2024 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit
November 15, 2024 | Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C. | Theme: AI, Security, and Innovation
Honorees: Irene Fellin, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace, and Security;
Amna Nawaz, Co-Anchor of PBS News Hour                                   
Keynote: Jennifer Ewbank, Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency for Digital Innovation, 2019-2024

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2023 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit
December 7, 2023 | Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.
Honorees: Masih Alinejad, Iranian-American Journalist; Shabana Basij-Rasikh, President and Co-Founder of School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA); Sarah Haacke Byrd, CEO, Women Moving Millions
Fireside Chat: Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues                                   
Moderator: Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times Washington Bureau Chief & WFPG Board Member

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2022 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit
December 8, 2022 | Washington, D.C.
Honoree: Ambassador Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative                                  
Moderator: Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times Washington Bureau Chief & WFPG Board Member

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2021 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit
December 8, 2021 | Washington, D.C.
Honorees: Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE); Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)                                
Moderator: Gloria Dittus, Chairman, Story Partners & WFPG Board Member

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2019 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit
December 3, 2019 | Washington, D.C.
Fireside Chat I: Ambassador Susan Rice, 24th National Security Advisor                                
Moderator: Susan Page, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief
Fireside Chat II: Hon. Susan Gordon, Former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence; 
Hon. Andrea Thompson, Former Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs
Moderator: Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times Washington Bureau Chief

2018 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit
December 6, 2018 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Women Shaping the Global Economy
Honoree: Patricia Ellis, WFPG President Emeritus and Co-Founder                                
Fireside Chat: Dina Habib Powell, Goldman Sachs
Moderator: Elise Labott, CNN Global Affairs Correspondent

2017 Autumn Gala
November 7, 2017 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: A Conversation on National Security                              
Fireside Chat: Hon. Mike Rogers, Host of CNN's Declassified; 
Lisa Monaco, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (2013-17)
Moderator: Cathy Russell, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues (2013-17)

2016 Fall Conference
November 29, 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Facing a World in Turmoil                              
Panel I: Security at Home and Abroad
Panel II: A World in Chaos: Challenges for the Next Administration
Keynote: Hon. John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State

2016 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit
June 20, 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Combating Terrorism, Regional Conflicts, and Migration Challenges
in the Middle East and Africa                              
Honorees: Assistant Secretary Anne Patterson, Near Eastern Affairs; Assistant Secretary Anne Richard,  Population, Refugees, and Migration; Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, African Affairs
Moderator: Karen DeYoung, Washington Post

2015 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit
December 11, 2016 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: War and Diplomacy: The Inside Story of Covering the World's Conflicts                           
Honorees: Margaret Brennan, CBS News; Helene Cooper, New York Times; Missy Ryan, Washington Post
Moderator: Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times

2015 20th Anniversary Celebration 
June 10, 2015 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Women Leaders Tackling 21st Century Challenges                           
A full-day conference and evening reception celebrating the 20th Anniversary of WFPG

2014 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
December 15, 2014 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Global Conflicts and Crises: The View from the Inside               
Honorees: Helene Cooper, New York Times; Elise Labott, CNN; Missy Ryan, Washington Post;
Margaret Warner, PBS Newshour           
Moderator: Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times

2014 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
May 14, 2014 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Major National Security Challenges Facing the U.S.
Honoree: Ambassador Susan Rice, U.S. National Security Advisor           
Moderator: Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour Co-Anchor and Managing Editor

2013 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
November 21, 2013 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Voices of Women Journalists in Foreign Policy
Honorees: Karen DeYoung, Senior National Correspondent, Washington Post
Jill Dougherty, Foreign Affairs Correspondent, CNN
Siobhan Gorman, Intelligence Correspondent, Wall Street Journal          
Moderator: Elisabeth Bumiller, Deputy Washington Bureau Chief, New York Times

2012 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
June 25, 2012 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: International Financial Diplomacy
Honoree: Lael Brainard, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs          
Moderator: Chrystia Freeland, Thomson Reuters Digital

2012 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
April 20, 2012 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Women's Empowerment in the Middle East and Worldwide
Honoree: Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director, UN Women          
Moderator: Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour

2011 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
November 3, 2011 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Technology, Terrorism, and Intelligence
Honoree: Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chair, Select Committee on Intelligence          
Moderator: Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times
Event Chair: Maxine Isaacs, WFPG Board Chair

2010 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
November 1, 2010 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Leading a Global Corporation
Honoree: Anne Mulcahy, Former Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation          
Moderator: Bianna Golodryga, ABC News
Event Chair: Hon. Ann Korologos, Former US Secretary of Labor

2010 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
July 15, 2010 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Women Center Stage in Foreign Policy and the Global Economy
Honoree: Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues          
Moderator: Judy Woodruff, PBS NewsHour

2009 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
December 16, 2010 | Washington, D.C.
Honoree: Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security         
Moderator: Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times

2009 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
July 23, 2009 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: The Development Challenge in the Middle of the Global Recession
Honoree: Helen Clark, United Nations Development Programme Administrator        
Moderator: Kimberly Dozier, CBS News

2008 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
September 29, 2008 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Hunger as a National Security and Global Stability Issue
Honoree: Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, UN World Food Programme        
Moderator: Lara Logan, CBS News
Event Chair: Mary Catherine Toker, General Mills, Inc.

2007 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
December 10, 2007 | Washington, D.C.
Honoree: Dr. Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State        
Moderator: Andrea Mitchell, CBS News
Event Chair: Hon. Ann Korologos, Former U.S. Secretary of Labor

2006 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
October 16, 2006 | Washington, D.C.
Honoree: Hon. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia
Tribute: Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
Moderator: Renee Poussaint, CEO, National Visionary Leadership Project

2005 10th Anniversary Celebration 
November 4, 2005 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: America's Dialogue with the World
Honoree: Karen Hughes, Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
Moderator: Andrea Koppel, CNN
Event Chair: Kathy Bushkin, United Nations Foundation

2004 Congressional Leadership Awards 
March 31, 2004 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: The Challenges and Responsibilities of American World Leadership
Honorees: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY); Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Moderator: Margaret Warner, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Event Chairs: Susan Davis & Elizabeth Bagley

2003 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
December 2, 2003 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Iraq Reconstruction: The Challenges for the U.S. and the UN
Honorees: Robin Raphel, Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, Department of State
Julia Taft, UNDP Assistant Administrator for Crisis Prevention & Recovery
Moderator: Susan King, Carnegie Corporation of New York

2002 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
December 13, 2002 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Foreign Policy Center-Stage: Voices of Women Journalists
Honorees: Elisabeth Bumiller, New York Times; Karen DeYoung, Washington Post; Andrea Koppel, CNN
Moderator: Judy Woodruff, Host of Inside Politics, CNN

2001 Celebrating Women Leaders Benefit 
November 27, 2001 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Terrorism: New Challenges, New Missions, New Solutions
Honorees: Maleeha Lodhi, Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States; Representative Jane Harman (D-CA), Ranking Minority Member, House Intelligence Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security
Moderator: Cokie Roberts, ABC News

2000 5th Anniversary Celebration 
November 20, 2000 | Washington, D.C. | Theme: Terrorism: New Challenges, New Missions, New Solutions
Honorees: Dr. Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
Moderator: Maureen Bunyan, Lead Anchor, WJLA-TV
Concluding Remarks: Janice Zorro, WFPG Board Chair