NEW YORK-JANUARY 19: Vital Voices Cocktail Fundraiser on Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at The Bowery Hotel, 335 Bowery, New York, NY 10003 (212.505.9100) Honorary Chair: Anh Doung Co-Chairs: Alexis Tobin, Samantha Thompson Committee included: Amanda Brooks, Jennifer Creel, Anh Doung, Yvonne Force-Villreal, Mark Langrish, Catherine Petree, Lauren Remington-Platt, Bettina Prentice, Alexis Tobin, Samantha Thompson,Michael Vollbracht, and Sissy Yates. Special guests included: Alyse Nelson (President & CEO, Vital Voices), Lynda Johnson Robb, Francine LeFrak About: Vital Voices provides emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs with the capacity, connections, and credibility they need to create positive change around the world. Their international staff and team of over 1,000 partners, pro bono experts and leaders, including senior government, corporate and NGO executives, have trained and mentored more than 5,000 emerging women leaders from 127 countries in Asia, Africa, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East since 1997. These women have returned home to train and mentor more than 100,000 additional women and girls in their communities. They are the Vital Voices of our time. Vital Voices is at the forefront of international coalitions to combat human trafficking and other forms of violence against women and girls and equips women with management, business, marketing and communications skills to expand their enterprises, helping them to provide for their families and create jobs in their communities. PHOTO CREDIT: ©Manhattan Society.com 2010 by Gregory Partanio | tel: 718.614.7740 | e-mail: GregPartanio@aol.com