23rd Annual Power Lunch for Women
Let Power Go to Your Heart
The Citymeals-on-Wheels Power Lunch for Women has taken a permanent slot in the appointment books of New York City’s (and the country’s) leading ladies - in business, politics, entertainment…and the list goes on. For our 23rd year, we will host this must-attend event at Cipriani 42nd Street on Friday, November 20, 2009 at noon.
This annual event began when Citymeals founder Gael Greene and Board member Joan Weill decided to spoof the concept of the power breakfast (largely a male institution) and hold a Power Lunch exclusively for women. Since then the lunch has grown into a networking imperative for the city’s most influential ladies…and the handful of generous men who pay $10,000 for the privilege of joining them. This year we will honor Joan Weill, along with Citymeals Vice Chair Joan Tisch, both extraordinary philanthropists and long-time friends and supporters of the Citymeals mission. Past honorees have included business mavens (Martha Stewart, Lynda Resnick, Sallie Krawcheck, Lillian Vernon) and fashion and beauty’s brightest (Diane von Furstenberg, Bobbi Brown), as well as the founding forces behind the lunch, icons of their respective fields (Barbara Walters, Liz Smith, Beverly Sills, Jessye Norman, Gloria Steinem). With an illustrious guest list from years past including Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Renee Zellweger, Katie Couric, Evelyn Lauder, Elaine Stritch, Geraldine Ferraro, Edie Falco, Bebe Neuwirth and Kathleen Turner, this event has garnered millions for New York City’s invisible neighbors. Last year alone, the event raised a record breaking $1.5 million – enough to provide over 230,000 nutritious meals to our city’s homebound elderly.
The 23rd Annual Power Lunch for Women promises to keep this successful tradition alive. While this event is by invitation only, if you are interested or have a “power woman” you would like to nominate, please contact Emily Cleveland in the Special Events office at (212) 687-1290 or emily@citymeals.org.
- Date:
- Friday, November 20, 2009
- Time:
- 12:00-2:00PM
- Location:
- Cipriani 42nd Street (110 East 42nd Street between Park and Lexington Avenues)
- Honorees:
- Joan Tisch, Co-Owner, New York Giants & Vice Chair, Citymeals; Joan Weill, Chairman, Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation Theater & President Emeritus, Citymeals
- Emcee:
- Paula Zahn
- Special Performance:
- Kate Baldwin, currently starring in Finian’s Rainbow on Broadway
- Tickets:
- by invitation only (nominations are welcome) $350-$10,000 for Women
Event Contact:
Emily Cleveland
emily@citymeals.org