Junior League of San Francisco Women at the Center Honors

JLSF Women at the Center Honoree Jennifer Siebel Newsom with Alana Leigh

Greg Jorgensen with JLSF Women at the Center Honoree Judy Jorgensen

Junior League of San Francisco presented its 12^th Annual Women at the Center Honors to Judy Jorgensen and Jennifer Siebel Newsom at a celebratory dinner at the Ritz-Carlton on May 12, 2017. Christina Luz and Sabrina Lowell, JLSF Hayley Swift Award Winners (2016), provided the keynote: I am Every Woman, I am the Junior League of San Francisco.

The evening began with an exclusive reception for patrons with live music from the Magnolia Jazz Band. A champagne stroll, dinner, the awards, and an afterparty followed. The awards presentation featured a tribute to each honoree from a close friend. PJ Handeland spoke for Judy Jorgensen and Alana Leigh for Jennifer Siebel Newsom.

Scenes from the Junior League of San Francisco 12^th Annual Women at the Center Honors:

PJ Handeland paid tribute to Judy Jorgensen at the JLSF Women at the Center Honors

Bilques Smith, Steve Berexa and past JLSF President Gwinne Berexa

Robin Lee Allen and Hyacinth Ahuruonye

Blaine Kahoonei and Adriana Gascligne

WATCH Co-founder Catherine Pyke with WATCH Event Chair Renee Goldstein and WATCH Co-founder Laine Buckingham

Kris Kolassa, Chelsey Seippel and Amanda Sargisson

Katherine Fletcher and Caitlin Holstein

Jane Inch and Schuyler Hudak

Mistress of Ceremonies Jan Yanehiro with former JLSF President Anette Harris

Jeff Roberts and Kate Gundlach Roberts

Lata Prabhakar, Andrea Wagner, Jill Salor and Katie Colendich

Sabrina Lowell and William Frymann

JLSF President Susie Berg with Dana Marie Knapp and Jennifer Alford

Photos by Susana Bates for Drew Altizer Photography

Past Junior League of San Francisco Women at the Center Honorees:

2005: Katie Cardinal & Dede Wilsey
2006: Delia Ehrlich & Charlene Harvey
2007: Chris Hellman & Leslie Luttgens
2008: Nancy Bechtle & Kimberly Wright-Violich
2009: Barbara Callander & Louise Renne
2010: Gretchen de Baubigny & Susan Cook Hoganson
2011: Belva Davis & Patricia Sughrue Sprincin
2012: Joanne Horning & Charlotte Shultz
2014: Athena Blackburn & Merla Zellerbach
2015:  Patricia Tatum Otstott & Roselyne Chroman Swig
2016: Anette Harris & Dagmar Dolby

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• Junior League of San Francisco Fashion Show 2015
• Junior League of San Francisco 20th Annual Home Tour
• The Junior League is Infinitely Chic
• The Junior League Fashions Forward into a New Century
• The Hearts of San Francisco
• 100 Years Dedicated to Developing the Potential of Women
• Women at the Center Honors, 2014
• Junior League Fashion Show Tryouts
• Junior League of San Francisco Fashion Show 2010
• The Art of Fashion: Junior League of San Francisco Fashion Show 2009
• The Marina District: San Francisco’s Youngest Neighborhood
• Modernism Through the Ages
• A Fashionable Legacy
• Women at the Center Honorees 2009