23RD ANNUAL
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS GALA
HONORING
IRIS CANTOR
PRESENTED BY TONY BENNETT
LAURIE TUCKER
PRESENTED BY MERRIE SPAETH
KERRY WASHINGTON
MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES
DIANA WILLIAMS
MONDAY, MARCH 3RD, 2008
COCKTAILS AT SIX THIRTY O’CLOCK
DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT AT SEVEN THIRTY O’CLOCK
THE PEGASUS SUITE AT THE RAINBOW ROOM
ROCKEFELLER CENTER AT FIFTIETH STREET
BLACK TIE
2008 Women of Achievement Honorees
2008 Distinguished Presenters
Many Thanks
to our donors and supporters:
Thomas Pink, Inc
Max Salpetrier, DJ
The Women of Achievement Gala
WP's 22nd annual WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT benefit gala
took place on Monday, March 12, 2007. Diana Williams was
the emcee for this luminous evening in the Rainbow Room,
Pegasus Suite, where we honored playwright and activist Eve
Ensler, international philanthropist Kathy Hilton and
fashion designer Vivienne Tam. The honorees were
introduced by Kerry Washington, Bebe Neuwirth,
and Yoko Ono.
Click
here for one guest's record of our awesome 2007 gala, and save
the date of Monday, March 3, 2008, for WP's next
Women of Achievement Awards gala!
Each year, the Women's Project takes
pride in celebrating the remarkable accomplishments of women in a
variety of disciplines at our Gala event. Past honorees include: Colleen
Dewhurst, Joan Didion, Lauren Bacall, Mariska Hargitay, Emily Mann,
Frances Sternhagen, Cicely Tyson, Caroline Hirsch, Adrien
Arpel, Barbara Walters, Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem,
Anna Quindlen, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange,
Stockard Channing, Donna Karan, Kathleen Turner, Nora Ephron, Zoe
Caldwell, Annie Leibovitz, Twlya Tharp, Dame Judi Dench, Wendy Wasserstein,
Camille Cosby, Vanessa Redgrave, Audra McDonald, Beverly Sills, Toni
Morrison, Donna Murphy, and Billie Jean King, to
name just a few.
On
May 15, 2006, Women’s Project honored three New York icons
at the 21st Annual Women of Achievement Gala at Cipriani's 23rd
Street: Francine
LeFrak-- Award winning film, television, and Broadway Producer; Susan
Lucci -- Emmy winning actress and star of All My Children;
and Muriel Siebert --
Founder and president of Muriel Siebert & Co., and the first
female member of the New York Stock Exchange.
Music at the 2006, 2007 and 2008
Galas provided by Max Salpetrier
Photos by Rob Rich
