On Tuesday, May 25th, 100+ AWNY members gathered in the Microsoft-MSN Conference center for an eventful evening of networking, new board member introductions and a word from our beloved outgoing president Mary Morgan about her wonderful experiences leading as AWNY President.
The evening began with welcoming remarks by Event Co-chairs Elizabeth Czech and Molly Aaker. Welcoming remarks were followed by outgoing President Mary Morgan, VP Publisher of Redbook speaking about her two years as President of AWNY. She reminded us that as an organization, we are approaching an exciting time, our 100th Year Anniversary in 2012. Following Mary, Liz Schroeder, Executive Director of AWNY & Chair of the AWNY Foundation, presented the Foundation Award. Over the years, the AWNY Foundation has given $375K in donations to charity. A portion of all AWNY events goes to our Foundation whose mission is “to cater to the needs of women and children in the New York metropolitan area. This year the foundation gave $33K to charity. The recipients included the Dwelling Place, Girls for Gender Equity and eight schools received scholarships. In addition, four bags of pajamas were collected for the Pajama Program and five bags of food for the Food Bank of NY.
Following the awards, Beth Reeves, Managing Director Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson & Co-chair of the nominating committee introduced the new AWNY Board of Directors for 2010-2011. The introductions were followed by the distribution of raffle prizes and closing remarks. Finally, we had the rest of the evening to network. On a personal note, a fellow Marketing Committee member introduced me to her mentee who I still keep in touch with. I mention this because it demonstrates that getting involved in a committee or the mentoring program is one of the best ways to make quality connections and fully utilize your AWNY Membership. On that note, hope to see everyone at the next event!
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