The "Raising the Bar" Dinner is the single largest Foundation event of the year and is a major fundraiser for the Foundation and a wonderful evening during which we celebrate a selected category of women attorneys.   Save the Date for the Seventh Annual CWBA Foundation's "Raising the Bar" Dinner, to be held on Thursday, September 6, 2012, at the Brown Palace Hotel & Spa, 321 17th Street, Denver, CO 80202. Reception 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Dinner 6:30 p.m.

Previous "Raising the Bar" honorees are listed below.

Tuesday 09-12-2006 - Honoring three dynamic women lawyers celebrating three important roles.  Honorees: Karen Mathis (ABA President); Elizabeth Starrs (CBA President); Vanessa Walton (CWBA President).

Tuesday 09-11-2007 - Honoring CWBA "Founding Mothers" and Colorado women firefighters, in honor of 9-11.  Honorees: Susan Barnes, Kathy Bonham, Wendy Davis, Cathlin Donnell, Natalie Ellwood, Pam Gordon, Amy Greenfield, Mary Hoagland, Barbara Jacoby, Frances A. Koncilja, Leslie Lawson, Eileen Lerman, Karen Mathis, Beth McCann, Nancy Miller, Connie Peterson, Sandy Rothenberg, Zita Weinshienk, Jo Ann Weinstein; plus Colorado Women Firefighters.

Tuesday 09-09-2008 - Honoring Colorado's former and present women Chief or Presiding Judges. Honorees: Karen Ashby, Roxain Bailin, Mary Celeste, Janice Davidson, Sharon Hansen, Marcia Krieger, Mary Mullarkey, Connie Peterson, Cheryl Post, Stephanie Seymour, Jean Stewart, Deanell Reece Tacha.

Wednesday 09-02-2009 - Honoring Colorado's Women Lawyer Leaders in Government. Honorees: Jane Brautigam (Boulder City Manager), Congresswoman Diana DeGette, Cary Kennedy (Colorado State Treasurer), Leigh Meigs (Mayor, City of Durango), Stephanie Y. O'Malley (Denver Clerk & Recorder), Nancy Severson (Manager Denver Dept of Environmental Health), Susie Velasquez (Weld County Public Trustee).

Wednesday 09-01-2010 - Honoring Colorado women lawyer leaders in non-profit organizations. Honorees: Pamela A. Gagel, Assistant Director, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System; Rebecca Love Kourlis, Executive Director, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System; Kathleen B. Nalty, Executive Director, Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence; Katherine Peck, Vice President, Gill Foundation; Diana Poole, Executive Director, Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado; Shari F. Shink, Founder and President, Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center; Constance C. Talmage, Executive Director, Colorado Lawyers Committee.

Thursday 09-01-2011 - Honoring Colorado Women "Famous Firsts." Honorees: Jean Dubofsky, Gale Norton, Pat Schroeder.