Pictured: Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart of the CBS All Access series THE GOOD FIGHT. Photo Cr: Patrick Ecclesine/CBS ©2017 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Photo courtesy of the Texas Women’s Foundation.
The Texas Women’s Foundation (TXWF) announced that 15-time primetime Emmy award nominee Christine Baranski will be the featured speaker at the Ruby Anniversary Luncheon.
“Christine Baranski’s platform aligns perfectly with Texas Women’s Foundation, and we are excited to welcome her to Dallas,” TXWF board chair Cris Zertuche Wong said. “Her unapologetic advocacy for female empowerment and her drive for equal educational opportunities, equal pay and equal rights paint a transformative portrait of what it means to advocate for others.”
To celebrate TXWF’s impact over the last four decades, this year’s event co-chairs are leaders who represent the foundation’s forty years of advocacy including Oak Cliff resident Laura Estrada (1990s) along with Gail Griswold and Brenda Jackson (1980s), Helen Frank (2000s) and Shonn Brown (2020s).
“As we celebrate our 40th year, we also celebrate our 19 diverse and determined Founders whose vision for an equitable society in which women and girls could fully participate has guided us since inception,” TXWF president and CEO Karen Hughes White said. “We’ll also be celebrating more than $85 million invested in transforming the lives of Texas women and girls.”
Eleven living founders of the organization will serve as honorary co-chairs for the luncheon:
- Susan Shamburger Bagwell
- Harryette Ehrhardt
- Catalina E. Garcia, M.D.
- Frances Griffin-Brown
- Helen LaKelly Hunt
- Kay Bailey Hutchison
- Madeline Mandell
- Patricia Meadows
- Gwendolyn Oliver
- CoYoTe PheoNix
- Rebecca R. Sykes
This signature event is hosted each fall in support of Texas Women’s Foundation’s work to create a truly equitable society in which Texas women and girls can fully participate. The mission is achieved through research, advocacy, intentional grantmaking and evidence-based programs.
Baranski, known for her appearances in The Good Wife and Mamma Mia, will speak during the event from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14 at the Omni Dallas Hotel.
