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(additional photos can be found on the Past Events page)

October 30, 2024: College Outreach at Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
The NEWPF College Outreach Sub-Commitee (part of the Mentoring Committee) held a panel discussion at Seton Hall University featuring 4 NEWPF members (Arlene Bohner, Mary Francoeur, Nadine Halevy, and Ana Yordanov) discussing careers in public finance. The event was co-sponsored by Seton Hall's Women in Business club, the Women's Network club, and the Seton Hall Career Center.

October 8, 2024: Flash Mentoring Event hosted by Fitch Ratings - an evening of networking and mentoring!

October 1, 2024: Public Finance LGBTQ+ History Month Social Mixer, sponsored by Muni Pride, NEWPF, and Norton Rose Fulbright

September 18, 2024: The Bond Buyer Hall of Fame
Freda Johnson was inducted into The Bond Buyer Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in Philadelphia on September 18. Freda, a founder of NEWPF, was introduced by Alice Cheng, current NEWPF Co-President.

September 12, 2024: Fireside Chat with Emily Brock

July/August 2024: Summer Dine-Arounds in NYC and NJ

August 3, 2024: NEWPF partnered with MuniPride to prep meals at God's Love We Deliver

July 31, 2024: CT Happy Hour at Republic Gastropub, Bloomfield, CT

April 9, 2024: NEWPF Mentoring Kickoff Event

April 4, 2024: Volunteer Opportunity at St. Luke's Soup Kitchen

October 28, 2023: NEWPF volunteered at the Community Food Bank of New Jersey - We prepped 392 family cartons and repacked another 392!

October 27, 2023: NEWPF's first volunteer activity in CT! We volunteered at Camp Courant, serving children of Hartford, CT - a fun morning for a worthwhile cause!

October 12, 2023: Boldly and Brilliantly Build your Brand with MJ Klimas, Principal of PresencePlus LLC. MJ helped us tap into our best selves and leave the event with new tools to enhance Executive Presence, Confidence and Power. The video and powerpoint are available here for 30 days.

July & August 2023: Dine-Arounds!

May 2023: Volunteer Event at Fresh Air Farm in Fishkill, NY: NEWPF volunteers got a lot done on the Fresh Air Farm—planting, mulching, weeding and composting—all in preparation for the arrival of Fresh Air kids this summer.

April 2023: Mentoring Happy Hour

March 2023: Panel Event on Reinventing NYC

February 2023: Members of the NEWPF Mentoring Committee plan the February 28th Kickoff Event!

December 6, 2022: The Bond Buyer Deal of the Year Gala featuring the Freda Johnson and Trailblazer Awards

Pictured below:  Public Sector winner Deborah Goldberg, Treasurer, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (left), Private Sector winner Emilie Ninan, Partner and Co-Chair of Finance Department, Member of Expanded Board, Ballard Spahr LLP (center), and Freda Johnson (right).

2022 Trailblazer Luncheon

September 28, 2022: Mentoring Happy Hour

July & August 2022: Summer Dine-Arounds in NYC - 7 dinners held across NYC

Mentoring Committee, 2022

2022 Mentoring Committee: Elaine Brennan, Aditi Gupta, Bonnie Tessler,
Freda Johnson, Alison Radecki, Alice Cheng, and Gera McGuire

September 2021: Co-hosted with GFOA-CT, NEWPF held an in-person event including opening remarks from the mayors of East Hartford and West Hartford, and a panel moderated by NEWPF Board member Keisha Palmer.

July & August, 2021: Summer Dine-Arounds in NYC and NJ

Cafe Zeugma hosted by Mary Francoeur and Lisa Cole	Essex hosted by Mary Francoeur
La Gioconda with hostess Alice Cheng	Sea Fire Grill hosted by Neene Jenkins and Kim Vaccari

March 9, 2011: We had a bumper crop of mentors and mentees getting "up close and personal" in Zoom breakout rooms for our annual Mentoring Kick-off Event!

October 7, 2019 - Healthcare Panel

October 3, 2019 - INSIDE OUT: Business Insiders are the New Government Outsiders

September 10, 2019 - A Conversation with Lieutenant Governor Hochul

July and August 2019 - Summer Dine-Arounds! 12 dinners hosted by NEWPF Board Members during NYC Restaurant Week

March 20, 2019: NEWPF Mentoring Event

October 30, 2018: NEWPF Project Finance: Hudson Yards

August 2, 2018: Connecticut Mentoring Event 

NEWPF Board members Bettina Bronisz and Jeanette Weldon hosted a Connecticut Mentoring Event in Hartford on August 2, 2018.

July/August 2018: Summer Dine-Arounds

July 2018 - Rock Center Cafe - hosted by Freda Johnson and Ann Flynn	July 2018 - Limani - hosted by Neene Jenkins and Leigh Nader
July 2018 - Cafe Centro - hosted by Eden Perry	August 2018 - Astor Court - hosted by Linda D'Onofrio
August 2018 - Montebello - hosted by Kim Vaccari	August 2018 - Little Park - hosted by Mary Francoeur
August 2018 - Armani - hosted by Alice Cheng

May 2018: 2rd Annual Tax Reform Panel

April 2018: Annual Mentoring Event

October 2017: Breakfast with Seth Magaziner, Treasurer of Rhode Island

July/August 2017: Dine-Arounds

June 2017: The Municipal Bond Tax Exemption in Perspective

April 2017 Pace University Event

May 2017 Event: UConn's New Hartford Campus - An Overview

March 2017 Mentoring Event

February 2017 Panel on Transportation Sector

December 2016 Speaker: Carole Brown, CFO of the City of Chicago

December 2016 BondBuyer Deal of the Year Gala: Freda Johnson Awards

Kimberly Lyons, Marian Zucker, Freda Johnson, Suzanne Shank, Vivian Altman

Vivian Altman and Kimberly Lyons, Co-Presidents of NEWPF

November 2016 Holiday Party

Xiaolei Guo (mentee), Ana Yordanov (mentor), and Alice Cheng (mentee) 

September 2016 PopUp Happy Hour

July/August 2016 - Dine-Arounds

July 2016 - Leading Ladies

Panel discussion moderated by Freda Johnson, featuring four female heads of Public Finance: Karen Daly (Kroll Bond Rating Agency), Gail Sussman (Moody's Investors Service), Tina Morris (Standard & Poor's), and Jessalynn Moro (Fitch Ratings).

 May 2016 - Making the Best of Ourselves

Presentation by Charlotte A. Lee of Lee Hecht Harrison (one of the world's largest outplacement firms). 
Handouts: Body Language Tips, Phone Interviewing Tips

 April 2016 - Pensions: What is Really Behind the Numbers?

Moderated by Neene Jenkins, featuring Ritta McLaughlin, Les Richmond and Marcia Van Wagner

March 2016 - Mentoring Event

December 2015 - Deal of the Year Gala; Presentation of the 2015 Freda Johnson Awards