2025 Congressional Gala Reception
On Wednesday, April 9, WCPI proudly celebrated its 30th anniversary of advancing bipartisan leadership for women and girls in Washington. Our 2025 Annual Congressional Gala Reception marked this milestone by honoring the organization’s legacy and the women serving in the 119th Congress.
As part of the program, we recognized Dr. Susan F. Wood, a founding board member of WCPI, whose vision and early leadership helped shape the organization’s bipartisan mission, and Former Congresswoman Nita Lowey, a trailblazing legislator and longtime champion of women and girls in Congress, as well as an early supporter of WCPI’s work.
We also honored Cindy Hall, who led WCPI as president for 26 years, and welcomed and celebrated Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat as WCPI’s new president, marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter in the organization’s history.
Remarks were offered by WCPI President Jennifer Lockwood-Shabat, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, Ambassador Connie Morella, WCPI Board Chair Mary-Lacey Reuther, and WCPI Vice Board Chair Keenan Austin Reed.
We were honored to host 200 guests, including high-ranking administration and federal agency officials, corporate and labor supporters, senior congressional staff, leaders from national women’s organizations, and individual supporters who purchased tickets to join us.
This special evening would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors and ticket-holding attendees. Thanks to you, WCPI continues to fulfill its mission: bringing together bipartisan women policymakers and trusted partners to advance issues of importance to women, support the next generation of women leaders, and foster a more effective and representative democracy.
Click here to view the 2025 Congressional Gala Reception Program
2024 Congressional Gala Reception
On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, WCPI celebrated the record number of women serving in the 118th Congress and the 47th anniversary of the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus at our annual 2024 Congressional Gala Reception. As part of our program, we also honored women Members who will be leaving Congress at the end of the year. Introduced by Bipartisan Women’s Caucus Co-Chair, Rep. Kat Cammack, and Vice-Chair Emilia Sykes, Reps. Anna Eshoo and Debbie Lesko spoke briefly, with final remarks by Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.
We were honored to host a bipartisan group of Congresswomen and over 250 attendees, including high-ranking administration and federal agency officials, corporate and labor supporters, senior congressional staff, and women’s group leaders. Thank you to everyone who attended!
The evening would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors. Thanks to you, WCPI is able to carry out our mission to bring together a community of bipartisan women policymakers and trusted partners to advance issues of importance to women, develop the next generation of women leaders, and foster a more effective and representative democracy.
Click here to view the 2024 Congressional Gala Reception Sponsors on the program
2023 Congressional Gala Reception
On Wednesday, April 19, 2023, WCPI celebrated the record number of women serving in the 118th Congress and the 46th anniversary of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues (Bipartisan Women’s Caucus) at our annual 2023 Gala Reception.
We were honored to host a bipartisan group of Congresswomen and over 250 attendees, including high-ranking administration and federal agency officials, corporate and labor supporters, senior congressional staff, and women’s group leaders. Thank you to everyone who attended!
The evening would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors. Thanks to you, WCPI is able to carry out our mission to bring together a community of bipartisan women policymakers and trusted partners to advance issues of importance to women, develop the next generation of women leaders, and foster a more effective and representative democracy.
Click here to view the 2023 Congressional Gala Reception Sponsors on the program
2022 Virtual Congressional Gala
On Wednesday, February 16, we celebrated the record 149 women in Congress and the work of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues at the 2022 Virtual Congressional Gala!
We thank everyone who attended the Gala. You helped make the evening a success. We were honored to host a bipartisan group of women serving in Congress, as well as administration and federal agency officials, corporate and labor supporters, senior congressional staff, and women’s group leaders.
The evening would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors. Thanks to you, WCPI is able to carry out our mission to bring together a community of bipartisan women policymakers and trusted partners to advance issues of importance to women, develop the next generation of women leaders, and foster a more effective and representative democracy.
If you were unable to attend this year’s Gala, you still can support our efforts by making a tax-deductible donation online. We hope you will consider a sponsorship next year.
Click here to download the gala program and to view this year’s Virtual Congressional Gala Sponsors
2021 Virtual Congressional Gala
On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, WCPI held its Annual Congressional Gala. We celebrated the record 147 women in Congress and the new leadership of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues. You can download the WCPI Gala Program online to see the 2021 Annual Congressional Gala sponsors.
Learn more and view last year’s Annual Congressional Gala Sponsors
2020 Annual Congressional Gala
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the WCPI 25th Anniversary Congressional Gala in 2020! You all helped make the night a success. We were honored to host a bipartisan group of congresswomen and over 400 attendees, including high-ranking administration and federal agency officials, corporate and labor supporters, senior congressional staff, and women’s group leaders, to celebrate WCPI’s 25th Anniversary.
The night could not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors. Thanks to you, WCPI is able to carry out our mission to bring women policymakers together across party lines to advance issues affecting women and their families.
Photos from our 2020 Gala
