February 19th, 2023

Hosts Palm Beach Gala Dinner

On Sunday, February 19th, 2023, French Heritage Society hosted their annual Palm Beach Gala Dinner at Club Colette. This sold-out affair featured Mardi Gras flair as guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner, and dancing courtesy of DJ Brett. The warm and festive evening is always a wonderful kick-off to FHS’s fundraising activities for the year.
 

The unforgettable fête was held at the behest of Gala Chairmen Jean Doyen de Montaillou and Michael Kovner and in the presence of Cultural Counselor and Director of Villa Albertine Gaëtan Bruel. Dinner Chairmen included CeCe and Lee Black, Gail Fisher, Kamie Lightburn, Liz McDermott Barnes, Frank Morgan and Brent Feigenbaum, Arnold and Joe Pacetti, Nancy Place, Jean and Martin Shafiroff, Thomas Warren Thaler and Kelly Williams and Andrew Forsyth.

 

Esteemed guests included: Board Chairman Elizabeth F. Stribling, Executive Director Jennifer Herlein, and Board Members Ronald Lee Fleming, Judy McLaren, Juan Pablo Molyneux and Ann Van Ness. Also attending: Christine and Max Ansbacher, Charles and Kitty Berry, Friederike Biggs, Laurie Bodor, Geoffrey N. Bradfield, Sharon Bush and Robert Murray, Bonnie Comley and Stuart F. Lane, Paul Danello, C. Randolph Fishburn and Andrew Sands, Kenneth Fishel and Lady Maria Fishel, Anne Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth and Walter Foster, II, Penny Grant, Charles and Kaaren Hale, Carol Hall, Mai Hallingby Harrison, Lou Rena Hammond, Linda and Chad Hickox, Peter and Linda Hoffman, Bruce Horten, Muriel Jerome-O’Keeffe, Helen K. King, Paul and Ursula Lowerre, Cheryl McKee, Vicky McLoughlin, Patrick M. Murphy, Chips and Sarah Page, Natalie Pray, Guy N. Robinson, Danielle Rollins and Tom D'Agostino, Thomas and Patricia Shiah, Rebekah Stewart, Suzanne Stoll, Nancy Stone, Lynn and Pascale Franchot Tone, Nancy Traylor, Bill Van Ness, Mark Walter, and Jean and Donald Wolf.

 

Proceeds from the Palm Beach Gala Dinner benefit French Heritage Society’s mission to ensure that the treasures of our shared French architectural and cultural heritage survive to inspire future generations.

 

Upcoming FHS celebrations include: The Sixth Annual French Heritage Society Book Award on April 12th in NYC; The Diner des Mécènes honoring Pierre-Antoine Gatier on May 16th in Paris; The Chairman’s Circle Trip: The Patrimoine of the Riviera from Nice to Ventimiglia from May 19th-June 4th; and the New York Gala on November 16th in NYC.

Photo credit to Annie Watt 

Photo on the cover: Liz McDermott, Michael Kovner, Jean Doyen de Montaillou

Photo on the left: Jean Shafiroff, Maria Fishel, Judy McLaren, Maria Morosse, Ruth Miller

Photos below:

Juan Paolo Molyneux, CeCe Black, Gaetan Buhl, Jennifer Herlein

Camilla Webster, Cheryl McKee, Nina Yacavino

Guy Robinson, Elizabeth Stribling

Lee Fryd, Stewart Lane, Bonnie Comley, Dr.Penny Grant

Martin Shafiroff, David Hochberg

Ljiljana Milosavljevic, Ronald Lee Fleming, Suzanne Stoll

Paul Lowerre, Ursula Lowerre

Sharon Bush, Bob Murray