►
From YouTube: YW Boston Academy of Women Achievers Luncheon
Description
Since 1995, as part of their mission to promote and celebrate the achievements of women, YW Boston has held the Academy of Women and Achievers luncheon. This is a program through which YW Boston recognizes and honors some of Boston's unstoppable women.
A
A
B
I
wish
I
saw
the
toy
when,
when
she
was
younger,
she
was
a
good
who
play
I
would
have
liked
ever
on.
My
team
I
tell
you
that
right
now,
I
want
to
thank
Lori
Edwards
for
the
great
work
that
she
does
in
our
city.
You
know
obviously
she's
on
Channel
ten,
we
see
on
the
news,
but
the
charities
and
the
organizations
that
she
supports
that
she
she
comes
into
the
MC
for
every
single
one
of
them
are
actually
incredible.
B
And
the
neighborhood
she's
from
is
Columbia
Point,
now
known
as
have
a
point
so
right
so
I'm
and
professor
Hill.
Thank
you
as
well
for
being
here.
Yours
truly
an
inspiration
for
so
many
people
in
our
city
in
our
country.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
today,
as
well
for
being
here,
I
want
our
in
our
office
in
the
city.
B
We
have
a
change
in
our
office
of
women's
advancement
office,
willing
advance
that
Megan
Costello,
as
many
of
you
know,
served
that
office
for
four
years
four
and
a
half
years
and
now
she's
gone
on
to
Harvard.
That's
to
get
a
degree,
so
I
congratulate
her,
but
we
have
a
brand
new
executive
director
and
she's
going
to
do
an
amazing
job.
Tanya,
Del,
Rio,
I,
think
Tanya.
B
And
if
you
get
her
way,
she'll
just
go
right
over
here.
So
thank
you
and
Beth
I
know
Beth
was
at
Beth
Beth,
Sophia,
somewhere
and
I.
Thank
you
as
well
Beth
for
all
that
you
do
and
I
want
to
congratulate
all
the
honorees
today
on
a
well-deserved
recognition
and
I
want
to
acknowledge
Sylvia's
family
I
know
they
might
have
been
knowledge
already,
but
she
was
a
remarkable
woman
which
I'll
talk
about
in
a
second
but
her
husband,
Sal,
her
daughter,
Lauren
and
her
son,
Evan
ehia.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
as
well.
B
Now,
when
the
appeal
was
going
on,
I
took
the
con
and
put
on
my
part,
because
I'm
gonna
write
a
check
and
I
know
that
if
I
don't
write,
a
check,
Silvio
get
me
back
so
make
sure
that
you
fill
this
card
out
and
if
you
take
it
make
sure
you
send
it
back
right.
Trust
me
on
that,
but
certainly
Silvia
believe
one
of
the
first
people
I
met
as
mayor.
The
city
of
Boston
was
Silvia.
B
I
went
over
and
sat
with
her,
and
we
were
talking
about
race
dialogues
and
we're
talking
about
doing
some
things
in
the
city
of
Boston.
That
hadn't
been
done
in
a
long
time
and
she
immediately
started
talking
to
me
about
what
she
believed
in
and
what
the
organization
believed
in
and
she
believed
in
humanity.
Certainly,
we
all
know
that
she
cared
about
people.
She
came
with
dignity
and
the
promise
of
every
person,
regardless
of
who
they
are
or
where
they
came
from.
B
She
wanted
to
make
sure
that
everyone's
journey
into
adulthood
was
one
to
be
of
empowerment,
especially
for
girls
and
people
of
color,
and
that
is
something
that
is
so
needed
right
now.
In
our
city,
in
our
state
in
our
country,
Silvia
made
a
permanent
impact
on
YW
Boston
and
everyone
who
knows
her
will
I'll,
never
forget
what
Silvia
taught
us
about
leadership
and
the
importance
of
community
and
when
I
went
over
with
Jace
Lenihan.
B
B
That
spirit
is
certainly
alive
in
this
room
today,
but
when
you
leave
here
make
sure
we
take
it
on
the
streets,
we
need
to
carry
that
spirit
outside
of
this
room
in
in
our
corners
and
our
churches,
in
our
schools,
in
our
workplaces
and
all
the
different
places
that
we
gather
until
YW
Boston
and
the
Academy
of
Women
achievers.
Thank
you
for
shining
a
spotlight
on
Boston's,
unstoppable
women,
people
who
are
changing
Boston
for
the
better
and
thank
you
for
working
every
single
day
to
empower
women
and
girls
throughout
our
city.
B
The
YW
Boston
has
been
doing
great
work
and
our
neighborhoods
for
over
half
a
century.
It
gives
young
people
the
skills
and
the
confidence
and
the
sense
of
community
that
helps
them
thrive
in
their
life,
and
it's
important
for
those
that
so
choice.
I
didn't
see
a
choice,
no
choice,
Lenihan,
it's
important
that
that
that
that
we
support
this
organization
and
we
support
what
this
organization
stands
for,
and
it's
also
making
sure
that
we
keep
continue
to
enact
real
change
in
our
city
from
racial
justice
to
empowering
women
in
the
workplace.
B
This
organization
has
been
an
incredible
partner
to
us
in
the
city
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
You've
signed
a
100
percent
talent
compact
and
committed
to
getting
closer
to
the
gender
wage
gap
that
still
exists
once
and
for
all
and
I've
said
it
more
than
one
time
and
yw2
doing
or
for
a
long
time.
We
need
to
stop
talking
about
closing
the
wage
gap
and
just
make
it
happen
and
I
know
there
are
a
lot
of
employees
in
this
room
that
are
doing
that.
B
Yw
has
held
several
of
us
free
salary
negotiation
workshops
in
the
very
first
one
in
2015
and
those
of
you
that
don't
know
what
that
means,
that
is,
is
we've.
We've
taken
up
the
mantle
to
to
help
85,000
women
understand
how
to
negotiate
their
own
salaries
and
we've
trained
so
far.
Work
with
so
far
I
think
almost
8,000
women
to
be
able
to
go
in
and
negotiate
higher
salaries
when
they
get
a
job,
something
that
hasn't
happened
and
it's
important.
B
We're
gonna
continue
to
do
that
and
I
want
to
thank
YW
for
being
the
first
place
to
host
it.
For
us,
we
really
recently
hosted
their
stand
against
racism
campaign
pledge
board
at
City
Hall,
and
we
also
we
all
know
that
real
change
is
about
practices
and
policies,
but
it's
also
of
our
hearts
and
minds,
and
it's
about
a
culture
shift
as
we
continue
this
work
to
fight
fight
intolerance
and
making
sure
that
women
get
paid
for
what
they
deserve
and
ensuring
peace
and
justice
in
our
neighborhoods.
B
B
Yw
doesn't
have
that
a
lot
so
I
just
ask
you
all
to
please
if
you're
figuring
out
how
do
I
get
involved,
I
want
to
be
more
active.
The
best
way
you
can
get
active,
if
you
don't
have
the
time,
is
to
write
a
check
or
put
your
credit
card
number
down,
because
this
organization
is
doing
incredible
things
and
is
changing
people's
lives.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
Thank
You
mayor
Walsh
I'm,
going
to
introduce
Jeanette
Mills
now
Jeanette
Mills
is
currently
the
senior
vice
president
of
safety,
health
and
environmental
at
National
Grid.
She
serves
as
the
executive
responsible
for
all
aspects
of
safety,
safety,
health
and
environmental
within
the
company's
u.s.
region.
Her
move
from
Baltimore
to
Boston
for
her
position
at
National
Grid
was
a
gain
for
our
community.
To
suggest
that
Jeanette
is
breaking.
Boundaries
is
an
understatement.
In
2015,
less
than
1%
of
all
u.s.
engineering
bachelor's
degrees
went
to
african-american
women.
C
According
to
a
recent
report
from
a
paper
generated
by
a
group
including
Purdue
University
and
the
National
Society
of
black
engineers,
that
gap
represents
ignored
potential.
At
a
time
when
STEM
jobs
are
expected
to
increase
by
10
percent
by
2020
Jeanette's
leadership
as
a
women
of
color
in
the
industry
serves
as
a
role
model
to
other
women
who
are
entering
the
field
prior
to
coming
to
National.
C
Grid
Jeanette
was
appointed
to
the
Maryland
Public
Service
Commission
by
Governor
Lawrence
J
Hogan
of
Maryland,
where
she
served
as
a
commissioner
and
helped
shape
policy
to
protect
the
public
interest
when
it
came
to
safe,
reliable
and
economic
utility
and
transportation
services.
She
is
served
on
the
board
of
the
Greater
Baltimore
Medical
Center
there
Reginald
Lewis
Museum
and
that
and
the
advisory
board
to
Virginia
tax
College
of
Engineering.
Among
her
many
impressive
awards,
Jeanette
was
named
Maryland's
top
100
circle
of
women
of
excellence,
Women's
Circle
of
Excellence.
Excuse
me
in
2016.
C
D
D
I'll
make
my
remarks
brief.
Hearing
those
statistics,
though
it
made
me,
go:
Wow
Wow
I
started
an
energy
industry
back
in
1988
and
some
of
you
in
this
room,
weren't
born
then,
but
the
world
was
very
different,
then
and
to
be
an
african-american
woman
showing
up
for
a
meeting
about
electrical
substation
or
distribution
feeder
people
would
always
ask
me.
Why
are
you
here?
D
What's
your
name
again
and
you'd
have
those
moments
where
you
felt
when
you
said
something
you
weren't
heard,
but
if
you're
white
male
colleagues
said
the
same
thing,
he
was
heard.
I
stand
here
today,
30
years
later,
saying
things
have
improved
they're,
not
where
they
need
to
be,
but
it
is
better
I'm
also
here
to
say
that
I
am
thankful
that
my
daughter's
here
today
Sinclair.
D
And
winston
claire
decided
on
her
major
believe
it
or
not.
She
decided
engineering.
So
I
got
one
out
of
two.
I
got
two
kids.
I
got
one
one
out
of
two
so
so
the
great
news
for
me
is
that,
while
barriers
still
exist,
her
experience
has
been
much
more
inclusive
than
might
of
us
right.
So
I
remain
grateful
for
that.
D
So
I'm
going
to
say
my
prepared
remarks
now:
I
kind
of
went
off
script
a
little
bit
so
I
want
to
thank
the
YW
and
everyone
for
this.
Esteemed
honor
I
am
so
grateful
to
be
in
a
room
of
unstoppable
women
as
I
prepared
for
this
event,
I
started
to
read
and
think
about
what
does
the
word
unstoppable
mean.
So
when
you
look
at
Google
it
says
it's
impossible
to
stop
or
prevent.
D
So
when
you
think
about
that,
you
have
to
go
deep
and
when
I
think
about
the
things
that
made
a
difference
for
me,
I
think
about
the
family.
My
family
was
very,
you
know
raised
by
a
single
parent,
my
mom
and
my
other
three
sisters
and
my
mom
instilled
in
us
a
confidence,
a
confidence
in
yourself.
She
had
high
standards
and
expected
us
to
do
well.
She
expected
us
to
go
to
school,
so
number
one,
my
family
to
education,
I
learned
early
on
that
education
was
important.
D
So
I
guess
that's
why
I
chose
engineering
even
though
when
I
was
in
college
I,
wonder
like
what
am
I
think
but
I
made
it
through
and
then
three
I've
always
had
to
openness
to
new
opportunities,
new
friendships,
judging
things
on
character
and
not
race
and
gender.
So
I'm
gonna
give
a
shout-out
to
my
National
Grid
team,
we're
at
lucky
number
13
table
13,
but
I
wanted
to
give
a
shout
out
to
my
friend.
D
A
And
I
liked
with
that
you
wearing
flats
I'm
so
jealous
my
feet,
are
killing
me
right
now:
you're
bringing
the
heat
with
the
flat
yes
tomorrow.
For
me,
your
daughter
think
it's
Sinclair
I
knew
it
vote
number
one.
Your
ass
well
I'm
jealous
of
that
sister.
Yes,
you
stood
out.
You
know
what
your
mom
is
so
powerful.
What
a
Shiro
you
have
to
look
up
to
Bravo
again!
Thank
you
for
your
time.
E
Kip
Hollister
has
been
leading
Hollister
staffing
since
1988.
She
founded
the
company
after
taking
out
her
first
business
loan
before
the
woman's
business
ownership
Act
of
1988,
when
she
was
required
to
find
a
male
relative
to
act
as
cosigner
on
her
behalf,
guided
by
a
driven
vision.
She
survived
her
company
through
three
recessions
in
an
ever-changing
industrial
landscape
as
a
woman
owned
a
business.
E
Gender
equality
is
a
continuous
and
active
mission
at
Hollister
in
the
effort
to
improve
pay
equality
and
company
transparency,
Kip
partnered
with
mayor
Marty
Walsh
and
the
Equal
Pay
coalition
to
successfully
change
legislations
so
that
equal
pay
for
men
and
women
could
be
achieved
in
Massachusetts
and
2016.
That
Kip
initiated
a
partnership
with
Phyllis
Barajas
of
connection
providing
their
team
with
space
in
their
office
to
operate,
while
working
together
to
help
promote
and
support
the
efforts
of
introducing
middle
career
Latinos
with
mentorship
programs
around
the
city.
E
Additionally,
Kip
has
overseen
the
collaboration
of
Hollister
with
organizations
that
support
and
serve
diverse
communities,
including
the
Boys
and
Girls
Club
of
Boston's
youth,
job
initiative
and
strong
women,
strong
girls,
providing
internship
opportunities,
coaching
and
training
for
students
and
organization
members.
Among
her,
many
recognitions
Kip
receive
enterprising
women's
magazines,
2018
and
surprising
Woman
of
the
Year
award,
the
Boston
Business
Journal's
will
men
up
award
in
2014
and
the
2008
Boston
Chambers
of
Commerce
Pinnacle
Award
for
entrepreneurship.
It's
an
honor
to
introduce
Kip
Hollister.
F
Thank
you.
It
is
such
an
honor
to
be
here
today
with
these
other
amazing
women
and
with
you
Beth
in
this
organization.
For
a
couple
of
reasons.
The
first
is
that
Hollister
has
been
entrenched
in
this
community
now
for
30
years
and
we
are
so
committed
to
advancing
the
values,
the
life-giving
values
of
peace,
justice
and
freedom,
and
the
second
reason
is
Silvia.
Gosh
Silvia
was
my
guru,
and
you
know,
networking
I
would
always
find
Silvia
in
the
networking
event,
because
I
wanted
to
run
for
the
bathroom
and
run
out.
F
So
now
we
have
to
find
a
new
person
to
follow
and
Silvia
I
got
to
know
because
Silvia
attended
one
of
Hollister
Institute's
programs
that
teaches
self-awareness,
mindfulness
and
personal
excellence
and
Amit
Sylvia's
busy
life.
She
took
two
days
and
came
to
this
event
and
I
witnessed
firsthand
Sylvia's
humility,
her
ability
to
be
vulnerable
amidst
so
many
people.
She
didn't
even
know
and
her
dedication
to
lifelong
learning,
which
is
one
of
my
passions,
is
to
always
be
learning.
F
And
so,
although
Sylvia's
presence
here
through
Sylvia's
presence
and
legacy
to
the
YW
and
in
fact
to
the
world,
it
reminds
me
that
we
all
walk
on
the
shoulders
of
others.
Think
about
that.
We're
all
here
connected
and
so
we've
all
benefited
from
the
Trailblazers
like
Sylvia,
so
something
for
us
to
think
about
who's
walking
on
our
shoulders.
F
F
F
F
F
Next
week,
I
will
be
headed
to
South
Africa,
with
my
best
friends
is
who's
in
the
room
with
her
nonprofit
ripples
of
hope,
and
we
will
be
partnering,
Hollister,
Institute
and
ripples
of
hope
to
bring
mindfulness
to
clip
town
to
the
schools
to
the
community.
And
it's
interesting
that
there's
one
word
and
Sylvia
said
it
in
the
two-day
retreat
and
I
want
to
share
it
with
you,
because
it's
so
appropriate.
F
A
C
Wanda
McLane
is
the
vice
president
of
community
health
and
health
equity
at
Brigham
and
Women's
Hospital
she's,
the
senior
leader
in
overseeing
the
Center
for
community
health
and
health
equity
at
Brigham.
It's
two
licensed
community
health
centers
and
its
relationship
with
the
nine
affiliated
health
centers
in
Boston.
She
is
also
a
member
of
Lee
boss
in
class
of
2002,
with
a
belief
that
health
should
not
be
dependent
on
upon
where
you
were
born
where
you
live,
or
your
economic
status.
C
C
This
thing
this
includes
supporting
victims
of
violence,
improving
birth
outcomes,
increasing
rates
of
colorectal
cancer
screenings,
providing
educational
and
career
opportunities
for
young
people
and
ensuring
access
to
comprehensive
primary
care.
Wanda
join
the
Bringham
in
2002,
as
the
administrative
director
of
the
president's
office
supporting
various
strategic
initiatives.
In
addition
to
supporting
efforts
focused
on
health,
equity
and
workforce
development
priorities,
a
natural
convener
Wanda
serves
as
the
chair
of
the
board
for
Boston.
C
After
school
and
Beyond,
a
public,
a
public
private
partner
partnership
that
seeks
to
ensure
that
every
child
in
Boston
has
the
opportunity
to
develop
to
his
or
her
full
potential
by
mobilizing
partnerships
among
program
providers,
philanthropy,
business
business
and
higher
education
and
the
City
of
Boston,
especially
the
Boston
Public
Schools
Wanda,
also
serves
as
a
member
of
the
Boston
private
industry
council,
which
brings
together
employers,
educators
and
workforce
organizations,
often
by
industry
sector,
to
help
guide
the
agenda
for
education
and
workforce
preparation.
It
is
an
honor
to
introduce
Wanda
McLane.
G
Thank
you
so
much
and
thank
you
for
sticking
around
because
I'm
the
last
thing
between
you
and
whatever
else
out
happens
for
the
rest
of
your
day
so
good
afternoon.
Everyone.
Thank
you
so
much
for
that
kind.
Introduction
I
really
want
to
thank
YW
Boston
and
the
Academy
of
Women
achievers
for
this
honor
and
for
this
recognition
and
I
also
want
to
extend
my
appreciation
to
lead.
G
G
There
were
many
obstacles
to
overcome.
Anyone
who
has
witnessed
the
recent
barrage
of
living
while
black
incidences
can
see
the
visual
evidence
of
some
of
the
barriers
that
black
people
and
people
of
color
continue
to
face.
I
had
some
similar
experiences,
but
fortunately
I
had
many
more
instances
of
welcoming
open
arms
and
open
doors
that
provided
the
opportunities
that
I
have
today,
but
I
want
to
share
two
memories
and
they
actually
go
into
the
wayback
machine.
So
bear
with
me.
G
In
fact,
she
was
the
opposite
of
that,
but
when
I
called
on
her
to
tell
her
that
my
business
law,
professor,
had
pulled
me
aside
and
strongly
suggested
that
I
consider
attending
law
school,
my
mother,
who
struggled
to
raise
four
children
by
herself
Yoh,
told
me
just
how
proud
she
was
of
me,
and
even
thinking
about
that
now.
Just
lifts
me
up
and
it
lifts
me
up
then,
and
it
motivated
me
when
I
needed
it
most.
It
was
truly
the
gift
that
kept
on
giving
and
little
did.
G
I
know
that
it
would
come
in
handy
when
one
of
my
accounting
professors
decided
to
look
over
my
shoulder
while
I
was
taking
his
exam
and
expressed
surprise
with
a
loud
when
I
successfully
solved
a
complicated
problem,
he'd
already
made
clear
that
he
didn't
think
I
belonged
in
his
class
and
that
he
didn't
think
I
had
what
it
took
to
pass.
His
class
well.
I
proved
him
wrong
when
he
had
to
grudgingly
give
me
the
a
that
I
had
earned.
G
After
that,
I
felt
unstoppable
and
I
went
on
to
pass
the
CPA
exam
on
the
first
try
shocking
myself
in
the
process
and
then
I
went
on
to
spend
seven
years
in
two
internationally
recognized
investment
banks,
but
I
never
forgot.
The
girl
I
was
from
the
Bronx
and
I
left
my
career
in
finance,
because
I
wanted
to
make
a
difference
in
the
lives
of
underserved
people
and
communities
like
the
one
I
grew
up
in
I
felt
a
strong
desire
to
use
both
my
head
and
my
heart
to
make
a
difference.
G
In
my
work
and
last
night,
my
heart
was
filled
to
capacity
as
we
graduated
34
Boston
public
high
school
students
from
the
Brigham
and
Women's
Hospital
Student
Success
jobs
program,
which
provides
paid
internships
mentorship
and
an
array
of
resources
to
help
these
young
people
graduate
from
high
school
get
into
college
and
graduate
from
college.
Those
young
people
blew
me
away
and
everyone
else
who
attended
this
ceremony,
seeing
that
fire
lit
in
the
next
generation.
G
That's
what
unstoppable
means
to
me
I
want
to
encourage
all
of
you
to
be
fire
starters
by
committing
to
do
what
you
can
to
help
someone
succeed
and
fill
fulfilled.
Their
life's
potential
I
also
want
to
strongly
encourage
you
to
make
a
personal
commitment
to
diversifying
your
own
staff
and
your
own
teams
first
and
then
work
with
others
in
your
organization
to
increase
diversity
within
your
organization.
I
think
it
starts
with
each
of
us
individually.
G
A
A
Thank
you
all
for
allowing
me
to
be
your
emcee
today.
Toria
Edwards
is
my
name.
If
you
would
kindly
when
you
wake
up
in
the
morning,
turn
it
right
to
NBC,
10,
Boston,
say:
there's
my
girl
right
before
the
Today
Show
4
a.m.
to
7:00
wave
to
be
on
the
stage
I'm
up
you're
up,
let's
get
up
together.
Okay
and
I
want
to
welcome
up
just
an
elegant
and
caring
person
who
is
such
a
great
leader.
Let's
welcome
one
more
time.
Interim
president
CEO
is
that
the
atado
miss
Beth
Chandler,
everybody.
H
Thank
you
all
for
being
here
this
afternoon.
I
hope
you
feel
inspired
to
do
your
part
to
move
racial
and
gender
equity
forward
in
Boston
I
hope
you
will
continue
to
be
involved
in
with
YW
Boston
participate
in
our
programs,
such
as
lead,
Boston
or
in
it,
bring
dialogues
to
your
organizations
or
just
join
our
mailing
list,
but
be
involved.
I
also
hope
you
enjoy
our
summer
reading
suggestions
and
attend
to
exciting
events
we
have
planned
for
this
fall
are
elevating
live
series.
H
The
dates
are
in
your
program
book
in
October
in
December
and
finally,
I
hope
that
you
leave
knowing
how
appreciative
we
are
of
your
support.
Whether
this
is
your
first
AWA
or
you've
been
here
too
many
times
the
count,
as
the
news
is
only
too
happy
to
tell
us,
there
is
much
work
still
to
be
done
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
in
our
community
to
move
that
needle
forward.
Thank
you
very
much.