39th ANNUAL LUNCHEON

Date: 11/01/2024 11:30am | 11/01/2024 1:00pm


Location: Omni Dallas Hotel


Email: luncheon@txwf.org


TEXAS WOMEN’S FOUNDATION ANNUAL LUNCHEON

We look forward to bringing together friends and supporters on November 1st for another extraordinary experience at the 39th Annual Luncheon. 

This year’s theme, Catalyst for Change, recognizes the role our community of donors, grantees, advocates and volunteers play in the Foundation’s ability to achieve its mission of building #StrongWomen.BetterWorld through research, advocacy, grantmaking and programs.

39th Annual Luncheon Moderated Conversation

Keynote Speaker

Pictured: Ann Curry

Ann Curry is an Emmy Award-winning journalist with more than 40 years of experience. She was at NBC News from 1999-2015 where she anchored and reported for all its broadcasts including Sunrise, Today, and Dateline NBC. She served as executive producer and reporter for PBS’ ‘We’ll Meet Again’ and host of TNT/TBS ‘Chasing the Cure.’ Curry has engaged in groundbreaking journalism on climate change and has reported from war zones and natural disasters. She has also reported from inside Iran to give voice to its women. Her interviews have often been exclusive and news breaking, from international leaders to U.S. presidents and noteworthy celebrities. She has won numerous awards for journalism, including seven national news Emmys and many Edward R. Murrow awards, Gracie Allen Awards and National Headliner Awards, as well as philanthropic awards. A graduate of the University of Oregon, Curry worked as an intern and became the first female reporter at KTVL in Medford, Oregon.

 

 

 

Moderator

Krys Boyd is the host of Think, an award-winning national, talk radio program produced by KERA, North Texas’ PBS and NPR member station. To date, the national program can be heard on more than 200 stations across the country.

Chair

Effie Dennison

THANK YOU TO OUR 39th ANNUAL LUNCHEON SPONSORS