Fortune Most Powerful Women gathered for a blow-out celebration in May. We kicked off our 2009 MPWomen’s Summit theme, Betting on the Future, with a panel discussion with Google’s Marissa Mayer, Goldman Sachs’ Dina Powell, and Meredith Whitney, the influential bank-industry analyst. Also part of the evening: 32 rising star women leaders from 23 developing countries — participants in the 2009 Fortune-U.S. State Department Mentoring Partnership. For more on the gala, click here.
Scenes from the party…
Meredith Whitney, bank industry Cassandra 
WNBA chief Donna Orender, Susan Saint James, Solera Capital CEO Molly Ashby, and Danskin boss Carol Hochman 
Melanne Verveer, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large 
International Mentees with Gayle King (in orange) and daughter Kirby Bumpus (2nd from left) 
Studio Museum of Harlem director Thelma Golden 
The team behind the MPWomen Mentoring Program: Goldman Sachs managing director Dina Powell, Vital Voices CEO Alyse Nelson, and the State Department's Chris Miner 
Gilt Groupe CEO Susan Lyne and Gayle King 
Time Inc. Chairman & CEO Ann Moore 
MPWomen Betting on the Future panelists Marissa Mayer of Google, Dina Powell of Goldman Sachs, and Meredith Whitney (with Pattie Sellers) 
Marissa Mayer, Google's queen of search 
Pattie and the Daily Beast's Tina Brown 
CNN's Christiane Amanpour 
MPWomen International Mentees and Christiane [cnnmoney-video vid=/video/fortune/2009/05/26/fortune.mpw.predictions.fortune]
