2015DENVER Annual LUNCHEON Together. We are powerful. WFCO 2015 Girls’ Leadership Council visits Girls Inc. of Metro Denver PRESENTING SPONSOR Program begins promptly at 11:45 a.m. PROGRAM INTRODUCTION 2015 HONORARY CHAIRS Karen Leigh | CBS4 Polly Baca Lee Everding OPENING CEREMONY Nita Mosby Henry FirstBank Proudly Tolu Obiwole | Denver Youth Poet Laureate John Ikard MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & CEO 2015 LUNCHEON CHAIR Supports The Women’s Lauren Y. Casteel | The Women’s Foundation of Colorado Toti Cadavid MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD 2015 CORPORATE Anahita Pazirandeh Kemp | 2015 Chair, Board of Trustees LUNCHEON COMMITTEE CHAIRS Jessica L. Jaramillo GIRLS’ LEADERSHIP COUNCIL PRESENTING SPONSOR Jessica Keegan Foundation of Colorado. Brooke S. Bell | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation 2015 CORPORATE LUNCHEON GIRLS’ LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AWARD WINNERS COMMITTEE MEMBERS Olivia Brett | Lockheed Martin STEM Award Winner Akasha Absher Dolores Atencio Ines Calvete | Dottie Lamm Leadership Award Winner Katie Bachofer Kumar Caitlyn Holt | Black Fox Philanthropy Award Winner Brooke S. Bell Gillian Bidgood PRESENTING SPONSOR Nancy Boland John Ikard | President & CEO, FirstBank Holding Company Brittany Brownrigg Stephanie Bruno VIDEO SPONSOR Jennifer Colosimo Hollie Velasquez Horvath | Xcel Energy Lara Davies Colleen Dougherty VIDEO PRESENTATION Deanna Duell-Smed Co-sponsored by Barbara Bridges Kayla Hammers Cathy J. Hart PODIUM ASK SPONSORS Rollie Jordan Visit us online or at any Kent Thiry | Chairman & CEO, DaVita Healthcare Partners Anahita Pazirandeh Kemp Gloria Schoch | Community Commerce & Partnerships Manager, MillerCoors Denise Kennedy Amy Klefeker convenient location. SPEAKER SPONSOR Patti Klinge Meredith Vaughan | President & CEO, Vladimir Jones Sherri Lutz Jessica McHugh KEYNOTE STORYTELLER Leslie McKay Lara Nochomovitz Soledad O’Brien | Award-Winning Journalist & Documentarian Laurie Oswald Cyd Petre efirstbank.com LT. GOVERNOR’S ADDRESS Carmen Rentzios Member FDIC Colorado Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia Courtney Seely Elaine Torres CLOSING REMARKS Jennifer Wilson Karen Leigh | CBS4 1 SUPPORT FROM COLORADO LEADERS A MESSAGE FROM LEADERSHIP Together. We are powerful. These were the words chosen in 2014 to convey the spirit of The Women’s Foundation of Colorado — past, present, and future. They are memorable words, and they inspire reflection. Who are we? We are an inclusive community of giving — of our time, our talent, our treasure — in support of women and girls. We are many, we are connected, and Together. We are powerful. My first few months of 2015 at The Women’s Foundation have been a whirlwind of meetings, greetings, and sharing stories that confirm the importance of coming together, collaborating, and working collectively to exert our power. I have driven more than a thousand miles from Denver to our regional partners in Boulder, Pueblo, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs and Vail. I have spent meaningful time with grantees, donors, sponsors, and community members. Girls have taught me the science of the buoyancy of eggs and how to make dream catchers. Low-income single mothers have shared stories of exultation, sorrow, joy, outrage, tenacity, and triumph. These are real women — not just data points of disparity — who have inherent assets and power, but need us to leverage our power, privileges, and resources to lead the way to opportunity. How can they reach their full potential if they face implicit bias, if half their salaries go to child care, if they lose support for their families as soon as they receive a hard-earned raise, or if they make only 80 cents on the dollar of their male peers? These stories, statistics, and thousands more, create a landscape of opportunity for women and girls. It is a fertile and colorful landscape where the time, treasure, talents and testimonials of women and girls from all backgrounds, identities, and life circumstances intersect to continue creating the world in ways our foremothers could only dream possible. Thank you for showing your commitment to helping the women and girls of Colorado achieve their full potential — today and tomorrow. Together. We are powerful. In gratitude, Lauren Y. Casteel 2 President and CEO 3 SPEAKER SPONSOR KEYNOTE STORYTELLER FeaturingSOLEDAD O’BRIEN Soledad O’Brien is an award-winning journalist, documentarian, news anchor, producer, and television personality. At the forefront of the biggest breaking news stories of the past two decades, O’Brien is one of the most sought-after journalists of the day. In June 2013, O’Brien launched Starfish Media Group, a multi-platform media production and distribution company, dedicated to uncovering and producing empowering stories that take a challenging look at the often divisive issues of gender, race, class, wealth, poverty, and opportunity, through personal stories. O’Brien was the originator of the highly successful documentary series for CNN Black in America and Latino in America, which are among CNN’s most successful domestic and international franchises. Her documentary Gay in America: Gary and Tony have a baby, and Unwelcome, the Muslims Next Door also won numerous journalism awards. O’Brien was named journalist of the year by the National Association of Black Journalists and one of Newsweek magazines “10 People who Make America Great”. In 2013, O’Brien joined Harvard University as a Distinguished Fellow and was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Foundation for The National Archives. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, O’Brien and her husband, Brad, created The Starfish Foundation to help disadvantaged young women get to, and through, college. This year they will award scholarships to 25 deserving young women. O’Brien lives in Manhattan with her husband and four children. 4 5 DENVER YOUTH POET LAUREATE 2015 TRIBUTE TO HONORARY CHAIRS POLLY BACA Polly served in both the Colorado House of Representatives and the Colorado Toluwanimi (Tolu) Obiwole is a Nigerian-born, Senate. She was the first Hispanic woman in the U.S. to serve in both houses of her state legislature (1975-1986). In April 2012, The Denver Post listed Polly as Colorado-raised poet currently studying one of the 75 Most Influential Women of Colorado. She currently serves as the architectural engineering at the University president and CEO of Baca Barragan Consultants. of Colorado at Boulder. In 2015, she became the inaugural Denver Youth Poet Laureate LEE PALMER EVERDING, LCSW after starting her poetry journey with the Lee is the founder and director of Denver Eclectics, a group of diverse women Colorado youth slam poetry organization learning through programs, field trips, and life enhancing events. Denver Eclectics has grown to more than 500 hundred members with almost 40 programs a year, and Minor Disturbance several years ago. In has become one of Denver’s premier educational and cultural institutions. Through 2013 she represented Colorado with Minor her background in social work, she has established a history of strengthening organizations that positively impact the lives of people at all levels and from all Disturbance in the Annual Brave New Voices backgrounds. International Youth Poetry Slam Festival where she and her team finished number one in NITA MOSBY HENRY the world for youth poetry. In 2014, Minor Nita is senior vice president of human resources and chief inclusion officer at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She is also the first African American woman Disturbance finished fourth in the world. She to have served as executive director of the Office of Human Resources for the is continuing her journey in poetry, trying to City and County of Denver in its 60-year history. She is the founder of The Kaleidoscope Project, a community-based organization designed to increase find her voice and combine her love for the social and health equity within communities of color. arts and sciences. JOHN A. IKARD John is president and CEO of FirstBank Holding Company in Lakewood, CO, and current chairman of the American Bankers Association (ABA). With total assets in excess $15 billion dollars, FirstBank is the second largest bank in the state of Colorado and one of the largest privately held financial institutions in the country. John started at FirstBank in 1981, and has been president and CEO of FirstBank Holding Company since 1999. John has been a WFCO P.E.P. member since 2009. 6 7 Comcast-WFC2015ad-2.qxp_Comcast-WFC2015ad-2 9/22/15 4:56 PM Page 1 MEDIA SPONSOR MEDIA SPONSOR Comcast is bringing the power of the Internet to more families across Colorado. 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Bell, Stephanie Bruno, Susan Campbell, Louise Atkinson Joan Donner Elsa Holguin Ann Newman Lisa Snider Mary Babson Joan Duncan JoKatherine Holliman Rachel Noel* Sandy Stein Jennifer Colosimo, Colleen Dougherty, Kelley