Face the World’s 25th Silver Anniversary Gala 2015 (photos)

Christie King, Face the World board member; Milk, drag performer; Bruce Orr, Orr Development principal; Jacqui Cohen, Army & Navy president and Face the World founder; and Janelle WashingtonChristie King, Face the World board member; Milk, drag performer; Bruce Orr, Orr Development principal; Jacqui Cohen, Army & Navy president and...

Christie King, Face the World board member; Milk, drag performer; Bruce Orr, Orr Development principal; Jacqui Cohen, Army & Navy president and Face the World founder; and Janelle Washington

Cohen family matriarch Marlene Cohen and Umberto Menghi, restaurateur who will soon be opening Giardino on Hornby beside the spot his old restaurant Il Giardino di Umberto used to be.

Dennis Wasylenko, Parks Canada senior urban outreach officer; and Simon Cooksley from Simon Cooksley Event Design who has been designing the Face of Today galas for 13 years

Julia Molnar, Isola Bella Kids Boutique owner; and her husband, David Cubitt, actor

Kevin Chase, Kore Hair Salon stylist; and Christie King, Face the World board member

Mayor Gregor Robertson; and his executive assistant Nicole Seguin

Wendy Zajac and her husband, Mel Zajac, The Mel Jr. & Marty Zajac Foundation founder

Philip Barnes, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts regional VP Pacific Northwest and GM; Jill Killeen, Face the World board member; and her husband, Mike Killeen, CTV Evening News co-anchor

Neil Aisenstat, Hy’s of Canada/Gotham Steakhouse president; and Jessica Taylor, Shapiro Hankinson and Knutson Law Corporation barrister and solicitor

Joy MacPhail, former MLA; and her husband, James Shavick, Shavick Entertainment CEO

Marika Palmer; her husband, Frank Palmer, DDB Canada chairman & CEO; and Ronnie Negus, former star of The Real Housewives of Vancouver TV series

Arrabella Campbell and Russell Hollingsworth, architect, greet Jacqui Cohen, Face the World founder

Jacqui Cohen, Face the World founder; and Jill Killeen, Face the World board member

Jacqui Cohen, Face the World founder; and Andrea Hill, Cause We Care Foundation founder

Emcee Mike Killeen, CTV Evening News co-anchor; and Fiona Forbes, Shaw TV host

Pamela Martin, BC Liberal Party director of engagement; and Nicole Harvie, HELLO! Magazine Vancouver contributor

Jacqui Cohen, Face the World founder; and Feizal Virani, designer

Loig Morin, Loig’s Music Lab founder; and his assistant/photographer Elsa Zekri

Drag performer Milk entertains the guests