Texas Women’s Foundation’s 36th Annual Luncheon Raised More than $1 Million to Support Women and Girls
Cleo Wade, Angie Thomas, Laysha Ward
Held online for the second year on September 30th, Texas Women’s Foundation’s 36th Annual Luncheon, presented by the Dallas Mavericks, raised more than $1 million. About 4,000 people watched the program themed “My Voice. My Story. Every Woman’s Power to Build Compassion and Community.”
The Annual Luncheon is the Foundation’s principal fundraiser in support of its work to advance women’s economic security, leadership, education, health and safety in Texas through research, advocacy, programs and grantmaking.
Cynt Marshall, Roslyn Dawson Thompson, Laura Nieto
Hilda Galvan, Texas Women's Foundation Chair, welcomed luncheon co-chairs, Debra Hunter Johnson and Lindsay Billingsley.
The trio then thanked the major sponsors for their tremendous
support:
Presenting Sponsor: The
Dallas Mavericks
Speaker Sponsors: Target with
ongoing support from the Suzanne Ahn, M.D. Speaker Endowment Fund at
Texas Women’s Foundation
Book Club: Perkins Coie
Ripple: Southwest Airlines
Investor: Lindsay
Billingsley & Debra Hunter Johnson, Lucy C. Billingsley, CBRE, Hunt
Consolidated, Inc., Thomson Reuters
Leader: Galleria Dallas,
Jones Day, Pepsico, Kimberly-Clark, Reciprocity Consulting Group, Toyota
Advocate: Deloitte, Ernst &
Young, Dr. Arlene Ford, Katherine Glaze Lyle, NexBank, Gwendolyn A. Parker,
Vizient
Roslyn Dawson Thompson (TXWF president and CEO), Debra Hunter Johnson (co-chair), Lindsay Billingsley (co-chair), Hilda Galvin (TXWF chairwoman)
Billingsley introduced the speakers, Angie Thomas and Cleo Wade, who discussed the power of women’s storytelling.
Next came the appeal to support Texas Women’s Foundation from two luncheon sponsors. Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall and Southwest Airlines’ Laura Nieto spoke in front of the Dallas Galleria community wall that was displayed throughout the month of September. Marshall and Nieto announced a surprise: people who donated at least $500 would receive two tickets to a Mavs game and a Southwest roundtrip airline ticket.
For more information on the event, visit https://www.txwfluncheon.org/.
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