2014 Authors Luncheon Detail

The Arizona Women’s Board proudly invites you to join us for the 35th Annual Authors Luncheon.

2014 Emcee and Authors

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  Adriana Trigiani — Emcee Read more »

  Emcee Adriana Trigiani is beloved by millions of readers around the wrold for 15 bestsellers, including the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker's Wife, Big Stone Gap, Lucia, Lucia, Rococo, and the Valentine series.  The New York Times calls her "a comedy writer with a heart of gold," her books "tiramisu for the soul."

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  Valerie Plame Read more »

  Valerie Plame, ex-CIA agent, is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir Fair Game:  My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, which was released as a major motion picture of the same name starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts.  In the continuation of the Vanessa Pierson series, she has written the novel Burned, in which an explosion in Paris sets off an international manhunt to prevent an all-out war.  Valerie Plame has written for Newsweek, CNN, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, and various other media outlets.

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  Jane Smiley Read more »

  Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1992, as well as five works of nonfiction and a series of books for young adults.  In 2001 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2006 she received the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature.  Her current release, Some Luck, is about the life and times of an American farm family over three transformative decades.

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  Jeffrey Kluger Read more »

  Jeffrey Kluger is a senior writer at TIME Magazine and author of several books on science topics, such as Simplexity; Splendid Solution:  Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio: Journey Beyond Selene; and Lost Moon:  The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13.  The latter work was the basis for Ron Howard's film Apollo 13.

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  Ruth Reichl Read more »

  Ruth Reichl is a writer who has been the Editor in Chief of Gourmet Magazine, the restaurant critic of The New York Times, and the restaurant critic and food editor of the Los Angeles Times.  Ms. Reichl began writing about food in 1972, when she published Mmmmm:  A Feastiary.  Since then, she has authored four critically acclaimed, best-selling memoirs.  Delicious! is her first novel.

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  Aarti Sequeira Read more »

  Aarti Sequeira as an Indian chef and television personality, best known as the winner of the sixth season of Food Network's reality television show, The Next Food Network Star.  As a result of that victory, her show Aarti Party premiered on the network on August 22, 2010.  She had previously worked as a CNN news producer, and in 2008 started the online cooking variety show Aarti Paarti.  She currently hosts another cooking show, Taste in Translation, in which she seeks the most popular dishes from around the world.

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Photo Album of 2013 Event

A compelling and entertaining Valley event, the Authors Luncheon abounds with captivating stories, wit and glamour.

Supporting Arizona’s Kidney Patients — Grants and Donations

The Arizona Women’s Board (AWB) is committed to the prevention of kidney disease through awareness, education and research, and to the improvement of the quality of life for Arizonans with kidney disease.

Annually, the Grant Committee invites non-profit organizations whom it believes uphold the AWB mission to apply for grants. The funds granted are generated by a single event, the Authors Luncheon, hosted each Fall by the Women’s Board. Over the past 34 years, over $10 million has been raised and donated to worthy Arizona recipients.

To make a donation, please contact us.

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About the Arizona Women’s Board

The Arizona Women’s Board is committed to the prevention of kidney disease through awareness, education and research, and to the improvement of the quality of life for Arizonans with kidney disease.

Aware of the many needs of kidney patients in Arizona, the Arizona Women’s Board makes grants to organizations that provide patient services ranging from transportation to and from dialysis, kidney transplants, medications, dental care or a mortgage payment, food for the patient and family, and kidney disease research.

We received our 501(c)(3) status in 2010.

Board of Directors

Board Members

Ann Albers, Elise Bard, Leslie Berry, Irene Bonadurer, Shaun Bracken, Jan Cacheris, Jennifer Carmer, Jane Christensen, Susan Doria, Sydney Dye, Gee Gee Entz, Shän Francis, Lisa Ghelfi, Erin Gogolak, Lenni Griego, Christine Gustafson, Carrie Hall, Nadine Hart, Brenda Howard,Carrie Hulburd, Sandy Kostis, Julie Kroot, Kathleen Lang, Leah Hoffman Langerman, Robyn Lee, Julie Linhart, Amy Louis, Lynne Love, Sandy Magruder, Genny Matteucci, Kathleen McClain, Susan Purtill, Margo Shein, Marci Symington, Julie Vogel, Candyce Williams, Melani Walton, and Kari Yatkowski. In Memoriam, Honorary Member, Glenna Shapiro.

Sustaining Members List

Sydney Anderson, Jeannette Baker, Mimi Berry, Jan Bohannon, Susan Charlton, Mary Crozier, Robyn DeBell, Ann Denk, Margie Denton, Jacquie Dorrance, Harriet Friedland, Nancy Gaintner, Babs Gordon, Penny Gunning, Nancy Hanley, Mary Hudak, Nan Hunter Howlett, Catherine Jacobson, Dana Jirauch, Dodie Johnes, Rona Kasen, Patti Lau, Jamie Lendrum, Suzanne Lewis, Judy Linhart, Janis Lyon, Brenda Mason, Linda Mattes, Linda Nachman, Virginia Nosky, Susan Palmer-Hunter, Joan Potter, Julie Prusak, Lois Savage, Judy Schubert, Sallye Schumacher, Susan Segal, Judy Shannon, Beverly Shaver, Susie Small, Betsy Stodola, Sue Stuckey, Martha Thomas, JoAnn Tull, Joan Warne, Teresa West, Nancy White, Anne Woudenberg, and Rachel Zemer.

Past Luncheon Chairs