WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT 2018

For information about the 14th Annual Women of Achievement Awards event, contact YWCA Rhode Island at 401-769-7450 or [email protected].



Woman of Achievement Nomination Form 2018: YWCA Rhode Island

We invite you to nominate an outstanding individual for 2018 YWCA Woman of Achievement recognition. The Nomination Form is available until 5pm on Friday, March 30.

All nominations will be forwarded to a Selection Committee. Criteria focuses on women who provide direct service to, collaborate with, and advocate on behalf of the most structurally disenfranchised people in our society, and who have a deep and abiding commitment to working on issues of economic, gender and racial justice. Nominees must also live or work in Rhode Island.

YWCA Rhode Island’s Women of Achievement Awards are recognized nationally, and bring attention to the accomplishments of women in industry, culture and public service in local communities.

Submit a nomination today!


Mia A. Ackerman, 2010 • Betty Adler, 2011 • Melba Depeña Affigne, 2016 • Kimberly Ahern, 2016 • Cheryl Albright, 2015 • Mary-Kim Arnold, 2009 • Annlouise Regina Assaf, 2006 • Toby Ayers, 2012 • Tracy C. Baran, 2009 • Sierra Barter, 2014 • Haiganush R. Bedrosian, 2014 • Carolyn Belisle, 2016 • Lisa Bergeron, 2009 • Maya Breuer, 2018 • Lindsey Brickle, 2018 • Elizabeth Burke Bryant, 2007 • Cheryl A. Burrell, 2013 • LeeAnn Byrne, 2017 • Anna Cano-Morales, 2013 •  Lisa Carcifero, 2018 • Nancy Carriuolo, 2011 • Letitia Carter, 2013 • Carlene Casciano-McCann, 2015 • Candy Castaldi, 2008 • Elizabeth “Liz” Chace, 2012 • Stephanie Chafee, 2013 • Judith Clare, 2008 • Cathy Clasper-Torch, 2014 • Paige Clausius-Parks, 2009 • Elizabeth Colon, 2007 • Sharon Conrad-Wells, 2018 • Marcia Coné, 2011 • Joan Countryman, 2011 • Sue Cowley, 2005 • Joanne Daly, 2008 • Jessica David, 2016 • Karen Davis, 2007 • Adriana Dawson, 2016 • Alyssa DeAndrade, 2018 • Deborah DeBare, 2015 • Annie DeGroot, 2008 •  Christine DeBlois, 2005 • Gigi DiBello, 2011 • Aleatha Dickerson, 2015 • Joyce J. Dolbec, 2006 • Ethel M. Dowdy, 2005 • Jacqueline L. Dowdy, 2013 • Mary F. Dwyer, 2006 • Judith S. Earle, 2007 • Alison Eichler, 2017 • Stephanie Federico, 2010 • Karen Feldman, 2009 • Carrie Bridges Feliz, 2012 • Barbara G. Fields, 2010 • Rebeca Filomeno-Nason, 2015 • Kathleen Fitzgerald, 2006 • Kathy Flores, 2016 • Karen Gager, 2007 • Jeanne Gattegno, 2014 • Marie Ghazal, 2014 • Ana L. Giron, 2009 • Deborah A. Gist, 2011 • Jodi L. Glass, 2011 • Cleo Darcia Graham, 2006 • Lisa Guillette, 2007 • Diana L. Hackney, 2007 • Brittany Star Hampton, 2016 • Amanda Hannon, 2010 • Lynne B. Hannon, 2013 • Ann-Marie Harrington, 2008 • Mary Kay Harris, 2016 • Sally Ann Hay, 2013 • Eileen Hayes, 2013 • Yvonne Heredia, 2009 • Melissa Husband, 2016 • Ghislaine Jean-Mahone, 2007 • Carole A. Jenny, 2006 • Hilary Jones, 2012 • Carmen Diaz Jusino, 2015 • Ann C. Keefe, 2013 • Mary Kuhn, 2005 • Sally E. Lapides, 2014 • Therese-Tsetse M. Lavallee, 2010 • Ardena F. Lee-Fleming, 2010 • Laurie Ludovici, 2015 • Maureen B. Macera, 2007 • Suzanne Magaziner, 2018 • Maureen Maigret, 2008 • Carol Malysz, 2008 • Pamela Martin-Mitchell, 2007 • Catalina Martinez, 2015 • Marta V. Martínez, 2017 • Carolyn Mark, 2011 • Patricia Martinez, 2012 • Sabina Matos, 2015 • Pilar McCloud, 2017 • Kelly McGarry, 2006 • Susan D. Menard, 2005 • Leah Williams Metts, 2014 • Kim Michalik, 2010 • Maria Montanaro, 2010 • Donna Montaquila, 2014 • Mary Moroney, 2008 • Margaret “Digit” Murphy, 2009 • Sandy Niles, 2005 • Julie Nora, 2017 • Michelle Novello, 2008 • Skip Nowell, 2005 • Carol O’Donnell, 2012 • Edna O’Neill Mattson, 2015 • Adeola Oredola, 2012 • Denise Perry, 2007 • Valerie A. Perry, 2012 • Janet Pichardo, 2014 • Alisha Pina, 2018 • Laura Ann Pisaturo, 2016 • Donna M. Policastro, 2008 • Elizabeth Powers, 2008 • Kathryn Quina, 2015 • Carolyn Rafaelian, 2012 • Nancy Rafi, 2009 • Gina M. Raimondo, 2011 • Lisa A. Ranglin, 2014 • Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, 2007 • Julie A. Rawlings, 2013 • Mary Reilly, 2016 • Hannah Claire Resseger, 2008 • Roberta Richman, 2012 • Mary Riley, 2006 • Lucy Rios, 2018 • Kim A. Ripoli, 2015 • Barbara H. Roberts, 2006 • Maureen A. Roddy, 2005 • Robin Rodgers, 2006 • Angela Romans, 2013 • Charon Rose, 2015 • Hillary Salmons, 2007 • Karen Santilli, 2018 • Barbara Silvis, 2018  • Toby Simon, 2014 • Mary Ann Shallcross Smith, 2008 • Barbara Sokoloff, 2012 • Jennifer M. Stanley, 2010 • Joyce L. Stevos, 2011 • Tina - Marie Sullivan, 2018  • Kathleen A. Taylor, 2009 • Acelia Terrero, 2008 • N. Lynn Thoma, 2005 • Clarice LaVerne Thompson, 2009 • O. Rogeriee Thompson, 2011 • Victoria Tolbert, 2018 • Elin Torell, 2017 • Kimberly D. Trusty, 2010 • Valerie Tutson, 2009 • Lynne A. Urbani, 2006 • Vinnie Velazquez, 2010 • Camille Vella-Wilkinson, 2016 • Nondas Voll, 2018 • Vanessa Volz, 2017 • Susan D. Wallace, 2008 • Donna P. Walsh, 2009 • Linda N. Ward, 2014 • Rose Ella Weaver, 2016 • Shanna Wells, 2009 • Laurie White, 2014 • Henrietta Tonia White-Holder, 2017 • Chanda Womack, 2017 • Amalee Wulfkuhle, 2006 • Mary Zahm, 2010