Power of the Pearls – Centennial Celebration

07 Mar Power of the Pearls – Centennial Celebration

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Thank you for joining us on May 10th at the University Club for our Power of the Pearls Centennial Celebration. JLRI President Polly Talbott and Centennial Co-Chairs Mary Catharine H. Miller and Petra Jenkins made opening and closing remarks. The RI Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea presented a special citation to the Junior League of Rhode Island. Governor Daniel J. McKee, Lt. Governor Sabina Matos and JLRI Past President Carolyn Palla Killian presented awards to the following fifteen RI100 Honorees for their exemplary leadership and service to Rhode Island:

• Hilina Ajakaiye, Founder of R.I.S.E. Women’s Leadership Conference

• Marisa Albanese, Manager, Community & Customer Relations, National Grid

• Angela Ankoma, VP and ED for the Rhode Island Foundation’s Equity Leadership Initiative

• Tracy C. Baran, General Counsel, Ocean State Job Lot & JLRI Past President

• Ting Barnard, Designer – Ting Barnard’s Studio

• Edythe DeMarco, Managing Director & Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch

• Kristin Fraser, Managing Partner, KPMG

• Carmela Geer, ED, Edward King House; Volunteer Coordinator, Aquidneck Island Emergency Volunteer Alliance

• Lisa Guillette, ED, Foster Forward

• The Honorable Nellie-Gorbea, Rhode Island Secretary of State

• Sally Lapides, President & CEO, Residential Properties

• Eva-Marie Mancuso, Managing Partner at Hamel, Waxler, Allen & Collins; Co-Founder & ED, ClothesToKidsRI 

• Cortney Nicolato, President & CEO, United Way of Rhode Island

• Barbara Van Sciver Crouchley, Founder of Bahamas Sea Turtle Research and Education

• Alayne White, Owner of Alayne White Spa

Photos from event