We invite you to join us for the TXWSW Sponsor/Speaker Luncheon benefiting the Foundation for the Education of Young Women (FEYW) featuring Merrie Spaeth of Spaeth Communications.
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Noon to 1:30 pm
Belo Mansion
Dallas, TX
Become a Sponsor! Help Support FEYW in its mission to give young women in urban schools the academic skills to achieve success in college and life by thinking critically, leading purposefully, and living active, healthy and responsible lives.
PLEASE RESERVE BY MAY 1, 2012
Please click on a sponsorship level below to become a sponsor and register for this event. Registration includes attendance at both the sponsor lunch and the panel event.
Includes logo placement on event signage and acknowledgement as a Summa Cum Laude Sponsor on our website and Event program; opportunity to display corporate materials at Event; corporate name recognition on favors distributed to attendees; reserved seating at
the Panel Discussion; premier seating for 12 at the Sponsor Luncheon; selection of speaker to dine with you and your guests at your
table*; separate sponsor check-in at event; complimentary Valet Parking.
Includes logo placement on event signage and acknowledgement as a Magna Cum Laude Sponsor on our website and Event program;
opportunity to display corporate materials at Event; reserved seating at the Panel Discussion; premier seating for 5 at the
Sponsor Luncheon; selection of speaker to dine with you and your guests at your table*; separate sponsor check-in at event; complimentary
Valet Parking.
Includes acknowledgement as a Cum Laude Sponsor on our website and Event program; reserved seating for 2 at the Sponsor
Luncheon; separate sponsor check-in at event; complimentary Valet Parking.
Includes acknowledgement as a Deans’ List Sponsor on our website and Event program; reserved seating for 1 at the Sponsor
Luncheon; separate sponsor check-in at event; complimentary Valet Parking.
If you are unable to attend the Event and/or Luncheon and would like to support the Foundation for the Education of Young Women, please
contribute on the TXWSW website Giving page.
Dallas Education/Philanthropy Event
Welcomes you to join them for their Third Annual Philanthropy Event
Benefiting
The Foundation for the Education of Young Women
A Panel Event Featuring Outstanding Women in Finance
Become a Sponsor! Help Support FEYW in its mission to give young women in urban schools the academic skills to achieve success in college and life by thinking critically, leading purposefully, and living active, healthy and responsible lives.
PLEASE RESERVE BY MAY 1, 2012
Please click on a sponsorship level below to become a sponsor and register for this event. Registration includes attendance at both the sponsor lunch and the panel event.
Includes logo placement on event signage and acknowledgement as a Summa Cum Laude Sponsor on our website and Event program; opportunity to display corporate materials at Event; corporate name recognition on favors distributed to attendees; reserved seating at
the Panel Discussion; premier seating for 12 at the Sponsor Luncheon; selection of speaker to dine with you and your guests at your
table*; separate sponsor check-in at event; complimentary Valet Parking.
Includes logo placement on event signage and acknowledgement as a Magna Cum Laude Sponsor on our website and Event program;
opportunity to display corporate materials at Event; reserved seating at the Panel Discussion; premier seating for 5 at the
Sponsor Luncheon; selection of speaker to dine with you and your guests at your table*; separate sponsor check-in at event; complimentary
Valet Parking.
Includes acknowledgement as a Cum Laude Sponsor on our website and Event program; reserved seating for 2 at the Sponsor
Luncheon; separate sponsor check-in at event; complimentary Valet Parking.
Includes acknowledgement as a Deans’ List Sponsor on our website and Event program; reserved seating for 1 at the Sponsor
Luncheon; separate sponsor check-in at event; complimentary Valet Parking.
If you are unable to attend the Event and/or Luncheon and would like to support the Foundation for the Education of Young Women, please
contribute on the TXWSW website Giving page.
Our Sponsors
CUM LAUDE SPONSORS - $2,000 Donation
Leah Bennett
Christine Breck
Wanda Potts
DEAN'S LIST SPONSORS - $1,000 Donation
King Investment Advisors
Dawn Ragan
Camie Shelmire
COMPLETED EVENTS
Austin Philanthropy Event:
Join TXWSW at the Ann Richards School for a Speaker and a Tour!
The speaker will be Edna Ramon Butts, General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor for Senator Kirk Watson
Start out the New Year right and get involved with the young women at the Ann Richard’s School. These future leaders are ready to learn, to work hard and to succeed. We will attend the morning assembly at the Ann Richard’s School followed by a brief tour of the school.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
8:30am - 10:00am
Please arrive by 8:15am to register and receive a badge.
Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders
2206 Prather Lane
Austin, Texas 78704
(512) 414-3236 http://www.annrichardsschool.org/about/index.php
Rosewood Crescent Hotel
Gallery Ballroom
Dallas, TX 75201
Cheryl Alston
Lucy Billingsley
Caroline Cooley
Linda Wertheimer Hart
Mari Kooi
Valerie Mosley
Carol Nichols
Jill Foote
PANELISTS:
PUBLIC PENSION: Cheryl Alston, Executive Director, Employees Retirement Fund of the City of Dallas
REAL ESTATE: Lucy Billingsley, Partner, Billingsley Company
HEDGE FUNDS: Caroline Cooley, Partner, Chief Investment Officer, Crestline
CORPORATE: Linda Wertheimer Hart, Vice-Chairman, President and CEO, Hart Group, Inc.
COMMODITIES: Mari Kooi, CEO and Founder, Wolf Asset Management International LLC
FIXED INCOME: Valerie Mosley, Partner, Wellington Management
VENTURE CAPITAL: Carol Nichols, Co-founder Texas Women Ventures and North Texas Angel Network
MODERATOR: Dr. Jill Foote, CFA, Rice University
With Grateful Thanks to Our Sponsors:
Summa Cum Laude Sponsors
Magna Cum Laude Sponsors
Cum Laude Sponsors
Ellen Wood
Dean's List Sponsors
Janie Becker
Leah Bennett
Christine Breck
Cindy G. Brown
Christine Drusch
Betsy & James Elkus
Lori Lindley
Helen Molloy
Wanda Potts
Dawn Ragan
Wendy Reiners
Corina and Willie Scoggins
Outstanding Individuals
Christina Markell-Balleza
Gina Betts
Carter and Lane Wimberly
With grateful thanks to Cebolla for their lovely flowers!
Houston Philanthropy Event
TXWSW welcomes the Foundation for the Education of Young Women to Houston!
Thursday, February 17
6:00 pm to 8:00pm
Home of Becky and Matthew Cutts
Tanglewood Area
Cocktails and Heavy Hors D'oeuvres will be served
Spouses and significant others are welcome!
FEYW will finally be opening its Houston School in the Fall of 2011!
Please join us for cocktails and an opportunity to meet Carmyn Neely, Executive Director of the Foundation and hear about the wonderful work that FEYW is doing!
Matt and Becky are graciously hosting the cocktail party.
The address will be provided to registered attendees.
Volunteers to mentor an Ann Richards student needed!
Austin TX
Seeking volunteers to mentor students - the school currently has 18 students who have signed up and are interested in having a mentor. If you are interested and want to learn more, please contact Lynne Fowler (info@txwsw.com) for more information.
Dates: Fall and Spring semester. Time investment is one lunch period / week (approx. 40 min / week) at the Ann Richards School.
GROUP HOTEL RATE!
For those of you coming in from out of town, we have arranged a group rate of $175 a night at the Rosewood Crescent Hotel. Please call 800-654-6541 to reserve your room and mention Texas Wall Street Women.
Special thanks to Christie Mueller for providing etiquette training to the Ann Richards School girls on November 14!
Christie Mueller, founder of Austin-based CLM, has been certified by the Protocol School of Washington as a Business Etiquette and International Protocol Consultant as well as a Protocol Officer.
The Girls Now! Conference and Workshops explore the issues of Body Image, Bullying, and Being a Girl with topics such cyber bullying, dating, diversity, media literacy, parent-daughter relationships and physical health. The Conference and Workshops are designed for Girls (grades 5-12), their Parents and Educators and are led by nationally recognized experts through a format of group presentations and hands on interactive sessions that are designed to identify the problems and offer solutions.
There will be various speakers at the event including: First Lady Anita Perry - Honorary Chair, Alexis Jones founder of “I am that Girl” – Keynote Speaker
Date of Event: Saturday November 14, 2009.
Beginning Time: 8:00 am
End Time: 5:00 pm
Website Link: Visit www.genaustin.org for more information.
Location: The Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, 2206 Prather Lane, Austin 78704, http://www.annrichardsschool.org/about/directions.php
Parking info: onsite
Invited: Members & Guests
Cost to Member: $30.00
Cost to Guests: $30.00
We need 3 volunteers to teach financial literacy at the workshops – the materials will be provided by the money academy. Please sign up on our site to volunteer.
Any member is welcome to attend, as are mothers and their daughters in grades 5-12. Please sign up on www.genaustin.org to attend the event.
Austin Mentoring Information Session
Date of Event: Wednesday, September 30th
Description of Event: This is an open information session for TXWSW interested in learning more about mentoring a student from the Ann Richards School. Mentoring involves spending an hour once every two weeks – typically during the school’s lunch hour. We will be meeting with the counselor, Nina Salazar and the executive director, Michelle Krejci to learn more about the specifics of the mentoring program and tips for working with the girls.
Beginning Time: 5:00pm
End Time: 6:30pm
Location: The Ann Richards School for Young Women
2206 Prather Lane
Austin, Texas 78704 http://www.annrichardsschool.org/about/directions.php
Parking info: onsite
Invited: Members Only
Ann Richard’s School – Second Annual Birthday Bash
Date of Event: September 14th
Speaker Bio: Holland Taylor (Star of show, Two and a Half Men)
Description of Event: Fundraiser and celebration of the school’s second birthday. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Beginning Time: 5:30PM-7:30PM
Location: Home of Chris Mattsson & John McHale, Austin, TX 78703
Parking info: Complimentary valet parking
Registration Deadline/RSVP: We are only able to have 8 TXWSW attendees so please sign up soon!
You’re invited to join us at the Stoneleigh Hotel for an evening of Wine Tasting and an introduction to the Foundation for the Education of Young Women, an organization dedicated to improving the educational outcomes for under-served girls in Texas.
The Wine Tasting will be the kick-off event for our Fall Fundraiser and is open to TXWSW members and the general public. We need your help to make this event a HUGE success. Please invite 5 people to join you – men and women – who want to make a difference in the educational future of young women across the state of Texas. Members and non-members may register by using the link below.
What: Wine Tasting at the Stoneleigh Hotel
Where: The Stoneleigh Hotel - 2927 Maple Avenue, Dallas TX When: Thursday, April 23rd from 5:30-7:30 pm
Please note that spouses and significant others are welcome at this event as well! Please help us spread the word.
This event is sponsored by:
Source Trading
Perry Street Communications
Carlson Capital, L.P.
If you would like to become a sponsor, please contact us at info@txwsw.com.
The Foundation for the Education of Young Women (FEYW) is a 501 ( c) (3) organization with the mission to support single-sex, college preparatory, public education in Texas that will give young women in urban schools the academic skills to achieve success in college and in life by thinking critically, leading purposefully, and living active, healthy and responsible lives. The goal of the Foundation is to partner with urban school districts to open six all-girls public schools within the state of Texas. For the 2008-2009 school year, the Foundation is serving over 1,000 young women in their sponsored schools in Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Lubbock. Currently, these schools are the ONLY all-girls public schools in Texas.
The goal of the Foundation for the Education of Young Women is to have one hundred percent of the students in their sponsored schools to not only graduate from high school but to attend and graduate from college.
The majority of students enrolled in the schools are minority and economically-disadvantaged. Many will be the first in their families to enroll in college much less graduate from high school. The Foundation needs our help in preparing these young women for college and in supporting them through gap scholarship funding during college.
In addition to some great food and wine, event attendees will have the opportunity to meet several key members of the Foundation and its network of schools including the speakers below as well as members of the Foundation Board of Directors and Irma Rangel Advisory Board, and leadership of the Young Women’s Leadership Schools.
EVENT SPEAKERS
Gina Betts, Board President, Foundation for the Education of Young Women
Gina E. Betts is a corporate/securities partner with Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP in Dallas where she is chairman of the firm's Private Equity Practice Group. Ms. Betts is President of the Foundation for the Education of Young Women. She also serves on the Board of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dallas, and TACA. Ms. Betts is chairman of the 2007 Cattle Baron's Ball which is the largest single fundraiser for the American Cancer Society in the United States. Ms. Betts received her bachelor's degree in Russian, Political Science and History from Southern Methodist University. She received her Juris Doctorate from American University.
Ann Rubenstein Tisch, Founder of the Young Women’s Leadership Foundation, NYC
Ann Tisch is the founder and President of the Young Women’s Leadership Foundation in New York City. Ms. Tisch and her educational vision for under-served girls helped pave the way for all-girls' public education in the United States.
Ellen Richards, Chairman of the Ann Richards School Foundation
Ellen Richards, the youngest daughter of former Texas Governor Ann Richards, is Chair of the Ann Richards School Foundation. The Foundation supports the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, which opened in the fall of 2007 in Austin, Texas. The school is supported by a precedent-setting partnership between the Foundation for the Education of Young Women, the Austin Independent School District, and The Ann Richards School Foundation. Ms. Richards’ professional background includes project management, facilitation, strategic planning, research and evaluation, and grassroots organizing in government, nonprofit and community-based organizations.
Carmyn Neely, Executive Director of the Foundation for the Education of Young Women
Ms Neely has 42 years of experience in the education field and has served as a classroom teacher, adjunct professor, and an administrator at the school campus, district, and state levels. Under Ms. Neely’s direction, the goal of the Foundation for the Education of Young Women is to have one hundred percent of the students in our sponsored schools to not only graduate from high school but to attend and graduate from college.
Vivian Taylor-Samudio, Principal, Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School
Vivian Taylor Samudio currently serves as principal of The Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School. Her educational philosophy is simply, "Student failure is not an option." Under Ms. Samudio’s leadership, the Irma Rangel School achieved an exemplary rating by the TEA in its third year in existence. This rating was maintained for the 2007-2008 school year.
HISTORY OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG WOMEN
In early 2001, Texas philanthropists, Lee and Sally Posey, learned of a new single-sex public school in New York City, The Young Women’s Leadership School of East Harlem. The following year, after a visit to the New York school, Mr. and Mrs. Posey established the Foundation for the Education of Young Women. Soon after, a partnership with the Dallas Independent School District was formed to bring the concept of the East Harlem School model to Dallas. In August 2004, the Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School, a DISD magnate school, opened its doors with financial support from the Foundation for the Education of Young Women. The college-preparatory school is the first all-girls public school in Texas. Located in the Fair Park area of Dallas, the school currently has an enrollment of 401 students in grades six through twelve and will have its first graduating class in May 2009. The school offers a college-prep environment with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and math as well as a strong liberal arts curriculum and leadership development, wellness, and service learning.
In addition to partnering with the Dallas Independent School District, the Foundation for the Education of Young Women formed an alliance with the Austin Independent School District and opened the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders in August of 2007. The third and fourth all-girls public schools in Texas opened in San Antonio and Lubbock in August 2008.
Texas Wall Street Women is looking for volunteer speakers for the Ann Richards School for Young Women’s Leaders School Career Day!
Volunteers are needed to help educate and inspire girls about the exciting workforce and diverse career opportunities that are available after college graduation. The school is looking for women in finance fields as well as any connections to someone who is in fashion design (request from the girls).
You can share information on:
Your current job and daily responsibilities.
The education and skills needed to succeed in your field.
Your chosen career path and interesting facts about our profession.
2009 Career Day
Date: May 15, 2009
Location: Ann Richards School for Young Women
Time: Various sessions are available from 12:30-3:30 p.m. You will speak to four small groups of girls for approximately 25 minutes each.
If you have questions or are interested in attending, please REGISTER on this website, then send an email indicating which session(s) you would be available for to Sharon Reddehase at info@txwsw.com
As many of you know, the Dallas chapter of Texas Wall Street Women has partnered with the Irma Rangel School for Girls and the Foundation for the Education of Young Women. We anticipate that you will have a number of opportunities to engage with the school, the first of which is a career day on March 13th, the details of which are below. We hope you can join us. If you have any questions, you can call Christina Markell-Balleza at 214.651.5486.
The Foundation for the Education of Young Women is hosting a career day at the Irma Rangel School, taking place on March 13th. There will be six classroom sessions where you may speak with a group of girls (20-25) as well as a fair.
The day's schedule is as follows:
9:00 am- speakers arrive to set up
9:35 am - 10:05 am Session I
10:10 am - 10:40 am Session II
10:45 am - 11:15 am Session III
11:20 am - 1:35 pm Lunch and Keynote Speaker (opportunity for speakers to interact with students; we hope you will stay for lunch)
1:40 pm - 2:10 pm Session IV
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm Session V
2:50 pm - 3:20 pm Session VI
3:30 pm - Thank you for your day!
If you are interested in attending, please REGISTER on this website, then send an email to Christina's attention at
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