1983-85: Celeste Gainey, Board President
- NYWIF programs moved to the more centrally located Viacom conference center
- First catered open meetings
- Expanded workshops, screenings and seminars
- Initiated conversations on film series, with Martin Scorsese as our first speaker
- 1983 Christmas luncheon honors Meryl Streep
- Legal counsel Marsha S. Brooks redrafts NYWIF bylaws
- Establish first NYWIF office that is not in a member’s home
- First paid employee: a part-time office manager
- 1984 Christmas luncheon honors Goldie Hawn and Anthea Sylbert, to a standing-room-only crowd at New York’s largest restaurant
