26th Annual Celebrating Women Luncheon
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
2025 Celebrating Women Luncheon Co-chairs:
Lindsay Ballotta and Carolyn Brown
Longtime friends, Lindsay and Carolyn bring a personal connection to Baylor Scott & White and the Celebrating Women mission. Following Carolyn’s diagnosis with stage III triple-negative breast cancer in 2016, Lindsay was among Carolyn’s closest group of friends and loved ones who surrounded her with unwavering support throughout her journey. (Watch Carolyn’s story.)
Advisory Committee
Jane Bolin
Pam Busbee
Cindy Carter
Nancy Carter
Christie Carter
Darlene Cass
Nancy Chapman
Mary Beth Conlon
Linda Custard
Laura Downing
Tucker Enthoven
Fredye Factor
Ola Fojtasek
Tucean Franks
Elizabeth Gambrell
Margo Goodwin
Karen Halsell, MD
Randi Halsell
Kristi Hoyl
Cheryl Joyner
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
Sue Porter
Michal Powell
Aileen Pratt
Peggy Riggs
Carol Seay
Peggy Sewell
Shelle Sills
Jill Guest Smith
Debbie Snell
Barbara Stuart
Jill Tananbaum
Tucean Webb
Susan Webb
Gretchen Minyard Williams
Luncheon Committee
Bonner Allen
Anita Arnold
Cynthia Beaird
Helen Steele Bowles
Diane Brierley
Karen Carney
Andrea Cheek
Shirley Cohn
Katherine Coker
Lisa Cooley
Anne Reeder Corley
Janet Councill
Sissy Cullum
Carol Dalton
Marie Dean
Leslie Diers
Tiffany Divis
Jennifer Dix
Ann Dyer
Michaela Dyer
Linda Dysert
Joan Eleazer
Claire Emanuelson
Mary Clare Finney
Susan Fisk
Patti Flowers
Kristie George
Lorie Ghobriel
Lucy Gildea, PhD
Susan Glassmoyer
Tara Goodwin
Nancy Gopez
Shannon Graham
Elizabeth Gunby
Sara Hallam
Kristina Hallam
Kristin Hallam
Diana Hamilton
Bonnie Harding
Amy Hegi
Libby Hegi
Kathy Helm
Kim Hext
Isabell Novakov-Higginbotham
Angie Kadesky
Anne Kashata
Maggie Kipp
Kama Koudelka
Christy Lara
Dianne LaRoe
DeeDee Lee
Patty Leyendecker
Michelle Lobel
Christine Luskin
Insha Luthra
Alison Malone
Kate Rose Marquez
Lynn McBee
Pam McCallum
Carol McEvoy
Linda McFarland
Brenda Meloy
Wendy Messmann
Kim Miller
Kimberly Ann Mullin
Laura Neely
Yvette Ostolaza
Mary Martha Pickens
Layne Pitzer
Felicia Powell
Kim Quinn
Sara Reeder Matlock
April Renberg
Debbie Ryan
Christa Sanford
Angela Seaman
Melissa Sherrill
Amanda Shufeldt
Cindy Stager
Venise Stuart
Caroline Snell Wagner
Lisa Walker
Lucy Wallace, MD
Jeneca Willis
Liz Wilson
Emilynn Wilson
Candace Winslow
Katherine Wyker
Connie Yates
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