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(NEW YORK, NEW
YORK – June 18th, 2019) The Women’s Forum of New Yorkhosted
the 9th Annual Elly Awards Luncheon benefiting The
Education Fund of the Women’s Forum on Monday, June 17th, at
The Plaza Hotel in New York City. The awards, named for the
Women’s Forum founder Elinor Guggenheimer, honor
outstanding women leaders. This year marked the 32nd anniversary
of the Education Fund of the Women's Forum, which has helped
over 260 women, age 35 and over, whose lives have been disrupted
by extreme adversity, complete their college degrees.
The 2019 Elly Award
Recipients were:
· Katie
Couric, award
winning journalist, producer, New York Times bestselling
author, cancer advocate, podcast host, documentary filmmaker,
and former co-anchor of the Today Show on NBC.
· Congresswoman
Eleanor Holmes Norton, representative
for the District of Columbia and former Professor of Law at
Georgetown University.
· Muriel
Fox,
Board Chair of Veteran Feminists of America and former Executive
Vice-President of Carl Byoir & Associates.
Linda A.
Willett, President of the Women’s Forum of New York, gave
opening remarks and introduced Barbara
Marcus, President of the Education Fund, who
discussed the Education Fund and introduced this year’s
Education Fellows.
Mika Brzezinski,
MSNBC Co-Host of Morning Joe and Founder, Know
Your Value, gave
keynote remarks.
This year’s Elly
Award presenters were Linda A. Willett,
who presented the Icon Award to Katie Couric in
absentia; Marcy Syms, Vice President of the Women’s Forum, who presented
the Elly Award to Muriel Fox; and Congresswoman
Carolyn B. Maloney who
presented the Elly Award to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes
Norton.
Congresswoman Carolyn
B. Maloney and Daryl Roth were Co-Chairs of
the 2019 Elly Awards. Both women are past honorees of
the Elly Award.
Cheryl Wills,
Emmy Award winning anchor for Spectrum News NY1 Live at
Tenand host of the public affairs talk show In
Focus with Cheryl Wills, moderated a conversation
on leadership with honoree Eleanor Holmes Norton following
the presentation of the awards.
“The Women’s
Forum of New York is comprised of the most accomplished and
successful women in the city from every professional sector. We
know from our own success how critical education is, so our
Education Fund is one way we 'give back' – helping women age 35
and over whose lives have been disrupted by extreme adversity
complete their education and get their lives back on track. We
hope we inspire them, because their dreams, drive, and
determination certainly inspire us.” –
Linda A. Willett, President
of the Women’s Forum of New York.
“The Education
Fund of the Women’s Forum has transformed lives, influenced
families, and improved communities. Launched thirty-two years
ago to help other women realize their dream of a college
education, The Education Fund has awarded over $1.8 million in
financial awards to over 260 women to help them return to
school, earn their degree, and take their place in the
professional work world. Many of these women have overcome very
difficult circumstances to realize their dream of a college
education. We are proud to support their efforts.” –
Barbara Marcus,
President, The Education Fund of the Women’s Forum.
VIPs who attended the
event included: New York Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul,
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Liz Neumark, Joan Haffenreffer,
Daisey Holmes, Rikki Klieman, Doris Meister, Jonelle Procope,
Deirdre Quinn, Ann Sarnoff, Marcy Syms, and Deborah
Trudeau.
About The Women’s Forum
of New York:
The Women’s Forum of New
York is an invitation-only organization of more than 500 women
representing the highest levels of achievement across all
professional sectors and spheres of influence in our city.
Founded in 1974, when
women were first entering the executive ranks, today’s Women
Forum members are recognized among New York’s thought leaders,
influencers, trailblazers, policymakers, change agents, power
brokers, innovators, icons, creators, and business builders.
Forum membership
provides extraordinary women with the opportunity to network
with a diverse array of peers, to help one another succeed, and
to share unique experiences. We believe the potential for
cross-collaboration among our diverse membership and generations
of members ignites progress and transformation for all of us.
About The Education Fund of
the Women’s Forum of New York:
The Education
Fund is
the educational and charitable arm of The Women’s Forum of New
York, established under a separate corporate governance as a
501(c)(3) tax deductible organization. Since 1987, the Fund has
provided financial awards to women 35 and over who have
demonstrated high potential and faced extreme adversity which
has disrupted their education and derailed their futures. These
women fall outside the scope of most traditional scholarship
programs and these awards help them complete their education and
get their careers and lives back on track. Funding is provided
by member donation and an annual fundraising event, The Elly
Awards Luncheon, which honors outstanding women leaders. To
date, the Education Fund of the
Women’s Forum has raised over $1.8 million, enabling us
to assist more than 260 women in relaunching their lives
and becoming role models for their families.
For more
information about The Women’s Forum of New York go to: https://www.womensforumny.org/ |