*Deceased
Cathy Arshadi – Corporate
Cynthia Bentzen-Mercer, SPHR, MBA, Ph.D. – Corporate
Renee Brummell Franklin, MBA, MAT – The Arts
Gloria Carter-Hicks – Entrepreneurship
Charli Cooksey – Racial Justice
Aparna Deora, Ph.D. – Corporate
Kelly Gast – Corporate
Kristian Yarmani Nelson – Future Leader
Carol J. Voss – Philanthropy
Kristen Wild – Non-Profit
Jane Arnold – Corporate
Kayla Baker – Future Leader
Marsha Benney – Corporate
Sara Yang Bosco – Corporate
Mary Elizabeth Grimes – Education
Kendra Holmes, Pharm.D. – Health Management
Kristin Johnson – Corporate
Ashley Kemper – Philanthropy
Melissa Lackey – Entrepreneurship
Karla Scott, Ph.D. – Racial Justice
Barbara C. Archer – Entrepreneurship
Carol Duhme * – Lifetime Achievement Award
Alison Ferring – Philanthropy
Ruth Kim – Corporate
JoAnne Levy – Health Management
Mary McKay, Ph.D. – Racial Justice
Celeste Player, Pharm.D. – Corporate
Theresa Ruzicka – Non-Profit
Lisa Stump – Corporate
Kaylin Walters – Future Leader
Raevyn Ferguson – Future Leader
Lisa Flavin – Corporate
Amy Hunter – Racial Justice
Nancy Kranzberg – Philanthropy
Julia Mize – Corporate
Daffney Moore – Government
Kelly Pollock – The Arts
Sharon Price John – Corporate
Ruth Saphian – Corporate
Faith Varwig – Entreneurship
Karen Aroesty – Racial Justice
Diane Compardo – Corporate
Jovita Foster – Corporate
Kennedi Ginger – Future Leader
Jennifer Labit – Entrepreneurship
Tara Nealey, Ph.D. – Corporate
Noemi Neidorff – Philanthropy
Emily Pitts – Corporate
Leila Sadat – Professions
Mary Stillman – Education
Leah Amos – Future Leader
Tamiko Armstead – Education
Maureen Borkowski – Corporate
Rebecca Hatter – Non-Profit
Ghazala Hayat, M.D. – Racial Justice
Toni Kutchan, Ph.D. – Science
Evelyn Rice-Peebles – Government
Thelma Steward – Philanthropy
Susan Stith – Corporate
Jackie Yoon – Corporate
Yemi Akande-Bartsch, Ph.D. – Racial Justice
Rebeccah L. Bennett – Entrepreneur
Mary Bonacorsi – Professions
The Honorable Judy Draper – Government
Marilyn Fox – Philanthropy
Joan Magruder – Non-Profit
Kathleen Mazzarella – Corporate
Noa Rose – Future Leader
Lisa Safarian – Corporate
Kristen Sorth – Government
Zundra Bryant – Business/Corporate Management
Rita Chang – Future Leader
Doreen Dodson – Professions
Cathy Dunkin – Business Ownership/Entrepreneurship
Christine Houston – Business/Corporate Management
Maria del Carmen Jacob – Business/Corporate Management
Mary Koomar – Business Corporate/Management
Penny Pennington – Business/Corporate Management
Elizabeth (Beth) Stroble – Education
Eileen (Otero) Wolfington – Racial Justice
Marilyn Bush – Business/Corporate Management
Theresa Carrington – NonProfit
Jane Eckert – Entrepreneur
Sharon Harvey Davis – Racial Justice
Elaine Mahon – Future Leader
Lisa Nichols – Business/Corporate Management
Gwendolyn Packnett, Ph.D. – Education
Nicole Ringenberg – Business/Corporate Management
Suzanne Sitherwood – Business/Corporate Management
Gail Taylor – Business/Corporate Management
Nina Barbleh – Future Leader
Mary Burnes – Business/Corporate
Shirley Cunningham – Business/Corporate
H. Jill Fivecoat – Business/Corporate
Sharon Frey M.D. – Education
Mildred Galvin – Business/Corporate
Darlene Green – Government
Jane Killebrew-Galeski – Business/Corporate
Jamala Rogers – Racial Justice
Sandy Tsai – Entrepreneurship
Mary Frontczak – Business/Corporate Management
Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge – Government/Politics
Barbara Harbach – The Arts
Wendy J. Henry – Business/Corporate Management
Mary Ann Lazarus – Business/Corporate Management
Emma Mutrux – Future Leader
Lydia Padilla – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Jane Towater * – Racial Justice
Michelle D. Tucker – Business/Corporate Management
Ronda F Williams, Esq.* – Business/Corporate Management
Molly Cline, Ph. D. – Business/Corporate Management
Anna Crosslin – Racial Justice Leader
Eileen Hedrick – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Mary P. Heger – Business/Corporate Management
Ann Marr – Business/Corporate Management
Virginia McDowell – Business/Corporate Management
Vickie Newton – Communications
Marcia Niedringhaus – Business/Corporate Management
Kathleen (Kitty) Ratcliff – Nonprofit Management
Allison Marie Wallace – Future Leader
Joyce Aboussie – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Katherine Button Bell – Business/Corporate Management
Mary Kullman – Business/Corporate Management
Laura Coghlan – Future Leader
Darcella Craven – Nonprofit Management
Consuelo Madere – Business/Corporate Management
Billy Mayo, Ed.D – Racial Justice Leader
Krista Mosby – Business/Corporate Management
Mary Elizabeth Nelson – Government/Politics
Agnès Rey-Giraud – Business/Corporate Management
Billy Collier – Nonprofit Management
Sharon D. Fiehler – Business/Corporate Management
Zelema Harris – Education
Debra Hollingsworth – Business/Corporate Management
Brenda S. Loftin, JD – Racial Justice
Jillian M. Lynum – Future Leader
Claire McCaskill – Government/Politics
Nancy C. Pechloff – Business/Corporate Management
Cheryl D. Walker – Professions
Jennifer Williams – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Katherine J. Anderson * – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Lynn Beall – Communications/Media
Joyce Blackwell – Business/Corporate Management
Marie Carroll – Business/Corporate Management
Pam Cavness – Business/Corporate Management
Dong Nghi Huynh – Future Leader
Celerstine B. Johnson, Ed.D. – Racial Justice
Nancy LeMaster – Nonprofit Management
Pamela Meanes – Business/Corporate Management
Ann Carroll Wells – Business/Corporate Management
YWCA Phyllis Wheatley Committee on Administration – President’s Award
Valerie Bell, JD – Racial Justice
Adrian Bracy – Business/Corporate Management
Melanie DiLeo – Business/Corporate Management
Agnes Gioconda – Business/Corporate Management
Jan Holloway – Business/Corporate Management
Mary “One” Johnson – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Cynthia Prost – Nonprofit Management
Marilyn Robinson, Ed.D. – Government/Politics
Patricia Smith Thurman – Business/Corporate Management
Jan Torrisi-Mokwa * – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Maggie Winkler – Future Leader
Mary Atkin – Business/Corporate Management
Virginia A. Barnes – Business/Corporate Management
Carol Daniel – Communications/Media
Tessa Greenspan – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Sandra M. Moore – Racial Justice
Brenda D. Newberry – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Thuy-Linh Nguyen – Future Leader
Cheryl D. Polk – Nonprofit Management
Karen Seibert, Ph.D.* – Science & Technology
JoAnn M. Shaw – Business/Corporate Management
Carol J. Valenta – Nonprofit Management
Kathryn S. Bader – Business/Corporate Management
Christine Bierman – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Cynthia J. Brinkley – Business/Corporate Management
Darnetta Clinkscale – Nonprofit Management
Betsy H. Cohen – Business/Corporate Management
Judy Ethell – Business/Corporate Management
June McAllister Fowler – Nonprofit Management
Kathryn E. Nelson * – Lifetime Racial Justice Award
Kiku Obata – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Susan Wilson Solovic – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Lucy Yang – Future Leader
Risa Zwerling – Business/Corporate Management
Sheila Bader – Racial Justice
Elizabeth “Beth” Davis – Communications/Media
Sara E. Foster – Business/Corporate Management
Deborah Collins Grossman – Business/Corporate Management
Rachel McLaughlin – Future Leader
Sandra M. Moore – Nonprofit Management
Merry Mosbacher – Business/Corporate Management
Pam Nicholson – Business/Corporate Management
Emily Rauh Pulitzer – The Arts
Sharon Thomas Robnett – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Patricia Wente – Nonprofit Management
Jane Wulf – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Barbara Bartley-Turkington – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Maxine Clark – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Lois Conley – Urban Investment
Elizabeth “Beth” Fitzgerald – Nonprofit Management
Brooke Nevils – Future Leader
Marian Nunn – Business/Corporate Management
Tammy Shields – Business/Corporate Management
Yvonne Tisdel – Business/Corporate Management
Yvette Whitehead – Business/Corporate Management
Marquita Wiley – Business/Corporate Management
Deanna Daughhetee – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Fay Fleming – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Lissa Hollenbeck – Business/Corporate Management
Becky S. Kueker – President’s Award
Joan D. Malloy – Business/Corporate Management
Patricia L. Mercurio – Business/Corporate Management
Rita Montgomery-Hollie – Professions
Cheryl Morley – Business/Corporate Management
Patricia W. Nichols, Ph.D.* – Education
Sarath Priya Rednam – Future Leader
Stephanie Riven – The Arts
Rabbi Susan Talve – Racial Justice
Sally Bliss – The Arts
Judge Susan E. Block – Racial Justice
Georgia Frontiere * – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Mildred L. Jamison, RN – Nonprofit Management
Linda Martinez – Professions
Valerie E. Patton – Business/Corporate Management
Cherish Perry – Future Leader
Judith A. Roberts * – Business/Corporate Management
Sandra Van Trease – Business/Corporate Management
Barbara Wilkinson – Business/Corporate Management
Karen Branding – Business/Corporate Management
Mary Leyhe Burke, Ph.D. – Education
Jacquelyn Dezort – Business/Corporate Management
Sandra Farragut-Hemphill – Government/Politics
Kathleen Kiesel Flemming – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Linda Locke – Business/Corporate Management
Alison Nash, M.D. – Professions
Beverly Noble-Barnes – Government/Politics
Tiara Lynn Pettis – Future Leader
Maggie Potapchuk – Racial Justice
Ellen Sherberg – Communications/Media
Patricia Whitaker – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Donnis Casey – Business/Corporate Management
Charmaine S. Chapman * – Nonprofit Management
Ruby Christian-Harriman – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Norma Clayton – Science & Technology
Priscilla Hill-Ardoin – Business/Corporate Management
Dean Keyes – Urban Investment
Donna A. Kindl – Business/Corporate Management
Stephanie McCutcheon – Health Management
Wendy Monso – Property Management
Frankie Muse Freeman, JD * – Racial Justice
Kathleen T. Osborn – Education
Mahauganee Dawn Shaw – Future Leader
Mildred Rogers Anderson, Ph.D. – Education
Jo Ann Harmon Arnold * – President’s Award
Ann Beatty, Ph.D. – Professions
Judy Bentley – Community Service
Margaret Bush-Wilson * – Racial Justice
Karen Carroll – Communications/Media
Dianne Chong, Ph.D. – Science & Technology
Rebecca Anne Francis – Future Leader
Joanne Griffin – Business/Corporate Management
Laura Herring – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Patricia Rich – Nonprofit Management
Jane Sauer – The Arts
Mavis Thompson – Government/Politics
Antoinette Bailey – Business/Corporate Management
Mary F. Cannon – Communications/Media
Christine A. Chadwick – Community Service
Jill McGuire – The Arts
Jennifer Mueller – Future Leader
Deborah J. Patterson – Nonprofit Management
Barbara A. Schaal, Ph.D. – Science & Technology
Bishop Ann B. Sherer – Professions
Sharon Tucci – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Elizabeth “Betty” Van Uum – Government/Politics
Mildred Winter – Education
Gail W. Brase * – Nonprofit Management
Lisa Galluzzo – Future Leader
Dudley Grove – Community Service
Jean Hamilton – Professions
Cecilia A. Nadal – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Carol North – The Arts
Sr. Mary Jean Ryan, FSM – Business/Corporate Management
Dora B. Schriro * – Government/Politics
Victoria L. Sork, Ph.D. – Science & Technology
Gwendolyn W. Stephens, Ph.D. * – Education
Helen M. Weiss * – Communications/Media
Mary Ellen Finch, Ph.D. – Education
Maggie Holtman – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Sharon Homan, M.D. – Professions
Gwen Krivi, Ph.D. – Science & Technology
Deanne Lane – Communications/Media
Emmy McClelland – Government/Politics
Amanda L. Murphy, Ph.D. – Nonprofit Management
Tina Potthoff – Future Leader
Sheryl Solomon – Business/Corporate Management
Harriet Traurig * – The Arts
Donna Wilkinson – Community Service
Jo Ann Harmon Arnold * – Business/Corporate Management
Mary Conti, M.D. – Professions
Myrtle Hilliard Davis * – Nonprofit Management
Mary Engelbreit – The Arts
Nelda Lee – Science & Technology
Carolyn Losos – Community Service
Sheila Lumpe * – Government/Politics
Twanisha McDaniel – Future Leader
Robin Smith – Communications/Media
MaryAnn Krey Van Lokeren – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Barbara Woods * – Education
JoBeth G. Brown – Business/Corporate Management
Laura Chik – Future Leader
Jane Freund Harris * – Community Service
Ruth Lewis * – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Betty Marver – Nonprofit Management
Patricia McKissack – The Arts
Soraya Nouri-Moghaddam, M.D. – Professions
Betty Thompson * – Government/Politics
Virginia Weldon, M.D. – Communications/Media
Gloria Waters White * – Education
Patricia Barrett – Business/Corporate Management
Huldah C. Blamoville, M.D. – Professions
Nancy Gill – Future Leader
Joan Kelly Horn – Government/Politics
Jean Neal – Nonprofit Management
Deborah Silverberg – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Betty Sims * – Community Service
Sharon Stevens – Communications/Media
Agnes Wilcox * – The Arts
Katie H. Wright, Ed.D. – Education
Noreen Carrocci, Ph.D. – Education
Mary Case, M.D. – Professions
Laurna Godwin – Communications/Media
Toyanna Hearon – Future Leader
Susan Pettit – Health Management
Dorothy Pillman * – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Anna Polizzi Keller – Business/Corporate Management
Kaye Steinmetz * – Government/Politics
Jeanne Treavor – The Arts
Cuesta Ray Benberry * – The Arts
Marion G. Cairns – Government/Politics
Edith Catherine Cunnane * – Nonprofit Management
Doris DeBerry Eldridge * – Education
Karen Foss – Communications/Media
Lisa Renee James – Future Leader
Patricia Ann Unland Musgrave, R.N. – Professions
Martha L. Perine – Business/Corporate Management
Palmer Adele Reynolds – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Tammie S. Benzinger, M.D., Ph.D. – Future Leader
Lynn R. Broeder – Nonprofit Management
Jan Garden Castro – The Arts
Cassandra Colvin Carr – Business/Corporate Management
Bonita S. Cornute – Communications/Media
Susan S. Elliott – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Linda A. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H.* – Professions
Frankie Muse Freeman, JD * – Government/Politics
Anne Elizabeth Price, Ph.D. – Education
Susan Cejka – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Katherine Dunham * – The Arts
Sr. Mary James Gallagher * – Nonprofit Management
Juanita H. Hinshaw – Business/Corporate Management
Dee Joyner – Government/Politics
Mary Kimbrough * – Communications/Media
Beej Nierengarten-Smith, Ph.D. – Nonprofit Management
Billie McKindra Phillips * – Education
Mary A. Tillman, M.D. – Professions
Sr. Betty A. Brucker, FSM * – Health Management
Ellen R. Conant * – Government/Politics
Barbara Gibbs Ostmann – Communications/Media
Bernice Richter-Cohen – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Yvonne E. Thompson – Business/Corporate Management
Blanche M. Touhill, Ph.D. – Education
Irma Schira Tucker * – The Arts
Carol F. Williams, M.D. – Professions
Jacqueline Dudley, R.N. – Professions
Kim Hindrew – Communications/Media
Charlotte Lehmann – Business/Corporate Management
Marylen Mann-Jacobs – Nonprofit Management
Sue Shear * – Government/Politics
Willie Mae Ford Smith * – The Arts
Joyce Thomas, Ph.D.* – Education
Ann Tretter – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Betsey A. Bruce – Communications/Media
Sue Clancy – Community Service
Clara D. Craver, D.Sc. – Professions
Gayle P.W. Jackson – Business/Corporate Management
Judith E. Meador – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Ann Quill Niederlander, JD * – Government/Politics
Sheila Ruth, Ph.D. – Education
Susan Slaughter – The Arts
Linda S. Barton – Communications/Media
Eddie Mae Binion * – Nonprofit Management
Pearlie Evans * – Government/Politics
Ruth K. Jacobson * – Special Achievement
Merele Johnson – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Annelise Mertz * – The Arts
Suzanne Saueressig, DVM * – Professions
Margaret A. Stroup * – Business/Corporate Management
Doris Trojcak, Ed.D. – Education
Eunice W. Farmer * – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Hulda Grobman, Ed.D.* – Education
Delores Johnson * – Community Service
Gini Laurie * – Communications/Media
Marcia B. Mellitz – Government/Politics
Patricia L. Monteleone, M.D. – Professions
Lucille A. Rascher * – Business/Corporate Management
Christine Ely Smith – The Arts
Olivia E. Calloway * – Community Service
Nancy S. Everett – Professions
Ellen F. Harshman, Ph.D. – Education
Betty Lee * – Communications/Media
Sarah Linquist * – The Arts
Myrtle C. Reynolds * – Unsung Hero
Marge S. Rittenhouse – Business/Corporate Management
Sara Scroggins – Education
Marcia H. Smith – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Harriett Woods * – Government/Politics
Sharon Belson – Entrepreneur/Business Owner
Gertrude B. Busch * – The Arts
Irene E. Cortinovis – Community Service
Arvilla Droll * – Community Service
Queen Dunlap-Fowler, Ph.D. – Education
Anna C. Forder – Government/Politics
Sylvia Frankel * – Business/Corporate Management
Judi Hofer * – Business/Corporate Management
Alma Kessler * – Communications/Media
Veda Martin * – Community Service
Martha G. Rounds * – Entrepreneur/Business Owner