Education Commissioner Deborah Gist Headlining Martini Event

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Monday, June 27, 2011

GoLocalProv Lifestyle Team

It's not often that you can get some facetime with Rhode Island's nationally recognized Commissioner of Education, and usually that's over a hot lunch in a public elementary school.

But this week, Deborah Gist will the featured speaker at Ladies High Tea (LHT), the martini-fueled monthly networking night in Providence that is for women only. On June 30, the Commissioner will give LHT's classic 7-minute oration: her topic? "Teacher - Commissioner - Student." Gist appears in a forum that features networking and cocktails, but the promise that no woman can ask another woman during the event to give money, serve on a board, join a crusade, or feel guilty.

Company as good as the cocktails

The Commissioner continues to enjoy a high profile nationally, from being featured in Time Magazine's Time 100 issue for 2010 as well as Atlantic Monthly's 20 Brave Thinkers 2010.

The event, from 5-7pm, is $20, and includes free appetizers, wine, soft drinks and a special LHT cocktail. For more information or to reserve a spot, click here.

Pot au Feu, 44 Custom House St, Providence, 273-8953.

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