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2011 FWA Annual Dinner Deemed a Success

Woman of the Year
Private Sector
2010-2011
Irene Dorner
President & CEO
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

Woman of the Year
Public/Non-profit Sector
2010-2011
Sylvia Ann Hewlett
Founding President
Center for Work-Life Policy

Rave reviews of the 2011 FWA Annual Dinner and 27th Women of the Year Awards continue to come in from corporate sponsors, FWA members and guests. Nearly 600 people gathered at the Grand Hyatt New York to celebrate 35 years of the FWA of New York Educational Fund and this year's honorees, Irene Dorner, President and CEO of HSBC Bank USA, and Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Founding President of the Center for Work-Life Policy. The honorees each spoke about the importance of mentoring, sponsorship, and helping other women up the corporate ladder.

Click for The Annual Dinner Slideshow

Honoree Addresses (Video and Transcript):
Irene Dorner Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Student Address (Video):
Nancy Mui, Senior Baruch College, CUNY

Visit the Press Room for Media Coverage

The two student speakers, Nancy Mui representing the FWA-Baruch College mentoring program, and Sequenza Williams of the FWA-Murry Bergtraum High School mentoring program each shared their experiences of being mentored by FWA members Mary Greenebaum and Eloner Habtezghi, respectively.

FWA President Susan Ganz kicked off the evening by introducing the distinguished guests on the dais –the two honorees, senior executives representing the 20 firms in the FWA President's Circle, FWA charter member Joan Farr, and Sue Herera of CNBC who emceed the evening.

Pat Cronin, representing BMO Capital Markets, announced that once again the FWA will be a beneficiary of its Equity Through Education Day of Trading in September. BMO Capital Markets supports initiatives to increase diversity in the financial sector and to better prepare students for the workforce. The FWA is grateful for the $1.246 million it has received over the past six years to support undergraduate scholarships and educational programs.

Please visit www.fwaannualdinner.org for a list of the dais guests as well as media coverage from the evening.

Annual Dinner Highlights
Click for - The Annual Dinner Slideshow

(l-r): Honoree Irene Dorner, Honoree Sylvia Ann Hewlett with
Annual Dinner Emcee Sue Herera

(l-r): Annual Dinner Co-chair Isabelle Bordas, Honoree Irene Dorner,
Honoree Sylvia Ann Hewlett, FWA President Susan Ganz,
and Annual Dinner Co-chair Val Simson

Our Distinguished Dais

FWA Past Presidents
(top row, l-r): Barbara Roberts '92, Judy Mellars '06, Susan Greenwood '81,
Joan Shapiro Green '03, Martha Clark Goss '07, Debra Flanz '95, Betsy Werley '02,

(bottom row, l-r): Kristin McDonough '09, Pam Packard '00, Dominique Martinet '98,
Ellen Sills-Levy '84, Marguerite Platt '65-'67, Joan Farr (Founding Member) '58,
Gail Miner '96

Pat Cronin, BMO Capital Markets, presents a generous check from the Equity Through Education program to
FWA Executive Director Nancy Sellar and FWA President Susan Ganz

Sequenza Williams, FWA-Murry Bergtraum High School Mentoring Program Senior
Student Speaker

Nancy Mui, FWA Baruch College, CUNY, Mentoring Program Senior
Student Speaker

Private sector Honoree Irene Dorner accepts the
Woman of the Year Award

Public/Non-profit sector Honoree Sylvia Ann Hewlett accepts the
Woman of the Year Award

FWA Annual Dinner Corporate Sponsors

The FWA is very grateful to its many corporate supporters who attended the dinner and who were represented with ads in our dinner journal. View our sponsors ads and honoree acknowledgements on the annual dinner website: www.fwaannualdinner.org

Platinum President's Circle Sponsor
Citi Deloitte	Prudential
Gold President's Circle Sponsor
Bank of America Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. BNP Paribas BNY Mellon Chartis Colgate-Palmolive Company Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank	Goldman Sachs HSBC The McGraw-Hill Companies Morgan Stanley New York Life RBC Capital Markets TIAA-CREF UBS Wells Fargo Advisors
Corporate Table Sponsor
American Express Bingham McCutchen LLP BMO Capital Markets Bristol-Myers Squibb Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP	Freddie Mac GE Capital Johnson & Johnson Renaissance Technologies LLP TD Securities
FWA Partner
Baruch College Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP	IBM
FWA Champion
The Center for Wealth Preservation	Supporters of Sylvia Ann Hewlett
FWA Supporter
Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis LLP	The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
FWA Friend
Church Pension Group	Klingenstein, Fields & Co., L.L.C.

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Last updated:
July 8, 2011