Digital Daily Here are the photos of the Courier’s Women of Excellence—Class of 2019! Courier Editor January 6, 2020 DONNA ALLEN-ROSEMOND Family Law Attorney, Neighborhood Legal Services SONITA BELL Owner, Sonita’s Designs, LLC JOANNE BOYD Clinical Research Coordinator, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center SIMQUITA R. BIRDGES Asst. Chief Deputy Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania REV. TALEETA L. CANADY Minister of Congregational Care, Rodman Street Missionary Baptist Church AURELIA CARTER Family Support Supervisor, Allegheny County Dept. of Human Services ELAINE COLE Public Affairs Specialist, Social Security Administration INEZ COLON, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Chief Human Resources Officer Port Authority of Allegheny County DR. RANDI CONGLETON Asst. Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Chatham University BETH CRAWFORD Founder/CEO, You Are Covered Project Talent Acquisition & Retention Coordinator, Pressley Ridge BETHANY CRISWELL Co-Owner/Operator, Coston Funeral Homes SUSAN DOPICO Owner/CEO, Hands-2-Help Senior Services Inc. WILLA DOSWELL Tenured Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh LISA EPPS Fire Inspector/Fire Prevention Officer, Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire KATHRYN FITZGERALD Administrator, Petra International Ministries KIMBERLY FRANCETTE Owner/CEO, Francette Insurance Group Broker, New York Life TRISHA GADSON, Ph.D. CEO, Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center Inc. (FACE) DR. TYRA GOOD Professor of Education, Chatham University Founder, Good Knowledge Connections, LLC ALICIA B. HARVEY-SMITH, Ph.D. President/CEO, Pittsburgh Technical College SHARON R. H. HIGGINBOTHAN, Ph.D. Chief Operating Officer, Bethlehem Haven MAISHA HOWZE Administrator, Allegheny County Dept. of Human Services Bureau of Drug & Alcohol Services Owner, In Touch Consulting, LLC PHYLLISS JOHNSON Youth Connection Coordinator, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank LATOYA JOHNSON-RAINEY Owner, A Hair Boutique DR. DAWNDRA JONES Chief Nursing Officer and Vice President of Patient Care Services, UPMC McKeesport and UPMC East hospitals JACQUELINE JONES-MITCHELL Supervised Independent Living Supervisor, Ward Home Inc. FRANCES JORDAN Executive Director, Homewood Community Ministries CARLEEN KING, MBA Proprietor, Carmi Soul Food Restaurant DENA LAMAR Regional Vice President—Great Lakes Region, Advance Auto Parts Inc. NICOLE NARVAEZ MANNS Founder/Owner, Nikki’s Magic Wand SHARON MCINTOSH Youth Summit Coordinator, Greater Pittsburgh Coalition Against Violence JUDITH WOODSON MCNEIL Director of the Diversity Business Resource Center, Riverside Center for Innovation ANGELA MIKE Executive Director of Career and Technical Education (CTE), Pittsburgh Public Schools TERRI MINOR-SPENCER President, West End P.O.W.E.R. TONI MURPHY Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Comcast’s Keystone Region AMANDA NEATROUR Interim Director of Women’s Leadership & Mentorship Program, Robert Morris University EVELYN NEWSOME Associate Employee Relations Representative, Port Authority of Allegheny County DR. JOYLETTE PORTLOCK Executive Director, Sustainable Pittsburgh DR. RUTHIE REA Principal, Arsenal PreK-5, Pittsburgh Public Schools CAMILA RIVERA-TINSLEY Director of Education & Frick Environmental Center, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy TIMIRA RUSH Talk Show Producer, KDKA Radio/Entercom TRICIA SHELTON Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania AMBER SLOAN Executive Director, #MadeIt CHARLISE SMITH Founder/Executive Director, Willissae’s Agency for Vision and Empowerment (W.A.V.E.) Founder and CEO, CWisdom Management, LLC LISA SYLVESTER News Anchor, WPXI-TV FLO TAYLOR Local Community Activist JUEL THOMAS-SMITH Interim Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, CCAC Boyce Campus TAMMY T. THOMPSON Executive Director, Circles Greater Pittsburgh NATALIE S. TYLER Director of Pharmacy Operations & Strategy, ConnectiveRx RAMONA RUTH WILKES Service Coordinator, Pittsburgh Mercy JUDY WRIGHT Point of Care Coordinator, UPMC Mercy THE NEW PITTSBURGH COURIER’S WOMEN OF EXCELLENCE CLASS OF 2019 (Feature Photo) by Courier Newsroom About Post Author Courier Editor See author's posts From the Web