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Dress For Success International CEO Joi Gordon

Is Featured Speaker At 37th Annual

Women In Leadership Awards Luncheon

Executive Women women by giving them the tools they need to achieve successful community events. Since 1983, the event has
of the Palm Beaches lifelong economic independence. raised over $850,000 to support young women in Palm
Foundation will host Over the past 20 years, Gordon has been honored Beach County pursuing dreams of a college education
the 37th Women In with numerous civic and community service awards. and to support girls and women in need in the community
Leadership Awards She has been profiled in Crain’s New York Business, through community impact grants.
virtually on April 30, Financial Times, Epoch Times, Black Enterprise, Working Proceeds from the WILA luncheon provide scholarships
from 12 to 1 p.m. with Mother Magazine, and Network Journal Magazine. Most to young women in Palm Beach County.
featured speaker Joi recently, she received recognition from the University of Sponsors to date include: Community Leader: FPL;
Gordon, Dress for Oklahoma, which presented her with its second highest Philanthropist: Frances Fisher; Media Sponsors: Hubbard
Success International honor, the Regents’ Alumni Award. Gordon received her Radio South Florida and The Palm Beach Post; Patrons:
chief executive Bachelor of Arts in radio/television broadcasting from Wilmington Trust – M & T Charitable Foundation and
officer. the University of Oklahoma and her juris doctorate from HBKS Wealth Advisors; Lunch Sponsor: BOLAY; Friends
Gordon joined its college of law. of WILA: Dorothy Bradshaw, Virginia Spencer and Palm
Dress for Success in For nearly 40 years, the Cynthia Allen Gracey Women Beach Atlantic University; Student Table Sponsor: Trudy
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1999 and took over in Leadership Awards (WILA) have been given to Crowetz and Morgan Stanley; Champion Sponsors: Natalie
leadership of Dress for exemplary women who have demonstrated extraordinary M. Alvarez – Key Private Bank, Eunice Baros Law, LLC,
Success Worldwide achievements and leadership in the nonprofit, private, Minx Boren, Dari Bowman, Amy Brand, Jessica Cecere,
in 2002. Her primary goals are to ensure that Dress public and volunteer sectors. This year WILA also will Jessica Clasby, Jo-Ann Clynch, Lena D’Amico, Sailynn
for Success becomes recognized as a global leader honor an emerging leader. Doyle, Joyce Elden, Angie Francalancia, Michele Gurto,
in empowering women in their economic and social The WILA honorees are: Volunteer Sector – Natalie Cecilia Hudnet, Lisa Huertas, Kae Jonson, Trish Lowry,
development and expanding the organization’s reach – so M. Alvarez, vice president, regional team leader, Key Denise Mariani, Monica Manolas, Katie Newitt, Charlotte
that more and more women across the globe will have Private Bank; Nonprofit Sector – Renee E. Layman, CEO, Pelton, Cheryll R. Plotkin, Judie B. Rappaport, Marcella
access to the resources and tools they need to succeed in Center for Child Counseling; Private Sector – Bridget Scherer, Yolanda Sheppard, Denise Valz and Jessica
the workplace. Berry, shareholder, Greenberg Traurig; Public Sector – Wood.
Under Gordon’s leadership, Dress for Success Dorothy Jacks, Palm Beach County property appraiser; Sponsorship opportunities are available for the Women
Worldwide has expanded from a single brick and mortar and Emerging Leader – Lauren Whetstone, shareholder, In Leadership Awards luncheon. Tickets are $75 each. To
location in Manhat tan to a global entity, spanning across Greenberg Traurig. Kae Jonson serves as the 2021 WILA RSVP visit https://ewpb.org/event-4145914.
160 cities in 30 countries and serving over one million chair, and Terry Gearing is the honorary chair. For more information, email info@ewpb.org or call
The Women in Leadership Awards is one of the (561) 868-7070.
Executive Women of the Palm Beaches Foundation’s
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