Leader Lunch 2010: Honoring Women and Their Work
Leader Lunch is the YWCA Greater Baltimore's annual event to recognize outstanding women leaders for their professional accomplishments and their contributions to the greater Baltimore community's business and civic life.  Leader Lunch 2010 will be held on May 7th, 2010, from noon to 2 pm at the Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel at 101 West Fayette Street in Baltimore.  Joni Daniels, founder and principal of Daniels & Associates, will be mistress of ceremonies for the event. Joni is a national speaker and consultant and the author of Power Tools for Women: Plugging into the Essential Skills for Work and Life. 

PNC Bank is the Signature Sponsor of this year's event. Bonnie B. Stein, executive vice president and managing director of PNC Wealth Management, is Corporate Chair of Leader Lunch 2010.  Denise G. Adah, MBA, CPA of Ameriprise Financial is the Event Chair and a member of the YWCA board of directors. 

Selected for their professional excellence and commitment to the well-being of others, this year's honorees include some of the region's most effective and innovative leaders:

Marilyn Carp, President and Chief Executive Officer, AEGON Direct Marketing Services
Arlene R. Ciroula, Chief Operating Officer, KatzAbosch
T. Eloise Foster, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Budget and Management
Michelle Gourdine, Chief Executive Officer, Michelle Gourdine & Associates, LLC
Carolyn W. Green, Chief Administrative Officer, BITHGroup Technologies
Mary L. Harvey, Director, Baltimore County Office of Community Conservation
Alfreda Robinson-Dawkins, Founder & Executive Director, National Women's Prison Project
Louise Phipps Senft, Founder and Principal, Louise Phipps Senft & Associates/Baltimore Mediation
Karen Sweeney, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Turner Construction
Karen Webber-Ndour, Principal, National Academy Foundation High School

Diana Morris, director of OSI-Baltimore, will receive the YWCA's Racial Justice Award for her efforts to raise public awareness of and increase public discourse about the continuing presence and consequences of racism in Baltimore City and beyond.

The YWCA's 2010 President's Award will be presented to the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women. This distinctive honor is granted by the YWCA to a woman or organization making an invaluable and unique contribution to the well-being of girls and women in the greater Baltimore area.