2026
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Terri Bernstein
Jessica Fette
Christine Russell
Lacy Starling
Karen Zengel
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Holly Danneman
Nancy Janes Booth Scholarship
Kristin Hughes
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2025
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Jane Herms
Julie Kirkpatrick
Melissa Lutz
Natalie Ruppert
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Mackey McNeill
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Debbie Simpson
Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Sr. Marla Monahan
Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Amy Carder
Carolann Ashcraft
Claire Veirs
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2024
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Angie M. Cain
Catrena Bowman
Shannon Starkey-Taylor
Tara Johnson-Noem
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Michelle Snodgrass
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Marsha Croxton
Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Julia Pile
Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
LeaAnn King
Kelsey Browning
Jazmine Saunders
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2023
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Christy Burch
Sarah Giolando-Matlin
Vickie Henderson
Ash Norton
Emerging Leader Honoree
Farduwsa Hassan
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Lisa Desmarais
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Carolyn Thomas Thompson
Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Terrie Frasure-Brierly
Jenna E Dunham
E. Holly Jenkins
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2022
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Sylvia Buxton
Amy Quinn Dye
Julia Keister
Jennifer Steele
Emerging Leader Honoree
Amanda Dempsey
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Kathy Jennings
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honorees presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Amy Beck
Martha Barnes
Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Stacie Strotman
Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Allison Jayne Reynolds
Rachel Elizabeth Gateley
Shannon Swikert
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2021
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Nancy Grayson
Danielle Amrine
Emerging Leader Honoree
Rachel DesRochers
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Susan McDonald
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Lee Ann Ernst
Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Irene Encarnacion
Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Jean Schirtzinger
Chandra Huff
Anissa Bradley
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2020
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Lisa Cooper
Wafa Nasser, M.D.
Teri VonHandorf, Ed.D.
Kim M. Webb
Emerging Leader Honoree
Laura S. Menge
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Tammy Weidinger
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Kristi P. Nelson
Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Savannah Buck
Barbie Watkins
Holly Jenkins
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2019
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Geralyn Isler
Barbara Stewart
Dr. Jessica Averitt Taylor
Caroline Weltzer
Emerging Leader Honoree
Holly Mazzocca
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Eva G. Farris
Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Laura Koehl Ed.D.
Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Rebecca Wolfe
Emily Lowe
Patti Watters
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2018
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Dr. Julie Metzger Aubuchon, O.D.
Florence Tandy
Alecia Webb-Edgington
Emerging Leader Honoree
Kristen Smitherman-Voltaire
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Sr. Mary Ethel Parrot, SND
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
KY State Representative Kimberly Poore Moser
Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Kathleen Reutman Bryant
Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Kimberly Masco
Mirtha Vasallo
Marsha White
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2017
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Maryanne McGowan
Gabrielle Summe
Emerging Leader Honoree
Katie Meyer
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Linda M. Young
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Joan Wurtenberger
Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Kathlyn Burkhardt, Ed.D.
Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Leigh Anne Hoskins
Victoria Boerger
Laura Berkemeier
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2016
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Kim Halbauer
Laurie Risch
Stacy Tapke
Wonda Winkler
Emerging Leader Honoree
Serena Owen
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Molly Navin
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Julie Dusing
Helen Carroll Champion of Education Honoree
Sue Sorrell
Nancy Janes Boothe Scholarship Recipients
Lora Jones
Kathleen Durchholz-Biggs
Melanie Johnson
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2015
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Karen Cheser
Candace S. McGraw
Kristi P. Nelson
Emerging Leader Honoree
Claire E. Parsons
Sharmili Reddy
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Donna Salyers
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2014
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Cindy Carris
Jeanne Schroer
Debbie Simpson
Jeanne-Marie Tapke, PhD
Emerging Leader Honoree
Crystal Gibson
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Honoree
Bennie Doggett
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Christina Rust, MSN
Helen Carroll Lifetime Leader in Education Honoree
Polly Lusk Page
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2013
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Barbara Moran Johnson
Janet Roessler Scanlon
Dale J. Silver
Judge Karen A. Thomas
Rachael Winters
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award
Sister Margaret Stallmeyer, CDP
Henrietta Cleveland Inspiring Women Honoree presented by St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Mary Bunning
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2012
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Lisa Cooney Henderson
Justice Michelle Keller
Rhonda Whitaker
Shelli Wilson
Emerging Leader Award
Amber Decker
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award
Charlotte Wethington
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2011
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Jill Bailey
Sarah Hughes
Leshia Lyman
Marianne Schmidt Hurtt
Emerging Leader Award
Kara Clark Williams
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award
Judi Gerding
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2010
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Sister Janet Bucher
Karen Finan
Sister Jean Marie Hoffman
Judge Joy Moore
Lisa Raterman
Emerging Leader Award
Peggy Casey
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award
Nancy Winstel
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2009
25th Year Celebration
No awards given
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2008
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Sherry Carran
Laura Cook Kroeger
Beth Penn
Kelly Schoening
Judith Clabes Lifetime Achievement Award
Judy Clements
S.O.A.R. Emerging Leader Award
Johnna Reeder
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2007
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Ruth Eger
Nancy Kinman
Rebecca Moening
Chris Vissman
Rachel Votruba
Emerging Leader Award
Carri Chandler
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2006
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Kimberly Banta
Julie Boudousquie
Jane Meier
Cheryl Rushing
Grace Wilson
Emerging Leader Award
Donna Bloemer
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2005
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Sister Mary Luann Bender
Helen Marie Carroll
Betty Timon
Rosa Weaver
Diane Ewing Whalen
Humanitarian Award
Julie Geisen Scheper
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2004
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Judith G. Clabes
Dr. Terri Cox-Cruey
Mary Jo Davis
Judith G. Gibbons
Sara L. Sidebottom
Lifetime Advocate Award
Hannah Hume Baird
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2003
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Karen L. Collins
Brenda J. Sparks
Sandra J.H. Strauss
Gail W. Wells
Nancy Ziegler
Trailblazer Award
Rosana Aydt & Mary Beth Beimesch
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2002
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Ruth Bauman
Kit Hammons
Alice Kennelly Roberts
Dr. Angela Taylor
Nancy J. Tretter
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2001
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Barbara Dahlenburg Bonar
Mary A. Hemmer
Mary Northington
Ginger O. Paul
Martha Snider
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2000
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Dr. Joyce J. Fortney
Bari L. Joslyn
Dr. Rosetta J. Mauldin
Charlene R. Palmer, P.E.
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1999
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Lauren Abel
Barbara J. Martin
Irene Patrick
Alice Sparks
Janice Way
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1998
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Elizabeth “Betty” Bernard
Barbara Black
Juanita Mills
Patricia Summe
Dianne B. Yelton
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1997
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Linda S. Allen
Ann Haegele
Sister Juanita Nadicksbernd
Margo Otto
Laura Thomson
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1996
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Dr. Susan K. Cook
Betty Cottingham
Helen Cummins
Bert Huff
Cathy Kunkel-Mains
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1995
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Virginia Clare
Katherine Meyer
Jayne Morgenthal
Gayle Payne
Mary Ann Plummer
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1994
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Dr. Julia Hudson Carter
Beth Fennell
Elizabeth Grause
Esther Johnson
Mary Middleton
Founders Award
Nancy Janes Boothe
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1993
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Mary B. Blake
Marie Cannon
Sister Mary Dorgan
Lois Jean Lambers
Rosalie Rothfuss
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1992
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Claudia Branham
Michelle Budzek
Bennie Doggett
Patricia Deanna Skees
Carol L. Woodyard
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1991
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Kathleen Collins
Elizabeth Herald
Alice Lambert
Tina Moore
Ann Richards
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1990
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Sister W. Burkhard
Helen Ernst
Linda Verst
Edwina Walker
Fran Zaniello
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1989
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Martha Bunch
Kathleen Finck
Arlene Gibeau
Pamela Mullins
Betty Zimmer
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1988
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Rita Bardo
Kim Brooks
Angela Casanova
Patricia Fann
Jan Gerding
Woman of Distinction Award
Governor Martha Layne Collins
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1987
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Nancy Barone
Sister Alice Gerdeman
Dale Meyer
Marie Weber
Judy Moberly West
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1986
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Betty Daniels
Garnet Grant
Karen Malott
Cheryl McDaniel
Pat Sommerkamp
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1985
Outstanding Women of NKY Honorees
Sandra Easton
Vanda Langham
Mary Miller
Vesta Moore
Naomi Turner