Tiffany Club of New England’s 27th annual First Event program will take place at the Boston Burlington Marriott on January 17-21, 2007.

Press release excerpts:

The theme for this year’s event will be “Building Bridges” and will feature Helen Boyd as the keynote speaker. Helen is the nationally acclaimed author of My Husband Betty, and She’s Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband, to be released in March 2007.

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Featured speakers and presenters include:
• Helen Boyd
• Jamie Austin
• Dr. Toby Meltzer
• Karen Cunningham
• Dr. Mark Zukowski
• Elena Vyunskovskaya
• Dr. Marci Bowers
• Dr. Pierre Brassard
• Natasha and Michael West
• Diane Ellaborn
• Christine Becker
• Rina Schroeder
• Kelly Novack
• Maxine Morse
• Frances Cardullo

Registration forms and information for Tiffany Club’s First Event are located at the club’s web site at http://www.tcne.org or by calling the club’s office at 781-891-9325 or 781-899-3230 or email them at FirstEvent@tcne.org. There are still openings for presenters and contact presenters@tcne.org for more information.

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