Education Commissioner Deborah Gist Headlining Martini Event

Education Commissioner Deborah Gist Headlining Martini Event

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.