Annenberg Foundation Chairman, President, and CEO Wallis Annenberg will receive a humanitarian award from Women’s Guild Cedars-Sinai for her decades of philanthropic work with the Annenberg Foundation. The Hollywood Reporter previewed the event, highlighting some of Annenberg’s contributions to LA, including the Annenberg Community Beach House, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and Wallis Annenberg GenSpace. Journalist Wendy Burch will host the event and Hammer Museum Director Ann Philbin will present Wallis with the honor at the Beverly Wilshire hotel on April 20.
Since 1957, Women’s Guild has been making a difference in the lives of patients, raising over $50 million in support of Cedars‑Sinai’s most critical work, including projects such as the Women’s Guild Neurology Project, Women’s Guild Simulation Center for Advanced Clinical Skills, Women’s Guild Chair in Gastroenterology, Women’s Guild Lung Institute, and the Saul and Joyce Brandman Breast Center–A Project of Women’s Guild at Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute.
