West
Palm Beach, Florida – The Women’s Chamber
Foundation will host its Seventh Annual Linking
Women to Learning Scholarship Luncheon on Thursday,
June 10, 2010 at The Cohen Pavilion at the Kravis
Center in West Palm Beach.
This year,
the program features Ms. Margarita Abrishami,
publisher of Vive Magazine, as keynote speaker
and will speak on “One Woman’s Path to
Empowerment. Ms. Abrishami was born in Cuba and
raised in Coral Gables. Ms. Abrishami holds a
Masters degree in International Business Management
and spent 17 years in fashion and beauty industry
culminating with the position of Southeast United
States Regional Director for the Revlon
Corporation.
Ms.
Abrishami is a recipient of the, “Publisher of the
Year Award”, by the Florida Magazine Association: as
well as being an active member and board participant
in many charitable, civic and professional
organizations in South Florida. In 2009, Ms.
Abrishami and her husband founded VIVE Community
Foundation, which fosters the continuing education
and empowerment of women through conferences and
events.
Award
winning news anchor Liz Quirantes will serve as
the Mistress of Ceremonies Ms. Quirantes
joined CBS TV WPEC News 12 in 1991. Since then, she
has received several awards including an Associated
Press Best Series Award for her undercover work in a
report titled “Inside Castro's Cuba." She was
also named Best Female Local TV News Anchor by Palm
Beach Post readers in 2006 and received the 2003
Dandy Award for Community Service by the Advertising
Federation of Palm Beach County.
Fifteen
scholarships will be awarded this year.
The Women’s Chamber Foundation scholarship
recipients include women who have previously
received WCF scholarships, women who are returning
to school and 2010 high school graduates. Their
chosen professional goals range from financial
manager, juvenile defense attorney, pediatrician and
health care professional. Additionally, award
donations have been given by Carl
Domino,Inc.,presented by Michael Dixon, the P.J.
Callahan Foundation, Inc.; and the Merrill G. &
Emita E. Hastings Foundation, Carl Zeiss Vision
presented by Amanda Scarlett, the Gardens Mall
presented by Michele Jacobs and Michael C.
Alexander.
Theresa LePore, Chair of the Women’s Chamber
Foundation, expressed “The
WCF is deeply grateful to those who, through their
generous contributions, have supported the
Foundation in living its
mission to promote opportunities for professional
growth and development to deserving women who want
to optimize their lives through higher education.”
The Women’s Chamber Foundation is honored to have
Margo Kohlhoff and Jennifer Rodriguez as the
Co-Chairwomen
of the 2010 Scholarship Awards Luncheon. Other
committee members include, Carol Dixon, Janelle
Dowley, Sherrie Goldsmith, Sandra Kaplan, Theresa
LePore, Jane Bloom, Leslie Garcia-Furey, and Leah
Miles
Luncheon
tickets: Members and one guest are $50 each,
Non-members: $60, at the Door: $75. Tables of eight
and other sponsorship opportunities are still
available. For purchase information, please
contact Theresa LePore, at 561-684-4523.Sponsorship
forms and additional information may also be
obtained from the website at
www.womenschamberfoundation.org.
About
the Women’s Chamber Foundation
The Women’s Chamber Foundation is the education and
development force of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce
that serves its members and women in the community
by providing financial support, mentoring,
leadership and educational opportunities.
As part of
the mission to promote opportunities for
professional growth and development, the Women's
Chamber Foundation offers scholarship awards
annually to deserving women who want to optimize
their lives through higher education. The Women's
Chamber Foundation's highest priority is raising
funds to support the scholarship program.
The Women’s Chamber Foundation – Linking Women to
Learning