WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS CELEBRATING AMMA ASANTE URSULA BURNS KATIE COURIC BARBARA WALTERS
October 29, 2014 New York City HONORARY HOST COMMITTEE Christiane Amanpour Maya Harris Cecile Richards Loreen Arbus Anne Hathaway Lois Sasson Christine Baranski Carol Jenkins Regina K. Scully Glenda Bailey Sheila Johnson Lesley Jane Seymour Maria Bello Christine Lahti Ann Shoket Jewelle Bickford Dee Dee Myers Lesley Stahl Tina Brown Catherine Keener Gloria Steinem Jennifer Buffett Maria Teresa Kumar Martha Stewart Julie Burton Diane Lane Michael Stipe Graydon Carter Francine LeFrak Mary and Steven Swig David Corn Cindi Leive Amy Tan Candy Crowley Suzanne Braun Levine Marlo Thomas Ann Curry Eva Longoria Lily Tomlin Donna Deitch Pat Mitchell Kathleen Turner Laura Dern Robin Morgan Jessica Valenti Lauren Embrey Martha Nelson Katrina vanden Heuvel Linda Ellerbee Geneva Overholser Jane Wagner Gloria Feldt Anna Quindlen Darren Walker Sandra Fluke Bonnie Raitt Maggie Wilderotter Anne Fulenwider Robert Redford and Paula Zahn Jane Fonda Sibylle Szaggars Redford Julie Zeilinger Lesley Gore Helen Zia MEDIA MAVENS Bonnie Schaefer Regina K. Scully Jane Fonda MEDIA MARVELS Banky LaRocque Foundation Sheryl Sandberg and The Embrey Family Foundation David Goldberg Salamander Hotels and Resorts Mary and Steven Swig Xerox Foundation MEDIA MENTORS Bloomberg Eve Burton/Hearst Corporation Rowland and Sylvia Schaefer Family Foundation, Inc., Marla Schaefer, Director Jenny Warburg MEDIA MAKERS HBO L’Oreal USA Mellody Hobson Prudential Insurance Company Victoria Jackson Unilever
List in formation WMC Co-Founders Jane Fonda l Robin Morgan l Gloria Steinem Women’s Media Awards Co-Chairs Donna Deitch l Lauren Embrey l Sheila Johnson l Pat Mitchell Bonnie Schaefer l Regina K. Scully l Mary and Steven Swig
Invite You to Join Them in Celebrating the
Wednesday, October 29, 2014 7:00 pm Cocktails l 8:00 pm Dinner Capitale l 130 Bowery l New York City
HONORING AMMA ASANTE BAFTA Award Winning Writer/Director of A Way of Life and Director of Belle WMC Directorial Excellence for Belle Award
URSULA M. BURNS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Corporation WMC Carol Jenkins Visible and Powerful Media Award
KATIE COURIC Global News Anchor for Yahoo News WMC Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award
BARBARA WALTERS Creator and Executive Producer of The View, and ABC News Special Correspondent WMC Media Trailblazer Award
Women’s Media Center Social Media Award Social Media Award recipient to be announced at the event. See back of invitation for list of nominees and go to womensmediacenter.com to cast your vote by October 22. The Women’s Media Center works to make women and girls visible and powerful in the media. We do it by promoting women as subjects and decision-makers within the media, training women and girls so they are media-ready and media-savvy, exposing sexism in the media, and creating innovative new media and original content. WMC Board of Directors Janet Dewart Bell Maya Harris Jewelle Bickford Kate Hathaway Julie Burton Pat Mitchell Patti Chang Robin Morgan Soraya Chemaly Dee Dee Myers Anita DeFrantz Geneva Overholser Donna Deitch Regina K. Scully Lauren Embrey Teri Schwartz Jane Fonda Gloria Steinem CELEBRATING Judy Gold AMMA ASANTE
Social Media Nominees URSULA BURNS VOTE at womensmediacenter.com Visit www.womensmediacenter.com to see candidate profiles KATIE COURIC VOTE by October 22, 2014 for the Social Media Honoree BARBARA WALTERS JAMIE BROADNAX TRACY CLAYTON LAUREN CHIEF ELK ALLYSON KAPIN ELIANNE RAMOS
Kindly telephone the Garwood Events office with any inquiries at 212-678-0231 or [email protected]
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