Women of Achievement Past Honorees (1980-2023)
Since 1980, Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey has been honoring exceptional female visionaries and role models from the northern New Jersey area.
1980: Barbara Abney Bolger, Rita Cohen, Margaret Cook, Eleanor Menditto, Sophie Werner
1981: Elinor J. Ferdon
1982: Special 70th Anniversary Event: “Broadway in Bergen” at John Harms Theatre
1983: Katharine Auchincloss, Myra Greenstone, Joan I. Thomas
1984: Kay Koplovitz, Ellen R. Levine, Elaine Zayak
1985: Anne Donovan, Carol Martin
1986: Ann Applewhite, Nell Bassett, Kent Manahan, Sylvia Porter, Carmel Quinn, Marge Roukema, Catherine Spears
1987: Eleanore Pettersen, Denise Richardson, Kay Ritta
1988: Leanna Brown, Violet Cherry, Felicia Jamison, Sara Lee Kessler, Norma Krajczar, Ruth Krawitz, Anne Philips, Bree Walker
1989: Toshiko d’Elia, Theresa Shank‐Grentz, Cheryl Toussaint‐Eason
1990: Elizabeth Christopherson, Mary Higgins Clark, Margaret Domber, Julia Kersey, Jewell Jackson McCabe, Mary Mulholland, Marge Roukema
1991: Paula L. Cantor, Arlene Howard, Peggy Noonan
1992: Barbara Abrams, Esq., Jane Francis Brady, Shirley DeLibero, Donna Marie Farrell, Martha Green, Sister Patricia Lynch, C.S.J.P., Maria Magda O’Keefe, Karla H. Risdon, Dr. Joan S. Specht
1993: Dianne Keel Atkins, Marion Barnett, Barbara C. Hauke, Jean E. Hoysradt
1994: Kathleen A. Donovan, Elinor J. Ferdon, Pearl B. Herring, Ruth. J. Miller, Edna Black Teague
1995: Betty and Raymond Wells
1996: Deborah Aronson, Patricia Dunn, Toni Fay, Arlene Locicero, Sandra Ramos, Arline Simpson, Mary Ann Stanek, Charlotte VanderValk
1997: Debra Lennon, Virginia Wentz
1998: Carol Bamesberger, Emmy Bledsoe, Cesarina A. Earl, Patricia Rado, Sandra Siroky, Lynda S. Smith
1999: Rosemarie Arnold, Esq., Linda Brobst, Chrisena Coleman, Tom D’Angelo, Deirdre K. Kane, Virginia L. Laughlin, Mary Jane Owens, Linda Robinson, Susan M. Zellman
2000: Elizabeth “Libbie” Lindsay, Sandra Ann Robinson, Joan M. Wright
2001: Teri Duda, Alexis M. Eckert, Miriam Lopez, Pamela T. Miller, Esq., Patricia A. Nichols, Naomi Pagano, Ruth C. Parker, Irene Sterling, Barbara Utz, The Valley Hospital Breast Center, Ethel J. Williams
2002: Dorothy Leung Blakeslee, Donna Dieterle, Violet Merle McIntosh, M.D., Barbara Saunders‐Adams, JoAnn Vozeh
2003: Dr. Janet Denlinger, Kathleen Laurent, Lisa Peterson, Corethia V. E. Scheurer, Westfield Shoppingtown/Garden State Plaza
2004: Michelle Brauntuch, Jean Fox Csaposs, Susan DeGennaro, Sister Theresa Mary Martin, C.S.S.F., Evelin Potts
2005: Kyung Hee Choi, Betty Fetzer, Tamara Schwartz, Lori Stokes
2006: Dr. Traci Burgess, Gail DellaFave, Janet Sharma, Frances I. Sundheim
2007: Dr. Jennifer Ashton, Donnett Barnett, Maxine Frampton, Carol W. Greene, Elaine Walsh
2008: Dr. Afriye Amerson, Amelia Gold, Sheila James, Melissa L. Klipp, Virginia “Gina” Wilson
2009: Bonnie Hodge, Jane Kurek, Assemblywoman Nellie Pou, Assemblywoman Holly T. Schepisi, Dr. Katherine Houghton Zatz
2010: Sister Mary Elizabeth Lloyd, M.P.F., Margaret Nordstrom, Marlene Bauer, Doris Sanders‐Headley, Wendy Shen
2011: Evangeline Gomez, Esq., Julie Kampf, Wanda Maltese, Patricia Milley, Deborah Zastocki, DNP, RN
2012: Lourdes Cortez, Mrs. Frederick Frelinghuysen, Tammie A. Horsfield, Norma Tempel, Camelia M. Valdes, Toni Zimmer
2013: Kimberly Burnett, Natasha Maximoff Chandler, Linda Spradley Dunn, Odette D. Valdez, Barbara von dem Hagen
2014: Poonam Alaigh, Lynne Harwell Algrant, Jane Bainbridge, Essence Harris, Collette Liantonio
2015: Dr. Alicia Abella, Angela Margolit, Jessica A. Jansyn, Lizette Parker, Gigi Regolizio, Marnita Robertson
2016: Katherine Bickerton, Linda Bowden, Gina Bruzzichesi, Malaak Compton-Rock, Lindsey Inserra-Hughes, Dr. Ursula Parrish Daniels
2017: Antje Ballin, Shacara N. Delgado, MaryAnne Faschan, Shannon Lazare, Women of Mountain Development Corp. (Elizabeth Lieb, Irene Fitzgerald, Denise Gonzalez)
2018: Elisa Buckley, Mary Ann Deacon, Linda Hanlon, Ellen Kim, Amrit Walia-Zaidi
2019: Lisa Brady, June Bray, Martha De Young, Balpreet Grewal-Virk, Janet Henry Cash, Amber Sabathia
2020: Charlotte Abella, BD Women's Initiative Network (Monica Council-Miles, Jennifer Singelyn Dietrich, and Luba DeGroat), Megan Lunde, Jean Myers, Nikki Sumpter
2021: Kay Du Fernandez, Nicole Licciardi, Erika Liles, Donna Watridge
2022: Betty A. Garger, Pia House Walker, O'Kneeka I. Roberts, Farhanna Sayegh, Carol A. Vargas
2023: Dr. Jabeen Ahmed, Colleen Fay, CPA, MST, Samantha Plotino, Danielle Nebres
2024: Catherine P. O'Hern, Veronica Ross, Kristina Tiralosi, LaKreisha "Kree" Jean
