Diana Taylor, Deborah Roberts, Barbara Alden Taylor.
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On
November 16, hundreds of New
York’s most powerful and influential women
from the worlds of business, media, government,
publishing and the arts gathered at the Rainbow
Room for the Citymeals-on-Wheels 21st
annual “Power Lunch for
Women” emceed by Deborah
Roberts, correspondent on ABC’s “20/20.” The
annual benefit raised enough money to provide
160,000 meals for New York’s frail homebound
elderly.
Honored for their long-standing commitment to
Citymeals were Christina Gold,
president & CEO, Western Union; Mary
Meeker, managing director, Morgan Stanley;
and Lillian Vernon, Citymeals
board member and founder of the Lillian Vernon
Corporation. The afternoon featured a special
performance by cellist Alisa Weilerstein,
a graduate of the Young Artist
Program at the Cleveland Institute of Music and
of Columbia University in New York, accompanied
by her mother, pianist Vivian Hornik
Weilerstein. There was also a
special presentation by actress Kathleen
Turner and Muriel Fleit, a senior with
whom the actress has developed a special bond
through the Citymeals-on-Wheels Friendly Visiting
Program.
Among this year’s lunching ladies were Christine
Baranski; Polly Bergen; Samantha
Boardman; Mary Higgins Clark; Carmen Dell’Orefice;
Michele Oka Doner; Edie Falco; Geraldine Ferraro; Linda
Fiorentino; Nina Garcia; Betsy
Gotbaum; Gael
Greene; Donna Hanover; Caroline
Hirsch; Liz Lange; Stephanie
March; Liz Smith; Elaine
Stritch, Diana Taylor; Kathleen
Turner; Diane von Furstenberg;
Silda Wall Spitzer; and others.
Men were not completely excluded from the Power
Lunch for Women. For a ticket price of
$10,000 male attendees had the privilege of choosing
which powerful and famous woman would be their
lunch partner. Among this year’s “10K
Men” were Albert P. Behler of
Paramount Group, Inc.; Joseph M. Cohen of
JM Cohen & Co.; Shelly Fireman of
Fireman Hospitality Group; Bill Fischer of
Fischer Travel Enterprises; Ed Lewis of
Essence Magazine; Michael Lynne of
New Line Cinema; Jimmy Nicholas of
TanaSeybert; Craig Pfeiffer of
CITI Smith Barney; John Pomerantz of
JJP Advisory LLC; John Shapiro of
Morgan Stanley; Daniel J. Rusty Staub of
The Rusty Staub Foundation; Donald G.
Tober of Sugar Foods Corporation; and Steven
B. Zavagli of Wynn Starr Flavors, Inc.
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Samantha Boardman, Marcia Stein, executive director of Citymeals; Kimberly
Kravis Schulhof.
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Honoree Lillian Vernon, Carmen Dell'Orefice.
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Honoree Mary Meeker, Emily Sussman, Carolyn Sussman, Laurie Tisch, Tovah
Feldshuh.
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Honoree Christina Gold.
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Linda Fiorentino, Linda Stasi.
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Alisa Weilerstein, Vivian Hornik Weilerstein.
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Kathleen Turner, Muriel Fleit.
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Silda Wall.
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Joe Cohen, Ed Lewis, Michael Lynne, John Pomerantz.
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Judith Regan, Marcia Stein, Michele Oka Doner, April Gornick.
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Lynn Sherr, Edie Falco, Gael Greene.
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Kathryn Steinberg, Liz Lange, Marcia Stein.
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Baroness Mariuccia Zerilli Marimo, Thelma Golden, Stephanie French.
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Cindy Adams, Fran Weissler.
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Karen Page, Jill Eikenberry, Adrienne Landau.
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Rikki Kleiman, Donna Hanover.
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Samantha Shanken, Andrew Silverman, Donatella Arpaia, Shelley Fireman.
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Rikki Kleiman, Linda Fiorentino, Zarela Martinez, Candida Royalle.
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Shari Scharfer Rollins, Jill Lohrfink.
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Stephanie March.
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Elaine Stritch.
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John Shapiro, Andrea Marcovicci, Cindy Adams.
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Joan Helpern.
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Edie Falco, Rosemary Ellie.
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| Photos:
Star Black and Tiffany Oelfke |
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