WOMEN OF THE SHARED TABLE
Ashley Coiffard
Owner, L’Appartement 4F
Ashley Coiffard is the co-owner of L’Appartement 4F and the creative force behind its branding and storytelling. She grew up on Long Island and was working as a school nurse when she began documenting the bakery's early days alongside her husband, Gautier—a software engineer turned baker. Today, she continues to shape the voice and vision of L’Appartement 4F, telling its story in a way that feels both deeply personal and widely resonant.
Clare de Boer
Chef & Owner, Stissing House
Clare is chef/owner at Stissing House, and co-founder at King. She writes a newsletter, The Best Bit, and lives between upstate and Brooklyn with her husband and four sons.
Alison Roman
Author, Chef, Creator
Alison Roman is a New York-based cook, writer, and author of the new cookbook, Something from Nothing as well as the New York Times best-selling cookbooks Sweet Enough, Nothing Fancy and Dining In. She’s the creator of the Home Movies series on YouTube, the author of A Newsletter, and the creator of the Solicited Advice podcast. In 2023, she opened First Bloom, a small grocery store in the Western Catskills full of local produce, near and far pantry staples and the best granola you’ve ever had. In 2025, she added A Very Good Tomato Sauce to the shelves, coming soon to a grocery store near you.
Brooklyn Bridge Park:
Where the Shared Table Begins
The 2026 Brooklyn Bridge Park Women’s Lunch celebrates the power of the shared table—bringing together community, conversation, and a collective commitment to stewardship. The afternoon features a conversation with three visionary Brooklyn voices in food, hospitality, and culture, exploring how food fosters connection and inspires the way we gather.
The Women’s Lunch helps fuel the next chapter of learning at Brooklyn Bridge Park: a new Education Center that will create expanded space for education and community connection for years to come.
Shared Table Co-Chairs
Pippa Lord Hale
Linsey Snyder
MODERATOR
DEE POKU SPALDING
FOUNDER AND CEO, THE WIE SUITE
HOST COMMITTEE
AYANNA BEHIN, MEREDITH BOLLMAN, JULIETTE DECARLO, KARA HAILEY, SEJAL MUKHERJEE
CYNDEE MURRAY CORNWELL, DEE POKU-SPALDING, JEN VOTAW, JILLIAN WOODS, FREYA ZAHEER
With gratitude to those who make this gathering possible
Meredith & Rob Bollman
Juliette DeCarlo
Pippa Lord Hale & Martin Hale
Kroll
Lowenstein Sandler
Larkyn & Jim Sinclair
Linsey Snyder
Jen & Ryan Votaw
BENEFACTOR
Elliston Pediatrics
Catherine & Jed Feldman
Johnson & Oshan Law PLLC
Kara Hailey & Nicola Allais
Sejal & Deepro Mukherjee
Cydnee Murray Cornwell
Dee Poku-Spalding
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Team Wilding Woods at Compass
Freya Zaheer
*As of april 1, 2026
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