2009 Awards Dinner

November 19, 2009 

Co-Chairs
Beth A. Brooke, Global Vice Chair, Ernst & Young
Nancy E. McFadden, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, PG&E

Honoring
Sheila Bair, Chairman, FDIC
and
Brooksley Born, Retired Partner, Arnold & Porter

with special guest
Judy Woodruff
 Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

Reception 6:00 p.m.
Dinner and Program: 7:00 p.m.

Washington Hilton & Towers
1919 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.

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The Center's annual dinner is one of the largest in Washington. Well over 1,000 people attend, including policy makers and leaders from the women's, civil rights, corporate and legal communities. The event raises over $1 million in vital funds essential to support the Center's work to protect and advance the progress of women and girls in school, at work, and in virtually every aspect of their lives. The Center works on issues important to women and their families - health, employment, education, and economic security - giving special priority to the needs of low-income women and their families.

Dress: Business attire

For more information, contact Nancy Delahoyd, Director of Special Events, at ndelahoyd@nwlc.org or call (202) 588-5180.

Past Program Participants include: Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Rosa Parks; Vice President Al Gore; Senator Barack Obama; Senator Hillary Clinton; Senator Ted Stevens; Governor Janet Napolitano; Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy; Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala; Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg; Charlie Rose; Andrea Mitchell; Judy Blume; Billie Jean King; Cicely Tyson; Susan Sarandon; Stockard Channing; and Jackie Joyner-Kersee.

Major corporate and law firm partners receive recognition at the highest levels throughout the event, on written materials and in related media.

Past chairs of the Center's Annual Awards Dinner include: Michael Armstrong, Chairman and CEO, AT&T; Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, Partner, Wilmer Hale; Richard I. Beattie, Chairman, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; Anne Bingaman, Chair and CEO, Valor Telecom; Sheila Birnbaum, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; Jeffrey Bleustein, Chairman and CEO, Harley-Davidson; Joan Guggenheimer, Co-General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase; Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., Senior Vice President & General Counsel, General Electric; Debra Lee, Chairman and CEO, BET Holdings; Jimmy Lee, Vice Chair, JPMorgan Chase; Marge Magner, Chairman and CEO, Global Consumer Group, Citigroup; Robert W. Pittman, President & COO, America Online; Frank Raines, Chairman and CEO, Fannie Mae; and Allen P. Waxman, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Pfizer.

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Previous Dinners:

2008


Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. presents an award to 2008 honoree Debra L. Lee

2007


35th Anniversary Awards Dinner Honoree, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with NWLC Co-Presidents Marcia Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell

2006

 
Honoree Judy Blume and Keynote Speaker Charlie Rose join Co-Chair Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky, Marcia Greenberger, Nancy Duff Campbell, and Co-Chair and NWLC Board Member Richard Beattie after the 2006 Awards Dinner.

2005

 
2005 Keynote Speaker Senator Barack Obama with NWLC Co-Presidents Marcia Greenberger and Nancy Duff Campbell

2004

 
Billie Jean King presents an award to 2004 Honoree Julie Foudy

2003

 
NWLC Board Member Elaine Jones presents an award to 2003 Honoree Cicely Tyson

Photographs by Erin Dey