2023 Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
2023 Emerging Leader Honoree:
Farduwsa Hassan, Owner, Leila Urgent Care
2023 Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees:
Christy Burch, CEO of The Ion Center for Violence Prevention
Sarah Giolando-Matlin, Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer at St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Vickie Henderson, Executive Director of the Northern Kentucky Children’s Advocacy Center
Ash Norton, General Manager of Major Projects at Duke Energy Corporation
2023 Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare:
Carolyn Thomas Thompson, Insurance Agent at State Farm Insurance and St. Elizabeth Foundation volunteer
2023 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree:
Lisa Desmarais, Retired, Kenton County Fiscal Court
2023 Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients:
Terrie Frasure-Brierly, Gateway Community & Technical College
Jenna E Dunham, Northern Kentucky University
E. Holly Jenkins, Thomas More University
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2022
2022 Emerging Leader Honoree:
Amanda Dempsey, Early College Supervisor of the NKU Young Scholars Academy for Kenton County Schools
2022 Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees:
Sylvia Buxton, President/CEO North America of Perfetti Van Melle USA
Amy Quinn Dye, VP Private Banking at Republic Bank
Julia Keister, Founder & Owner of Lil’s Bagels
Jennifer Steele, CEO of Meals on Wheels Southwest OH & NKY
2022 Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree:
Stacie Strotman, Executive Director of Covington Partners
2022 Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honorees
presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare:
Amy Beck, VP of Private Banking at Republic Bank
Martha Barnes, retired from PNC, St. Elizabeth Volunteer
2022 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree:
Kathy Jennings, Senior VP of Oncology & Patient Services at St. Elizabeth Healthcare
2022 Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients:
Allison Jayne Reynolds, Gateway Community & Technical College
Rachel Elizabeth Gateley, Northern Kentucky University
Shannon Swikert, Thomas More University
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2021
2021 Emerging Leader Honoree:
Rachel DesRochers, CEO of Grateful Grahams/Incubator Kitchen Collective
2021 Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees:
Nancy Grayson, President of Horizon Community Funds of NKY
Danielle Amrine, CEO of Welcome House Northern Kentucky
2021 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree:
Susan McDonald, Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer at St. Elizabeth Healthcare
2021 Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree:
Irene Encarnacion, Senior Lecturer of Spanish at Northern Kentucky University
2021 Henrietta Cleveland Honoree, sponsored by St. Elizabeth Healthcare:
Lee Ann Ernst, Coordinator of the Infectious Disease Response Team at St. Elizabeth Healthcare
2021 Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients:
Jean Schirtzinger
Gateway Community & Technical College
Chandra Huff
Northern Kentucky University
Anissa Bradley
Thomas More University
2020
2020 Outstanding Women Honorees
Lisa Cooper
Wafa Nasser, M.D.
Teri VonHandorf, Ed.D.
Kim M. Webb
2020 Emerging Leader Honoree
Laura S. Menge
2020 Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree
Presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare:
Kristi P. Nelson
2020 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Tammy Weidinger
2020 Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Savannah Buck
Barbie Watkins
Holly Jenkins
2019
2019 Outstanding Women Honorees
Geralyn Isler
Barbara Stewart
Dr. Jessica Averitt Taylor
Caroline Weltzer
2019 Emerging Leader Honoree
Holly Mazzocca
2019 Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree
Eva G. Farris
2019 Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Laura Koehl Ed.D.
2019 Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Rebecca Wolfe
Emily Lowe
Patti Watters
2018
2018 Outstanding Women Honorees
Dr. Julie Metzger Aubuchon, O.D.
Florence Tandy
Alecia Webb-Edgington
2018 Emerging Leader Honoree
Kristen Smitherman-Voltaire
2018 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Sr. Mary Ethel Parrot, SND
2018 Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree
KY State Representative Kimberly Poore Moser
2018 Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Kathleen Reutman Bryant
2018 Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Kimberly Masco
Mirtha Vasallo
Marsha White
2017
2017 Outstanding Women Honorees
Maryanne McGowan
Gabrielle Summe
2017 Emerging Leader Honoree
Katie Meyer
2017 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Linda M. Young
2017 Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree
Joan Wurtenberger
2017 Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Kathlyn Burkhardt, Ed.D.
2017 Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Leigh Anne Hoskins
Victoria Boerger
Laura Berkemeier
2016
2016 Outstanding Women Honorees
Kim Halbauer
Laurie Risch
Stacy Tapke
Wonda Winkler
2016 Emerging Leader Honoree
Serena Owen
2016 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Molly Navin
2016 Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree
Julie Dusing
2016 Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Sue Sorrell
2016 Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Lora Jones
Kathleen Durchholz-Biggs
Melanie Johnson
2015
2015 Outstanding Women Honorees
Karen Cheser
Candace S. McGraw
Kristi P. Nelson
2015 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Donna Salyers
2015 Emerging Leader Honoree
Claire E. Parsons
Sharmili Reddy
2014
2014 Outstanding Women Honorees
Cindy Carris
Jeanne Schroer
Debbie Simpson
Jeanne-Marie Tapke, PhD
2014 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Bennie Doggett
2014 Emerging Leader Honoree
Crystal Gibson
2014 Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree
Christina Rust, MSN
2014 Helen Carroll Lifetime Leader in Education Honoree
Polly Lusk Page
2013
2013 Outstanding Women Honorees
Barbara Moran Johnson
Janet Roessler Scanlon
Dale J. Silver
Judge Karen A. Thomas
Rachael Winters
2013 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award
Sister Margaret Stallmeyer, CDP
2013 Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Award
Mary Bunning
2012
2012 Outstanding Women Honorees
Lisa Cooney Henderson
Justice Michelle Keller
Rhonda Whitaker
Shelli Wilson
2012 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award
Charlotte Wethington
2012 Emerging Leader Award
Amber Decker
2011
2011 Outstanding Women Honorees
Jill Bailey
Sarah Hughes
Leshia Lyman
Marianne Schmidt Hurtt
2011 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award
Judi Gerding
2011 Emerging Leader Award
Kara Clark Williams
2010
2010 Outstanding Women Honorees
Sister Janet Bucher
Karen Finan
Sister Jean Marie Hoffman
Judge Joy Moore
Lisa Raterman
2010 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award
Nancy Winstel
2010 Emerging Leader Award
Peggy Casey
2009
2009 25th Year Celebration (no awards given)
2008
2008 Outstanding Women Honorees
Sherry Carran
Laura Cook Kroeger
Beth Penn
Kelly Schoening
2008 Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award
Judy Clements
2008 S.O.A.R. Emerging Leader Award
Johnna Reeder
2007
2007 Outstanding Women Honorees
Ruth Eger
Nancy Kinman
Rebecca Moening
Chris Vissman
Rachel Votruba
2007 Emerging Leader Award
Carri Chandler
2006
2006 Outstanding Women Honorees
Kimberly Banta
Julie Boudousquie
Jane Meier
Cheryl Rushing
Grace Wilson
2006 Emerging Leader Award
Donna Bloemer
2005
2005 Outstanding Women Honorees
Sister Mary Luann Bender
Helen Marie Carroll
Betty Timon
Rosa Weaver
Diane Ewing Whalen
2005 Humanitarian Award
Julie Geisen Scheper
2004
2004 Outstanding Women Honorees
Judith G. Clabes
Dr. Terri Cox-Cruey
Mary Jo Davis
Judith G. Gibbons
Sara L. Sidebottom
2004 Lifetime Advocate Award
Hannah Hume Baird
2003
2003 Outstanding Women Honorees
Karen L. Collins
Brenda J. Sparks
Sandra J.H. Strauss
Gail W. Wells
Nancy Ziegler
2003 Trailblazer Award
Rosana Aydt & Mary Beth Beimesch
2002
2002 Outstanding Women Honorees
Ruth Bauman
Kit Hammons
Alice Kennelly Roberts
Dr. Angela Taylor
Nancy J. Tretter
2001
2001 Outstanding Women Honorees
Barbara Dahlenburg Bonar
Mary A. Hemmer
Mary Northington
Ginger O. Paul
Martha Snider
2000
2000 Outstanding Women Honorees
Dr. Joyce J. Fortney
Bari L. Joslyn
Dr. Rosetta J. Mauldin
Charlene R. Palmer, P.E.
1999
1999 Outstanding Women Honorees
Lauren Abel
Barbara J. Martin
Irene Patrick
Alice Sparks
Janice Way
1998
1998 Outstanding Women Honorees
Elizabeth “Betty” Bernard
Barbara Black
Juanita Mills
Patricia Summe
Dianne B. Yelton
1997
1997 Outstanding Women Honorees
Linda S. Allen
Ann Haegele
Sister Juanita Nadicksbernd
Margo Otto
Laura Thomson
1996
1996 Outstanding Women Honorees
Dr. Susan K. Cook
Betty Cottingham
Helen Cummins
Bert Huff
Cathy Kunkel-Mains
1995
1995 Outstanding Women Honorees
Virginia Clare
Katherine Meyer
Jayne Morgenthal
Gayle Payne
Mary Ann Plummer
1994
1994 Outstanding Women Honorees
Dr. Julia Hudson Carter
Beth Fennell
Elizabeth Grause
Esther Johnson
Mary Middleton
1994 Founders Award
Nancy Janes Boothe
1993
1993 Outstanding Women Honorees
Mary B. Blake
Marie Cannon
Sister Mary Dorgan
Lois Jean Lambers
Rosalie Rothfuss
1992
1992 Outstanding Women Honorees
Claudia Branham
Michelle Budzek
Bennie Doggett
Patricia Deanna Skees
Carol L. Woodyard
1991
1991 Outstanding Women Honorees
Kathleen Collins
Elizabeth Herald
Alice Lambert
Tina Moore
Ann Richards
1990
1999 Outstanding Women Honorees
Sister W. Burkhard
Helen Ernst
Linda Verst
Edwina Walker
Fran Zaniello
1989
1989 Outstanding Women Honorees
Martha Bunch
Kathleen Finck
Arlene Gibeau
Pamela Mullins
Betty Zimmer
1988
1988 Outstanding Women Honorees
Rita Bardo
Kim Brooks
Angela Casanova
Patricia Fann
Jan Gerding
1988 Woman of Distinction Award
Governor Martha Layne Collins
1987
1987 Outstanding Women Honorees
Nancy Barone
Sister Alice Gerdeman
Dale Meyer
Marie Weber
Judy Moberly West
1986
1986 Outstanding Women Honorees
Betty Daniels
Garnet Grant
Karen Malott
Cheryl McDaniel
Pat Sommerkamp
1985
1985 Outstanding Women Honorees
Sandra Easton
Vanda Langham
Mary Miller
Vesta Moore
Naomi Turner