Living & Giving | Jun. 2023
BRINGING WOMEN TO THE TABLE
By Dustin O’Regan
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRISTOPHER ANDREW
Mara Smith, Dana Gordon, Cassie Mancuso Carver, Stephanie Biegel
Mara Smith, founder and CEO of Inspiro Tequila, Kassie Mancuso Carver of Ferrari of Lake Forest, and Dana Gordon, founder and CEO of Dana Rebecca Designs, hosted “Bringing Women to the Table,” a night to connect, support, and celebrate 44 fantastic local female CEOs and leaders. The women were treated by the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago to a sit-down dinner paired with unique cocktails crafted with Inspiro Tequila. Poker Power, started by Chicago’s very own Jenny Just, came in to teach the women how to play. Poker Power’s mission is to teach one million women how to play poker because as Just explains, “thinking like a poker player gives women the skills to succeed from the classroom to the boardroom.” pokerpower.com
