Entertainment Industry Charity Champion Lisa Paulsen, LA City Council Member Nury Martinez and Founder/CEO of Firm Transporting the Disabled Delilah Lanoix-Harris

Hundreds gathered on May 11, 2016 to celebrate the YWCA Greater Los Angeles 2016 Phenomenal Woman Awards Luncheon at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel. Honorees included: Lisa Paulsen, President & CEO of the Entertainment Industry Foundation, Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez, and Delilah Lanoix-Harris, President of SMS Transportation Services. These powerful and influential women engaged attendees with a keynote seminar discussing their insights around the topic of what it means to be Powerful, Inspired, Brilliant, Visionary and Bold women: the obligations it imposes, the challenges it invites.

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L-R: Billy Davis Jr., Marilyn McCoo, Mayor of Hawthorne: Chris Brown, Bonnie Tiegel, Mary Hart, Faye Washington, Christine Devine and Dallas Fowler

Entertainment Tonight’s Bonnie Tiegel, Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Supervisor Hilda Solis

On May 13, 2015, YWCA Greater Los Angeles held the 2015 Phenomenal Woman Awards Luncheon, at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel. Bonnie Tiegel, Entertainment Tonight/Insider Senior Producer, received this year’s inaugural Phenomenal Woman Media Award; Congresswoman Maxine Waters received the 2015 Phenomenal Woman Legacy Award; and Supervisor Hilda Solis received the 2015 Phenomenal Woman of the Year award. Attendees also enjoyed listening to guest speaker, Dallas Fowler, Commissioner Delegate, City of Los Angeles.

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