WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The Women’s Foundation
of Palm Beach County will
host its sixth annual Raise the Bar
networking and cocktail event on
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
at the Raymond F. Kravis
Center for the Performing Arts, Cohen
Pavilion. Each year almost 500
business leaders, legal professionals and
elected officials attend this
highly anticipated evening, which benefits
Women’s Foundation leadership
programs.
Funds raised at the event Chaired by Nicole
Atkinson from Gunster and
Jennifer Schaffer from Florida Power and
Light with Presenting Sponsor
Office Depot Foundation, support all of the
Women’s Foundation programs
empowering women and girls throughout Palm
Beach County. Programs include
Women on the Run, a non-partisan year long
training to encourage women to
run for elected office; Girls Leadership
Institute/STEM Academy to broaden
underserved girls interest in science,
technology, engineering and math,
along with numerous other professional
development programs for women
across the county.
Tickets are $50, which includes wine, beer
and hors d’oeuvres. For more
information and to purchase tickets, visit
www.womensfoundationpbc.org.
The 2016 Raise the Bar is Chaired by Nicole
K. Atkinson, shareholder at
Gunster, and Jennifer Schaffer, Senior
Manager Project Manager for Florida
Power and Light. The emcee for the evening
will be Liz Quirantes, CBS 12
news anchor.
Additional co-chairs for the 2016 Raise the
Bar event include: Sia
Baker-Barnes, Searcy, Denney, Scarola,
Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., Robin
Bresky, Law Offices of Robin Bresky, Marta
Casas-Celaya, Comcast, William
Cea, Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., Peter
Chiabotti, Akerman LLP, Vincent
Cuomo, Esquire Bank, Michelle Diffenderfer,
Lewis Longman, & Walker, P.A.,
Gary Lesser, Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith
PLLC, Jessica Callow Mason,
Office Depot, Michelle Oyola McGovern, Adam
Rabin, McCabe Rabin, P.A.,
Brittny Quinn, The O’Donnell Agency Wendy
Sartory Link Ackerman Link &
Sartory, P.A. Cathleen Scott, Scott Wagner
and Associates, P.A., Judith
Selzer, Women’s Foundation of Palm Beach
County, Sarah Shullman, Dr.
Sylvia Siegfried, Palm Beach Obstetrics &
Gynecology.
Presenting Sponsor is the Office Depot
Foundation
Grand Sponsors include Florida Power and
Light and Comcast
Advocate Sponsors include Gunster, Searcy
Denney Scarola Barnhart &
Shipley P.A. and the Palm Beach County Bar
Association North County
Section
Mentor Sponsors include Becker & Poliakoff,
Cendyn Spaces, Greenspoon
Marder Law, Legal Graphicworks, Lesser Lesser
Landy & Smith PLLC, Lewis
Longman & Walker P.A., O’Donnell Agency, Palm
Beach Obstetrics and
Gynecology, and Siegfried, Rivera, Hyman,
Lerner, De La Torre, Mars &
Sobel, P.A
Sponsors accurate as of 2/22/16
The Women’s Foundation of Palm Beach County
was founded in 2007 by a group
of local leaders who share a commitment to
investing in women and girls
and working to positively affect their
economic, political, and social
status. For more information, visit
www.womensfoundationpbc.org |