Saturday, November 8, 2008

Please save the date for the next Step Up to the Plate! Enjoy dinner parties in some of the Boston area’s most gracious homes, each featuring a local luminary or thought leader in the arts, the media, sports, politics or business.

Event Co-Chairs: Valerie Lowenstein and Ellen Zarrow-Nissenbaum

For more information, contact Tanya Crowley at 617.965.2026 or tcrowley@thesecondstep.org


Norm Abram, Master Carpenter of This Old House and Host of the TV show The New Yankee Workshop

Roger I. Abrams, One of the top sports lawyers in the country & Author of “The Money Pitch”

Dan Bricklin, Pioneer of personal computer software and “The Father of the Spreadsheet”

Billy Costa & Jenny Johnson, Host and Producer, respectively, NECN’s TV Diner

Ron Della Chiesa, Radio Host of Boston Symphony Orchestra on WGBH

Marjorie Druker, Chef and Owner, New England Soup Factory

Mike & Kitty Dukakis, former Governor and First Lady of Massachusetts

Joyce Kulhawik, Arts & Entertainment Critic

Steve Morse, Rock Music Critic for the Boston Globe for 30 years

Ruth Nemzoff, Author, “Don’t Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with Your Adult Children”

Emily Rooney, Host and Executive Director of WGBH’s Greater Boston

Matt Siegel, Radio Host of “Matty in the Morning” on KISS 108 FM

Carole Simpson, Former Anchor of ABC World News Tonight Sunday

Livingston Taylor, Composer, Performer, Author and Professor at Berklee College of Music

Gay Vernon, Radio Host of “Morning Magic” on MAGIC 106.7 FM

Jack & Suzy Welch, former CEO of GE; noted business journalist and former editor of the Harvard Business Review, respectively

Jane Willis, A member of the card counting team which inspired the book "Bringing Down the House” and the movie “21.”