Suzanne Wright with event committee member and friend Clea Newman

From left: Suzanne and Bob Wright, with Bill Mitchell, one of the evening's lead benefactors, and event Co-chairs Laurie Lister and Judd Burstein

From left to right, Suzanne and Bob Wright, Joanne Woodward, actor Christopher Plummer and his wife Elaine, Paul Newman

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, center, with Suzanne and Bob Wright

Jane Williams, wife of NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, and NBC News' John Siegenthaler

From left, Autism Speaks President Mark Roithmayr and his wife Chris, Susan and Phil Harris, Autism Speaks board member Kevin Murray and his wife Susan

University of Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun, 2nd from right, with his wife Pat, and Bob and Suzanne Wright