1985-86: Mary Feldbauer Jansen, Board President
- Second paid employee: a Christmas luncheon coordinator
- Christmas luncheon moves to the Plaza Hotel and honors Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner
- 600 guests double the 1984 turnout and sell out the Plaza
- Spring fundraiser launched. Diane Sokolow recruits the 25 most influential people in the NY film community to sit on the planning committee. Governor Mario Cuomo issues a proclamation declaring Women in Film Week, which Barbara Streisand accepts on our behalf at the event, held at The Saint in the East Village
