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Over 200 attend
The 11th Annual Work Life Matters Gala
Honoring Top Companies for LGBT Equality
at Club 101 in New York City
(New York, New York, October 25th, 2013) –
Work Life Matters Magazine held
the 11th
Annual Work Life Matters Gala honoring Top Companies for
LGBT Equality on
October 24th, 2013 at Club 101 in New York City. Lori
Sokol, Ph.D., Founder & Publisher of Work
Life Matters Magazine, hosted
the event with over 200 VIPs ranging from corporate
executives, performing
artists, celebrities, philanthropists, authors, models,
entrepreneurs, TV news media, and activists.
Lori Sokol,
Contributing Writer for The Huffington Post and Board
Chair of Women's eNews,
is one of
the nation’s most influential writers and editors covering
women’s issues, politics, business, and LGBT issues.
Marie C. Wilson, Co-founder
of Take Our Daughters to Work Day, Founder & President
Emerita The White House Project & Ms. Foundation for Women,
and Mel Wymore, former New York City Council
Candidate, were the Keynote Speakers at the
event.
The Top
14 Companies honored by Work Life Matters Magazine for their
Pioneering Leadership in LGBT Equality for 2013 included: Avon,
CVS Caremark, Dechert LLP, Discovery Communications, Eli
Lilly, Intel, MasterCard, MetLife, Microsoft, Morgan
Stanley, New York Life, TD Bank, United Airlines and Wells
Fargo.
All of the honorees are profiled in the Fall 2013 special
awards issue of Work Life Matters Magazine which debuted at
the Gala.
This was the third consecutive year that the magazine
specifically honored top companies for implementing and
supporting LGBT equality programs and practices throughout
their organizations. This is the second year in a row that
Discovery Communications, Eli Lilly, Microsoft,
and
New York Life,
were honored for their contributions to LGBT equality.
Past honorees include:
Alcoa, BASF
Corporation, Bright Horizons Family Solutions,
Campbell Soup
Company, Credit Suisse, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLC., ESPN,
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP,
KPMG,
NBCUniversal,
Orbitz Worldwide,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, The New York Times, and
Unilever.
In addition to Lori Sokol, Marie C. Wilson and
Mel Wymore, VIP attendees included:
Mark Tallman, Star of the
hit series "In Between Men," "Single Ladies," & "Damages;"
Tamsen Fadal,
Emmy winning Anchor of PIX 11 News; Scott Stanford,
Co-Anchor, PIX 11 News; Nick Mathews, Star of “In
Between Men”; Chase Coleman, Star of the hit series
“In Between Men;” Jennifer Gelfer, Actress, Director,
Co-Executive Producer & Director of "In Between Men;"
Quincy Morris, Executive Producer & Creator of "In
Between Men;" Brice Mousset, Artistic director &
founder of the acclaimed dance company OUI DANSE; Lakey
Wolff, Talent Agent, Cunningham Escott Slevin Doherty
Talent Agency (CESD);
Erik Bottcher, Assistant
Deputy Director of Community Outreach New York City Council;
Lois Braverman, President & CEO Ackerman Institute
for the Family; Lauren Logiudice,
Actress/Writer; Timothy Mandala, 30 Rock, The Ropes &
All My Children; Aryn Cole, The Sisters Plotz , Ugly
Betty, All My Children; Camilla Barungi,
Model/Entrepreneur/Activist of "Project Runway" fame;
Javier Gomez, Noted fine art photographer/Activist;
Candace Johnson, Author & television personality,
"Sleeping with MANHattan;" Stacey Tisdale, Business
Correspondent, Al Jazeera America; Levi Wilson,
Actor, "The Sisters Plotz;" Lisa Ferber, Playwright,
visual artist, screenwriter, story writer, lyricist &
Creator of The Sisters Plotz; Josh Folan, "What Would
Bears Do?," "All God's Creatures," "All My Children," "One
Life to Live;"
Lisa Hammer,
Filmmaker, actress, composer & singer, The Sister Plotz;
Wendy Diamond,
Publisher of Animal Fair Media/Philanthropist/Television
Personality;
Linda Stein,
noted sculptor, curator, lecturer, and writer.
ABOUT WORK LIFE MATTERS MAGAZINE:
Work Life Matters Magazine is a national business
publication that provides news and analysis about the
corporate, public and social issues inherent in the quest
for achieving effective work life balance on behalf of our
nation’s workforce. Published since 2002, the publication
annually pays tribute to companies that serve as leaders in
their respective fields by providing innovative and
effective work/life balance programs and policies for their
employees. www.lorisokolphd.com
Dr. Sokol is also the host of the radio show ' Work Life
Matters with Dr. Lori Sokol' broadcast live on WGCH 1490 AM.
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