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SOCIAL SCENE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN/ESSEX DESSERT AND DIALOGUE PHOTO COURTESY OF NCJW/ESSEX Ms. Magazine co-founding editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin discussed her journey as a writer, activist and feminist icon at the NCJW/Essex Dessert and Dialogue event held last May at Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel in South Orange. Deborah Legow Schatz of West Orange, President of NCJW/Essex; Ruthann Fish of West Orange, Co-Chair of Dessert and Dialogue; Letty Cottin Pogrebin; Ellen Barocas of Cedar Grove, Co-Chair of Dessert and Dialogue; and Paula Green of South Orange, NCJW/Essex Vice President of Advocacy. Sherwin Bentick of Immaculate Conception High School was one of 37 student-athletes in the Super Essex Conference honored by the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center and Investors Bank last May. Honorees were chosen because they exemplified outstanding character, positivity and selflessness on their schools’ teams. Betty Spiropolous, Vice President, Investors Bank; Sherwin Bentick; and Dr. Dave Masur, St. John’s University men’s soccer coach and the event’s guest speaker 96 MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE BACK TO SCHOOL 2016 UNITED STATE OF WOMEN SUMMIT Executive Women of New Jersey President-Elect Michellene Davis, whom we profiled in our Fall 2015 issue (“The View from Above the Glass Ceiling”), participated in the inaugural United State of Women Summit in Washington, D.C. this June. Davis, who is Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Barnabas Health, joined global leaders to focus on the pursuit of gender equality. Featured speakers included Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep and Tina Fey. YOGI BERRA MUSEUM PHOTO COURTESY OF ANDREW MORDZYNSKI/YBMLC; UNITED STATE OF WOMEN PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELLENE DAVIS YOGI BERRA MUSEUM & LEARNING CENTER’S BEST TEAMMATE AWARD Michellene Davis and Gloria Steinem