Thank you for joining us at The Fund for Women & Girls’ 2024 celebration, featuring keynote speaker Jane Pauley! In all, more than $360,000 was raised to support the Fund’s work, including its signature investments – the new Black Maternal Health Initiative and the emme coalition.
There’s still time to make a difference by donating today.
Photos from The Fund For Women and Girls 2024 Celebration
Keynote Speaker
Jane Pauley
Now the host of CBS Sunday Morning, Jane Pauley has blazed trails throughout a broadcast career that spans more than four decades, receiving nearly every journalism award available. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 50, she is a powerful advocate for mental health awareness and has shared her experiences in her memoir Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue. She has also lent her name to the Jane Pauley Community Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center that serves communities in need – regardless of income or insurance – with medical, dental and behavioral health care.
GRANTEE – Optimus Health care
Katherine A. Golar, MD, FACP
Now serving as Chief Medical, Health & Wellness Officer for Optimus Health Care, the region’s largest provider of primary health care, Dr. Golar has led multiple institutions in providing quality medical and behavioral health care and addressing social determinants of health. An advocate of team-based integrative care, she has worked throughout her career to increase healthcare quality, access, and equity for under-resourced communities.
Honoree
CHARLOTTE SUHLER
Charlotte Suhler is the recipient of the 2024 Anne S. Leonhardt Award for her commitment to advancing women and girls in Fairfield County. A founding member of the Fund for Women & Girls, Charlotte’s career in advertising and publishing served as a springboard for giving back to her community. Her long list of charitable endeavors includes creating a program that provides loans for women to secure apartments, along with training programs for mortgage approval. Charlotte’s ongoing support for more affordable housing also includes education, the arts, healthcare and legislative initiatives, sending a powerful message of unity and advocacy for change.
FUND FOR WOMEN & GIRLS STEERING COMMITTEE
Mindy Houck, Chair
Jane Carlin
Linda Cremin
Brittney Crystal
Laura Farrelly
Sandra Greer
Mary Henwood
Shamain Johnson
Maya Reddi
Karen Wackerman
PRESENTING SPONSOR
The Leonhardt Family
Trailblazing Sponsor
Sue Mandel
Change Making Sponsors
Jane Carlin and Ben Gifford
Glenn and Mindy Houck
Pitney Bowes
Stamford Health
Charlotte Suhler
The Fred and Joan Weisman Fund
Sustaining Sponsors
Cambridge Trust
Deloitte
The Hope Fund
Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder
M&T Bank
Peter B. and Laurie A. Maglathlin
Neuberger Berman
O’Herron Family Foundation,
Sarah Casey and Annie Burleigh
Terex
Media Sponsor
Moffly Media – Exclusive Regional Magazine Sponsor
Friends Night Out Sponsor
Linda Cremin
The Erdmann Group – Erdmann, Giannetti, Brookfield, Carpentieri
Elizabeth Klein
Janet Lebovitz
Merrill Lynch
Lauren Zimmermann Sheehan
Winokur Family Foundation, Inc.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Mary Grace Pagaduan
Director, Fund for Women & Girls
(203) 750-3213
MPagaduan@fccfoundation.org
