Ann Curry speaks at Tidewell Hospice Signature Luncheon
The former “TODAY” show star spoke at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota on Feb. 10.
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Niki Kottmann
| 11:51 a.m. February 11, 2017
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If you took away the step and repeat, the camera flashes and the line of people wrapped around the St. Armands Jr. Ballroom, Ann Curry would have seemed like any woman greeting a bunch of old friends on Feb. 10.
It was at the Tidewell Hospice Signature Luncheon at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota that the lucky few who got to shake her hand and chat learned that Ann Curry is both an Emmy Award-winning journalist and a caregiver with a genuine love for people.
After her meet-and-greet at the VIP Reception for event supporters, Curry told the packed audience inside the ballroom the love story of her parents and how she became their caregivers before they both died of cancer.
Angie Van Slavens and Mindy Allen
Melissa Hansen and Robert Davis
Michael and Judith Berlow
Kim Miele, Marina Schmidt and Jaclyn Nadler, MD
Dinah Stamp and her mother, Joyce Stamp
Lois Lucek
Barbara Dammann and Dee Adams
John and Sandie O’Donnell with Thomas Stuhley
Chairwoman Cindy Stuhley, Ann Curry and Thomas Stuhley
Becky Curtin and Robyn Schmitt
Karen Olscamp, Lorrie Liang and Florence Cohlan
Kelly MacAuley, Ann Curry and Jennifer Sherman
Mary-Lou Mourton and Margarete Van Antwerpen
Diane Hale, Ritu and Harry Anand and Sam Guren
Tidewell Hospice Board Chair Mike Uselton welcomes VIPs.
Denise Pope, Jim Roque and Aida Matic
Carol Masio, Leisa Weintraub, Brittany Elder, Laura Hope and Marcia Morris
Margarete Van Antwerpen and Mary-Lou Mourton raise their hands to be recognized as Mike Uselton asks every member of the event committee to identify themselves.
Ann Curry and Emily Walsh
Jules Price with Lindsey Nickel de la O
Harpists perform for guests before the start of the Tidewell Hospice Signature Luncheon at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota on Feb. 10.
Ann Curry shakes Jennifer Sherman’s hand at the meet-and-greet in the St. Armands Jr. Ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota on Feb. 10.
Heather Rippy and Marlo Turner
Steve Hall, Kim Miele and Kevin Logan
Hermione Gilpin, Brad Goddard and Molly Maginn
Ann Curry speaks in the ballroom of The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota on Feb. 10.
