Ladder to The Top
September 23, 2010
Give WOMEN a ladder to the TOP.
It’s time to SHATTER that glass ceiling!
Join WCF for an EVENING of empowering WOMEN:
First, celebrate women’s leadership on the Hill and beyond at our Hail to the Chiefs Reception. Held from 6:00-7:30pm, at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, this tradition shines the spotlight on the talented women Chiefs of Staff on the Hill who support our leading members of Congress. Tickets: $100.
The reception will also feature the DC premiere of WCF's original Voices from the Ladder performance piece.
Then, at 7:30pm, you can proceed to the Dinner Party of Your Choice, at which you will dine with WCF-Endorsed Candidates, Chiefs of Staff, and members of Congress in extraordinary women-owned restaurants around our nation’s capital. Tickets: $500 (includes Reception admission).
Dinner details: Click on each dinner to see the special guests and restaurant details.
Dinner 1 - Hosted at Restaurant Nora
Click here to buy your tickets now.
Reception only: $100
Reception and Dinner: $500.
**Seats at the Dinner Parties are limited.**
If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Glover, WCF Events and Scheduling Manager, at 202-393-8164 or StephanieG@WCFonline.org.
Click here to view the official Ladder to the Top invitation. (PDF, 455 KB)
Ladder to the Top 2010 Planning Committee
Hosts Presidential Level
Sarah Finlayson and Reverend Lindley DeGarmo
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Janice "Jan" Jones, Senior Vice President, Harrah's Entertainment
Margaret "Maggie" Kavalaris, Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Service Employees International Union
Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP
Nancy Wender
Senator Constance "Connie" Williams
Hosts Vice Presidential Level
American Postal Workers Union
Nicole Brener-Schmitz, Federal Political and Field Director, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Kathleen "Kate" Carr, President, Cardinal National Bank
Chris Sloan, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
Christie's
Frazier Blaylock, Covanta Energy
Jenny DiJames, Principal, Williams & Jensen, PLLC
Lisa Kountoupes, Principal, Kountoupes Consulting
DeDe Lea, Executive Vice President, Government Relations, Viacom
Bridget Martin, Director of Government Affairs, Special Assistant to the President, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
Lorelie "Lorie" Masters, Former Chair of the Women's Bar Association
Melissa Maxfield, Vice President of Federal Government Affairs, Comcast
Karen White, Director, Campaigns & Elections, National Education Association
Netroots Nation
OpenSkies
LeeAnn Petersen, President, Women in Government Relations
Sheet Metal Workers International Association
Greg and Marti Rosenbaum
Dane Strother, Owner, Strother Strategies
Dawn Sweeney, President and CEO, National Restaurant Association
Caren Turner, CEO, Turner Government and Public Affairs
United Food and Commercial Workers
Co-Hosts Gubernatorial Level
Nancy Fronckewicz, Senior Manager, Constituent Relations, Lockheed Martin
Beth Kingsley, Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg, LLP
Robyn Lippert, Vice President for Government Affairs, UnitedHealth Group
Juanita Luiz, International Representative, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Matthew McKinnon, Director, Legislative & Political Action, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Vincent Panvini, Director of Government Affairs, Sheet Metal Workers International Association
Sarah Scanlon, Political Representative, United Food and Commercial Workers
Susan Stoner, Legislative Director, Universal American Financial Corp
Dean Thomas, Director of Congressional Affairs, National Beer Wholesalers Association
Dr. Christine Warnke, Senior Government Affairs Advisor, Hogan Lovells
Andrea Wilkinson, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Congressional Level
Patricia Black and Melissa Levinson, PG&E
Nora Brownell, Founder, BC Strategies
Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners
Robin Leeds, Founder and Principal, Winning Strategies
Amy Litzenberger
Caroline Ramsay Merriam, The Ramsay-Merriam Foundation
Chris Massicotte, Director of Sales and Marketing, NGP
Mike Monroe, General President, Building and Construction Trades Department
Lezee Porter Nitze
Sybil Shainwald, Principal, Law Offices of Sybil Shainwald
Leadership Circle Mayoral Level
Wendy Beetlestone, Attorney, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin
Nuchhi Currier, President, Women's National Democratic Club
Kalyn Free, President, INDN's List
Eugene Kenney, Senior Director, Cushman & Wakefield of Washington, DC
Gary Klein, Klein, Landau & Romm
Wendy Mackenzie
Frances Milberg, Attorney, The Segal Company
Lawrie Ryerson Harris
Anne Sullivan, Attorney and International Business Consultant, Raytheon
Rachel Gorlin, Tipping POINT Strategies
Erica Walters, Attorney, Terris Barnes and Walters
Dinner Party Committee
Michael Goodman, Attorney-at-Law
Edie Fraser, Chair, Diversity Practice & Managing Director Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson
Eugene Kenney, Senior Director, Cushman & Wakefield of Washington, DC
Bruce Kieloch, Kieloch Consulting
Karen Mulhauser, Mulhauser and Associates
*Lists in Development
