Anup Bagaria

Martha Nelson is Editorial Director of Time Inc., where she oversees the titles and editors within Time's Style & Entertainment Group and Lifestyle Group.

Cowin is the editor-in-chief of Food & Wine, the magazine owned by American Express.

Jon Snyder

Bantry is the founder and owner of his eponymous agency, which represents photographers, hairdressers, makeup artists, stylists and models for the fashion, advertising, publishing and entertainment industries.

A New York Times art critic since 1986, Smith is considered one of the two top art critics in New York—and she's married to the other one, New York's Jerry Saltz.

Socialite, Vogue darling and founder of Feyt, Eleanor Ylvisaker is yet another "It" girl flitting around Manhattan with social capital to burn.

Paterson is an elder statesman of Harlem politics, a former Deputy Mayor under Ed Koch, and a neighborhood power broker. As an attorney, he's represented many of the city's biggest unions, including TWU Local 100, SEIU 1199, and the Randi Weingarten-led United Federation of Teachers.

Doctorow is a celebrated bestselling author of American historical fiction, a professor at NYU, and a stalwart lefty.

Tallon is president of the United Hospital Fund of New York and an advocate for New Yorkers who lack health insurance.

Swensen is charged with investing and managing Yale's $18 billion endowment—one of the largest in the country—and has parlayed his investing prowess into public recognition with his "Yale Model" of investing.

The self-proclaimed "grandmother of performance art," Abramovic is known for her work exploring pain and endurance, which she idiotically and dangerously accomplishes by cutting herself during performances.

Luigi Tadini

A former state solicitor general, Bansal is the chief of Skadden Arps's appellate division and has represented such blue-chip corporate clients as Citigroup, Deloitte & Touche, Dow Jones, and Merrill Lynch.

Helen Lee Schifter

A fixture at galas around town, Renée is the wife of Mark Rockefeller, the son of former New York governor and vice president Nelson Rockefeller.

Denning is chairman of General Atlantic, a tech-focused private equity firm with more than $12 billion under management.

A former fashion designer, Mishaan is an interior designer and the owner of the furniture shop Homer. His wife is social fixture Marcia Mishaan.

The co-founder of Rockstar Games, Houser is one of the men responsible for Grand Theft Auto, the first video game in which players could simulate stealing cars and picking up hookers. His brother is one of Rockstar's other co-founders, Sam Houser.

Jilly Stephens