Last week we got to meet the Soroptimist Women of Distinction at a reception at the Wick (we are loving this new venue in our city, by the way) who will be honored at the breakfast of the same name coming up next week on Oct. 1. It’s a big group, and a very diverse one, from women in the healthcare industry to businesswomen to consultants, attorneys and social workers. Some you will know, others you may not. But they all share one thing in common and that is a genuine desire to help make their community a better place.
Please join us next Wednesday morning at Boca West for this annual breakfast honoring a truly outstanding group of women. For more information, call Judith Hinsch at 561/859-1883 or Deborah Bacarella at 561/239-2300. Tickets are $55, and some seats may still be available.
We will see you there!
And….here are the honorees:
Liliana Abramson, RN, CCM,
Kathy Adams of Project Linus
Martha (Kathy) Bass, Bass Reporting Services and board chair of the St. Laurence Chapel Homeless Day Shelter
Marta Batmasian, local volunteer, philanthropist and co–owner, Investments Limited
Althia Ellis, MPA, Founder/Owner of Thompson-Ellis Consulting and board director of Zonta Club of Deerfield Beach
Annette Failla-Phelps, ABR, CRS, member, Boca Raton Woman’s Club Hope Friedman, founder, Gift of Hope Breast Cancer Foundation
Alina Gagnon, CVS manager and board member, KidSafe
Roxana Garciga, Republic National Distributing Company with involvement in Kids in Distress, Veritage Miami, the Audobon Society, among other groups
Phyllis Green, businesswoman and author of Fired at 50 a Survivor’s Guide to Prosperity, as well as creator, “Clubs for Kids” for the Palm Beaches’ Boys and Girls Clubs
Karen Harwood, MSW, social worker and original member of the Caregiving Youth Project team
Pamela Higer-Polani, JD, chairperson, of the first National Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease in Boca Raton
Victoria Hughes, director, Florida Women’s Business Center
Cathy Johnson, volunteer for Boca Regional and the Hospital’s Christine E. Lynn Women’s Health and Wellness Institute, and Boca Helping Hands
Victoria Karasin, organizer, National Walk to End Alzheimer’s disease and treasurer, Women’s Executive Club Palm Beach County
Beth King, RN, PhD, Slattery Center for Child Development, Boca Helping Hands, Boca Library, Debbie Rand, Junior League and others
Crystal McMillin, CPA, past President of the Junior League of Boca Raton and developer, the JLBR Diaper Bank
Louise Morrell, MD, medical director of the Lynn Cancer Institute and the Morgan Pressel Center for Cancer Genetics
Stacey Mullins, Esq., board member, South Florida Susan G. Komen Foundation and founder, EBC Foundation
Robbin Newman, Esq., Supreme Court Circuit Civil Certified Mediator
Pam O’Brien, MSW, JD, president, and CEO, AVDA
Frances “Betsy” Owen, leadership positions with Rotary, board member, Executive Women of the Palm Beaches and the Children’s Home Society
Renee Plevy, businesswoman, career development specialist and philanthropist
Wendy Poe, chief customer officer at Bluegreen Vacations
Ana Rosacker, MSN, Director of Nursing, Bethesda Hospital West
Philippa “Fina” Reboli , board member, National Society of Arts and Letters
Diane Sawchuk, member, Zonta Club and volunteer at Boca Helping Hands, Habitat for Humanity, Toys for Tots and others
Ashley Sherman, director of marketing, Oceans 234
Donna Greenspan Solomon, JD, principal of Solomon Appeals, Mediation and Arbitration
Denise St. Patrick-Bell, PhD, National Kellogg Fellow, executive director, Boca Raton Children’s Museum
Lowell Van Vechten, public relations and fashion event specialist, co-founder, Boating & Beach Bash for People with Disabilities
Rhoda Warren, co-founder of a recruiting firm and volunteer with Hope House of the Palm Beaches, Jewish Guild for the Blind, WXEL-TV and Florence Fuller Child Development Centers
