2008 A Tribute to Women

The 26th annual A Tribute to Women Leadership Awards Luncheon was held on May 15, 2008 at the Westin Hotel. Eight women were recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Pittsburgh community. Through their professional and volunteer work, these women have helped to advance the goals of the YWCA --- the empowerment of women and girls and the elimination of racism.

A Tribute to Women History
A Tribute to Women has become one of Pittsburgh's most prestigious events recognizing women's accomplishments since it was established in 1983. Through this annual luncheon, we celebrate the achievements of women and honor those who distinguish themselves in performance and leadership in their fields and in the Greater Pittsburgh community. These women have shaped our community and improved the lives of others — they are innovators, visionaries and advocates.
The selected awardees have advanced the goals of the YWCA — the empowerment of women and the elimination of racism. We are pleased to celebrate their continued accomplishments.

2008 Corporate Sponsors
The YWCA Greater Pittsburgh is most grateful to the following corporations and organizations for their generous support:

Lead Sponsor

Click here for Eden Hall Foundation Web site

Diamond Sponsor

Click here for J.B. Kreider Printing Company, Inc. Web site

Platinum Sponsor

Click here for UPMC Healthplan Web site

Patron Sponsors

Amcom Office Systems

Dollar Bank

Duquesne Light Company

Fifth Third Bank

Giant Eagle, Inc.

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

Contributor Sponsors

All Purpose Cleaning Service, Inc.

Alpern Rosenthal

The Bank of New York Mellon

Bender Consulting Services, Inc.

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Bulldog Office Products

Carlow University

Chatham University

Dominion Foundation

Duquesne University

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

FedEx Ground

H. J. Heinz Company Foundation

HefrenTillotson, Inc.

The Hillman Company

Holland Capital Management, L.P.

Jewish Healthcare Foundation

KFMR - Katz Ferraro McMurty, PC

Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC

Meyer, Unkovic and Scott LLP

National City

PPG Industries, Inc.

Schneider Downs, Inc.

Simpson & McCrady LLC

TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.

U. S. Steel Corporation

University of Pittsburgh Office of the Chancellor

Yanni Partners, Inc.

Event Planning Committee

Jeanne K. Clark

Citizen¹s for Pennsylvania¹s Future

Beverly Elovitz

KFMR - Katz Ferraro McMurty P.C.

Sylvia Fields, Committee Chair

Eden Hall Foundation

Pamela Golden

Allegheny Conference on Community Development

Peggy B. Harris

Three Rivers Youth

BJ Leber

West Penn Hospital Foundation

Carolyn Maue

The Maue Center

Kathy L. Mayle

Duquesne University

Cathy McCollom

The Progress Fund

Charles F. Morrison

City of Pittsburgh

Alexander Nichols, Jr.

Pittsburgh Regional Microenterprise Purchasing Council

Susan Pettigrew

Pittsburgh CLO

Yvonne English Roebuck

Pressley Ridge Schools

Patricia Ulbrich

Ulbrich and Associates

A Tribute to Women Leadership Award Alumnae

The YWCA Greater Pittsburgh has been recognizing the accomplishments of women in the Pittsburgh community since 1983 through the annual A Tribute to Women Leadership Luncheon. Below is a list of past awardees, along with the category and year each woman was honored.

Beth Adams* Communications 1983

The Honorable Cheryl L. Allen Civic & Community Services 2006

Delorese Ambrose, Ed.D. Business and Industry 1996

Joanne Marie Andiorio, RSM, Dr. P.H. Health Care 1998

Joan Apt Arts and Culture 1996

Jane Callomon Arkus Communications 1987

Charlotte S. Arnold Civic & Community Services 1984

Barbara Baker, D.V.M. Arts and Culture 2007

The Honorable Cynthia A. Baldwin Professional Services 1987

Esther Barazzone, Ph.D. Education 1996

Georgia Berner Entrepreneurship 2005

Linda S. Blackman, CSP   Professional Services 1999

Eva Tansky Blum Business and Industry 1998

Margaret L. Boberschmidt   Communications 1993

Doreen E. Boyce, Ph.D. Professional Services 1983

Joanne W. Boyle Education 1998

Mary Del Brady Business and Industry 1987

Susan K. Breon   Communications 1991

Doris G. Brevard   Education 1991

Penny Anderson Brill Arts and Culture 1985

Nancy L. Bromall    Professional Services 1996

Audrey L. Brourman Entrepreneurship 2003

Carol R. Brown   Allerton Award for Lifetime Achievement 2001

Carol R. Brown Arts and Culture 1988

Lavera S. Brown Voluntary Community Service 1998

Louise R. Brown    Government 1985

E. Maxine Bruhns Education 2004

Jean Bryant    Communications 1985

Jane C. Burger    Education 1985

Esther L. Bush Health and Human Services 2001

Ruth Byrd-Smith Civic & Community Services 2007

Sarah B. Campbell Allerton Award for Lifetime Achievement 2006

R . Yvonne Campos   Business and Industry 1997

Gertrude Forman Caplan* Voluntary Community Service 2003

Toni Carbo, Ph.D. Science and Technology 2000

Theresa Chalich, RN, MPH Health Care 1999

Meg Cheever   Communications 1996

Meg Cheever Allerton Award for Lifetime Achievement 2007

Eleanore N. Childs, Esq. Health and Human Services 1996

Rosemary E. Cibik, Ed.D.   Education 1990

Jeanne K. Clark Civic & Community Services 2005

Joy Flowers Conti   Professional Services 1993

Etta Cox   Arts and Culture 2001

Jane G. Cricks Business and Industry 1984

Mary Lou Daniel*   Government 1994

Jerlean Daniel, Ph.D.
Education 1997

Dorothy A. Davis, Esq. Professional Services 2005

Frances DeBroff Arts and Culture 1992

Sande Deitch   Arts and Culture 1991

Renee DeMichiei–Farrow Entrepreneurship 2004

Kate Dewey   Business and Industry 1999

Bonnie DiCarlo   Government 1997

Linda A. Dickerson   Business and Industry 1993

Carolyn D. Duronio, Esq. Professional Services 2006

Ruth D. Egler Voluntary Community Service 1993

Commander Gwen J. Elliott* Government 2000

Gwen J. Elliott*   Professional Services 1984

Joy L. Evans Business and Industry 2004

Michele Fabrizi   Communications 2001

Helen S. Faison, Ph.D.   Education 1986

Karen Wolk Feinstein, Ph.D.   Civic & Community Services 1989

Marylouise Fennell, RSM, Ed.D.   Education 1984

Peggy Finnegan   Communications 1997

Edith (Toto) Fisher   Allerton Award for Lifetime Achievement 2000

Kimberly Tillotson Fleming Business and Industry 2005

Angela F. Ford, Ph.D. Education 2003

Debora S. Foster Business and Industry 2006

Ellen Frank, Ph.D.   Professional Services 1986

Cathy Frasca   Health Care 1992

Martha A. Friday Health and Human Services 2000

Joan Brest Friedberg, Ph.D. Health and Human Services 1995

Rose M. Gabbianelli (Cotton) Business and Industry 2003

Loti Falk Gaffney   Arts and Culture 1987

Hazel B. Garland* Communications 1986

Grace Ann Geibel, RSM, Ph.D.   Education 1993

Mona Norman Generett, Ph.D.   Professional Services 1997

Beverly M. Genge*   Civic & Community Services 1991

Jan Mason Getz   Communications 1994

Irma E. Goertzen   Health Care 1994

Pamela W. Golden Communications 2003

Phyllis Moorman Goode Civic & Community Services 1988

Terri F. Gould, Ph.D.   Civic & Community Services 1985

Susan E. Gove, Ph.D.   Business and Industry 2000

Mary Ann Graff Entrepreneurship 1988

Dianna L. Green*   Business and Industry 1992

Arlene Grubbs Voluntary Community Service 1995

Barbara Hafer   Government 1986

Beverly J. Haines, RN, MSN   Health Care 1996

Susan C. Harkins, Ed.D.   Voluntary Community Service 1999

Marva H. Harris   Business and Industry 1995

Ann Sutherland Harris, Ph.D.   Arts and Culture 1986

Jane Haskell Arts and Culture 2003

Lori Heiser   Government 1987

Katherine U. Henderson, Ph.D. Education 2000

Jacqueline D. Hill   Government 1998

Elsie H. Hillman   Allerton Award for Lifetime Achievement 1989

Mary E. Hines, Ph.D. Education 2007

Miss Jane Holmes Posthumous Award 2006

Carole S. Horowitz Entrepreneurship 1990

Helena G. Hughes   Education 1987

Susan Candace Hunt, M.D.   Health Care 1995

Charity Imbrie   Business and Industry 1991

Mae Isaac   Government 1984

Patricia Prattis Jennings   Arts and Culture 1995

Inshira Jihada   Health and Human Services 1998

Karen Block Johnese   Communications 1999

Von Ewing Keairns, Ph.D.   Health and Human Services 1994

Caryl Morse Kline* Education 2001

The Honorable Catherine Baker Knoll Civic & Community Services 2007

Sylvia Martin Lafranchi   Government 1996

Suzan M. Lami, A.I.A. Entrepreneurship 2007

Eileen Lane   Voluntary Community Service 1994

Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew, M.D. Health and Human Services 2007

B. J. Leber   Communications 2000

Nancy H. Lee*   Civic & Community Services 1990

Vernell A. Lillie, Ph.D. Arts and Culture 1993

Barbara Luderowski Arts and Culture 2006

The Honorable Carol Los Mansmann*   Professional Services 1989

Rosemary Martinelli   Communications 1992

The Honorable Sophie Masloff Allerton Award for Lifetime Achievement 1990

Kathy L. Mayle Health and Human Services 2004

Cathy McCollom Civic & Community Services 2004

Mary Lou McLaughlin   Health and Human Services 1993

Sandra J. McLaughlin-Byers Business and Industry 1986

Frances C. McNeal Entrepreneurship 1991

Barbara A. McNees Business Advocacy 2005

The Honorable Joan Orie Melvin   Government 1991

Barbara K. Mistick, Ph.D. Education 2006

Barb Moore Entrepreneurship 1992

Margaret A. Moore   Government 1988

Thelma Lovette Morris Voluntary Community Service 1996

Mildred E. Morrison Allerton Award for Lifetime Achievement 2004

Laurie S. Moser Voluntary Community Service 1994

Trudy Van Kirk Mosey Business and Industry 1983

Carol Cushing Mullaugh   Entrepreneurship 1989

Sister M. Crescentia Mulvehill, CSJ   Health Care 1988

Martha Hartle Munsch Professional Services 2003

Pauli Murray, JSD*   Professional Services 1985

Sandra Murray, Ph.D. Science and Technology 1999

Indira Nair, Ph.D.   Education 1994

JoAnn V. Narduzzi, M.D. Health and Human Services 2006

Kay Cushing Neuhausen   Business and Industry 1990

Wendelynne J. Newton, Esq.   Professional Services 1995

Christine J. Olson Civic & Community Services 2003

Senator Jane Orie Government 2001

Ann Ostergaard   Business and Industry 1985

Mary H. Page, Ph.D. Education 1983

Dolores E. Patrick   Government 1990

Jeanne Pearlman   Arts and Culture 1997

Susan Downs Pettigrew   Education 1988

Mildred Miller Posvar   Arts and Culture 1989

Bernice G. Preisser*   Communications 1984

Tanya Pagen Raggio, M.D. Health Care 1993

Mary Sue Ramsden   Professional Services 1998

Audrey Reichblum   Communications 1998

The Reverand Leslie G. Reimer   Professional Services 1988

Josephine Dorothy Roberts Allerton Award for Lifetime Achievement 2003

Laverne Rodgers Rocereto, Ph.D., RN*   Health Care 1991

Madelyn A. Ross   Communications 1990

Molly Rush   Government 2003

Janet L. Sargert, Esq. Professional Services 1994

Velma P. Scantlebury-White, M.D.   Health Care 1997

Mary Kathleen Scully   Health and Human Services 1997

Helen Payson Seager   Government 1983

Elizabeth Segel, Ph.D.   Health and Human Services 1995

Dorothy A. Servis Professional Services 1991

Frieda G. Shapira* Civic & Community Services 1983

M. Patricia Shehorm Health Care 1990

Barbara K. Shore, Ph.D.   Civic & Community Services 1986

Janet Simon, Ph.D. Education 1995

Marilyn Skolnick   Civic & Community Services 1987

The Honorable Doris A. Smith Professional Services 1990

Estella W. Smith   Business and Industry 1994

Ceci Sommers   Communications 1989

Cecile M. Springer   Business and Industry 1989

Rebecca Stafford, Ph.D.   Education 1989

Heather L. Stein   Communications 1995

Maggie Stewart   Arts and Culture 1998

Marilyn Sullivan, RN, MA   Health and Human Services 1999

Louise M. Sutton   Government 1995

Betty J. Tilman   Voluntary Community Service 1997

Winifred V. Torbert Business and Industry 2007

Cheryl R. Towers Arts and Culture 1984

Rebecca T. Upham Education 1999

Kizetta M. Vaughn   Government 1989

Margo Lovelace Visser   Arts and Culture 1983

Margaret Smith Washington   Professional Services 1992

Carrie W. Washington   Civic & Community Services 1992

Nancy D. Washington, Ph.D. Voluntary Community Service 2001

Margaret Watt–Morse, M.D., M.P.H.   Health Care 2003

Marianne P. Welch   Arts and Culture 1994

Karen Farmer White Arts and Culture 2004

Patricia Wilde   Arts and Culture 1990

Dolores S. Wilden   Health and Human Services 1989

Doris Carson Williams Business and Industry 2001

Margot B. Woodwell   Communications 1988

Molly Yard * Allerton Award for Lifetime Achievement 1998

Patricia D. Yoder   Business and Industry 1988

Nancy B. Zappala Voluntary Community Service 2000

Myrna Zelenitz Health and Human Services 2005

Margaret A. Zook   Education 1992

*deceased