Whom You Know: NIGHTLIGHT: THE WHITE HOUSE PROJECT'S 9TH ANNUAL EPIC AWARDS THURS. APRIL 7 - OSCAR WINNER(R) GEENA DAVIS TO BE PRESENTER & KARI MATCHETT, star of COVERT AFFAIRS HOSTS AFTER-PARTY

Friday, April 8, 2011

NIGHTLIGHT: THE WHITE HOUSE PROJECT'S 9TH ANNUAL EPIC AWARDS THURS. APRIL 7 - OSCAR WINNER(R) GEENA DAVIS TO BE PRESENTER & KARI MATCHETT, star of COVERT AFFAIRS HOSTS AFTER-PARTY

THE WHITE HOUSE PROJECT’S 9TH ANNUAL EPIC AWARDS HONORS THE FILMS FAIR GAME, PARIAH, BHUTTO, MISS REPRESENTATION & ESPN’s E:60

This is how excited and surprised we would all be once a woman is in The White House!

This is Geena Davis, of course above

Feel free to vote for Peachy if she ever runs...

Melissa Baker Mason and Chelsea Baker, above

§ Aleksa Palladino, Star of the hit series Boardwalk Empire, Hosted The EPIC Awards After Party

§ Geena Davis & Margaret Brennan to be Celebrity Presenters

§ Singing sensation Gabi Wilson to perform; Winner of Barbie “I Can Be” Award

§ Marie C. Wilson, Founder of The White House Project, to be honored for lifetime achievement

§ Fair Game Director Doug Liman, ESPN Senior Producer Ben Houser,

Bhutto Director & Producer Duane Baughman &

Robert Eckert, Mattel Chairman & EPIC Awards Co-Chair reflect

Positive Trend in Men’s Support of Leading Female Roles

The White House Project’s 9th Annual EPIC Awards honoring Outstanding Efforts to Promote Images of Powerful Women in Pop Culture was held last night in Manhattan and Whom You Know was honored to attend. We met so many Movers and Shakers to be and were especially impressed with Dominique Dawes who even chatted with our readers on video: http://www.whomyouknow.com/2011/04/sporty-peachy-exclusive-olympian.html
Here are Dominique and Peachy:

We love love love Barbie!!! Barbie is a staple of childhood and we totally think it is unamerican not to love Barbie, plus she is a total trendsetter. Everyone with refined taste that reads Whom You Know LOVES Barbie. Peachy started with Skipper herself but played with them all including Barbie, Ken, PJ and more and loves them. She was pretty excited to about TV News Anchor Barbie...We loved meeting Stephanie Cota, SVP of Global Marketing for Girls Brands at Mattel and you know Peachy spent a decade on Wall Street and would like to see Banker Barbie (as in an investment banker, not a bank teller!)...we certainly would like to see a woman in the White House at Whom You Know but believe that kind of change will come when women have more control in the business world and in particular, hold a far higher percentage than 10% of senior positions at Wall Street Firms. In analyst classes right out of school about half of the class is female, and Peachy was in one ages ago. About 10% of Vice Presidents are women in banking and Peachy made it to that point.

We love love love sports and in addition to Dominique we loved meeting Olympian Heather Reilly. Both of these women in addition to Chelsea Baker, who was a total peach, really inspire the rest of us. We loved meeting music sensation Gabi Wilson, you all should be watching AnnaSophia Robb in Soul Surfer which we believe comes out today-she was a delight to meet, and one of our favorite people of the evening was Lisa Cortes who exudes extraordinary taste: we could not agree more that Champagne and Prosecco are not one and the same. But no matter, Lisa is going to come with us to Swifty's to drink The Peachy Deegan which has Star Vodka of course. Our total favorite there was Loreen Arbus but you know that because she is a Mover and Shaker! The Loreen Arbus hit parade is going to continue soon with Peckie Arbus!
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2010/04/movers-and-shakers-loreen-arbus.html
Here are all of her recent accolades
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2011/04/mover-and-shaker-loreen-arbus-to-be.html

At Whom You Know we believe that although training for the White House is a great idea, it really must start in families as both girls and boys grow up, and also it is crucial to advance single sex education. Institutions like Miss Porter's School encourage their graduates to excel in a changing world and they sent Peachy to Capital Hill as an intern a long time ago, before The White House Project existed. This is an organization to watch and we suggest you keep a close eye on it and support it.

WHERE: The IAC HQ

555 West 18th Street, NY, NY 10011

WHEN: Thursday, April 7th, 2011

WHO: (List in formation)

Geena Davis, Academy Award ® winning actor & White House Project Board Member

Aleksa Palladino, star of the hit HBO series Boardwalk Empire

Gabi Wilson, singer and musician, Winner of Barbie’s “I Can Be” Award

Gloria Steinem, Feminist author and activist

Doug Liman, Acclaimed Film Director, Fair Game & Executive Producer,Covert Affairs

Dee Rees, Writer, Director of Sundance Film Festival hit short film Pariah

Margaret Brennan, Anchor, Bloomberg News Television

Duane Baughman, Director & Producer of the acclaimed film Bhutto

Ben Houser, Senior Producer, ESPN’s E:60

AnnaSophia Robb, star of Race to Witch Mountain and the upcoming filmSoul Surfer

Abigail Disney, Producer, Women, War & Peace & White House Project Board Member

Susan Taylor, Founder, National CARES Mentoring Movement & Co-Chair of The EPIC Awards

Gerry Laybourne, Chairwoman, Alloy Media Inc. & Co-Chair of The EPIC Awards

Robert Eckert, Chairman, Mattel & Co-Chair of The EPIC Awards

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Writer, Director, Producer, Miss Representation

Regina Scully, Executive Producer, Miss Representation

John Schreiber, Vice President, Social Action, Participant Media

Chelsea Baker, star ESPN’s E:60 “The Chelsea Baker Story”

Lisa Cortes, Executive Producer, Precious

Beth Brooke, Global Vice Chair of Ernst & Young & White House Project Board Chair

Tiffany Dufu, President of The White House Project

Marie Wilson, creator of Take Our Daughters to Work Day® & Founder of The White House Project

Mahsa Pelosky, EPIC Awards Event Chair

Loreen Arbus, Producer/Philanthropist

Francine LeFrak, Philanthropist/Producer/Entrepreneur

Shelly Trotter, Producer, Soul Surfer

Carolyn Buck Luce, Global Life Sciences Sector Leader at Ernst & Young LLP

Susan Sobbott , President, American Express OPEN

Ann Kaplan, Chair, Circle Financial Group

A fabulous event by James Grant Public Relations! You know he made our Top Ten Best Dressed Men in Manahattan List:
http://www.whomyouknow.com/2011/04/top-ten-best-dressed-men-in-manhattan.html

Last night James wore a Blue airman blazer and ferragamo tie! Here are Peachy Deegan and James Grant. James has one of the best public relations firms around nationally! Maybe internationally too as we did work with him on a movie review for Cannes. We didn't put him in our recent PR poll because that was only focused on Manhattan and James is the most from coast to coast. He is probably reading this on a plane!

http://www.jamesgrantpr.com/

The White House Project:

The White House Project is a non-profit organization which aims to advance women’s leadership in all communities and sectors—up to the U.S. presidency—by filling the leadership pipeline with a richly diverse, critical mass of women.

On Peachy Deegan:

Hair by Rodney Cutler

Makeup by Clinique

Smile by Cosmopolitan Dental and Kuncio Orthodontics

Short Pearl Necklace by Gus Davis of Camilla Dietz Bergeron

Long Pearl Necklace by Alexandra Koumba Jewelry

Dress and Top by Donna Ricco

Shoes by Zita Maria

Recent Testimonials by Brand Ambassadors on their Experience with Whom You Know

"I work with Peachy Deegan because she's prolific at what she does. She's a hard worker, she's thoughtful and she's tasteful at what she writes which is very important. Peachy gets the facts correct, and just that alone is worth its weight in gold."

-Edward Tricomi, Master Stylist and Owner of Warren-Tricomi
https://warrentricomi.com/

"No one has yet to express their taste for our cuisine better than Peachy Deegan on Whom You Know. Thank you for transforming our flavor into words, unlike any other before.
Sometimes WHOM YOU KNOW, really makes a difference and Ammos Estiatorio is grateful to know Peachy Deegan!"
-
Dimitris Nakos, Founder and Owner of
Ammos Estiatorio
https://ammosnewyork.com/

“Whom You Know has done an amazing job of featuring our company over many years [seven]. Peachy has worked tirelessly to create a well-curated selection of topics and brands that are clearly of relevance to her growing audience of readers. Her articles are filled with great insights based on first-hand experience. She does her research, knows her business and is a pleasure to work with!”

-David Sasuga, Owner of Fresh Origins Microgreens
www.FreshOrigins.com

"Peachy Deegan has the pulse of the nation and highlights exceptional opinion leaders in more than 23,000 inspiring and entertaining posts. Her 100,000 twitter followers are a true testimony to Peachy’s ability to inspire, motivate and entertain. She is a feminine force to be reckoned with and an exemplary example of an influential voice in today’s world."

-Mica Mosbacher, author of the new book The Hurricane Factor: Stormside Patriots and tv political commentator

"It was an honour to be chosen for Movers and Shakers by Peachy Deegan. The questions in the interview were intelligent and insightful and I thoroughly enjoyed answering them. The reaction to the interview has been overwhelmingly positive and has helped bring my art practice to a wider audience."
-Damien Flood, Internationally Acclaimed Artist
http://www.damienflood.ie/

"We were so fortunate to hit Peachy’s radar. Her review of our Warmies was spot-on and came at a great time in our company’s early history.
Peachy has such a strong relationship with her readers. She provides honest and real comments; she is truly a trusted source in a very large circle
of consumers."
-Scott Wehrs
President
Intelex U.S.A.
http://www.intelexusallc.com/

"We at Primola love working with Whom You Know and are proud to have been a highly-ranked Manhattan restaurant by Peachy Deegan since 2012, and are featured seasonally. We appreciate the fantastic work Peachy does highlighting our cuisine with her sublime writing style and the whole neighborhood of the Upper East side. Also, we are glad that she has started a Made in Italy column! If you have the opportunity to be considered for review, we'd highly recommend working with her."
-Giuliano Zuliani, Owner of Primola Restaurant
https://www.facebook.com/Primola-Canaletto-restaurants-NYC-135616799831091

"
Peachy Deegan is a gem. She is wonderful to feature our Irish brands in 'Whom You Know'! The articles are beautifully and passionately presented, bringing products and brands to life, making both relevant and fun for her many faithful followers to read. I am immensely proud for our hand-crafted products to be included in this venue!"

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Bill Follett
President, Belleek Group North America
www.Belleek.com

"As you know from my past features, Peachy Deegan and I were in the same class at Boston College prior to either of us becoming entrepreneurs. When we played together on the BC Alumni softball team in Central Park years ago, she mentioned she could not find a great dentist in Manhattan and could often be found networking on her phone in the outfield hiding from the ball. She was my second patient ever in 2006 when I opened my dental practice; I was one of the first sponsors on Whom You Know and the first Mover and Shaker featured in 2009 and have worked with her continuously since. She's even talked her friends that are doctors into being my patients, and they subsequently send their hospital colleagues. I don't know anyone that is as great of a networker and writer as Peachy, nevermind that she is upstanding and always good for her word. Cosmopolitan Dental is so happy to be in the company of the caliber of major brands she works with today, and although she will tell you a million ways to get your teeth dirty between Peachy's Picks, Terrific Takeout and Peachy's Pantry, Peachy Deegan will tell you there is only one way to get your teeth clean!"
-Dr. Garo Nazarian, Founder and Owner of Cosmopolitan Dental
http://cosmopolitandental.com/