This page lists all Women of Excellence Award Recipients by last name.
Elizabeth Valentine Abraham
Religion
1999
Emilee Acevedo
Youth Leadership
2018
Suzanne Aker
Arts & Culture
1994
Katie Megan Akeroyd
Youth Leadership
2004
Kristen Michelle Alcorte
Youth Leadership
2013
*Louise C. Allen
Special Award
1993
Jitra Subpamongkol Anuras, M.D.
Science & Medicine
1997
Myrna L. Armstrong, Ed.D., R.N., FAAN
Science & Medicine
2001
Toni Arnett
Art
2003
Louise Willson Arnold
Professional
1995
Sylvia Ashby
Arts & Culture
1993
Rhosean Asmah
Youth Leadership
2016
Bonnie J. Aycock
Arts & Culture
2010
Monica Baca
Youth Leadership
1994
Donna Bacchi, M.D., M.P.H.
Science & Medicine
2002
Karen Baggerly, MSN, R.N.
Science & Medicine
2006
*Betty Baker
Business
1995
Melanie Weed Barnes
Science
1991
Sharon Hyde Bass
Special Award
2010
Brenda J. Becknell
Professional
2000
Alona Beesinger
Business
2014
Lorrie Lushnat Bellair
Mary Nell Strong Community Service Award
2014
Holly Betenbough
Religion
2014
Suzanna Blake
Business
2015
Geneva B. Boren
Business
2004
Alicia Boswell
Youth Leadership
1990
Linda M. Brice, Ph.D.
Education
2008
Lady Falls Brown, Ph.D.
Education
2002
Jane O. Burns, Ph.D.
Education & Religion
1996
Janie Bush
Arts & Culture
2016
Terri Caldwell
Arts & Culture
2012
Judge Ann-Marie Carruth
Government
2017
Ashley Marie Cartwright
Youth Leadership
2003
Jean Caslin
Art
2018
Danette Castle
Government & Human Services
2005
Billie J. Caviel
Business
2010
Brooke Chavez
Youth Leadership
2000
Beverly Chilton, Ph.D.
Science
1999
Judy Wells Chisholm
Business
1999
Christy Michele Badgwell
Youth Leadership
1997
Merinda K. Condra, J.D.
Human Services
2012
Melinda Corwin
Science
2009
Adrienne Cozart
Government
2007
Abigail Crawford
Education (Classroom Impact)
2016
Mary K. Crites, AIA
Professional
2010
Kay Cross
Special Award
2011
Louise T. Cummins
Government & Human Services
1995
Evelyn Davies
Mary Nell Strong Community Service Award
2017
Reagan Elyse Davis
Youth Leadership
1998
Kay Davis
Business
2002
*Christie Devitt
Mary Nell Strong Community Service Award
2012
Marilyn Jantz Dickey
Government & Human Services
1989
Lou Dunn Diekemper
Business
1994
Sharmila Dissanaike
Medicine
2017
Aimee Doane
Business
2011
Linda Donahue
Education
2018
Betty Shewbert Dotts
Mary Nell Strong Community Service Award
2015
Kirsten Storin Doty
Youth Leadership
1992
Holli Nicole Douglass
Youth Leadership
1996
Lynda Loyce Dutton
Human Services
2015
Diane Brown Earl
Business
1998
Nettie Edwards
Education & Religion
2005
Pamela A. Eibeck
Science
2008
Phebe Ellis-Roach
Business
2017
Michelle Leslie Erickson
Youth Leadership
1991
Christina Esperat
Medicine
2009
Alejandra Estrada
Youth Leadership
2014
Kamie Ethridge
Sports/Special Award
1989
Marguerite Fallon, D.N.P.,R.N.
Medicine
2013
Amy Faris
Arts & Culture
2015
Drue Farmer
Government
2015
Tammy D. Barnes Fedynick
Education & Religion
1995
Linda Ferguson
Business
2018
Meghan Paige Fleming
Youth Leadership
1999
Kim Flenniken
Professional
2017
Shari Dorris Flynn
Government & Human Services
2000
Berta Fogerson
Education (Administration)
2016
Tina Fuentes
Arts & Culture
2002
Linda Gaither
Business
2006
Gloria Snell Galey
Human Services
2004
Annette Gary, R.N. Ph.D.
Medicine
1998
Becky Garza
Government
2018
Karen K. Garza, Ph.D.
Education
2013
*Stacie George
Professional
2009
Karen Gibson
Government
2016
Kathy Gilbreath
Mary Nell Strong Community Service Award
2018
Janeen Drew Gilliam
Arts & Culture
1989
Jane F. Goldthorn, M.D
Medicine
1991
Glenna Maxey Goodacre
Art/Special Award
1990
Alexia E. Green, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N.
Science & Medicine
2003
Linda Greenstreet
Jane Burns Award
2016
Lauren Griffin
Youth Leadership
2001
Elizabeth G. “Bess” Haley, Ph.D
Education & Religion
1989
Michaela Hardin
Youth Leadership
2012
Shanna Hargrave
Religion
2018
*Rita P. Harmon
Government
1993
Kitty Harris-Wilkes, Ph.D.
Education
2011
Katharine Hayhoe
Science
2018
Ione Heartsill
Government & Human Services
2002
Caryl E. Heintz, Ph.D.
Science
1998
Burnis Marie Henderson
Special Award
1999
Susan Singer Hendrick, Ph.D.
Science
1993
Cassandra L. Henry
Science
1996
Judith Henry, Ed.D.
Professional
2006
Grace Hernandez
Education & Religion
2010
Candace Bourland Hicks
Science
2017
Monica Hightower
Business
2016
Ruth Jane Holmes, Ph.D.
Arts & Culture
1997
Linda Crawford Hoover, Ph.D.
Education
2006
Louisa Hope-Weeks, Ph.D.
Science
2012
Sharyn Ivory
Medicine
2008
Anna Jackson
Education
2017
Paulina M. Jacobo, J.D.
Professional
1996
Eileen McAllister Johnson, Ph.D.
Science
1990
Phyllis Sullivan Jones
Business
1997
Betsy Goebel Jones, Ed.D.
Science & Medicine
2010
Cindy Jumper, M.D.
Science & Medicine
2007
*Marjorie C. Kastman
Professional
1992
Shaili M. Khandheria
Youth Leadership
1995
Nita Kiesling
Business
2013
Sally Kipyego
Special Award
2009
SuzAnn Moore Kirby
Business
2008
Jean Bledsoe Knight
Business
2000
Nancy M. Koenig, The Honorable
Government
2010
Yumi Christina Koh
Youth Leadership
1989
Allison Rae Korinek
Youth Leadership
2008
Michelle Kraft
Art
2017
Sarah Lambert
Youth Leadership
2011
Paula Davis Lanehart, Judge
Government & Human Services
1996
Teddy L. Langford, R.N., Ph.D., C.N.A.A.
Science & Medicine
1989
Carolyn Lanier
Government & Human Services
1992
Beth Lawson
Government & Human Services
2011
Lisa S. Leach Ed.D.
Education
2015
Emily Lemley
Religion
2016
Suzanne Adams Beck Liner, M.D.
Professional
2003
Madeleine Lipetska
Youth Leadership
2017
Katherine Anne Lucas
Youth Leadership
1993
Pat Maines
Arts & Culture
2001
Rev. Jo Roberts Mann
Religion
1991
Ann Manning
Professional
2016
Aretha Marbley Ph.D.
Education
2014
Margaret Brannon-Randle, M.Ed.
Education
2003
*Conny McDonald Martin (Mrs. C.B.)
Arts & Culture
2005
*Sylvia A. Martinez-Flores
Government
1991
Yondell Masten, R.N.C., Ph.D.
Medicine
1990
Karin Crider McCay
Arts & Culture
1996
Sara Ellen McCunniff
Youth Leadership
2005
Carolyn R. McDougal
Entrepreneur
2000
Jennifer McGrew
Youth Leadership
2009
Sara Stalcup McKee
Professional
2004
Ethel M. McLeod
Business
1990
Shirley Anne Naile McManigal, Ph.D
Education & Religion
1990
Leigh Keeney McPhaul
Government & Human Services
1998
*Betty J. Savage Mills
Arts & Culture
1991
Nicole Mitchell
Youth Leadership
2007
Sunanda Mitra, Ph.D.
Science
2000
Carolyn Moore
Professional
2018
Elma S. Moreno
Government
2004
Jan Berry Morris
Education
1999
*LaWanda Sherrod Murfee
Arts & Culture
2008
Marian K. Solowy Myers, M.D.
Science & Medicine
1995
Joe Love Stogner Nelson
Special Award
2002
Alana K. Noble
Youth Leadership
2002
Mary Tom Riley O’Bar, Ed.D.
Education & Religion
1993
Margarita Olivarez
Business
2009
Kelly Overley, Ed.D.
Professional
2011
Michelle Pantoya, Ph.D.
Science
2015
Judy Parker, Judge
Government
2001
Patti J. Patterson, M.D.
Science & Medicine
2005
Nancy Jo Patton
Business
1996
Lindsay Penrose
Medicine
2018
Neoka Perez
Special Award
2013
Carolyn Perry
Science
2014
Marie Pfarr
Youth Leadership
2006
Dorothy Phea-Norville
Education
1998
Marilyn Phelan, J.D.
Education
2004
Lugene Lane Pickering
Arts & Culture
2004
Catherine Pope
Government & Human Services
2009
*Norma E. Porres, M.D.
Special Award
1995
Sharon Young Prather
Special Award
2003
Beth Pratt
Arts & Culture
2007
Francina Johanna Proctor
Religion
1998
Narissra Maria Punyanunt-Carter, Ph.D.
Education
2012
*Trudy Putteet
Government & Human Services
2003
Maria Elena Quintanilla
Government
2008
Yvonne Racz-Key
Arts & Culture
2011
Ariwan Rakvit, MD
Medicine
2014
Janie Landin Ramirez
Education & Religion
2001
Emily Ratcliff
Professional
2012
Rev. Stephanie Schreiner Nash
Religion
2003
Melisa Tatum Roberts
Professional
2008
Kathryn Kinnison Rollo
Education
2007
Catherine A. Ronaghan, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Medicine
1999
Vickie Russell, LMSW
Human Services
2010
Mary Jones Saathoff, Ph.D.
Arts & Culture
2013
Sandra Sabatini, Ph.D., M.D.
Medicine
1993
Sherry Sancibrian
Education
1997
Kay Holder Sanford
Human Services
2008
*Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser, Ph.D.
Arts & Culture
1992
Jade C. Shank
Youth Leadership
2010
Marsha Sharp
Special Award
1992
Nancy Tucker Sharp
Professional
2013
Rosa Hernandez Sheets, Ph.D.
Special Award
2006
JoAnn Leavey Shroyer, Ph.D.
Education
2000
Marianna Shubov, Ph.D.
Science
2004
Sindee L. Simon, Ph.D.
Science
2013
Carolyn Simpson
Human Services
2014
*Elizabeth Creson Sisco, J.D
Professional
1989
Windy Sitton, Mayor
Special Award
2001
*Palma Lancaster Smiley
Arts & Culture
1990
Marisue Pounders Smith
Religion
1997
*Barbara L. Sommerville
Human Services
1993
*Virginia M. Sowell, Ph.D.
Education
1991
Lori Rice Spearman, Ph.D., M.T. (ASCP)
Medicine
2012
Gail Spivey
Jane Burns Award
2015
Michelle Suzanne Staley
Youth Leadership
2015
Kathy Stocco
Human Services
2007
*Mary Nell Strong
Special Award
2007
Sheryl Swoopes
Special Award
1994
*Margaret Talkington
Business
1992
Diannah Tatum
Business
2012
*Carolyn Taylor
Mary Nell Strong Community Service Award
2013
Jan Thetford
Business
2007
Linda Suzan Lazarin Thomas
Human Services
2001
*Nelda Thompson
Professional
1994
Gwendolyn Titus
Government & Human Services
1994
Sandi Turner
Mary Nell Strong Community Service Award
2016
Jane Ann Tustin, R.N., M.S.N., C.S.N.
Medicine
2000
Mary Grace Umlauf, R.N., Ph.D.
Science & Medicine
1992
Renee Bergenheier Underwood
Professional
2005
*Louise Underwood
Arts & Culture
2009
*Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, Ph.D.
Music
2003
*Sister Maureen Van der Zee, C.S.J.
Education & Religion
1992
Beena Variyam
Professional
2007
Kamlesh Varma, M.D.
Science & Medicine
2011
Irasema Velasquez
Professional
1997
Laura Vinson
Professional
2014
Kathy Volanty, Ph.D.
Government & Human Services
1997
Margaret Yirka Vugrin
Arts & Culture
2006
Connie Wharton
Professional
2002
Patsy Landrum Whipple
Government & Human Services
1999
*Helen Wagner Willey
Special Award
1991
Margaret Williams
Business
2005
Maxine Willingham
Business
2001
Peggy Willis-Aarnio
Arts & Culture
1998
*Irene S. Wilson, R.N., M.Ed.
Science & Medicine
1994
Susan Ford Wiltshire, Ph.D.
Special Award
2005
Jane L. Winer, Ph.D.
Education & Religion
1994
Patricia S. Yoder Wise, R.N., Ed.D.
Medicine
1996
*Billie Wolfe
Arts & Culture
1995
Aliza Wong
2018
Vernita Woods-Holmes
Government & Human Services
2006
Mitzi Jo Ziegner
Education & Religion
2009
Mimi Zumwalt, M.D.
Medicine
2015
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