- December 26, 2024
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Honorees Dr. Karen Hamad and Kim Cornetet
Jamie McMillan and Girls Inc. of Sarasota County Executive Director Angie Stringer
2017 Girl of the Year Alex Perez and Mayor or Girls Inc.’s Dream Harbor Shayla White
Honoree Dr. Karen Hamad, Dr. Jon Yenari and Jennifer Compton
Jim Nilon and Co-Chairwoman Michelle Senglaub
Claudia Cardillo, Shirley Brown and Willie May Sheffield
Allison Mazer and Cookie Bourdeaux
Cynthia Sweeney and Julie Sullivan
Jay Price and Leslie Juron
Meg Lowman and Veronica Brady
Raymell Grimes and Lynn Thomson
Courtney Snyder and Susanne Wise
Susan Malloy Jones, Jennifer Compton, Emily Walsh and Sally Schule
Graci McGillicuddy, Honoree Kim Cornetet and Sherry Watts
Renee Hamad, Jamie Minton and Co-Chairwoman Kay Mathers
Lee-En Chung and Wilma Hamilton
Co-Chairwomen of Girl Power: The 29th Annual Girls Inc. Celebration Luncheon Veronica Brady, Sally Schule and Susan Malloy Jones
Commissioner Nancy Detert, Honoree Dr. Karen Hamad and Dr. Jon Yenari
o-Chairwomen Michelle Senglaub and Kay Mathers lead a toast for the late Nikki Nilon at the annual Girls Inc. Honoree Luncheon on March 1 at The Field Club.
Kathryn Carr and Aimee Cogan
It felt like a special presence was watching over the guests at the Girls Inc. Honoree Luncheon on March 1 at The Field Club.
The gathering, which brings together all of the past Girls Inc. honorees and welcomes the new ones into what Co-Chairwoman Kay Mathers called “a special sorority/fraternity” of Girls Inc. supporters, was very close to the heart of late Girls Inc. advocate Nikki Nilon. Nilon died June 2, 2016, but the legacy of a woman who once organized tea parties for the Girls Inc. participants to meet positive female role models in the community lives on.
“Let’s take a moment to remember her charm and her wit and her smile... and her fabulous hairstyles,” Co-Chairwoman Kay Mathers told luncheon guests with a smile.
This year’s honorees are Dr. Karen Hamad and Kim Cornetet, and the Girl of the Year is Alex Perez, recipient of the Girls Inc. Leadership award.
Shayla White, who is the mayor of the fictional Girls Inc. town Dream Harbor, is receiving the “She Knows Where She’s Growing” Award.
Guests enjoyed mingling, food and drink and several speeches.
