Here’s the all-time list! All 700 recipients of the New Pittsburgh Courier’s “Women of Excellence” honor, over the course of 14 classes, starting in 2008. Remember, to see photos of some of the honorees, along with photos of the event and other video recaps that are available, click the link below. Also, over the next few weeks, the Courier will be adding more photos from the Women of Excellence events onto the website…check back soon!
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The New Pittsburgh Courier’s “Women of Excellence” all-time honorees
THE CLASS OF 2024 (51)
LEGACY HONOREE — Doris Carson Williams
Dr. Alaine M. Allen
Tyneshia “Ty” Allen
Ariell Antonio
Dr. Jocelyn V. Artinger
Danica S. Cato
Dr. Danielle Davis
Anita L. Drummond
Rhonda Fischer
Dr. Lisa Franklin-Robinson
Dr. Shannah Tharp Gilliam
Keysha Gomez
Dr. Sherlyn Harrison
Mary Hester
Terina J. Hicks, MPM
Margo Hinton
Myah Moore Irick
Keisha Che’re Jimmerson
Rev. Justine E. Jones
China Nicole Lee, Esq.
Dina Lee
Juanita Lomax
Janine Macklin
Margo Marshall
Yvette R. Moore
Ayisha A. Morgan-Lee, Ed.D.
Sabrina Saunders Mosby
Kimberly Huddleston Neely
Debbie Norrell
Bonita B. Pannell, MSW, MBA
Marissa Park
Pamela Parks
Det. Artie H. Patterson
Montia Robinson
Dr. Crystal Rose-Eddens
Yvette Renee Royal
Alexis T. Russell, B.S. Arch, MSL
Keesha A. Sheffey
Jill Smallwood
Doris A. Smith
Felicia E. Snead, MD, FASTRO
Dena Stanley
nA’ Stubbs
Dr. Aja Thompson
Dr. Tamara Thornhill, LPC, MBA
Dr. Shannon K. Watson
Sarah D. White
Alice Williams
Quaila Wilson-White
Adrienne Young
Dr. Julianne Zeigler
THE CLASS OF 2023 (51)
LEGACY HONOREE — The Hon. Cynthia A. Baldwin
Romodore Abdullah, MSW
Kenya Alford
Stacie Allen
Tanya J. Ashby
Jeneen Asque-Wilson
Denise H. Baker, MSN, CRNP
Gloria J. Besley
Angela Blanton
Sherene Brantley
Qiana Buckner
Tracy Lynn Calhoun
Dr. Melody Carter-Frye
Imogene L. Cathey, Esq.
Valarie Dallis Coleman
Tracey Conti, M.D.
Leontyne T. Daffin, MSN, RN
Tamika Darwin
Dr. Daren A. Ellerbee
Brandi Fisher
Esther M. Franklin
Michelle Gainey
L’Tesha J. Gamble-Pettis
Sheila Glover
Tanika S. Harris
Dr. Virginia R. Hill
Tiffany T. Huff-Strothers
Robin Marshall Kelly
Tracee Kirkland-Rivers
Sandra K. Lewis
Nicole Logan
Kenya Sheppard Matthews
Natasha N. Mitchell-Jones
Dr. Shallegra Moye
Stephanie Moye
Sharise Nance
Lingaire Njie
Jacquelyn Omotalade
Pamela Johnson Powell
Pastor Ella Rawlings
Kendra Janelle Ross, Ph.D.
Tenecia M. Ross
Jacqueline Smith
Dr. Jessica Merritt Spradley
Dr. Margaret J. Starkes
Lechelle M. Stringa
Marisol Wandiga Valentin
Cynthia Vanholten-Dixon
Dr. Diamonte Walker
Ericka D. Wingfield
Fantasy Zellars
THE CLASS OF 2022 (49)
LEGACY HONOREE — Esther L. Bush
Maya Adams
Michelle L. Berryman
Danielle Blackburn, Ph.D.
Angela Blair
LaTanya J. Brown
Dr. Pauline Callaway-Long, D.SC.
Marcia Carter
Teaira Collins
Kenyokee C. Crowell
Carmella Antoinette Dearmon
Keiha R. Drummond
Roxanne Easley
Latrice Ebo, BSN
Anne Germany, BSN, RN, CCM
Cynthia A. Gilmer
Victoria L. Goins
Dawn Gordon, M.Ed., MSW, LSW
Teresa M. Hawthorne
Mikey Hood
Gail E. Jackson
Ardana “AJ” Jefferson
Rev. June Jeffries
Dr. Maleea Johnson
Inika Jones
Jael Jones
LaTara J. Jones
Dr. Toya Jones
Ayanna Lee-Davis
Ebony Lunsford-Evans
Denise S. Meyers
Tamia Mitchell
Yolanda J. Murphy
Theresa Poindexter
Rev. Nikki Porter
Kelly Protho
Stacey E. Randolph
Angela Reynolds, Ph.D.
Alicia L. Scott, MSN, RN
Ronniece Shealey-Sirmons
Andrea Clark Smith
Monica Tillman Smith
Deborah Starling
Alexis James Steals
Michelle Marie Stewart
Rev. Aisha I. Tate, M.Div.
Dr. Tammy Washington
Nicole R. Webster
Melissa K. Wharton
THE CLASS OF 2021 (51)
LEGACY HONOREE — Lynne Hayes-Freeland
Dr. Amy Alexander
Dr. Tamara Allen-Thomas
Olivia Bennett
Christine Bethea
Kenya Boswell
Dannielle N. Brown
Dr. Elizabeth A. Carter
Leslie Carter
Chandi Chapman
Dr. Lisa Coffey
Dr. Charlene Hill-Coleman
Dayna Delgado
Joi Edmonds
Tonya Edmonds
LaJuana Fuller
Corrine Gibson
Pamela Golden
Dr. Terrie Griffin
Dr. Lora Hubbard
Tinisha Hunt
Rev. Helen Jackson
Gladys Jelks
Elaine B. Jenkins
Ja-Neen Jones
Dorothea Leftwich
Deborah Marshall
Dr. Tammi McMillan Marshall
Lois Toni McClendon
Erica McDill
Bilita McIntosh
Muffy Mendoza
Shatara Murphy
Mary Nesby
Rev. Carrie Pugh
Sharon L. Robinson
Shemaria Scharmann
Jervonne Singletary
Denise Sinkler
Rev. Eileen Smith
Cheryl Smith
Carol Speaks-Haddock
Jamila Sykes
Ngozi D. Tibbs
Kiya Tomlin
Jermaine Ward
Ernestine Watts-Taylor
Janice White
Teraya White
Terri Williams
Dr. Bonnie Young
THE CLASS OF 2019 (51)
LEGACY HONOREE — Valerie McDonald Roberts
Donna Allen-Rosemond
Sonita Bell
Joanne Boyd
Simquita Bridges
Rev. Taleeta Canady
Aurelia Carter
Elaine Cole
Inez Colon
Dr. Randi Congleton
Beth Crawford
Bethany Crisswell
Susan Dopico
Dr. Willa Doswell
Lisa Epps
Kathryn Fitzgerald
Kimberly Francette
Dr. Trisha Gadson
Dr. Tyra Good
Dr. Alicia B. Harvey-Smith
Dr. Sharon Higginbothan
Maisha Howze
Phylliss Johnson
LaToya Johnson-Rainey
Dr. Dawndra Jones
Jacqueline Jones-Mitchell
Frances Jordan
Carleen King, MBA
Dena Lamar
Nicole Narvaez Manns
Sharon McIntosh
Judith Woodson McNeil
Angela Mike
Terri Minor-Spencer
Toni Murphy
Amanda Neatrour
Evelyn Newsome
Dr. Joylette Portlock
Dr. Ruthie Rea
Camila Rivera-Tinsley
Timira Rush
Tricia Shelton
Amber Sloan
Charlise Smith
Lisa Sylvester
Flo Taylor
Juel Thomas-Smith
Tammy Thompson
Natalie S. Tyler
Ramona Ruth Wilkes
Judy Wright
THE CLASS OF 2018 (50)
LEGACY HONOREE — Cecile Springer
Tia Baker
Saloam Bey
Betty Braxter
LaKeisha “Ki Ki” Brown
Brittee Clay
Lori Criswell
Larae Cullens
Latika Davis-Jones, Ph.D., MPH, MSW
Debra Dennison
Malesia Dunn
Christin Durham
Mamar Gelaye
Victoria A. Garner
Marita Garrett
Judith K. Ginyard
Araina Graham
Marsha Grayson
Lashaundra Hammonds
Sherdina Harper
Aleta Heard
Rev. Carmen D. Holt
Nikkia Ingram
Minika Jenkins
Diane Johnson
Cheryl Johnson
Sheila L. Johnson, Ph.D., DMin.
Nichole Kindred
Valerie Kinloch
Claudia M. Kregg-Byers, Ph.D.
Rev. Shanea D. Leonard
Janet K. Manuel
Nickeia Mason
Grace Wankiiri Orsatti, Esq.
Diane Powell
Simone Quinerly
Aleta Richards
Bonita L. Richardson
Dionna Rojas
Yasmin Shaheed
M. Shernell Smith
Shawna Solomon
Karla Stallworth
Devon Taliaferro
Iris Townsend
Ruth Walker
Fawn Walker-Montgomery
Lenore Williams
Linda Williams-Moore
Rowinea Wooten
THE CLASS OF 2016 (48)
Diane Neely Bates
Tyian Battle
Maria Lewis Bethel
Tammy Spencer Bey
Dina “Free” Blackwell
Rev. Maureen F. Cross Bolden
Sonya R. Chambers
Lorraine Cross
Diane I. Daniels
Tammy L. Davis
Tenel Dorsey
Amy Lyn Elliott
Kathi R. Elliott
Jacque Fielder
Rhonda L. Fleming
Renee Galloway, Ph.D.
Carol Lynn Greer
Ronell Guy
Erica Cochran Hameen, Ph.D.
Nicola Henry-Taylor, Esq.
Kim Hoots
Linda J. Iverson, Ph.D.
Charmelle Jackson
Lorie Johnson-Osho, Ed.D.
Marcella Lee
Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi
Rev. Nichelle Nelson
Tory N. Parrish
Erin Perry
Tamare P. Piersaint, Ph.D.
Erin E. Potter
Darlene L. Powell
Lucille Prater-Holliday
Rev. Dr. Joan Prentice
Theraine A. Ransome
Yolanda Roberts
Rena A.S. Robinson
Rev. April D. Roebuck
Jessica Ruffin
Tamara Sanders-Woods, Ed.D.
Roxanne Norman Sewell
Danielle M. Smith
Mathilda Spencer, Ph.D.
Arzella Stewart-McCauley, Ph.D.
Christel N. Temple, Ph.D.
Renee D. Thomas
Te’Ona M. Williams
Bofta Yimam
THE CLASS OF 2014 (50)
LEGACY HONOREE — Alma Speed Fox
LEGACY HONOREE — Katie Everette Johnson
Muriel Fox Alim
Angela Allie
Carmen Anderson
Terri L. Baltimore
Charlene Foggie Barnett
Rashall M. Brackney
Andrea D. Brown
Terry L. Burden
Lashawn Burton-Faulk
Bridgette N. Cofield, JD, SPHR
Karen Colbert
Aliya D. Durham
Maxine Engram
Sharon Flake
Lisa B. Freeland
Minister Debra Germany
Validia M. Giddens
Amera Gilchrist
Michelle Goodman-Jones
Deanne Hamilton
Vera Hefflin-Edwards
Bibiana Hill
Regina B. Holley, Ph.D.
Frances Taggert Holly
Elizabeth L. Hughes, Esq.
Erin Isaac, DMD
Kimberly M. Jackson
Natalie D. Jackson
Diana James
Loretta Jeter
Pamela Johnson
Rev. Marie Kelly
Charlese McKinney
Velvet V. Mickens
Shaunda Miles
Marimba Milliones
Carol W. Mohamed
Rev. Dr. Judith C. Moore
Christina Preston
Sheila L. Rawlings
La Dawn Robinson
Cheryl Ruffin, MDIV
Caryl J. Sheffield
Dianne Billie Swan
Sonya M. Toler
Erica L. Upshaw-Givner
Lisa Strother Upsher, MS
Tishekia E. Williams
THE CLASS OF 2013 (50)
LEGACY HONOREE — Bev Smith
Carol L. Adams
Marla D. Bradford
Charlotte Brown, Ph.D.
Victoria E. Bryant
Francine B. Cameron
Messenger Annette Carswell
Renee Smith Clark, Ph.D.
Tracy L. Clark
Lutitia A. Clipper, Ph.D.
Mary L. Coffey
Pamela Collier
Dr. Esa Matius Davis, MPH
Stephanie Durrett
Monica Early
Kim El
Robyn E. Francis
Olga T. George
Ronita S. Giles
Robyn Greer
Terina Jett Hicks
Imogene Miles Hines
Ruth J. Howze
Shanicka L. Kennedy, Esq.
Monica D. Lamar
Desiree S. Lee
Kilolo Luckett
A. Kelly McCormick
Monique McIntosh, M.Ed.
Donna Micheaux, Ph.D.
Cynthia Moore
Tracey Nash
Carol Awkard Neyland
Constance Parker
Staycee R. Pearl
Ebony Renee Pugh
Minette Seate
Debra Valentine-Gray
Allegra Wakefield
Anita B. Walker
Carol A. Washington
Christine B. White-Taylor, Ed.D.
Gail L. Whitehead
Tamara L. Whiting
Lisa A. Wilds
Arletta Scott Williams
Detective Christine Williams
Denise L. Williams
Erroline Williams, Ed.D.
Gayle M. Young
THE CLASS OF 2012 (50)
LEGACY HONOREE — Jean Bryant
Dara Ware Allen, Ph.D.
Jerry Ann Allen
Elayne Arrington, Ph.D.
Jarene Barnes
TiAnda Blount
Nancy Travis Bolden
Jeanne V. Crichlow
Judith M. Davenport, DMD
Lynette Drawn-Williamson
Barbara Evans, Ed.D.
Cheryl Squire Flint
Karen Florence
Lisa M. Ford, MSW, LSW
Lovetta Ford, MSW
Lisa Michelle Garland, MBA
Cheryl Hall-Russell
Elaine Harris-Fulton
Gina R. Hickman
Diane R. Hughley
Michelle Jackson
Shirley A. Johnson
Olivia Jones
Toni S. Kendrick
Margaret L. Lanier
Lisa M. McBride, Ph.D.
Robin M. Mungo
Denise L. Norris
Rochelle Oaks, Ph.D.
Cassandra Oden
Joelynn H. Parham
Georgette D. Powell
Charleeda Redman, RN, MSN, ACM
Melissa Rice
Michele Rice
Felicia Lane Savage
Mary L. Shields
Marcia M. Sturdivant, Ph.D.
Sarah L. Sumpter
Lynnette Taylor-Crego
Lenall Thomas, Ph.D., MSQ
Dr. Catherine Udekwu
Chloe Velasquez
Deborah L. Walker
Lara Washington
Gwendolyn L. Watkins
Rev. Lauran B. Webb
Brenda B. Wells
Rev. Eleanor Williams
Latasha Wilson-Batch
THE CLASS OF 2011 (50)
LEGACY HONOREE — Patricia Prattis Jennings
Atiya Abdel Malik-Johnson, RN, BSN
Renee P. Aldrich
Maria D. Anderson
The Hon. Cynthia A. Baldwin
Robin D. Beckham
Jackie Blakey-Tate
Cynthia Bradley-King, Ph.D.
Tammy Miles Brown, Ph.D.
Carlotta K. Burgess
Karla Threadgill Byrd
Paula B. Castleberry
Valire Carr Copeland, Ph.D., MPH
Magali Curiel
Sharon Daniels
Karen Eady-Lockett
Gladys E. Edmunds
Rev. Brenda J. Gregg
Linda Cawthon Griffin
Melanie Harrington
Lynne Hayes-Freeland
Anna E. Hollis
Laverne Baker Hotep
Kim L. Jefferson
Cecelia Jenkins
Rhonda Jones-Fitch
Kim Lampkins
Carmen J. Lee
Debra L. Mason
Sharon L. McDaniel, Ph.D.
Colleen McMullen
Lisa E. Minor
Kimberly Moses, Esq.
Darlene Gambill Motley, Ph.D.
Maelene J. Myers
Charlene Newkirk, JD
Connie Portis
Grace Robinson, LUTC, MBA
LaTonya Salley-Sharif
Mary Haith Savage
Jennifer Bruce Scott, RN, BSN
Robin Horston Spencer, MHS, MS, MBA
Evangelist Lola M. Thorpe
Shelley Fant Uku
Crystal McCormick Ware
Christina L. Wilds, Ph.D.
Andrea M. Williams
Jacqueline Wilson
Sylvia Wilson
Kimberly L. Wood
THE CLASS OF 2010 (50)
Myoshi Anderson
Gayle Lightfoot Ball
Kimberly Waddell Barr
Linda Imani Barrett
Sheila Beasley
Dr. Wilma Smith Bauford
Jeanette Blackston, Ed.D.
Gloria McGhee Brown
Patrice King Brown
Joanne Cobb Burley, Ph.D.
Ophelia Coleman
Tene Croom
Amargie Davis
Dr. Carolyn Gee Davis
Elizabeth Niecy Dennis
Orlana Darkins-Drewery
Joyce Ellis
Alma Speed Fox
Albertha Graham-Ellison, Ph.D.
Rev. Barbara Gunn
Holly Hatcher-Frazier
Pastor Charlayne Henry
Marlene Gary Hogan
Deborah Holland
Lisa Haley Huff
Marguerita V. Johnson
Patrice Wade Johnson
Amelia Michele Joiner, Esq.
Geraldine M. Jones, Provost
Marsha Ellis Jones
Linda S. Lane, Ed.D.
Allison Lee-Mann
Dr. Emma Lucas-Darby
Darcel Madkins
Tara Marks
La’Tasha D. Mayes
Laurel Ragland
Dr. Beverly Roberts-Atwater
Florence Rouzier
Cecile Shellman
Joy Starzl
Brenda Tate
Emma Thornton
Kathy Mayle Towns
Chaton T. Turner, Esq.
Margaret Smith Washington
Sheila A. Washington
Rev. B. DeNeice Welch
Valerie Wheatley
Elise Roby Yanders
THE CLASS OF 2009 (50)
Claudia L. Allen
Timyka Artist
Marilyn Barnett
Jo-Anne Bates
Demeatria Gibson Boccella
Yvonne Burns
Kathy Bynum
Sheila Carter-Jones
Dina Clark
Michele Rone-Cooper
Phyllis Comer
Etta Cox
Rosemary C. Crawford
Daria Crawley
Lucille Dabney
Helen Davis
Toi Derricotte
Valerie Dixon
Tracy L. Edmunds
Gail D. Edwards
Yvonne English-Roebuck
Kiva Fisher-Green
Darryl Ford-Williams
Mona Generett
Karen Hall
Marva H. Harris
Gerri Holden
Karris Jackson
Ola R. Jackson
Denise Jones
Rhonda Carson Leach
Claudette R. Lewis
Evangelist Barbara Mann
Lyzona Marshall
Marcia A. Martin
Inez K. Miles
Arlinda Moriarty
Audrey J. Murrell
Jane Pressley Nicholson
Carmelle Nickens Phillips
Greer Reed-Jones
Diane Richard
Elisa Sanders
Charena Swann
Dawn R. Webb Turner
Curtistine Walker
Olga Welch
Karen Farmer White
Cameil D. Williams
Mary A. Winston
THE CLASS OF 2008 (49)
Cheryl Allen
Donna Baxter
Tina Williams Brewer
Marilyn Brooks
Jean Bryant
Esther Bush
Ruth Byrd-Smith
Candi Castleberry Singleton
Darieth Chisolm
Kim Berkeley Clark
Yvonne Cook
Verna Crichlow
Paula Davis
Jackie Dixon
Elaine Effort
Helen Faison
Lillia Michelle Ferguson
Sylvia Hill Fields
Karen Garland
Judith Griggs
Ernestine Harris
Peggy Harris
Elsie Henderson
Kathy Humphrey
Rhonda Moore Johnson
Phyllis Jones
Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew
Vernell Lillie
Lois Mufuka Martin
Joyce Meggerson-Moore
Velma Monteiro-Tribble
M. Gayle Moss
Shirley Muhammad
Mary Smith Peters
Valerie McDonald Roberts
Alice Scales
Toni Y. Silva
Bev Smith
Jeannette South-Paul
Cecile Springer
Celeste Taylor
Winifred Torbert
Nancy Washington
Brenda Waters
Doris Carson Williams
Leah Williams-Duncan
Janis Burley Wilson
Joy Maxberry Woodruff
Julie Zeigler