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41st Annual Women in Leadership Awards Luncheon

4/2/2025 | 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

2025 Women in Leadership Awards Nomination Form

The Executive Women of the Palm Beaches annually presents Women in Leadership Awards (WILA) to women of excellence in the Private, Public and Nonprofit sectors in Palm Beach County. The WILA Awards recognize women who personify EWPBF values of leadership, integrity, and collaboration while carrying out the mission of empowering women to succeed and lead. Honorees are women with outstanding credentials and accomplishments that display generosity of spirit, a commitment to integrity and diversity, and a genuine connectedness with others. For the 41st celebration an award will be presented in each of the following categories:
  1. Nonprofit Sector: A woman in a leadership role who works for a nonprofit organization and has more than six years of experience and demonstrated excellence in her career or profession.
  2. Private Sector: A woman in a leadership role who works for a for-profit business, has more than six years of experience and has demonstrated excellence in her career or profession.
  3. Public Sector: A woman in a leadership role who works for a municipal, county, state or federal government agency, has more than six years of experience and has demonstrated excellence in her career or profession.
  4. Emerging Leader: A woman in a leadership role who has up to six years of experience in their profession and has demonstrated leadership potential.
Criteria Candidates Must Meet for Consideration:
    • Nominee must have lived or worked in Palm Beach County for five consecutive years.
    • Nominee must exemplify the mission and values of EWPBF.
    • Nominee must demonstrate excellence in the sector in which she is nominated and have inspired other women in advance of their profession or volunteer service.
    • Nominee must have made an impact in PBC through professional or volunteer service.
    • NNominee must show a history of leadership in their profession.
    • Nominee must be available to attend the WILA Award Luncheon on April 2, 2025.
NOTE: Please note the Nominee cannot be a current officer or board member of Executive Women of the Palm Beaches Foundation. Please complete the nomination form below and submit to info@ewpb.org no later than January 31st at 11:59pm.

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April 30, 2024 – The Executive Women of the Palm Beaches Foundation, Inc. (EWPBF) celebrated 41 years of building a strong mentoring community among local female executives – a tradition that continues today. At its 40th Annual Cynthia Allen Gracey Women in Leadership Awards (WILA) luncheon, more than 400 guests recognized the power of women helping women.

Featuring Co-Founder of OrangeTheory Fitness Ellen Latham as its keynote speaker, WILA was held on April 18, 2024, at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. Proceeds of the event support scholarship programs and grants to local nonprofits that focus on empowering girls and women.

EWPBF honored Lois Pope with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy and paid homage to her immeasurable impact upon the world. An event highlight were the award presentations to four women executives, selected from a pool of 34 impressive nominees. The following award winners were honored for their outstanding accomplishments within the realms of private, nonprofit, and public sectors; an emerging leader was also named:

Public Sector Award Honoree Ava Parker, President, Palm Beach State College; 
Private Sector Award Honoree Tricia Taylor, President, The Breakers Palm Beach;
Nonprofit Sector Award Honoree Diana Stanley, CEO, The Lord’s Place; and 
Emerging Leader Award Honoree Christine Sylvain, Founder and Executive Director, Path To College

2024 WILA Chair Diane McNeal; 2024 WILA Honorary Chair Sharon Bock, Esq.; and 2024 WILA Vice Chairs Dana K. Brookes and Geeta Singh shared the stage to express their gratitude and inspiration for their guests, event sponsors, nonprofit partners and EWPBF’s many grant and scholarship recipients. 

2024 WILA was generously sponsored, in part, by the Lois Pope LIFE Foundation, Nexgen, Palm Beach State College, Morgan Stanley, and A1 Moving & Storage, and media sponsors WPBF 25, Hubbard Radio and The Palm Beach Post/LocaliQ.

The highly distinguished Women in Leadership Awards are presented by EWPBF, in recognition of local women who have sustained outstanding accomplishments and displayed generosity of spirit, commitment to integrity and diversity, and genuine connectedness with others in the community. Learn more at www.EWPB.org.

Katie Klause-Newitt
Co-Chair

Elizabeth Hamma
Co-Chair

Mary Lewis Moews
Co-Chair

2024 WILA SPONSORS

Sharon Bock
Frances Fisher
Life Logo
Nexgen
Leslie Adams and Diane McNeal
A-1 Moving
Palm Beach State College
Foundation for Palm Beach State College
Morgan Stanley logo

Table Sponsors

PulteGroup
CBIC BANK
Keiser University
Centennial Bank

Official Media Sponsors

Opportunity Sponsors

Advancement Experts

Nancy LaVista

Anne Messer

Bridget Barry

 

Wellness Sponsors

Dorothy Bradshaw

Tish Carlo

Trish Lowry

Christine Raymond

Cindy Pollack

Jackie Halderman (Nyree)

Elizabeth Hamma

Daniela Hansen

Mary Lewis Moews

Kelly Powell

Julie Swindler

Jessica Cecere

Christine Pitts

Charlotte Pelton

Julie Kime

Kae Johnson

Trudi Crowetz

Lindsey White

Sheril Jalm

Event Details

Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Cohen Pavilion

701 Okeechobee Blvd
West Palm Beach, 33401 United States