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Rialto chef hosts women’s luncheon

From left: Victoria Budson, Therese Murray, Shaunna O’Connell, and Adrienne Kimmell at Rialto.

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From left: Victoria Budson, Therese Murray, Shaunna O’Connell, and Adrienne Kimmell at Rialto.

Rialto chef Jody Adams hosted her annual Women’s Luncheon on Wednesday afternoon. The day’s topic was “Big Gains for Women? A Century Past Suffrage to the Senate.” Speakers included Victoria Budson, founding executive director of the Women and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School; Senate President Therese Murray; State Representative Shaunna O'Connell; and Adrienne Kimmell, executive director of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation.