From left, Ben Kahrl, Judy Kahrl and Ella Karhl celebrate Judy Kahrl's receipt of the Sarah Orne Jewett Award at the 2015 Leadership Luncheon organized by the Maine Women's Fund at the Holiday Inn by the Bay on Tuesday.
From left, Pam Whitehead, Maine Women's Fund treasurer Natalie Solotoff, board member Marilyn Bronzi, Sally Bancroft and Phyllis Gerertz attend the 2015 Leadership Luncheon on Tuesday.
Maine Women's Fund board member Robin Hodgskin, left, stands with Jim and Kathy Wellehan at the 2015 Leadership Luncheon. Their business, Lamey Wellehan, received the 2015 Visionary Partner Award.
From left, Lisa Joy, Mary Dolan and Rita Briggs, all from the Maine State Credit Union, and Lorraine Twombly of Priority Learning attend the 2015 Leadership Luncheon.
Susan Meyer, left, a former Girl Scout, shares her memories of selling Girls Scout cookies with Connie Goulatis, chief advancement officer for Girl Scouts of Maine at the 2015 Leadership Luncheon organized by the Maine Women's Fund at the Holiday Inn by the Bay on Tuesday.
Kelly Brown, left, of Next Step Domestic Violence Project networks, talks with Nicole Bezanson of Pierce Atwood and treasurer of Witches Wear Pink organization, and Witches Wear Pink president JoAnne Christman, right, at the 2015 Leadership Luncheon.
Melinda Shain, left, president of the board of directors of Maine Women's Fund, listens to Molly Bogart of the Maine Women's Policy Center as Kathy Kilrain del Rio, also of the MWPC, talks with Coreen Lauren, right, of sheJAMS, at the 2015 Leadership Luncheon. Lauren is a sheJAMS business partner with Melissa Smith, president and CEO of Wex, who received the 2015 Tribute to Women in Industry Award.
Tessy Seward of Maine Inside Out, left, confers with Tracy Booth, a "founding mother" of Maine Women's Fund, at the 2015 Leadership Luncheon.
Wayne and Kelly Maines, left, parents of Samantha Smith Award winner Nicole Maines, who could not attend, talk with Pamela Gagnon of Next Step Domestic Violence Project at the 2015 Leadership Luncheon.
Connie Jones of SeniorsPLUS networks talks with Mark Foster of Bangor Savings Bank at the 2015 Leadership Luncheon organized by the Maine Women's Fund at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland on Tuesday.
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