OUTSTANDING WOMEN AWARDS
All Past Honorees
YWCA Richmond has recognized the achievements of Outstanding Women for 43 years. Below is a list of all the women honored at this signature event since 1980.
Thank you for all your efforts and contributions to our community!
2023
- Ashley Hawkins – Arts & Culture
- Dee Ann Remo – Business
- Dr. Paula Pando – Education
- Paulette McElwain – Health & Science
- Sheba Williams – Human Relations & Faith in Action
- Susheela Varky – Law & Government
- Michele Rhudy – Marketing & Media
- Tanya M. González – Nonprofit Leadership
- Rudene Hayes – Volunteerism
2022
- Zenobia Bey – Arts & Culture
- Carter M. Reid – Business
- Kimberley L. Martin – Education
- Zakia McKensey – Health & Science
- Jill A. McCormick – Human Relations & Faith in Action
- Kimberly C. MacLeod – Law & Government
- Rasheeda N. Creighton – Marketing & Media
- Karen Legato – Nonprofit Leadership
- Pam Mines – Volunteerism
2021
- Priscilla Burbank – Arts & Culture
- Linda Nash – Business
- Barbara Couto Sipe – Education
- Jeniece Roane – Health & Science
- Chlo’e Edwards – Human Relations & Faith In Action
- Margaret Ivey – Law & Government
- Shayla Varnado – Marketing & Media
- Grace Gallagher – Nonprofit Leadership
- Dena Frith Moore – Volunteerism
2020
- Valerie Cassel Oliver – Arts & Culture
- Leigh Sewell – Business
- Abigail Rogers – Education
- Wendy Klein, M.D. – Health & Science
- Rev. Lacette Cross – Human Relations & Faith In Action
- Suzette Denslow – Law & Government
- Kelli Lemon – Marketing & Media
- Myra Goodman Smith – Nonprofit Leadership
- Laura Lee Chandler – Volunteerism
2019
- Susan Adolf
- Christy Coleman
- Jane Henderson
- Susan Gooden
- Sally Graham
- Greta Harris
- Susan Clarke Schaar
- Katherine Wintsch
2018
- Frazier Millner Armstrong
- Miriam Davidow
- Jeanine Harper
- Patte Koval
- Laura D. Lafayette
- Cynthia I. Newbille
- Bonnie B. Price
- Anna Lou Schaberg
- Lisa Sims
2017
- Lynnelle Ediger-Kordzaia
- Aurelia Lewis
- Julie McConnell
- Sandy Reynolds
- Heather Mullins Crislip
- Clovia Lawrence
- Jane Helfrich
- Talley Baratka
2016
- Hope Armstrong Erb
- Lakshmi Challa
- Nancy W. Davies
- Toni R. Ardabell
- Heidi Wilson Abbott
- Margaret Nimmo Crowe
- Carol Ann Olson
- Julie S. Bilodeau
- Susan Meyers
2015
- Ana Ines King
- Marilyn West
- Genene LeRosen
- Melissa Byrne Nelson
- Susan B. Davis
- Mary E. Langer
- Kathy Glazer
- Judy Anderson
2014
- Dr. Pamela Kiecker Royall
- Judy Pahren
- Lori Ross
- Dr. Jamelle Smith Wilson
- Jill Kennedy
- Cassie Matthew
- Jennifer McClellan
- Babs Jackson
- Cherry Peters
2013
- Naila Townes Ahmed
- Rhona Lax Arenstein
- Nancy Jones Chewning
- Mary C. Doswell
- Erin Thomas Foley
- Anne Randolph Goddard
- Julia Anne Greenwood
- Doris Ann Kane
2012
- Karen Coltrane
- Sally Green
- Iris Holliday
- Joan Lipstock
- Nancy Oglesby
- Jennifer Parham
- Robin Starr
- Carole Weinstein
- Leslie Wyatt
2011
- Stacy Hawkins Adams
- Kathleen Burke Barrett
- Katherine Busser
- Dr. Yvonne Brandon
- Lorie Foley
- Alice Goodwin
- Shawnee Weitzel Hansen
- Deborah Johnston
- Colleen Marea Quinn
2010
- Diane H. Ager
- Susan Forbes Dewey
- True Farr Luck
- Catherine ‘Kate’ M. Marriott
- Margaret ‘Lyn’ E. McDermid
- Patricia J. Reams
- Pamela J. Royal
- Karen J. Stanley
- Sue Forbes Watson
- Susan Winiecki
2009
- Catherine “Kitty” Claiborne
- Kimberlie J. Farlow
- Robin Lynn Foster, MD
- Manju S. Ganeriwala
- Frances F. Goldman
- Fay Lohr
- Connie Moslow
- Adrienne Volenik
- Jane G. Watkins
- Lula M. Brown White
2008
- Pamela S. Belleman
- Lissy S. Bryan
- Susan E. Dubuque
- Colleen A. Kraft, M.D., FAAP
- Page Luxmoore
- Cheryl E. Miller
- Dr. Lucille Murray Brown
- Marlene Paul
- Cathy Pond
- Pam Woltz
- Clara B. Woody
2007
- Dr. Belinda Childress Anderson
- Sherrie Brach
- Tara Louise Casey
- Jann Malone
- Maureen Denlea Massey
- Rebecca (Becky) Massey
- Joan O. Oates
- Paula Owens Parker
- Ellen F. Robertson
- Michelle Whitehurst-Cook, M.D.
2006
- Nancy Wright Beasley
- Dr. Jo Lynne DeMary
- Paula Paster Gulak
- Anne B. Holton
- Lynne B. Hughes
- Jo Bowman Kennedy
- Delores L. McQuinn
- Martha Franck Rollins
- Aradhana Bela Sood, M.D.
- Geraldine Byrd Story
2005
- Betsy Brooks Carr
- Marjorie Grier
- Deborah Hackman
- Deborah Jewell-Sherman
- Adele Johnson
- Edna Keys-Chavis
- Kathie Markel
- Bev Reynolds
- Dianne L. Reynolds-Cane
- Angela Edwards Roberts
2004
- Jean Patterson Boone
- Rev. Rhonda VanDyke Colby
- Janett Forte
- Carmen Francine Foster
- Catherine W. Howard, Ph.D.
- Amy Nisenson
- Ellen Shaw de Paredes, M.D.
- Debra J. Prillaman
- Marilyn Tavenner
2003
- Diane M. Abato
- Jennifer Daffron Brown
- Irene Carney, Ph.D.
- Marge Connelly
- Barbara Woodland Fleming
- Cantor Frances T. Goldman
- Antionette Vanessa Irving
- Marcia Penn, Ph.D.
- Charlotte K. Roberts
- Lisa Schaffner
2002
- Mary W. Atterholt
- Susan M. Jamieson
- Gail W. Johnson
- Darcy S. Oman
- Deborah D. Oswalt
- Phyllis Palmiero
- Virginia McGehee
- Dr. Delores Pretlow
- Sabrina Squire
- Cabell Goolsby West
2001
- Barbara Hall Dunn
- Delores R. Green, Ed.D.
- JoAnne Kirk Henry
- Sara Belle November
- Patricia S. O’Bannon
- Julie Plunkett
- The Honorable Cleo Elaine Powell
- Robbie Sullivan Thompson
- M. Michelle Thomson
- Nancy Lancaster Warman
2000
- Nancy R. Belleman
- Diana F. Cantor
- Diane Cook-Tench
- Sue Duke Drudge
- Anne Fischer
- Sheryl L. Garland
- Alice W. Harris
- Christine R. Miller
- Jacquelyn E. Stone
- Marcia H. Thalhimer
1999
- Rev. Donna B. Coffman, R.N.
- Susanne B. Crump
- Blanche Hamlette Gaitor
- Lelia Baum Hopper
- Renny Bush Humphrey
- Marie V. Maniego
- Nan L. Miller
- Mary Hayes Mule, R.N., B.S.N.
- Barbara Joynes
- Dianne N. Watkins
1998
- Comfort Y. Anderson-Miller
- The Honorable Viola O. Baskerville
- Elizabeth Bauder
- Rejena Carreras
- Susan G. Kornstein, M.D.
- Dr. Ann Parker Maust
- Karen A. Raschke
- Daisy Frye Reed
- Martha S. Slay
- Grace S. Sparks
1997
- Joann N. Bodurtha
- Marguerite F. Christian
- Josée Gallé Covington
- Rosalyn Randolph Dance
- Beth J. Gillispie
- Beverly C. Lacy
- Sr. Charlotte Lange, O.S.B.
- Sharon DeButts Richardson
- Judge Margaret Poles Spencer
1996
- Jeannie P. Baliles
- Sheilah Y. Belle
- Ida J. Hill
- Lerla G. Joseph, M.D.
- Valerie Ann Lemmie
- Julie D. McClellan, Esq.
- Eleanor Calvert Meleski
- Christina S. Risatti
- Virginia H. Ritchie
- Diane M. Roberts
1995
- Connie Berkeley Abeloff
- Rev. Dr. Patricia A. Gould-Champ
- Rita Prizler Hull, Ph.D.
- Mary Jo Ellis Kahn, O.G.N.P.
- Phyllis C. Katz
- Katharine C. Lee
- Anne Dobie Peebles
- LaVerne Byrd Smith, Ph.D.
- Anna D. Soulious
- Veronica Fleming
1994
- Thelma Bland Watson, Ph.D.
- Faye Benton
- Betsy Brinson
- Uliana Gabara
- R. Claire Guthrie
- Phyllis Cothran
- Carol Fox
- Shirley Fountain
- Myerna McLaughlin
- Cynthia Mayo
1992
- Marguerita Fauntleroy Austin
- Barbara S. Brown
- Florence Neal-Cooper
- Marilynn C. Goss
- Jane Norwood Kusiak
- Linda Gatch LaCombe
- Donna Mercer
- Carol O. Negus
- Anne Teefey
1991
- Judith Collins, O.G.N.P.
- Sheila Crowley
- Dr. Margaret G. Dabney
- Okianer Christian Dark, Esq.
- Mary Lou Deal
- Jacqueline G. Epps, Esq.
- Lisa LaFata Powell
- Louise McComb
- Carolyn M. Meares
- Yvonne Elizabeth Spain
1990
- Sister Cora Marie Billings
- Beverly J. Brown
- Dr. Judith Ann Brown
- Sylvia Costen
- Jill A. Hanken, Esq.
- R. Elizabeth Marschak
- Anne Gregory “Panny” Rhodes
- Jean Thompson Williams
- Pamela M. Womack
- Elizabeth Byrd York
1989
- Judith S. Bond, Ph.D.
- Naomi A. Hall
- Gladys Jackson-Weston
- Elizabeth B. Lacy
- Sara Markham
- Nikki Nicholau
- Louise Seals
- Peg Spangenthal
- Eva S. Teig Hardy
- Hilda Yates Warden
1988
- Patricia M. Asch
- Beverly Davis
- Dr. Frances Dunston
- Judith Fox
- Margaret Freeman
- Dr. Lisa Kaplowitz
- Cleomine Lewis
- Sandra Parker
- Eleanor Sheppard
- Mary Sue Terry, Esq.
- Stoner Winslett
- Lorna Wyckoff
1987
- Christina S. Abby
- Dr. Virgie M. Binford
- Susanna M. Capers
- Jean W. Cunningham, Esq.
- Mildred C. (Millie) Jones
- Murial J. McAuley
- Dr. Susan J. Mellette
- Elvira J. Moore
- Wendy Bauers Northup
- Frances Fife
- Lillian C. Throckmorton
1986
- Barbara Grey
- Mary Tyler McClenahan
- Mary Payne
- Theresa Pollak
- Dr. Isabel Rogers
- Norma H. Schanz
- Bernadine Simmons
- Joyce E. Stanley-Scott
- Barbara Ukrop
- Anne M. Whittemore
1985
- Carolyn Adams
- Norma Jean Blalock
- Carol Burnham
- Margaret Brown Chavis
- Virginia Allen Crockford
- Eileen M. Dooley
- Rozanne G. Epps
- Hope Haley Montoni
- Naomi Lewis Morse
- Susanne Schilling
- Lillian Wilson Stackhouse
1984
- Rev. Yvonne Jones Bibbs
- Margaret Watkins Clay
- Elsie Satterwhite Elmore
- Melba Gibbs
- Dr. Grace Edmondson Harris
- Dr. Suzanne B. Hirt
- Elizabeth Herrink House
- Anne P. Lane
- Jean Roland-Pender
- Bessida Cauthorne White
1983
- Nina Abady
- Sally Camp
- Audrey Dixon
- Norma Goode, Ph.D.
- Catherine Johnson
- Rabbi Beverly Lerner
- Claudette B. McDaniel
- Johanna Schuchert
- Dr. Myra Williams-Thornton
- Barbara Wurtzel, Ph.D.
1982
- Madge Bush
- Rev. Marjorie Lee Bailey
- Sylvia Clute, Esq.
- Nancy Copal
- Willie Dell
- Judy Goldberg
- Perzelia P. Goodwin
- Joanne LeVay
- Zipporah Medford
- Dr. Paige S. Morahan
- Marie Price
1981
- Janet Ballard
- Phyllis Conklin
- Dr. Dorothy Cowling
- Virginia Hackney
- Dr. Jean Harris
- Dr. Lois Harrison-Jones
- Marie Goodman Hunter
- Sara Little, Ph.D.
- Dr. Nancy McWilliams
- Cornelia Overton
1980
- Alma Barlow
- Pat Bell, Esq.
- Martha Bell Conway
- Marii Hasewega
- Frances Lambert
- Dr. Carolyn McCue
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