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Parties of Your Choice Gala 2010: Dinner Party Information



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Dinner 1 - By Brad Steelman, The River Cafe Modern American


Hosts

Marjorie & Michael Loeb
Upper East Side
72nd Street & Madison Avenue


Co-Hosts

Margaret Loeb
Debra Cooper
Edie Fraser
Dr. Gail Furman
Sybil Shainwald

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Kathleen Carr
President, Cardinal Bank

Jane Hamsher
Founder & Publisher, Firedoglake.com; Co-Producer, Natural Born Killers; Author, Killer Instinct

Christie Hefner
Longest-serving female CEO in US History and Director of Center for American Progress Action Fund

Carol Jenkins
Founding President & Board Member Emerita, Women's Media Center; Emmy® Award-Winning Journalist & Activist

Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
Democratic Representative, NY-14

Kate Michelman
President Emerita, NARAL Pro-Choice America; Women's Leader & Author

Philip Scheffler
Emmy® Award-Winning former Executive Editor, 60 Minutes

Buzzy O’Keefe
Owner, The River Cafe

Representative Kim McMillan
WCF-Endorsed Candidate for Governor, TN

Darcy Burner
Executive Director, American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation, WCF Class of 2006 and 2008


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Hosts

Wendy & Hugh Levey
Upper East Side
73rd Street & Fifth Avenue


Co-Hosts

Tamara Kreinin
Renee Ring & Paul Zofnass

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Geraldine Fabrikant
Senior Writer, Business Day, The New York Times

Donna Hanover
WOR Radio Contributor; Former First Lady of the City of New York; Actress

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio
Democrat, New York City

Congresswoman Marcia Fudge
Democratic Representative, OH-11

Charles Nolan
Designer

Patricia Russo
First Vice President, The Women's Campaign School at Yale University

Candace L. Straight
Co-Chair, Republican Majority for Choice; Co-Founder and Treasurer, The WISH List

Debbie Walsh
Director, Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers' Eagleton Institute of Politics

Councilwoman Beth Krom
WCF-Endorsed Candidate for Congress, CA-48

Andrew Tobias
Author


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Hosts

Mary & Peter Max
Upper West Side
65th Street & Columbus Avenue


Co-Hosts

Jane Greenspun Gale
Betsey Wood
Sharon Patrick

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick
Democratic Representative, AZ-01

Nan Aron
President, Alliance for Justice

Adam Bonin
Chairman of the Board, Netroots Nation, largest political blogger organization in the country

Amy Ferris
Author, Marrying George Clooney

Nichola Gutgold
Author, Paving the Way for Madam President; Professor, Pennsylvania State University

Alex Jamieson
Holistic Health Counselor, Author & Chef

Rita Henley Jensen
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women's eNews

Jennifer Weiner
Author, In Her Shoes

Claire Weisz
Award-Winning Green Architect & Principal, WXY Architecture

Jocelyn Benson
WCF-Endorsed Candidate for Secretary of State, MI

Rosemary Palmer
WCF-Endorsed Candidate for State House, OH-16

Moby
Musician


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Hosts

Felicia & Robert Lipson
Upper East Side
69th Street & Lexington Avenue


Co-Hosts

Julie & Bruce Menin
Lauren Mitchell & Michael David

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Hendrik Hertzberg
Senior Editor, The New Yorker

Silda Wall Spitzer
Former First Lady of New York State; Founder & Chair, Children for Children

Michael David
President, Tony® Award-Winning Dodger Theatrical Productions, Inc.

Secretary of State Deb Markowitz
Democratic Candidate for Governor, VT

Julie Menin
Host, WNBC's "Give & Take"

Krystal Ball
WCF-Endorsed Candidate for Congress, VA-01

Council Member Dan Garodnick
Democratic Representative, NYC-04


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Hosts

Leah Abraham & Antonio Settepani
Harlem
125th Street & Fifth Avenue


Co-Hosts

Linda Frankenbach & Hendrik Kranenburg
Margaret “Maggie” Kavalaris
Colette Michaan
Eric Woods

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Chester Higgins Jr.
Photographer, The New York Times

Dr. Max Gomez
Emmy® Award Winning Medical Journalist, WCBS-TV

Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever
Director, Research, Public Policy, & Information Center, National Council of Negro Women

Hannah Richert
Director of the Immediate Office of the President , The Clinton Presidential Center

Eleanor Smeal
Co-Founder & President, Feminist Majority Foundation

Clyde Williams
Political Director, Democratic National Committee

Robin Kelly
WCF-endorsed Candidate for State Treasurer, IL

Gail Brewer
New York City Council Member


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Hosts

Yael & Nick Jekogian
Upper East Side
84th Street & Third Avenue


Co-Hosts

Cynthia Drew

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Councilwoman Jessica Lappin
Democratic Representative, NYC-5

Barbara Walsh
Tony®Nominated Actress, Hairspray, Falsettos, Nine

Alexander Chaplin
Actor, Spin City & The Basketball Diaries

Nancy Garfinkel
Co-Author, The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship

Andrea Dew Steele
Founder & President, Emerge America

Hilary Klotz Steinman
Documentary Filmmaker, Including Emmy®Award-Winning The Pill

Joan N. Stern
Distinguished Public Finance Attorney

Barbara Ann Radnofsky
WCF-endorsed Candidate for Attorney General, TX

Julia Levy
Executive Director, Roundabout Theatre Company

Susan Bernfield
Artistic Director, New Georges


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Hosts

Cathy Ann Cramer
Upper West Side
89th Street & Central Park West


Co-Hosts

Wendy Mackenzie & Alexander Cortesi
Helen Rosenthal & Carmen Marino

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Jennifer L. Lawless
Director, Women & Politics Institute, Author, It Takes a Candidate: Why Women Don't Run for Office

Jill Kargman
Author, Momzillas

Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava
Republican Representative, NY-122

Susannah Wellford Shakow, Esq.
Founder & President, Running Start; Co-Founder & Senior Advisor, Women Under 40 PAC (WUFPAC)

Gloria Totten
President, Progressive Majority

Terri Sewell
WCF-endorsed Candidate for Congress, AL-07

Barbara Lee
Founder & Chair, Barbara Lee Family Foundation

Congresswoman Betsy Markey
Democratic Representative, CO-4

Stacey Newman
Democratic State Representative, MO-73


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Hosts

Deborah & Jason McManus
SoHo
West Broadway Between Spring & Prince


Co-Hosts

Georgia Berner
Elsa Limbach

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Martin Josman
Director, The National Chorale

Kirstin Downey
Award-Winning Journalist & Author, The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins

Elizabeth Hamburg
Entreprenurial Expert & Host, WOR Radio's Launchpad

Judith LaBelle
President, Glynwood Farm

John “Rick” MacArthur
President & Publisher, Harper's Magazine

Terry O’Neill
President, National Organization for Women

Penny Kotterman
WCF-endorsed Candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, AZ

Elaine Marshall
WCF-endorsed Candidate for Senate, NC


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Dinner 9 - By Nobu Fifty Seven, New Style Japanese


Hosts

Cathy & Marc Lasry
Upper East Side
74th Street & Fifth Avenue


Co-Hosts

Rosina Rubin & Jeff Rose
Cristyne Nicholas
Kalah Auchincloss

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Ken Dashow
Rock DJ, Q104.3-FM

Jehmu Greene
President, Women's Media Center

Oskar Eustis
Artistic Director, The Public Theater

Kerry Healey
Former Republican Lt. Governor, MA; Co-chair, Political Parity Project

Dr. Deborah C. Peel
Founder & Chair, Patient Privacy Rights

Ellen Kuras
Award-Winning Director/Cinematographer including Academy Award® winning film The Betrayal

Mary Glassman
WCF-Endorsed Candidate for Governor, CT


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Hosts

Marcia & David Sudolsky
Upper West Side
88th Street & Columbus Avenue


Co-Hosts

Patti Kenner

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Celinda Lake
President, Lake Research Partners; Pollster & Democratic Political Strategist

Digby
Blogger, Hullabaloo; Influential Progressive Commentator

Joan Hamburg
Award-Winning Consumer Affairs Journalist and Broadcaster, WOR Radio

Elizabeth “Liz” Shuler
Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO, Highest-ranking woman in the union movement

Joan Fitz Gerald
President, America Votes, WCF Class of 2008

Lois Herr
WCF-Endorsed Candidate for Congress, PA-16


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Hosts

Lifetime Networks
Chelsea
15th Street & Eighth Avenue


Co-Hosts

Lorelie “Lorie” Masters

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Ellen Archer
President & Publisher, Hyperion Books and VOICE

Cathie Black
President, Hearst Magazines

Joanna Coles
Editor-in-Chief, Marie Claire

Ellen Levine
Editorial Director, Hearst Magazines

Congressman Jerrold Nadler
Democratic Representative, NY-08

Sherri Shepherd
Co-Host, ABC's "The View"

Andrea Wong
President & CEO, Lifetime Networks

Michelle Ebanks
President, Essence Communications

Vivienne Tam
Designer

Regina Calcaterra
WCF-Endorsed Candidate for State Senate, NY-01

Crisanta Duran
Democratic Candidate for State House, CO-05


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Hosts

Leslie Cornfeld & Bill Etkin
Upper East Side
95th Street & Park Avenue


Co-Hosts

Marcia Nirenstein
Melinda Wolfe & Ken Inadomi

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Donna Orender
President, Women's National Basketball Association

District Attorney Kathleen Rice
Democratic District Attorney, Nassau County, NY

Rebecca Traister
Senior Writer, Salon.com

David Andelman
Former Correspondent, New York Times & CBS; Author, A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today

Joan B. Hornig
Jewelry Designer & Philanthropist

Heather Beaven
WCF-Endorsed Candidate for Congress, FL-07

Marcia Greenberger
Co-President, National Women's Law Center

Governor Jack Markell
Democratic Governor, DE


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Hosts

Susan L. Taylor
Trump Place
70th Street & Riverside Boulevard


Co-Hosts

Norma Jean Darden
Marti & Greg Rosenbaum
Cynthia Strauss & Harry Sherr

 
Special Guests    Read Bios

Gloria Feldt
Former President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Best Selling Co-Author, Send Yourself Roses

Paul Gleicher
Founder and President, Gleicher Design Group, an award-winning architectural and eco-sensitive interior design firm

Councilwoman Stephanie Hausner
Democratic Councilwoman, Clarkstown, NY

Swanee Hunt
Former Ambassador, Austria; Founding Director, Women and Public Policy Program

Jeff Pash
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, National Football League

Lisa Sharkey
Senior Vice President and Director of Creative Development for HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide

Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner
WCF-Endorsed Candidate for Senate, OH

Ann McLane Kuster
WCF-Endorsed Candidate for Congress, NH-02

Marie C. Wilson
President, White House Project

Robin Kelly
WCF-endorsed Candidate for State Treasurer, IL


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