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Concern Honors Women  Barbara
Krumsiek, Chair, CEO and President of Calvert Group, was honored at the
Women of Concern luncheon on June 26 at The Rainbow Room, New York City.
The annual lunch, which celebrated the lives of women and girls worldwide,
honored Krumsiek for leading Calvert, a company specializing in socially
responsible investing, in developing innovative and precedent-setting
initiatives that strive to empower women.
Concern Worldwide, founded in Ireland by Fr. Aengus Finucane, is a non
denominational, voluntary organization committed to the relief, assistance
and advancement of people in need in less developed areas of the world.
Powerful testimony of that work came from guest speaker Anne O’Mahony,
regional director of Concern’s programs in Africa. O’Mahony
gave a firsthand account of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, and
also described the escalating crisis in neighboring Chad, where over 140,000
people displaced by conflict are in desperate need.
Photo: Natalie Morales of NBC News who served as emcee, Barbara Krumsiek
and Tom Moran, chairman Concern USA.
AIF Honors Newman
The American Ireland Fund’s New York Dinner Gala raised $4.15 million,
an all time record, for good works in Ireland. The 32nd annual event took
place at the Park Avenue Armory on May 3, with over 1500 in attendance.
Paul Newman received $1 million from the Fund for his Hole in the Wall
Gang camps, which help children with cancer and other serious illnesses.
The Irish Hole in the Wall Gang camp is located in Barretstown, Co. Kildare.
Pictured above: Martin Sullivan, President and CEO of AIG who was honored
along with Newman, Martin McAleese, Irish President Mary McAleese, Loretta
Brennan Glucksman, Chairman of The American Ireland Fund, and Paul Newman.
A Night of Stars
The Irish Repertory Theatre held its annual dinner in June at the Hilton
Hotel, New York City. Many of Broadway’s top stars were in attendance.
The Irish Rep had much to celebrate. It recently purchased its building
on West 22nd Street, thus ensuring that it will continue to bring quality
theater to the New York area for years to come.
Charlotte Moore (center),The Irish Rep’s co-founder and artistic
director, is pictured with Angela Lansbury (left) and Marian Seldes, both
Tony Award-winning actresses, who are currently starring in the Broadway
production of Terrence McNally’s Deuce. |
