Citymeals Honors Co-Founder & Board Chair Gael Greene at 30th Annual POWER LUNCH FOR WOMEN

The Plaza Hotel will be the seat of power in New York City on Friday, November 18th as 400 women - leaders of industry, media, government and the arts - come together to support the Citymeals on Wheels 30th Annual "Power Lunch for Women."

This by-invitation-only benefit, emceed by Carla Hall, Co-Host of ABC's The Chew, chef and cookbook author, is expected to raise $1.2 million to provide meals for New York's homebound elderly. As Citymeals launches the 35th anniversary of its founding, it will honor Co-Founder and Board Chair Gael Greene for her tireless dedication to the organization that has delivered 54 million meals since Christmas 1981.

This year's powerful women are Sunny Anderson, Donatella Arpaia, Ariane Ruskin Batterberry, Kathleen Battle, Jennifer Baum, Aliyyah Baylor, Alison Lohrfink Blood, Samantha Boardman, Bobbi Brown, Leah Cohen, Ariane Daguin, Blythe

Danner, Dasha Epstein, Florence Fabricant, Elizabeth Falkner, Georgette Farkas, Ruth Finley, Amanda Freitag, Audrey Gelman, Penny Glazier, Jamee Gregory, Eden Grinshpan, Donna Hanover, Jessica Hart, Caroline Hirsch, Dana Ivey,

LaTanya Jackson, Jill Kaplan, Lauren Kassan, Harriette Rose Katz, Celerie Kemble, Dorothy Kretchmer, Adrienne Landau,Barbara Lazaroff, Alexandra Lebenthal, Zarela Martínez, Commissioner Julie Menin, Wendi Murdoch, Margo MacNabb Nederlander, Enid Nemy, Daphne Oz, Karen Page, Monica Parikh, Ruth Reichl, Deborah Roberts, Betty Rollin, Paulette Satur, RosAnna Scotto, Danielle Smith, Dee Soder, Silda Wall Spitzer, Donna Zaccaro Ullman, Colleen Wachob, Patricia Wexler, M.D., Judith Zabar, and Paula Zahn, among others.

A couple of dozen men are allowed the privilege of lunching with these powerful and famous women for an admission price of $10,000. This year's "$10K Men" include Daniel Boulud, Michael Lynne, John Shapiro, Bob Shaye, Alexander Smalls, Bill Speck, and Donald Tober.

One hundred percent of the money raised from ticket sales and the silent auction at Power Lunch, and all Citymeals events, goes toward the preparation and delivery of nutritious meals to homebound elderly in the five boroughs of New York City. All funds needed to cover administrative and fundraising expenses are raised separately and specifically for those purposes and not from the general public.

Friday, November 18, 2016; The Plaza Hotel: Enter at 768 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan (the 59th Street and 5th Avenue entrance) and follow signs to the elevator. The event will be held in the Grand Foyer and Grand Ballroom on the third floor.