Honoring Women to Watch

Tamara Payne, left, and Yelé Oladeinde.

Andy Harris, left, and honoree Nicole Beus Harris.

Honorees at the Baltimore Sun’s Women to Watch event. Steve Ruark/photos for Baltimore Sun Media

Silvia Brown, left, and Lainy LeBow-Sachs.

Margaret Cosgrove, from left, Kate Linkous and Rachel Heavers.

Esther Byer Suckoo, left, and Kathryn Doughty.

Charisse Nichols, from left, honoree Lane Harlan and Tiffany Harlan.

Twenty-five women and their friends and families gathered at the Baltimore Museum of Art to celebrate The Baltimore Sun’s 11th annual Women to Watch honors.

The event showcased the most accomplished, ambitious, powerful, memorable and intriguing women in the Baltimore area. Guests enjoyed a cocktail reception with hors d’oeuvres, special guests, including Ravens’ mascot Poe, giveaways and more, followed by the Women to Watch awards program emceed by Baltimore Sun Scene reporter Sloane Brown.

The evening concluded with a keynote and Q&A featuring award-winning novelist and Baltimore native Laura Lippman, whose novel “Lady in the Lake” recently premiered as an AppleTV series starring Oscar winner Natalie Portman and Baltimore-born actor Moses Ingram.