New Members Meet and Mingle at the Columbia Center for Sunday Brunch By: Sarah L. Flohre
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n late August, several of the fifty-five women in the 2021-2022 New Member class of the Junior League of Cincinnati gathered at the Columbia Center to enjoy brunch, to bond and to learn more about the League. This was the first New Member event of the year, and a welcome contrast to last year, when COVID-19 kept members from gathering at the Columbia Center until the end of the year. New Members engaged in small group discussions and learned from many speakers across the league, including Holly Dahmus (First Year Active), Rachel Maley (Active), Melissa Barclay (Senior Active), and Martha Steier (Sustainer). President Tara Mosely and VP of Communications, Sam Zehnder, also spoke to the eager attendees. Erika McShay, New Member Co-Chair, shared that members were engaged throughout the event and that the energy in the room was high. After hearing from the speakers, New Members broke up into their small groups to enjoy boxed brunches and ice breakers – including trying to guess films made in Cincinnati in the last five years (Hint: one of these movies is about an infamous serial killer; another stars an actress who had a major role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy).Each New Member
has been assigned to a small group of seven to eight women with a Junior League advisor. New Members were able to spend time getting to know each other and share their hopes for the upcoming year. The 2021-2022 New Member class was recruited during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when in-person events were not possible. Despite planning for lower numbers, the Recruitment Committee’s mix of Zoom sessions, one-onone calls, and a handwritten postcard campaign expanded the reach of the Junior League - resulting in this year’s vibrant and large new member class. New members will be meeting throughout the year as a group each month and have a roster of events planned to help them grow in the League. These community-focused activities include a poverty simulation with St. Vincent de Paul, the annual New Member bus tour of the Cincinnati area, and a New Member holiday party. If you are interested in supporting the New Member Co-Chairs and Vice Chairs by welcoming these women or through planning events for the New Member class this year, please email newmembers@jlcincinnati.org.
WELCOME TO OUR 2021-2022 NEW MEMBER CLASS!
JENIFFER ABDULLAH KATIE ARENDT MEGAN BIERER ERICA BOCK STEPHANIE BRENNAN NINA BRILLHART LESLI BROWER EMILY BRYANT SARAH CLARK GRACE DANIS ADESUWA EKUNWE MOLLY ELLIS BROOKE EVANS TRACI GARCIA
BRITTANY GARDNER MEREDITH GOEBEL MARY HARSH CASSIDY HEMM KAREN HILTON HALLE HOMAN MADELEINE HOOD ELIZABETH JANESS SARAH JANESS JAYNE JOHNSTON KATIE KALIS MEGHAN LEWIS CINDY LIANG JENNIFER LINDEMAN
DANIELLE LINOWES RACHEL MARKLE ELIZABETH MASON JENNY MAUCH EMMA MCAVOY MOLLY MCMANUS EMILY MEEK CHRISTEN MORRISON JACQUELINE MURPHY EMMA NIES AIMEE PAXTON SAMANTHA PEASE ALI PUCKETT REBECCA RESTREPO
HANNAH RICH KAYLEIGH ROHRER MADELEINE RUSSELL LEIGH SCHLECHT LAUREN SHOKER JUDY SIMPSON ANNAKATE SPOTTS JESSICA STARK STEPHANIE TILLMAN NICOLE TRUMAN EILEEN WATKINS GWEN WHITE ERICA ZARETSKY Junior League of Cincinnati
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