On Monday, June 17, VFA Board Chair Muriel Fox was honored with an Elly Award at a luncheon benefiting the Women’s Forum of New York. We congratulate Muriel on this wonderful honor!

Photo (l to r): Barbara Marcus, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Muriel Fox, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, with Linda Willett on right.

The Women’s Forum of New York is an invitation-only organization of more than 500 women representing the highest levels of achievement across all professional sectors and spheres of influence in our city. Founded in 1974, Women’s Forum members are recognized among New York’s thought leaders, influencers, trailblazers, policymakers, change agents, power brokers, innovators, icons, creators, and business builders.

 

Photo (l to r): Linda Willett, Cheryl Wills, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, Marcy Syms and Barbara Marcus at The 9th Annual Elly Awards benefiting The Education Fund of the Women’s Forum of New York.

This year’s Elly awards include Katie Couricaward winning journalist, producer, New York Times bestselling author, cancer advocate, podcast host, documentary filmmaker, and former co-anchor of the Today Show on NBC; Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Nortonrepresentative for the District of Columbia and former Professor of Law at Georgetown University, and Muriel Fox, Board Chair of Veteran Feminists of America and former Executive Vice-President of Carl Byoir & Associates.

The Education Fund is the educational and charitable arm of The Women’s Forum of New York. Since 1987, the Fund has provided financial awards to women 35 and over who have demonstrated high potential and faced extreme adversity which has disrupted their education and derailed their futures. These women fall outside the scope of most traditional scholarship programs and these awards help them complete their education and get their careers and lives back on track.