The University of Houston’s Friends of Women’s Studies present Table Talk 2015 on Friday, March 6 at the Hilton Americas. 

Table Talk, one of Houston's premier networking luncheons, brings together a dynamic and diverse group of Houston women in a format that builds connections in support of the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program at the University of Houston. Table Talk 2015, the 18th annual, honors 50 Houston women of accomplishment from many fields and backgrounds. With one conversationalist at each table, all will share their life experiences and stories with the guests seated with them. 

Event co-chairs are Caroline Fant and Mandy Kao, and the honorary chair is Tina Knowles.

Conversationalists this year include, among others, Mayor Annise Parker, Fashion Entrepreneur Tina Knowles, Annell Bay of Apache Energy, Deloitte Managing Director Anne Taylor, Brown University President Emerita Dr. Ruth Simmons, opera singer Barbara Padilla, Hermann Park Conservancy Board Member Marley Lott, Baylor College of Medicine's Dr. Elizabeth Chiao, social activist Jacqueline Bostic, family therapist Purva Patel, and MSN reporter and screenwriter Kristin Wong. To see the complete list of conversationalists, visit http://www.uh.edu/.

Sponsored by the University Houston’s Friends of Women’s Studies, proceeds from this major fund-raising event benefit the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program and the Carey C. Shuart Women’s Archive and Research Collectionat the University of Houston, supporting scholarships, cutting-edge research on women and gender, community programming and historic preservation.