK BALL SPONSORS
as of 11.04.25
Visionary Sponsor
Demarest Lloyd Jr. Foundation
Innovative Sponsor
David Ortiz Children’s Fund
Debbie & Ted Kelly
Sonja Kelly & Steve Tordone
Kelly Family Foundation
Diamond Sponsor
Keane & Becky Aures, MD
Fiona & James Benenson III
Demi & Tate Isenstadt
Heather & Chris Kempczinski
Mark & Michelle Rosenzweig
Kerry & Brendan Swords
Platinum Sponsor
Björg Bergsveinsdóttir & Eggert Dagbjartsson
The Haviland Family
The Herb Chambers Foundation
Mooney-Reed Charitable Foundation
Jessica & Henry Schuck
Kim & James Taylor
Gold Sponsor
Aon
Jennifer & Mark Dolins
Savannah & Henry Helgeson
Deborah Lunder & Alan Ezekowitz, MD
Kaia Miller Goldstein & Jono Goldstein
Musicant Cohen Family Fund
Patty & Charles Ribakoff
Brian & Stephanie Spector
Sterling Sponsor
Kelsey Brendel & The Haffenreffer Family Fund
Allison & Thomas Campbell
Stephanie & Ryan Corcoran, MD, PhD
Dekk Group LLC – Konse Skrivanos & Angelo Moutoudis
Sarah & Walter Donovan
Stephanie & Brian Falahee
Amelia & Kenneth Goldie
Goldman Sachs
Christine & Scott Hayward
Rhino Capital Advisors LLC
Christine & Eric Savage
Jack & Alissa Sebastian
Lisa & Patrick Taffe
Dr. Robert Tepper & Family
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Laura Will & David Nicholson
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Jonathan & Kirstin Birtwell, PhD
Mark & Susan Cocozza
Jennifer Croll Wolfe & Michael Wolfe
Alexandra DaCosta & Tyson White
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Rachel & Allan Goldstein, MD
Scott & Kristen Griebel
Ashley & Jamie Harmon
Martha & Ronald Kleinman, MD
Melissa & George Lynch
Rachel & Bill Motley
Katherine & Ian O’Keeffe
Aliya & Christopher Page, DMD
Ropes & Gray LLP
Stephanie Sakellaris
Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH & Michael M. Givertz, MD
Yellow Wood Partners
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Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown
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Gotham Gym
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Linda & John Henry, Tom Werner, and the Boston Red Sox
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The Kraft Group
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Kim & James Taylor
The TJX Companies, Inc.
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Storybook Ball Over The Years
The generosity of Storybook Ball supporters has helped raise more than $40 million to establish new programs and facilities such as the Coordinated Care Clinic and the state-of-the-art Francis H. Burr Proton Beam Therapy Center, enhancing our ability to serve children with complex physical and emotional needs. However, like most health care organizations across the country and within Boston, Mass General is not immune to external challenges. In the face of ongoing economic adversity, Mass General Brigham for Children is renewing our commitment to the wide range of existing pediatric programs for which this hospital is renowned.
2024: Corduroy
In 2024, the Storybook Ball took place at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. The 25th anniversary of Storybook Ball featured Complex Care. Complex Care is supported by Pediatric Coordinated, Supportive and Palliative Care programs and services. These multidisciplinary teams treat underlying conditions while enhancing a child’s comfort and well-being, standing shoulder to shoulder with parents to help them navigate care.
2023: Frog & Toad
In 2023, the Storybook Ball took place at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. The evening showcased the incredible work being done in the field of Adolescent Health. The Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine team is committed to supporting the healthy development of adolescents and young adults while promoting healthy habits and preventing disease.
2022: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
In 2022, the Storybook Ball returned for its first in-person event in two years. The evening showcased the incredible work being done in Newborn Medicine. The team’s state-of-the-art medical and surgical care, in collaboration with obstetrics, helps mothers and babies before, during and after childbirth to heal, grow and thrive.
Support Storybook Ball
Mass General Brigham for Children, the oldest provider of pediatric services in Boston, has offered comprehensive, compassionate care to children since 1821. This is a tradition that every physician, nurse and staff member at Mass General Brigham for Children is committed to keeping—and expanding—into the 21st century and beyond.
Provide comprehensive, compassionate clinical care
Expand support and services for children and families with complex physical and emotional needs.
Advance innovative research
Support new and ongoing investigations while speeding and expanding the most promising current research – and hasten the translation of those innovations into clinical care.
Care in the community
Continue to deliver the strongest possible commitment to underserved children and their families locally and globally.
If you are unable to become a sponsor of Storybook Ball, but wish to support the programs and services of Mass General Brigham for Children, please consider making a gift to the Storybook Ball.
Storybook Ball Event Committee
Co-Chairs
Sarah & Walter Donovan
Amelia & Kenneth Goldie
Mass General Brigham for Children Physician-in-Chief
Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH
Mass General Brigham for Children Surgeon-in-Chief
Allan M. Goldstein, MD
Committee Members
Alli & Bill Achtmeyer
Becky Aures, MD
Haleh Azar & Ali Shajii
Fiona & James Benenson III
Allison & Thomas Campbell
Helen & David Clancy
Stephanie & Ryan Corcoran, MD, PhD
Jennifer & Mark Dolins
Caitlin & Trey Eppes
Alana Franklin, MD & Adam Franklin
Rachel & Allan Goldstein, MD
Annette Goubeaux
Miranda Greenspan
Adriana & Tarek Hassan
Demi & Tate Isentadt
Committee Members
Sonja Kelly & Steve Tordone
Heather Kempczinski, MD
Kelsey Kirk Brendel
Martha & Ronald Kleinman, MD
Deborah Lunder
Melissa & George Lynch
Kristen & John Maxwell
Michaela McMahon Popeo & Steve Popeo
Rachel & Bill Motley
Jennifer Nassour
Nikki & Harry Nudelman
Katherine & Ian O’Keeffe
Aliya & Christopher Page, DMD
Patty & Charles Ribakoff
Andrea & Justin Rosen
Committee Members
Christine & Eric Savage
Jessica & Henry Schuck
Remy Stressenger
Paige & Rick Sutphin
Kerry Swords
Lisa & Patrick Taffe
Ashley & Alex Wayman
Regina & Jonathan Winslow
Laura Will & David Nicholson
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