Cookies 'N Creme
Schedule
Mon Jan 12 2026 at 11:30 am to 02:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Frenchman's Reserve | North Palm Beach, FL
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Join us for an inspiring afternoon as we shine a spotlight on two extraordinary women who broke barriers and never gave up—Kathleen King, founder of Tate’s Bake Shop, and Lynne Greene, former Global Group President at Estée Lauder and author. Guiding the conversation is Emmy Award–winning broadcaster Shannon Cake. Together, these trailblazers will share their journeys, lessons learned, and the resilience that fueled their successes. The afternoon will also feature a silent auction, with proceeds supporting individuals and families living with neurodegenerative diseases. This event is definitely something not to be missed.
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ABOUT KATHLEEN KING
Kathleen King is the founder of the wildly popular and now legendary Tate's Bake Shop. She began baking when she was just eleven years old, selling small batches of her crisp, buttery chocolate chip cookies off of a fold-out card table on North Sea Farm, her parent's Long Island farmstead.
In 1980 at the age of 21, Kathleen opened her first bakeshop and developed a full line of traditional American baked goods, perfecting every recipe herself and baking each dessert from scratch. Named after her father, Tate's Bake Shop is the result of Kathleen's love of baking and keen eye for quality.
Voted the Best Bakery in the Hamptons for many years, Tate's Bake Shop is a destination for locals and tourists alike. Her award-winning cookies are now distributed nationally.
Tate’s chocolate chip cookie was rated the #1 cookie in America, by Consumer Reports magazine, completing Kathleen’s dream.
In 2014, Kathleen sold Tate's Bake Shop to The Riverside Company, a private equity firm, staying on in a minority position, creating new recipes and serving on the board. In 2018, Riverside sold to Mondalez for over 500 million dollars.
Kathleen is involved in her local community, supporting many different causes, including I-Tri and the Peconic Land Trust.
ABOUT LYNNE GREENE
Lynne Greene is the former Global Group President of the Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. During her extensive 35-year career in the beauty industry she worked for Loreal, Yves Saint Laurent and Chanel, but spent a total of 27 years at the Estée Lauder Corporation. At the time of her retirement, she was the Global Group President of a portfolio of Estée lauder brands: Clinique, Origins, Ojon, Aveda, Darphin and Lab Series.
She managed over six billion dollars of retail revenue, expanding both small and mid-sized brands into global entities while growing one of the largest brands in the world, Clinique, which is marketed and sold in over 150 countries.
This diversified portfolio spanned a variety of distribution channels from department stores to freestanding stores, e-commerce and perfumeries.
Ms. Greene also served on the investment committee of the corporation, regularly evaluating the viability of new acquisitions and investments, while creating and innovating breakthrough innovations of her own such as Even Better Clinical.
For over 10 years she was a board member of Cosmetic Executive Women, a leading organization for women in the beauty industry. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from this organization, one of only five given over its entire existence. She also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from The University of Missouri.
For a number of years she was a board member of Mercy College and Long Island University. She received an honorary doctorate from the latter.
She is a member of the Deming Cup advisory council at Columbia University in New York City.
She currently writes a Substack column entitled Barefaced Living, a memoir/advice column about how to find and embrace the sweet spot of living and working.
Ms. Greene resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and New York City.
ABOUT SHANNON CAKE
Born in Fort Knox, Kentucky and raised in eight states and three foreign countries where her military father was stationed, Shannon Cake developed an early interest in meeting new people from all backgrounds and understanding their stories.
Shannon earned degrees in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Alabama where her interest in news reporting flourished. She launched her career in broadcast journalism at WUAL-FM in Tuscaloosa, Alabama as a Reporter & Anchor. Shannon then joined the Alabama Radio Network in Mobile, Alabama serving as an Anchor and Producer. She entered the television news market as a Morning and Midday Anchor and Producer at WMBB Panama City, Florida.
In 1996, Shannon joined the WPTV (West Palm Beach) team as a Consumer and Investigative Reporter. Later, she served as anchor for the 5:30 p.m. newscast, Anchor for WFLX (FOX 29) at 10 P.M and Anchor/Host for The NOW South Florida on WPTV at 4p.m.
For nearly 30 years, Shannon's investigative work has changed policies in guardrail protection along Florida's busiest roadways. Her reporting has also influenced local legislation resulting in improved restaurant cleanliness and exposed government waste related to Medicare spending. Her reporting has earned 18 Regional Emmy Awards, a Regional Edward R. Murrow, and dozens of Associated Press Awards.
Shannon resides in West Palm Beach, Florida with her husband and two sons.
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