He and McCulloch also have collaborated on a film script that they hope to bring to fruition soon.

She also helped bring to fruition the long-delayed renovation of Geffen Hall, working with Henry Timms, the president and chief executive of Lincoln Center, to push it through ahead of schedule during the pandemic shutdown.

“Due to the temporary nature of this assistance … it is incumbent on Lebanon’s leaders to use this time to bring to fruition an IMF program,” Shea said.

To Mr. Howard, who spearheaded the popularization of climbing and hiking in Wadi Rum, a valley in Jordan, in the mid 1980s, the orchestration of what he calls super trails in the region makes too much sense not to bring to fruition.

At Alaska Alaska, Ms. Abloh said there are “hundreds of projects that he worked on that he never put out,” that she wants to bring to fruition.