Shattering the Glass Ceiling

Honoring Inspirational Women Around the Globe

November 20, 2008 – The Metropolitan Club

Honorees

  • Katie Couric, Emcee and Honoree, Anchor and Managing Editor CBS Evening News
  • President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia
  • Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States Senator
  • Sara Miller-McCune, Philanthropist and Founder of SAGE Publications
  • Honorable Callista Chimombo, Minister of Tourism, Wildlife, and Culture, Republic of Malawi
  • Fran Weissler, Broadway Producer
  • Helen Thomas, Journalist and first woman officer of the White House Press Corps
  • Senator Olympia Snowe, United States Senator
  • Muriel Siebert, First Woman Member of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Honorable Marjorie Nguanje, Member of Parliament and Former Minister of Health, Republic of Malawi

with Special Guests
Geraldine Ferraro and Gloria Steinem

and Performance by
Jane Condon, Finalist on Last Comic Standing

Event Details

November 20, 2008
7 PM VIP Reception, Governor’s Room
8 PM Dinner, President’s Ballroom
The Metropolitan Club
5th Avenue and 60th Street, New York, New York

Tickets

Platinum Sponsor $10,000
10 dinner seats, 5 VIP reception tickets, special donor recognition

Gold Sponsor $5,000
5 dinner seats, 2 VIP reception tickets, special donor recognition

Silver Sponsor $1,500
1 dinner seat, 1 VIP reception ticket

Friend of WCI $500
1 dinner seat

Women’s Campaign International is a 501 (c) 3 organization. Your contribution to this event is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. The value of dinner ($250) and the value of the VIP reception ($150) are not tax deductible.

Sponsors – Please respond by November 10 to guarantee appearance in the program.

Purchase tickets now online

For additional questions, please contact Jocelyn Braddock at 215-387-2602 or jocelyn {at} womenscampaigninternational.org

Host Committee

  • Barbara Baumstein
  • Madeline Blinder
  • Kim Carmel
  • Diane Cucchi
  • Eileen Eck
  • David Eisenhower
  • Adelaide Ferguson
  • Penny Gerber
  • Ronni Ginott
  • Lynne Gold-Bikin
  • Jill Iscol
  • Phylis Litvin
  • Cara Manket
  • Le Heh Margolies
  • Melissa Maxman
  • Kate McGinley
  • Marc Mezvinsky
  • Kathleen Murphy
  • Lois Murphy
  • Sara Nichols
  • Susan Nickelson
  • Sharon Patrick
  • Amy and Vu Pham
  • Marciarose Shestack
  • Renee Ring
  • Liz Robbins
  • Sue Rubel
  • Barbara-Jo Saler
  • Carol Scheman
  • Nancy Shuman
  • Susan Segal
  • Jeff Slavin
  • Hether Smith
  • Ken Smukler
  • Stephanie and Richard Stern
  • Jon Stiklorius
  • Marna Tucker
  • Holly Werth
  • Maggie Williams
  • Elizabeth Vale

Congressional Host Committee

  • Honorable Maria Cantwell
  • Honorable Diane DeGette
  • Honorable Rosa DeLauro
  • Honorable Karan English
  • Honorable Jo Ann Emerson
  • Honorable Anna G. Eshoo
  • Honorable Jane Harman
  • Honorable Amy Klobuchar
  • Honorable Barbara Lee
  • Honorable Zoe Lofgren
  • Honorable Nita Lowey
  • Honorable Carolyn Maloney
  • Honorable Betty McCollum
  • Honorable Sue Myrick
  • Honorable Grace Napolitano
  • Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton
  • Honorable Deborah Pryce
  • Honorable Allyson Y. Schwartz
  • Honorable Carol Shea-Porter
  • Honorable Louise M. Slaughter
  • Honorable Hilda M. Solis
  • Honorable Karen Thurman
  • Honorable Maxine Waters
  • Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz

and

  • Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker-Knoll
  • Governor Christine Gregoire

The Men Who Supported Us Often and Early On and Deserve to be Protected When the Revolution Comes…

  • Senator Joe Biden
  • Governor Corzine
  • Lewis Katz
  • Jim Leitner
  • Rob McCord
  • Senator Arlen Specter
  • Jon Stiklorius
  • Greg Weiber