Women's Forum Inc.

Fact Sheet     

Founded	1974
Membership	By invitation and limited to 400 leading women in the professions, arts and business life of New York.
Purpose	The Women's Forum is a community where preeminent New York women leaders of diverse achievement come togetherer to make a difference for each other and to take an active, leadership role in matters of importance to them.
Programs	A wide variety of monthly programs feature top speakers in the fields of public affairs, industry, government, science and the arts, many drawn from the Forum's own membership.
Affiliates	More than sixty Women's Forums on five continents are affiliated through the International Women's Forum, formed in 1982 and based in Washington, D.C.
Current President	Judith D. Fryer
Past Presidents	Westina Matthews Shatteen (2006-2008) Dede Thompson Bartlett (2004-2006) Diane F. Perlmutter (2002-2004) Joni Lysett Nelson (2000-2002) Gail Blanke (1996-2000) Muriel Siebert (1994-1996) Suzanne D. Jaffe (1992-1994) Susan G. Greenwood (1990-1992) Carol Bellamy (1988-1990) Ponchitta Pierce (1986-1988) Donna E. Shalala (1984-1986) Ellen Sulzberger Straus (1982-1984) Karen Gerard (1980-1982) Colette Mahoney, RSHM (1979) Elinor Guggenheimer (1978) Betty Cott Ruder (1977) Muriel Fox (1976) Elizabeth Forsling Harris (1975)
Executive Director	Rita B. Crotty