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In its inaugural year, Impact 100 2013 awarded $100,000 to the Youth Empowerment Project<\/a>. YEP is a local nonprofit organization that serves over 1,000 of the most vulnerable youth in our community between the ages of 7 and 24. It offers mentoring, educational, and job readiness programs to at-risk youth, many of whom have already entered the juvenile and criminal justice systems.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about how the Youth Empowerment Project has used the Impact 100 award.<\/p>\n

Impact 100 2013 Members<\/h2>\n

Peggy Adams,\u00a0Nancy Aronson,\u00a0Carol Asher,\u00a0Ann Babington,\u00a0Ellen Ball,\u00a0Stephanie Barksdale,\u00a0Judy Barrasso,\u00a0Barbara Beckman,\u00a0Margaret Beer,\u00a0Sallee Benjamin,\u00a0Elizabeth Boh,\u00a0Katherine Boh,\u00a0Marta Bordeaux,\u00a0Bridget Bories,\u00a0Susan Brennan,\u00a0Ashley Bright,\u00a0Kia Brown,\u00a0Lynne Burkart,\u00a0Sandra Cahill,\u00a0Mindy Caplan,\u00a0Darleen Carlisle,\u00a0Ivy Carter,\u00a0Cathy Cary,\u00a0Mary Chapman,\u00a0Vanessa Brown Claiborne,\u00a0Susan Couvillon,\u00a0Liza Cowan,\u00a0Liz Creel,\u00a0Katie Crosby,\u00a0Mathilde Currence,\u00a0Margo Dubos,\u00a0Jill Dupr\u00e9,\u00a0Monica Edwards,\u00a0Margaret Epstein,\u00a0Celeste Eustis,\u00a0Celeste Coco-Ewing,\u00a0Stephanie Feoli,\u00a0Jeanne Firth,\u00a0Sally Forman,\u00a0Cristina Fowler,\u00a0Cristi Fowler Chauvin,\u00a0Jennifer Fowler,\u00a0Catherine Freeman,\u00a0Betsie Gambel,\u00a0Kelisha Garrett,\u00a0Kim George,\u00a0Katie Gibert,\u00a0Charline Gipson,\u00a0Anne Grace,\u00a0JoAnn Greenberg,\u00a0Dana Hansel,\u00a0Alison Hartman,\u00a0Jan Hayden,\u00a0Stephanie Haynes,\u00a0Kathy Hebert,\u00a0Sally Heller,\u00a0Susan Hess,\u00a0Jane Scott Hodges,\u00a0Betty Hope,\u00a0Ellinor Howard,\u00a0Stephanie Huger,\u00a0Maureen Huguley,\u00a0Susan Johnson,\u00a0Sally Kenney,\u00a0Mimi Koch,\u00a0Jane Kohlmann,\u00a0Linda Kolb,\u00a0Ruth Kullman,\u00a0Mara Kupperman,\u00a0Elly Lane,\u00a0CC Langenstein,\u00a0Patti Lapeyre,\u00a0Sally Lapeyre,\u00a0Cynthia LeBreton,\u00a0Gay LeBreton,\u00a0Courtney LeClercq,\u00a0Diana M. Lewis,\u00a0Sheldon Lykes,\u00a0Diane Manget,\u00a0Ellen Manning,\u00a0Barbara Marcus,\u00a0Nancy Marsiglia,\u00a0Mary Matalin,\u00a0Betty McDermott,\u00a0Sharon Meyer,\u00a0Anne Milling,\u00a0Lauren Morstead,\u00a0Leann Moses,\u00a0Andr\u00e9e Moss,\u00a0Emily Palit,\u00a0Pie-z Parkerson,\u00a0Debbie Patrick,\u00a0Cathy Pierson,\u00a0Anne Redd,\u00a0Alexis Robinson,\u00a0Elizabeth Rodriguez,\u00a0Courtney-Anne Sarpy,\u00a0Elonide Semmes,\u00a0Yvette Semmes,\u00a0Holly Sharp,\u00a0Jackie Shreves,\u00a0Liz Sloss,\u00a0Karen Soll,\u00a0Susu Stall,\u00a0Ileana Suquet,\u00a0Sally Suthon,\u00a0Phyllis Taylor,\u00a0Cheryl Teamer,\u00a0Susan Tyler,\u00a0Melanee Usdin,\u00a0Kathleen Van Horn,\u00a0Fran Villere,\u00a0Madeline West,\u00a0Virginia White,\u00a0Ellen Yellin,\u00a0Sarah Young<\/p>\n

Impact 100 2013 Events<\/b><\/h2>\n

Kick-off Luncheon<\/h2>\n

The kick-off luncheon was held at Ashe Cultural Arts Center. During the luncheon, the members learned about the five categories for eligible nonprofits and enjoyed the keynote speech from Kathy LeMay. Other speakers at the event included: Carol Asher, Volunteer Champion; Katie LeGardeur, Managing Director, JPMorgan; Albert Ruesga, President & CEO, Greater New Orleans Foundation.<\/p>\n

The next morning, Impact 100 members received an email with voting instructions and were given 24 hours to vote. In this email, members voted anonymously online to support one of the following the categories: arts & culture, education, environment, health & social services, and youth development.<\/p>\n

Watch the videos from the Kick-Off Luncheon<\/em><\/p>\n