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26th Annual
Celebrating Women Luncheon

With featured guest, Clea Shearer

Friday, October 31, 2025 | Hilton Anatole Hotel

Celebrating Women

Over the last 25 years, Celebrating Women has raised more than $42 million to advance the fight against breast cancer in North Texas.

Thanks to efforts like Celebrating Women, Baylor Scott & White has been able to lay the groundwork for transformative advancements in cancer care.

Event details

Friday, October 31, 2025

Hilton Anatole Hotel

We hope you will join us for this year’s luncheon. Your support will bring transformative breast cancer work to life—paving the way for better outcomes and renewed hope.

Presenting sponsor

Clea Shearer is the co-founder of The Home Edit, a mother, a wife, and most recently, a breast cancer survivor. Having grown-up in Los Angeles, she graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York City, and currently resides in Nashville. Ten years ago, Clea, and her co-founder, Joanna Teplin started The Home Edit – a global home and lifestyle company with the goal of reinventing traditional home organizing and merging it with design. The Home Edit has become a household name with a social following of over 9.8 million people; three New York Times bestselling books, The Home Edit, The Home Edit Life, and The Home Edit: Stay Organized; a successful line of organizational products sold in over 31 countries; and an Emmy-nominated Netflix show, Get Organized with The Home Edit. In 2025, the pair made their debut as host of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition airing on ABC and streaming on Hulu. Philanthropically, Clea has been on the board of trustees for the Nathan Cummings Foundation for over 20 years, serves as an angel to the board of Baby2Baby, is heavily involved with the Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center where she received care, and started her own breast cancer research fund through the V Foundation. In her spare time she can be found traveling, reading her kindle, and trying to learn how to cook. 

Lindsay Ballotta has called Dallas home since graduating magna cum laude from SMU and earning her J.D. from Emory University. Deeply rooted in community service, she has held leadership roles with Crystal Charity Ball, Community Partners of Dallas, the Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary and more. A devoted mom to Caroline and William, Lindsay stays active supporting their schools and extracurriculars, from horseback riding to golf. She’s also an SMU alumna reunion co-chair and an avid tennis player, traveler and Billy Joel fan. Lindsay is honored to serve as co-chair of Celebrating Women alongside her longtime friend, Carolyn Brown.

A proud Texan, Carolyn Brown is an SMU graduate and former commercial real estate attorney whose life changed with a breast cancer diagnosis in 2016. Her experience deepened her passion for supporting women facing cancer. She now serves on the board of Brighter Magazine, a lifestyle publication for women navigating cancer. Carolyn treasures time with her husband, Steve, and their son, Jack, a high school freshman and lifelong golf enthusiast. Whether traveling or enjoying quiet moments at home, Carolyn finds joy in life’s simple blessings. She is honored to co-chair Celebrating Women alongside her dear friend, Lindsay Ballotta.

Advisory Committee

Anita Arnold
Jane Bolin
Diane Brierley
Pam Busbee
Christie Carter
Cindy Carter
Nancy Carter
Darlene Cass
Nancy Chapman
Marybeth Conlon
Lisa Cooley
Linda Custard
Leslie Diers

Laura Downing
Jennifer Dix
Claire Emanuelson
Tucker Enthoven
Pamela Ewing
Fredye Factor
Susan Farris
Mary Clare Finney
Ola Fojtasek
Tucean Franks
Elizabeth Gambrell
Margo Goodwin
Karen Halsell, MD

Randi Halsell
Kim Hext
Kristi Hoyl
Cheryl Joyner
Angie Kadesky
Beth Layton
Lisa Longino
Sarah Losinger
Melissa Macatee
Pat McCall
Jo Anne McCullough
Sharon McCullough
Pat McEvoy

Karla McKinley
Peggy Meyer
Geraldine “Tincy” Miller
Daffan Nettle
Helen Nixon
Lydia Novakov
Debbie Oates
Connie O’Neill
Pam Perella
Mary Martha Pickens
Sue Porter
Michal Powell
Aileen Pratt

Peggy Riggs
Carol Seay
Peggy Sewell
Shelle Sills
Jill Guest Smith
Debbie Snell
Barbara Stuart
Jill Tananbaum
Julie Turner
Suzanne Webb
Tucean Webb
Gretchen Minyard Williams

Luncheon Committee

Bonner Allen
Cynthia Beaird
Lindy Berkley
Helen Steele Bowles
Karen Carney
Andrea Cheek
Shirley Cohn
Katherine Coker
Anne Reeder Corley
Janet Councill
Sissy Cullum
Carol Dalton
Tiffany Davis
Julie Day
Marie Dean
Vivian Dimas, MD
Tiffany Divis
Ann Dyer
Michaela Dyer
Linda Dysert
Joan Eleazer

Kristy Ferguson
Susan Fisk
Patti Flowers
Sara Friedman
Kristie George
Lorie Ghobriel
Lucy Gildea, PhD
Susan Glassmoyer
Tara Goodwin, DO
Nancy Gopez
Clare Graca
Shannon Graham
Elizabeth Gunby
Kristin Hallam
Kristina Hallam
Sara Hallam
Diana Hamilton
Bonnie Harding
Kimber Hartmann
Amy Hegi
Libby Hegi

Kathy Helm
Zack Henderson
Isabell Novakov-Higginbotham
Anne Kashata
Sally King
Maggie Kipp
Kama Koudelka
Tracey Kozmetsky
Christy Lara
Dianne LaRoe
DeeDee Lee
Patty Leyendecker
Michelle Lobel
Amy Lobner
Christine Luskin
Insha Luthra
Alison Malone
Kate Rose Marquez
Sara Reeder Matlock
Lynn McBee


Pam McCallum
Kelsey McCord
Carol McEvoy
Linda McFarland
Anne McPherson
Brenda Meloy
Wendy Messmann
Kim Miller
Kimberly Ann Mullin
Laura Neely
Katie Oster
Yvette Ostolaza
Allison Pink
Layne Pitzer
Felicia Powell
Kim Quinn
April Renberg
Lori Routh
Debbie Ryan
Christa Sanford
Angela Seaman

Brooke Shelby
Melissa Sherrill
Amanda Shufeldt
Lisa Singleton
Cindy Stager
Megan Steinbach
Venise Stuart
Candace Swango
Michele Vobach
Caroline Snell Wagner
Lisa Walker
Lucy Wallace, MD
Jeneca Willis
Emilynn Wilson
Liz Wilson
Candace Winslow
Susan Wyatt
Katherine Wyker
Connie Yates
Amy Zicarelli

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