Panelists at the Fifth Annual Women in Entertainment Luncheon sit on a stage in front of guests to offer inspiring insight on facing adversity and the need for trailblazers in the entertainment industry at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. on June 15, 2018.

AEG’s StubHub Center Foundation Teams Up with the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music and Entertainment (NABFEME) and Women Helping Women to Host the Fifth Annual Women in Entertainment Luncheon

Annual event celebrates women in film, TV, music, sports and fashion

The sold-out fifth annual Women in Entertainment Luncheon (Film, TV, Music, Sports, and Fashion), presented by City National Bank, Coca Cola, Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Lakers, brought together top female executives and celebrity talent in the entertainment industry for empowering afternoon last week at AEG’s StubHub Center in Carson, Calif.

Created by AEG’s StubHub Center Community Affairs and Foundation Senior Director Tamala Lewis, the Women in Entertainment Luncheon featured a panel moderated by Pat Shields (Partner, Black Dot, LLC.) that included entertainment executives Cookie Johnson (New York Bestselling Author and Entrepreneur), Katie Pandolfo (General Manager, StubHub Center), Nina Vargas (Editor, The LA Fashion Magazine), Karen A. Clark (City National Bank Senior Vice President / Multicultural Marketing), Tanika Ray (co-Host of Extra), Mandy Aragones-Walters (COO  Slick Rick Music Corp Co-Owner The Endeavour Agency), and Wendy Geller (YAHOO Entertainment).

Festivities also included a live performance by the sisters of The Sledge Grits Band, celebrity DJ Lady Jamar and remarks from AEG Chief Revenue Officer Todd Goldstein, StubHub Center General Manager Katie Pandolfo and StubHub Center Community Affairs and Foundation Senior Director Tamala Lewis.