New York - The Anti-Defamation League's national consumer technology industry group honored Karen Chupka of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Babak Ghaznavi of Paul's TV The King Of Big Screen, and Mindy Grossman of the Home Shopping Network (HSN) at its annual tribute and dinner dance on Saturday night.

The black tie event was held at Cipriani 42nd Street for the first time -- across the street from the Grand Hyatt Hotel, the usual site for the dinner -- and drew more than 330 attendees.

CEA president/CEO Gary Shapiro presented Chupka, CEA's events and conferences senior VP, with the group's Torch of Liberty award; Tim Baxter, president of Samsung's CE division, presented Ghaznavi, president/CEO of Paul's TV, with the American Heritage Award; and Matthew Rubel, senior advisor to TPG Capital, presented Mindy Grossman, CEO of HSN, the Patricia Rienzi Legacy Award.