Joanna Coles, editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, will be the 11th emcee of the annual Women’s eNews 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Gala, to be held on May 3, 2012.
Ambassador Swanee Hunt will present Carol Jenkins with the Ida B. Wells Award for bravery in journalism. Reporters, Soledad O’Brien and Stacey Tisdale and Founder and Artistic Director of V-day, Eve Ensler, will act as the roving reporters handing out awards at the gala.
Women’s eNews’ event is unique. As a nonprofit news service, our presenters serve as reporters “on-the-ground”—presenting to each honoree at her/his table. Each honoree is highlighted individually, and every seat at the event provides a “front-row” experience to our guests.
Joanna Coles has been editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, the smart woman’s fashion and beauty magazine, since 2006. With a mission of empowerment, Coles has extended the magazine’s readership to 3.8 million and pushed its award-winning mix to cover the issues that matter to women most, big or small, from the best accessories of the season to international journalistic features to inspiring profiles of women on top.
Under Coles’ leadership, the Marie Claire brand has come to life well beyond the pages of the magazine. Currently a mentor on the hit show, Project Runway All Stars, she also produced and appeared on Style Network’s Running in Heels, one of the first reality television shows to go behind-the-scenes of the fashion and magazine industries. Several other projects based on MC features and programs are in development.
The 21 Leaders for the 21st Century will be honored at a Gala Dinner held at New York’s Jumeirah Essex House on Thursday, May 3, 2012.
21 Leaders for the 21st Century 2012
Seven Who Catalyze Culture
Carol Jenkins
Founding president of the Women’s Media Center, chair of the African Medical and Research Foundation.
Elizabeth Colton
Founding president of the International Museum of Women
Pat Mitchell
President and CEO of The Paley Center for Media in NYC and LA
Deborah Santana
Writer, philanthropist and award-winning filmmaker
Deborah Tolman
Co-founder of SPARK, a girl-fueled movement against the sexualization, objectification and violence against women and girls in the media
Beverly Willis
Founder of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation for women
Monica Winsor
Founding Vice Chair of Women Moving Millions
Seven Who Engender Ballots
Siobhan “Sam” Bennett
President and CEO of the Women’s Campaign Fund
Deedee Corradini
Champion for women in the Olympics
Mary Hughes
Founder of the 2012 Project, increasing the number of women in Congress and state legislatures
Kamala Lopez
Founder of the ERA Education Project, informing women on the significance of the Equal Rights Amendment
Karen Middleton
Leader of Emerge America, improving the numbers of Democratic women working as state legislators and the number of seats women hold in the U.S. Congress.
Robin Read
President and CEO of the National Foundation for Women Legislators
Ann Stone
Founder and chair of Republicans for Choice
Seven Who Leverage Power
Susan L. Blount
Founder of the Inclusion Initiative at Prudential Financial
Nancy Duff Campbell and Marcia D. Greenberger
Co-founders of the National Women’s Law Center
Joseph Keefe
Founder and president and CEO of Pax World, an investment fund that lobbies for corporate board diversity
Yousriya Loza-Sawiris
Founder of Banat El Ghad: Girls of Tomorrow in Egypt
Natalia Oberti Noguera
Founder of the Pipeline Fellowship training women to become Venture Capitalists
Sue Osthoff
Founder of National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
Juhu Thukral
Strategist for the rights of low-income, immigrant women and the LGBTQ community and sex workers
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