The Annual Luncheon is New Friends New Life's signature fundraising event benefiting the teen girls, women, and their children who rely on us for hope and healing as we work to restore and empower them on their new path in life. This year’s luncheon keynote speaker is JULIA ORMOND, an award-winning actress, executive producer, advocate, and founder. Among her best-known film work, Julia has starred in Legends of the Fall, Sabrina, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Che. On the small screen, Ormond received an Emmy® Award in 2010 for her role in the HBO movie Temple Grandin, and one as Executive Producer of Calling the Ghosts: A Story of Rape, War and Women. In 2012 was nominated for a second Emmy® for her recurring role on Mad Men. She can most recently be seen in her series regular role in The Walking Dead; World Beyond, and in the still-to-be-released Reminisce.

She was the first and former United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador Against Trafficking and Slavery. Julia is the Founder of the non-profit ASSET Campaign which is the source of the global legislation the Transparency in Supply Chains Law that requires major businesses to publicly disclose their policies to prevent human trafficking and forced labor in product supply chains.

Join us and our 2022 Luncheon Co-Chairs, Katherine Wynne, Kristi Sherrill Hoyl, and her sister, Melissa Sherrill Martin along with our Honorary Chairs, Matrice Ellis-Kirk and Ambassador Ron Kirk.