YWCA Metropolitan Chicago has announced its 2007 recipients of the Leader Luncheon Outstanding Achievement and Racial Justice Awards. The luncheon will honor women leaders in a variety of fields, including business, communications and racial justice.
This year’s honorees are:
—Business: Padmasree Warrior, Motorola’s executive vice president and chief technology officer;
—Communications: Terri Hemmert, WXRT radio personality (first female morning drive personality in Chicago);
—Professions: The Rev. Susan Thistlethwaite, 11th and first female president of the Chicago Theological Seminary;
—Promise: Sarah Levy, founder of Sarah’s Pastries & Candies; and
—Racial Justice: Cheryle Robinson Jackson, first female president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League.
Awards will be presented on Thurs., Oct. 18, at the Hyatt Regency, 151 E. Wacker. Tickets are $175 each. Contact Ed Swanstrom at 312-762-2757 or Edward.swanstrom@ywcachicago.org.