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New York, NY - UJA-Federation
of New York's Professional Women's Philanthropy hosted Women
of Influence: The Event to honor four remarkable women for
their professional and philanthropic accomplishments and for
being role models for future generations of professional
women: Elana Drell-Szyfer, chief executive officer,
AHAVA North America and
deputy chief executive officer, AHAVA Dead Sea Laboratories;
Bonnie Fuller,
founding president and editor-in-chief, HollywoodLife.com;
Leandra Medine,
author and founder, The Man Repeller;
and Charlotte
Ronson, fashion designer. The
event took place on Tuesday, May 7th, at JW Marriott
Essex House New York in
Manhattan.
Bianna
Golodryga ,
Good Morning America weekend co-anchor and ABC News
Business correspondent, served as emcee, and Donny
Deutsch, advertising executive and television
personality, moderated a panel discussion with the honorees
about their careers and
issues affecting women in the workforce.
The event was chaired by Maggie Gallant, Patricia
Miller, and Lyss Stern. Guests included
Yigal Azrouël,
Claire Distenfeld, Ann Dexter-Jones, Ramy Sharp,
Shoshanna Gruss, Dani Stahl, Erez Sabag,
Alison Brod, Keri Glassman, Tanya
Zuckerbrot, and more.
Women of Influence: The Event ticket proceeds go to UJA-Federation
of New York's annual campaign that helps sustain a network
of nearly 100 health and human-service agencies in New York,
in Israel, and around the world. Additional donations go to
the Women's Enterprise Action Loan Fund, a program
administered by the Thypin Oltchick Institute for Women's
Entrepreneurship at FEGS Health & Human Services, a
beneficiary of UJA-Federation
of New York.
About UJA-Federation of New York
For more than 90 years, UJA-Federation has been a central
force for communal planning and philanthropy in the
New York Jewish community.
Through UJA-Federation, almost 60,000 donors pool their
resources to help people in need, inspire a passion for
Jewish life and learning, and strengthen Jewish communities
around the world ? to address the issues that matter to us
most as Jews and as New Yorkers. Working with nearly 100
network beneficiary agencies, synagogues, and other Jewish
organizations, our reach spans from New York to Israel to
more than 70 other countries around the world, touching 4.5
million people each year. Because we do the most good when
we do it together. For more information on
how to donate
or how to volunteer, please visit our website at
http://www.ujafedny.org.
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