A variety of colorful hats highlighted “Hattitude 2016: Hats Off to Women,” an annual awards program hosted by the Cavalier Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association. The luncheon program, held last Saturday at a Henrico County hotel, was in celebration of Women’s History Month. Jean P. Boone, president/publisher of the Richmond Free Press, was among the honorees. Pictured, from left, are honorees Samantha Thompson, founder of Esteem Teens; Thelma Bland Watson, executive director of Senior Connections; Mrs. Boone; ABWA chapter President Sylvia Buffington-Lester; honorees Sharon Oliver, founder and publisher of CEO Magazine, and Elvatrice Belsches, historian and educator; and keynote speaker, Richmond native C. Gail Bassette, Maryland’s secretary of general services.
