The Network of Executive Women awarded scholarships to six women at its April 5 luncheon. From left: Kelsey Concepcion, Kristen Miller, Gretchen Ramos-Guadalupe and Heather Taylor-Little. Not pictured are Karema Foster and Maria Rivera. Photo courtesy of the NEW.
The Network of Executive Women awarded scholarships to six women at its April 5 luncheon.
The luncheon, held at Gabriele’s Ristorante in Orange, was this year’s celebration of one of NEW’s goals – to award scholarships to help support the educational goals of women in business who needed financial help and whose circumstances caused them to take a break in the pursuit of their education.
The scholarship recipients were: Kelsey Concepcion, who received the Virginia Allen Scholarship to Housatonic Community College; Gretchen Ramos-Guadalupe, who received the Harriet Cohen Haggerty Memorial Scholarship to Albertus Magnus College; Kristen Miller, who received the Donna Marino Scholarship to Albertus Magnus; Karema Foster, who received the Phyllis Holt Scholarship to Albertus Magnus; Maria Rivera, who was awarded a scholarship to Southern Connecticut State University; and Heather Taylor-Little, received a scholarship to Albertus Magnus
Several of the scholarships awarded bear the names of former or notable members of the network’s organization. Each has contributed their time and expertise to the organization and their local community.
This year, the Milford Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Trust Committee, which helps to support NEW’s scholarships, renamed its award to the Harriet Cohen Haggerty Memorial Scholarship in honor of Harriet Haggerty, who served as a board member, leader and past president of NEW and was also a board member of the Milford chamber for 25 years. She died on Feb. 24.
“We will dearly miss Harriet,” said NEW’s president Heather Smith-Jaser. “Remembering Harriet reminds us how proud we are that our members and our scholarships change women’s lives in our community.”