Beverly White to Emcee Women of the World Awards

50/50 Leadership and UNA-USA Pasadena, 5th annual Women of the World Awards — Beverly White, veteran reporter for KNBC’s Channel 4 News, will be the distinguished emcee for the fifth annual Women of the World Luncheon, Sunday, March 10, 12:30 p.m. at the La Cañada Country Club, 5500 Godbey Drive, La Cañada. Sponsored by 50/50 Leadership and United Nations Association of Pasadena, the event is held during Women’s History Month.

White will introduce the program and highlight the accomplishments of the four outstanding honorees who in turn will present their stories: Stephanie Waisler Rubin of Unatti Foundation in Nepal, Dr. Carolyn Rowley of the Machao Orphange Foundation in Kenya, Taraneh Salke of the Family Health Alliance in Afghanistan, and Jane Olson of Human Rights Watch, who is receiving this year’s lifetime achievement award.

Specializing in live television coverage, Beverly White joined KNBC in 1992 from the NBC affiliate in Miami, Florida. There she had been a member of the Peabody-Award-winning team that covered Hurricane Andrew. Since her arrival at KNBC, she has been a steady presence on the top-rated 11 pm “Channel 4 News” for more than a decade. Viewers have become familiar with her on-the-scene coverage of such stories as the recurrent wildfires, earthquakes, and mudslides. A member of the National Association of Black Journalists, White is a past president of the local affiliate chapter. She has given selflessly of her time and talent, making speeches and presentations to colleges, community and civic groups.

After earning a degree in broadcast journalism from University of Texas at Austin, Beverly White began her career in her home state of Texas. She later moved to Cincinnati, where she anchored the market’s No. 1 newscast. In 1997, LA’s New Times magazine named her the best local newscaster.

Bringing awareness of the need for new leadership among women and the efforts to empower women in developing countries throughout the world, 50/50 Leadership and the UNA invite the community at large to celebrate this event. Tickets for the luncheon and award ceremony are available. For information and to learn how you can help, please call event Pauline Field (818) 694-0588 or email pfield@5050leadership.org

50/50 Leadership is comprised of women and men from all walks of life who agree that leadership should reflect the gender of the population: women make up half, or more, of our population and should be included in equal numbers in boardrooms, in elected office, in academia, in the professions and in all public and private enterprises and endeavors. 50/50 Leadership’s mission is “to empower women as leaders and to transform the culture within which we live to one that naturally includes women on an equal basis in the selection of leaders.”

The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) is a national organization dedicated to strengthening the U.N. system and to enhancing U.S. participation in that system. UNA-USA carries out its action agenda through a unique combination of public outreach, policy analysis, and international dialog. UNA-USA provides information and educational services on the work of the United Nations and on other global issues for students, scholars, Congress, business leaders, and media. Each year it coordinates the observance of U.N. Day (October 24) commemorating the establishment of the United Nations in 1945.