This year the cat is already out of the bag— the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation and KTRK Channel 13 have broken with tradition and released the names of the 2011 Women of Distinction honorees. So this party, rather than announcing the winners, salutes them. Party organizers  including ball chairs Jan Carson and Virginia Reisman, honorary chair Mary Ann McKeithan and SFA general manager Terry Zmyslo promise that the evening will be as entertaining as ever.

The ladies will be officially presented with honors at the Winter Ball at the Hilton Americas-Houston on Jan. 22.