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The Texas Women’s Foundation is honoring Perkins Coie Managing Partner Jill Louis at their annual leadership forum award ceremony, which will be hosted by Jenna Bush Hager.
The forum will be held at the Omni Dallas Hotel on April 27 and consists of a half-day empowerment program for teen girls called #BESTSELF, leadership forums with the 2023 Maura Women Helping Women and Young Leader recipients and an award celebration and dinner.
“We invite you to join us for a day of leadership and inspiration. Our event now includes middle and high school students as we strive to celebrate and encourage Texas women leaders across generations. Jenna Hager, whose Texas roots run deep, brings her entrepreneurial spirit and phenomenal journalism career to make this event a ‘must attend’ this spring,” Miki Woodard, Texas Women’s Foundation president and CEO said.
The Maura Women Helping Women Award will be presented to CEO of Soulstice Consultancy Froswa Booker-Drew, Vice Chancellor Workforce Instruction for the Houston Community College System and College President Madeline Burillo-Hopkins, President and CEO of The Boone Family Foundation Aimee Cunningham, President and CEO of the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Mary Pat Higgins and Managing Partner of Perkins Coie’s Dallas office Jill Louis.
Louis’ practice focuses on advising companies with growth-oriented, liquidity-creating and transformational strategies. She is also the host of RelevantNOW, an environmental, social and corporate governance-focused podcast examining the intersection of business and public interest.
The awards ceremony will be hosted by Jenna Bush Hager, Hockaday grad and daughter of Preston Hollow neighbors Laura and George H. W. Bush.
“I look forward to emceeing this event honoring women who have elevated women and girls and created opportunities for advancement and leadership. I am fortunate to have learned from my grandmothers, Barbara Bush and Jenna Welch, and my mother, Laura, who showed me how to be an impactful woman who lifts up others to achieve their potential,” Hager said.
