Couture Council Young Patrons

After graduating from Harvard Law School, Lizzie Asher worked at a premiere New York law firm specializing in corporate law. Today, Lizzie is the President of Macchu Pisco LLC, a woman-owned and operated spirits company that was the first such company to implement fair trade standards in the Pisco Valley of Peru. Lizzie also serves on the Board of Save Venice and chairs the endowment she and her husband created at City Squash, a non-profit working with Latino children in the Bronx. Equally close to her heart is Lizzie's contribution as a member of Columbia Presbyterian's ECMO Family Advisory Board, where she gives back to the ICU team that saved her life. Most recently, Lizzie co-founded the Cura Collective, a non-profit aimed at addressing women's issues such as the Voluntary Intoxication Loophole.

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Adrien Gardner Lesser is a lifelong New Yorker and communications specialist with a keen insight into New York City and national politics. Adrien is involved in multiple civic, community, and religious organizations. She is a Board Member of the East Sixties Neighborhood Association, Frick Young Fellow at the Frick Museum, and a part of the Temple Emanu-El Young Members Circle and Philanthropic Committee.

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