Geena Davis, actress, producer, writer, model, athlete and philanthropist, shared her focus on attaining gender balance in the media we consume at the Network of Executive Women (NEW) Cincinnati, spring event at JACK Casino on April 26, 2017.

More than 600 women and men in the consumer products and retail industry attended the event and heard Davis speak about the mission of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and its research on gender balance in entertainment.

NEW Cincinnnati is led by co-chairs Amy Eskoff Garrett, vice president of sales, beauty, health and grooming for Procter & Gamble, and Jill McIntosh, vice president of merchandising, natural foods, at The Kroger Co.

NEW Cincinnati Officers with Geena Davis. From left to right: Stephanie Getz (NEW Cincinnati Co-Secretary and SGC Consulting), Jill McIntosh (NEW Cincinnati Co-Chair and The Kroger Co.), Geena Davis, Amy Eskoff Garrett (NEW Cincinnati Co-Chair and Procter & Gamble), Lisa Vannis (NEW Cincinnati Treasurer and Deloitte) and Amy Armstrong Smith (NEW Cincinnati Co-Secretary and Brown-Forman).

NEW Cincinnati Co-Chairs with Geena Davis. From left to right: Jill McIntosh (NEW Cincinnati Co-Chair and The Kroger Co.), Geena Davis and Amy Eskoff Garrett (NEW Cincinnati Co-Chair and Procter & Gamble).

NEW Cincinnati Co-Chairs Jill McIntosh (NEW Cincinnati Co-Chair and The Kroger Co.) and Amy Eskoff Garrett (NEW Cincinnati Co-Chair and Procter & Gamble).

From left to right: Alia Al-Hagri (The Kroger Co.), Angela Parker (Brandcraft Strategy) and Shakirah Lee (Fifth Third Bank).

NEW Cincinnati Spring event attendees.

From left to right: Jennifer Reynolds (NEW Cincinnati Onboarding Committee Lead and DanoneWave), Annette Lorenz (Sargento) and Sarah Sapp (NEW National).

Steve Logan (Kroger Team Leader, Customer Development at Sun Products Corporation, a Henkel Company) and Chris Davis (FrontLine Marketing).