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Meet the Women of Achievement

These 212 women—honored as Women of Achievement over the last 25 years—come from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. But each shares a deep commitment to breaking down barriers and creating opportunities for women in central Ohio. Today, many are still actively doing just that: acting as leaders in their workplaces and communities.

2010 WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT HONOREES
L-R: Lisa Hinson, Linda Stoverock, Audrey Tuckerman, Teresa Long, Tei Street, Mary Cusick.

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ACADEMY OF WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT

A
Jan Allen, 1994
Carole A. Anderson, Ph.D., R.N., 2001
Mary Yvette Austin-Palmer, 2007

B
Phyllis J. Bailey, 1989
Deb Ballam, 2002
Anna D. Barker, Ph.D., 1988
Judy Barker, 1991
State Representative Joyce Beatty, Ph.D., 2002
Diane Bennett, 1991
Sharon K. Bennett, 1986
Susan M. Berg, 1991
Anna Bishop*, 1993
Davi Blake, 2003
Sally W. Bloomfield, 1990
Elsie Blount, 1998
Cheryl A. Boyce, 1993
Sharon McClain Boyer, 1993
Sally T. Boysen, Ph.D., 1998
Jennette B. Bradley, 1999
Barbara K. Brandt, 2000
Lou J. Briggs, 1992
Susan E. Brown, 1997
Yvette McGee Brown, 1995
Dorothy R. Brownley, 1995
Kitty Burcsu, 1998

C
Andrea Cambern, 2008
Sr. Patricia Ann Carroll, 1986
Dr. Donna A. Caniano, 2006
Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld, 1987
Stacy Cherry, 1987
Marilee Chinnici-Zuercher, 2005
Helen R. Churella, Ph.D., 1995
Bunny C. Clark, Ph.D., 1993
Frankie L. Coleman, 1994
Marie E. Collart, Ph.D., 1987
Almeta Cooper, 2009
Iris Ann Cooper, 2006
Irma M. Cooper*, 1988
Sally J. Cooper, 1990
Ida Copenhaver, 2009
Sally Crane, 2004
Judith Craig, 1995
Ellen W. Craig-Jones*, 1993
Tanny Crane, 1998
Celia D. Crossley, 1991
Cecilia S. Cullman*, 1989

D
Jo Ann Davidson, 1992
JoAnn Kinion Davis, 1996
Karen S. Days, 2009
Fredericka Wallace Deena, 1990
Elfi Di Bella, 2009
G. Hannah Dillard*, 2001
Sue Doody, 1992
Teresa Dowd, 1991

E
Antoinette P. Eaton, M.D., 1991
Suzanne Stilson Edgar, 1995
Dot Erickson, 1994
Kathlynne “Kathy” D. Espy, 1998
Liz Evans, 1996

F
Mary Ellen Fairfield, 1993
Babette A. Feibel, 1996
Susan Finn, Ph.D., R.D., FADA, 1992
Judy Fisher, 2009
Arlena Fitch-Gordon, 2000
K. Sue Foley Ph.D., 1988
Judith B. Fountain, 1995
Fran Frazier, 1991
Mabel G. Freeman, Ph.D., 1987

G
Judy R. Garel, 2001
Ann Gazelle, 1994
Elizabeth D. Gee, Ed.D.*, 1993
Sherri Geldin, 2002
Sallie D. Gibson, 1998
Nancy J. Goorey, D.D.S., 2000
Julie Graber, 2007
Mary Jo Green, 2007
Lynn Greer, 1998
Ida Faye Groves, 1997

H
Mable J. Haddock, 1997
Sr. Barbara Hahl, C.S.C., 1996
Elaine H. Hairston, Ph.D., 1992
Bobbie M. Hall*, 1988,
Anietra Y. Hamper, 1991
Ellen H. Hardymon, 1995
Gene Thomas Harris, 1991
Mary E. Harris, 1988
Patricia T. Hayot, Ph.D., 1999
Bernadine Healy, M.D., 1999
Loretta Heard*, 1986
Marcia Herrold, 1990
Stephanie Hightower, 2005
Karen A. Holbrook, 2006
Mary Jo Hudson, 2008

I
Paula Inniss, 2001
Susan J. Insley, 1992

J
Janet E. Jackson, 1992
Rebecca D. Jackson, M.D., 1990
Donna A. James, 1999
Mattie B. James, 1994
Nancy Kittredge Jeffrey, 1996
Roberta Jones-Booth*, 2002

K
Linda S. Kass, 1999
Bonnie G. Kelm, Ph.D., 1987
Cathe Chapin Kobacker, 2004
Myrna Kobre, 1988
Cheryl H. Krueger, 1987
Amy K. Kuhn, 1997
Rubye Childs Kyles, 2000

L
Georgetta Lake, 1997
Cynthia Lazarus, 1991
Mary K. Lazarus, 1994
Dr. Valerie Lee, 2005
Tawnya M. Lewis, 1989
Joyce Link, 2003
Pat Logsdon, 2007
Rebecca A. Love, 2002
Evelyn F. Luckey, Ph.D., 1986
Andrea Lunsford, Ph.D., 1996
Cathy M. Lyttle, 2008

M
Nannette Maciejunes, 2009
Sr. Mary Andrew Matesich, Ph.D.*, 1991
Ashindi Talika Ylitalo Maxton, 1990
Elizabeth B. Mayo, 1993
Valarie J. McDaniel, 2005
Ruth Shuman McLean*, 1987
Florence Melton, Ph.D., 1989
Bonnie K. Milenthal, 2005
M. Valeriana Moeller, Ph.D., 2001
Betty D. Montgomery, 2000
Judith B. Moody, Ph.D.*, 1987
Judith Moseley, 1989
Ruth W. Mount*, 1988,
Helen Warner Mulholland*, 1989

N
Mary Navarro, 2006
Martha Ndile, 1991
Sara Neikirk, 1990
Cathy Nelson, 2003
Barbara Nicholson, 2003

O
M. Sue O'Dorisio, M.D., Ph.D., 1989
Virginia O’Keeffe, 2003
Ellen O'Shaughnessy, D.Min., 1987
Umit S. Ozkan, Ph.D., 1991

P
Angela L. Pace, 1994
Floradelle A. Pfahl, 1990
Ann Pizzuti, 1999
Margie M. Pizzuti, 2002
Barbara Poppe, 2006
Lucy McKewen Porter, 1992
Diane W. Poulton*, 1986
Beth M. Pritchard, 2002
Anne S. Pruitt, Ed.D., 1993
Cheryl Prusinski, 2006
Deborah D. Pryce, 1995

R
Dianne Radigan, 2004
Kasturi V. Rajadhyaksha, M.D.*, 1998
Kathleen Ransier, 2004
Nancy A. Reardon, 2001
Jean W. Reilly, 1989
Joy Harriman Reilly, Ph.D., 1991
Alice Robie Resnick, 1994
Susan Ridley, 1988
Rhonda R. Rivera, Esq., 1989
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, 2005
Denise Robinson, 2008
Nancy Rogers, 2008
Jackie Jones Royster, 2004
Greta J. Russell, 1997
Fran Ryan, 1987

S
Sharon Sachs, Ph.D., 1997
Claire A. Sawaya, 1993
Jody Gordon Scheiman, 1998
Ann E. Schiele, Ph.D., R.N., 2000
Jeanne Schoedinger, 2005
Thekla R. Shackelford, 1990
Susie Shipley, 1995
Grayce M. Sills, Ph.D., 1986
Gloria J.T. Smith, 1999
Barbara R. Snyder, 2007
Paula A. Spence, 1986
Stefanie Spielman*, 2003
Carol J. Stewart, 1994
Barbara F. Stovall, 1992
Nancy Strause, 1990
Jean Suh, 1988
Kathryn D. Sullivan, Ph.D., 2000
Mari Norman Sunami, 1999

T
Charleta B. Tavares, 2001
Dorothy S. Teater, 1995
Gail Gregory Thomas, 1996
Olivia W. Thomas, M.D., 2000
Tamara Spires Thomas, 1986
Muriel Tice, 2001
Susan Tomasky, 2008
Judy Tuckerman, 2003
Marguerite "Marge" Turnbull, 1997
Priscilla H. Tyson, 1996

W
Bonnie Walson*, 2004
Glenna L. Watson, 1990
Carole Williams, 1991
Grayce Williams*, 1986
JoAnna Williamson, 1994
Catherine Talmadge Willis, 1992
Tracy Wimberly, 1994
Mary Ellen Withrow, 1993
Beatrice E. Wolper, 1993
Les Wright, 1989
Stacey A. Wright, 2000

Y
Mary Miller Young*, 1988

Z
Nancy L. Zimpher, Ph.D, 1997

*deceased