2026 Time is of the Essence Lecture & Luncheon

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HOLD THE DATE FOR OUR 24TH ANNUAL LECTURE & LUNCHEON!

H.O.W. will present its 24th annual Time is of the Essence Luncheon at The Beach Club, Palm Beach on Monday, January 26th under the leadership of Chairwomen Andrea Stark, Robbi Toll, Liz Feuer and Wendy Topkis. This year's honoree and guest speaker will be Christine Baranski, award-winning American Actress of stage and screen. Special Guest is Dr. Robert Wenham, Chair of the Gynecologic Oncology Program at Moffitt Cancer Center. Eddy Taylor, Judy Snyder and Roberta Kozloff will serve as Honorary Chairwomen.

In a casual interview format, Christine will answer questions from Guest Moderator Pamela Fiori, former first female editor of Town & Country magazine, the oldest continuously published general-interest magazine in America, and authority on luxury travel and lifestyle.

The day will also include a curated silent auction of many timepieces and other fabulous items

Christine Baranski:

One of the entertainment industry's most honored actresses, Baranski is an Emmy Award-winning, two-time Tony, Screen Actors Guild, Drama Desk, and American Comedy Award winner. She hails from Buffalo, New York and has had a relatively lengthy 5-decade career in both film and television.

A graduate of The Juilliard School, Baranski received her big break in Tom

Stoppard’s hit Broadway comedy The Real Thing, directed by Mike Nichols,

for which she won a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award.

Baranski went on to earn her second Tony Award for her performance in Neil

Simon’s Rumors. She also won an Emmy, American Comedy, and SAG Award

for her performance in the hit series Cybill and three subsequent Emmy

Award nominations. Baranski received a total of 5 Emmy nominations for her

guest roles on Frasier and The Big Bang Theory.

Best known as the formidable Diane Lockhart on The Good Wife and the critically-acclaimed spinoff The Good Fight, Christine now stars as Agnes Van Rhijn in the HBO series The Gilded Age, created by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes. She also appears in the hit Nine Perfect Strangers with Nicole Kidman available to stream on Hulu.

Additional film credits include Dolly Parton’s Christmas On The Square,

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, A Bad Moms Christmas, Mamma Mia!, Trolls, Miss Sloane, Into the Woods, Chicago, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bowfinger, Bulworth, Cruel Intentions, and The Birdcage, among others.

Baranski received an Honorary Doctorate from Juilliard and, in 2018, was

inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. She is a football-loving grandmother to four grandsons, two daughters, and resides in New York and Connecticut.

Christine has dealt with overcoming complicated medical hardships with her loved ones. Her mother suffered from 3 different cancers over her lifetime, and her brother and father both dealt with heart related issues. In 2014, she lost her husband of 31 years actor Matthew Cowles, who had been battling diabetes for years, to congestive heart failure.

Through her resilience and compassion, Christine inspires audiences to advocate for others. We invite you to be in our audience on January 26th to hear from the exceptional Christine Baranski!

Dr. Robert Wenham:

is Chair of the Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Senior Member in the Molecular Medicine Program at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, and Professor of Oncologic Sciences at the University of South Florida.

He trained at UT Southwestern, completed residency at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals, and a fellowship at Duke

University. His research focuses on novel therapies for gynecologic cancers, with more than 125 publications, and he has received the Molly Cade Ovarian Cancer Research Award. At Moffitt, he leads clinical and translational studies, including innovative trials such as FSHR-CAR T cell therapy for recurrent ovarian cancer.

Clinically, Dr. Wenham provides the full spectrum of care - from minimally

invasive to complex radical surgery - and administers advanced biologic, immunologic, and chemotherapy treatments. His work aims to bring the latest therapies and clinical trials to patients while advancing the fight against ovarian cancer.

Pamela Fiori:

Prior to joining Town & Country, Ms. Fiori was widely credited with the success of Travel & Leisure, which she edited for 14 years. At both Town & Country and Travel & Leisure, she wrote monthly editor’s letters, feature articles, as well as interviews and profiles of prominent people such as Ralph Lauren, Robert Redford, Grace Kelly, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Giorgio Armani and Audrey Hepburn. Ms. Fiori has written seven books, most recently the history of Holiday magazine for Rizzoli, now in its fifth printing.

Your involvement and support of H.O.W.'s annual luncheon greatly impacts our mission of funding life-saving ovarian cancer research, medical student scholarships, and financial assistance and screenings for women in need.

Whether you purchase a ticket, make a donation or sponsor the event, you will be part of inspiring moments during the luncheon in our unending quest of ovarian cancer awareness for all women - for symptoms do not roar they whisper.

For more information - please contact

Jennifer McGrath, Executive Director at

jennifer@howflorida.org or

(561) 262-6343