2024 GALA HIGHLIGHTS
Over the past year, the National Women’s Law Center has achieved historic victories for women and families—even while facing one of the biggest crisis moments in our country’s history. But it was moments like this that our organization was made for.
Throughout our 52-year history, we have never been limited by what is deemed “politically reasonable” today—because we are always fighting for a better tomorrow. From taking on the culture of sexual harassment inside the Washington Commanders to supporting the U.S. Women’s National Team’s equal pay lawsuit, we are used to the odds being stacked against us, and winning anyway.
These victories were not solitary endeavors. They were the result of working together across movements and partners. They were the result of bringing together advocates and lawyers and donors who believed in our cause. They were only possible through harnessing our collective power. The power of us.
The program featured speeches from gala co-chairs, Ann Chaplin, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Qualcomm Incorporated, and Karen Dunn, Partner and Co-Chair of the Litigation Department, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. The program also featured a conversation between Damon T. Hewitt, President and Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Melissa Murray, Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law, NYU School of Law, and Dorian T. Warren, Co-President, Community Change. Our tribute to Lilly Ledbetter featured the following speakers: Jocelyn Frye, President, National Partnership for Women and Families, Marcia Greenberger, Co-Founder, National Women’s Law Center, Wade Henderson, Former President, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Andrea Johnson, Director of State Policy and Strategy, National Women’s Law Center, and Deborah J. Vagins, Equal Pay Today Director, Equal Rights Advocate (ERA). And, we recognized Pro Bono Impact Partner of the Year—Linklaters LLP. Additional speakers included: Terri Carmichael Jackson, Executive Director, Women’s National Basketball Players Association, Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO, National Women’s Law Center, Uma Mehta Iyer, Chief External Affairs Officer, National Women’s Law Center, LeToya Luckett-Coles, GRAMMY Award-Winning Singer and Actress, Emily Martin, Chief Program Officer, National Women’s Law Center, Anna Nusslock, Tonya Robinson, General Counsel & Managing Director, The Vanguard Group, Inc., and Pam Shores, Partner, Linklaters LLP.
The 2024 Gala was chaired by Ann Chaplin, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Qualcomm Incorporated, and Karen Dunn, Partner and Co-Chair of the Litigation Department, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. To view a list of our host committee, please click here. To view a list of our lead sponsors, please click here. To view the digital program, please click here.
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Watch our 2024 Gala program below!