The 25th Annual ADAPT Community Network Golf Tournament Hosted by FOX 5 News Anchors Steve Lacy & Teresa Priolo Honors Christopher R. Laul and Ryan Laul in New York.
(New York, New York – June 2nd, 2026) The 25th Annual ADAPT Community Network Golf Tournament was held at Brae Burn Country Club in Purchase, New York on June 1st. The annual tournament supports ADAPT Community Network, with all proceeds from the event helping to fund the delivery of life‐affirming programs and services to children and adults with disabilities and their families. The sold‐out event raised over $250,000.
Steve Lacy, anchor, FOX 5 News at 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., and Teresa Priolo, FOX 5 News anchor and reporter, hosted this year’s event. The tournament honored Christopher R. Laul, Chief Strategy Officer at HOK, and Ryan Laul, CEO, North America at Talon.
Following the day of golf, hors d’oeuvres and cocktails were served at the Brae Burn Country Club. Steve Lacy and Teresa Priolo presented the ADAPT Golf Tournament awards.
“We thank everyone who supported this year’s golf tournament,” says Jenna Mandel-Ricci, CEO of ADAPT Community Network. “We were delighted to honor Christopher R. Laul and Ryan Laul for their over 20 years of dedication to ADAPT. We thank Steve Lacy and Teresa Priolo for being such longtime supporters of ADAPT. We also thank this year’s ADAPT Golf Committee.”
Steve Lacy was a longtime Co‐Chair of ADAPT’s Santa Project Party & Auction benefiting ADAPT’s children’s programs. He has also donated his time to serve as ADAPT’s Team Captain for the annual Achilles Hope and Possibility race. This year was the fifth time Steve has hosted or co‐hosted ADAPT’s golf tournament.
Teresa Priolo is a past Co‐Chair of ADAPT’s Santa Project Party & Auction, and a celebrity presenter at both the ADAPT Leadership Awards and the Women Who Care Luncheon. This year marked her sixth time co‐hosting the ADAPT Golf tournament.
The 2026 ADAPT Golf Tournament Committee: Matthew Becker, Michael Berger, Valentino Galella, Jeffrey Weiss, and Alan Zack.
ADAPT CEO Jenna Mandel-Ricci gave remarks. Recent past ADAPT CEO Linda B. Laul presented the awards to her sons, Christopher R. Laul, and Ryan Laul. In addition to Jenna Mandel-Ricci and Linda B. Laul, ADAPT Leadership attending the event included Laura Hickman, Dahlian Porter, A’lsha Torrence, Peter Anzalone, and Louie Shapiro. ADAPT Board member Deven Unadkat also attended the event.