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President’s Message
from page 1
“The matriarchs in
my family are a
constant reminder of
where women were
three generations
ago, and hopefully
where women can be
three generations
from now.”
to her life. I have been fortunate to have
had several female role models in my life,
who similarly found “respite” from their admirable
work through their children (and
grandchildren), and in doing so, set an
example for me.
My mother was a doctor. She graduated
from Harvard Medical School in
1979, thirty-four years after the school accepted
its first female enrollees. According
to the Association of American Medical
Colleges, in 1980-1981, two years after
my mother graduated from medical school,
only 24.9% of medical school graduates
were females. After medical school, during
her medical residency, my mother gave
birth to my brother. She then gave birth to
me just one year after beginning to practice
medicine as a radiologist. Despite the
demands of her job, the long hours, and
the late-night calls, my mother was always
there to support me in my various endeavors.
She attended nearly every important
milestone event in my life, and after a long
day at work and/or a long week, she would
travel around Ohio (my home state) and
to other states for various gymnastics meets,
tennis matches, and other sporting activities.
If she was tired, she never let me know.
She balanced it all with grace, instilling in
me the meaning of hard work from a very
young age.
My grandmother was also a pioneer
of her time. She grew up during the depression
in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Despite the obstacles she faced and her
limited financial means, she pursued a
nursing degree from Beth Israel Hospital
School of Nursing in Boston, Massachusetts.
She then served as a visiting nurse
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Editor’s Note
“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes
fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.”
~ Rosa Parks
Making Dates and Getting Published
NEWSLETTER SUBMISSIONS
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(submissions received after the deadline are subject to the discretion of the editor).
❑ Send submissions as email attachments to Jennifer L. Gray at jgray@kblaw.com.
❑ Articles should be 1,000 words or fewer. Remove all pagination, headers, footers or
other formatting, other than bold, underline or italics. Authors are encouraged to submit
photographs for publication with their submissions and include a short biographical
statement with their submissions.
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the material in any WWBA publication or on its website without additional consent.
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❑ First visit the WWBA website: www.wwbany.org and click on the calendar at the home
page to view scheduled programs. Conflicts in scheduling will be assessed on a case by
case basis, with priority for early submissions.
❑ Contact Natanya Briendel at tanyabriendel@gmail.com or Hon. Amy Puerto at
amy.puerto@yahoo.com to schedule a WWBA sponsored or co-sponsored program,
including committee meetings, CLE programs, etc.
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with planning your program and creating your flyer.
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month, please send your flyer to the Program Committee Co-chairs for review and copy
the Executive Director. Once approved, please send your final flyer to the Executive
Director, Megan Starstrom and the President for publication on the website calendar and
the newsletter calendar. The final flyer will also be emailed to the membership.
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interest to our members.
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of the speakers and participants that can be included in an upcoming newsletter. Send
your submission to Natanya Briendel or Amy Puerto, following the guidelines above.
Contacts
Jennifer L. Gray, Corresponding Secretary and Newsletter Editor-in-Chief: jgray@kblaw.com
Natanya L. Briendel, Programs Committee Co-Chair: tanyabriendel@gmail.com
Hon. Amy Puerto, Programs Committee Co-Chair: amy.puerto@yahoo.com
Amanda K. Rieben, President: president@wwbany.org
Ann M. McNulty, CLE Chair: ann.m.mcnulty@morganstanley.com
Megan Starstrom, Executive Director: executivedirector@wwbany.org
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