Women's Business Development Council 20th Anniversary Gala - More Photos

Here are more photos from the Women's Business Development Council's 20th Anniversary Gala celebration at the Greenwich Hyatt on October 20.  I was honored to serve as Emcee and Event Producer for the fourth straight year.  

The beautiful red jacket I'm wearing is courtesy of  WBDC Woman With Impact Honoree Dara Lamb, CEO and Designer, DARA LAMB Custom Clothing

The sold-out crowd of over 700 including elected officials, corporate professionals, entrepreneurs and stakeholders who came together to support WBDC in its mission to train and educate women entrepreneurs. 

WBDC Clients Flavia Naslausky and Camilla Gazal, Co-Presidents of Zaniac, were honored with the Deb Ziegler Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence

The Honorable Jim Himes, U.S. Congressman, offering remarks

Fran Pastore, WBDC CEO and Founder, with Patricia Russo, Executive Director of the Women's Campaign School at Yale, and one of the first members of the WBDC Board of Directors

WBDC Client Neena Perez (Grace Farms Executive Chef and Owner, The Kiddie Kitchen) talks about the importance of the training she received at WBDC

For more photos, visit https://gildabonanno.blogspot.com/2017/11/womens-business-development-council.html

To find out more about WBDC, please visit https://ctwbdc.org/

Photos courtesy of Aviva Maller Photography