Girls Run the World (and Dallas): Women’s Foundation Draws 1,400 in Celebration of Female Smarts

BY Sara Habbas // 11.10.17

photography Kristina Bowman and Steve Foxall

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Roslyn Dawson Thompson and Lynn McBee with Young Women's Preparatory Network's Irma Rangel students

Joyce Goss, Selwyn Rayzor, Rachel Vinson, Roslyn Dawson Thompson

Ellenore Knight Baker, Angela Crates, Shonn Brown, Lisa Singleton

Shonn Brown, Dr. Hope Jahren, John Holt, Lisa Singleton, Roslyn Dawson Thompson

Jan Hart Black, Connie Beck, Rena Pederson

Laran O'Neill, Sally Dutter, Holly Hassmann

Dr. Laura Freeman, Billie Bryant Schultz

Hannah Fagadau, Sarah Miller, Stephanie Bernal, Joyce Goss, Lindsay Billingsley

Dallas Women's Foundation Board of Directors

Shonn Brown, Dr. Hope Jahren, Lisa Singleton

Evan Brown, Ryan Brown, Shonn Brown, Lily Brown, Clarence Brown

Dr. Carine Feyten, Nancy Ann Hunt, Lisa Simmons, Roslyn Dawson Thompson

Lois Finkelman, Representative Linda Koop

Dawn Hooper, Gwen McKinney, Rachel Vinson

William Singleton, Lisa & Marvin Singleton

Dr. Hope Jahren with Young Women's Preparatory Network's Irma Rangel students

Jennifer Biry, Lael Brodsky, Jane Hurst

What: Dallas Women’s Foundation 32nd Annual Luncheon

Where: Hilton Anatole

PC Moment: Who runs the world? Girls! At least that was the notion behind the 32nd Annual Dallas Women’s Foundation luncheon. The mission of improving the trajectory of young women into leadership roles is so important that 1,400 of North Texas business and community leaders joined the effort. Sending home the message was New York Times best-selling author and biochemist Dr. Hope Jahren. An advocate for female equality in STEM, her memoir Lab Girl, her blog and her op-ed pieces address the issues facing women in the scientific and mathematic fields.

Chaired by Shonn Brown and Lisa Singleton, the luncheon raised $86,000 and that’s before NexBank had contributed its dollar-for-dollar matching contribution. The funds will aid in the foundation’s programs aimed at unlocking resources to advance women’s economic security and leadership through research, grant-making and advocacy.

Further stimulating gray matter and inspiring guests were unique party favors — trading cards, sponsored by American Airlines, featuring stellar women leaders including scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematician.

Who: Foundation president and CEO Roslyn Dawson Thomson, foundation board chair Caren Lock, Lyda Hill, Suzanne Ahn, Nancy Ann and Ray Hunt, Dr. Carine Feyten, Nancy Ann Hunt, Lisa Simmons, Roslyn Dawson Thompson, Tricia Miller, Becky Bruder, Fay Lidji, Ellenore Knight Baker, Angela Crates, Shonn Brown, and Lisa Singleton.