Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our 2009 Public Affairs Dinner! With nearly 900 guests and an exciting live auction, the 2009 Choice for Generations Public Affairs Dinner was a tremendous success. Our preliminary numbers indicate that more than $500,000 was raised to support the health and education provided by our clinics. See photos from the dinner below.

Thank you to former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright for serving as our keynote speaker; State Senator Kirk Watson for serving as our Master of Ceremonies; Ken Stein, Executive Director of the Paramount Theatre, for serving as our live auctioneer; event co-chairs Cheryl and Jim George, Dana and Todd George, and Katie George Hallberg for their outstanding leadership efforts; and to our event committee and host families for making the event so successful.

Madeleine K. Albright is Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm.  In 1997, Dr. Albright was named the 64th Secretary of State of the United States and was the first female to hold that post, the highest ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government at the time. From 1993 to 1997, Dr. Albright served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations and as a member of the President’s Cabinet. She is the first Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Dr. Albright earned a B.A. with Honors from Wellesley College, and Master’s and Doctorate degrees from Columbia University’s Department of Public Law and Government.  Dr. Albright is author of three New York Times best-sellers, with a new book to be released this Fall entitled READ MY PINS: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box (Harper), in which Secretary Albright shares the compelling and often humorous stories behind her unique pin collection, and explains how pins became, for her, a signature diplomatic tool.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region President and CEO Ken Lambrecht

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright with Tom and Robbie Ausley

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright with Cheryl and Jim George

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright with Nancy Scanlan, Laura Scanlan Cho, and Ken Cho

Ken Stein, Executive Director of the Paramount Theatre and live auctioneer

Kirk Watson, Texas State Senator and Master of Ceremonies

Madeleine K. Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State and Keynote Speaker

Todd George, Dana Nelson-George, Cheryl George, Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Jim George, Katie George Hallberg, Tom Hallberg

Planned Parenthood’s annual Public Affairs Dinner supports the operation of its three clinics in Austin, Texas. Proceeds from this event make it possible for Planned Parenthood to provide high quality health care and education to more than 30,000 women, men, and adolescents in our community annually.

Questions?
For more information about the event, please call 512.276.8085 or email marilyn.anderson@ppaustin.org.