WOMEN’S ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

1999

• Central Florida Woman of the Year: Maureen Brockman | Orlando Utilities Commission 

• Business/Professional: Pam Nieman | Pam Niemann Interiors 

• Community Service/Volunteerism: Kathryn Hoeck | Akerman, Sneterfitt & Eidson

• Communications/Media: Francesca Matthews | Cramer-Krasselt

• Education: Leslie Laws Couch, PhD | Rollins College

• Government: Mary Alicia Johnson | Orlando Fire Department

1998

• Central Florida Woman of the Year: Mercedes McCall | Banco Popular of Central Florida 

• Arts: Joy Dickinson | Orlando Sentinel

• Business: Jennifer Quigley | WBQ Design & Engineering

• Community Service: Lillana Argueta | Catholic Diocese

• Education:  Beth Barnes, PhD |University of Central Florida

• Government: Natasha Permaul | City of Orlando

• Communications: Susan Ortega | Travel Host Magazine of Greater Orlando

1997

• Central Florida Woman of the Year:  Dorothy Russell | Circuit Court Judge

• Business:  Marcia Babione | Blake, Kuehler, Babione & Pool

• Community Service:  Ealnor Hamilton | Hamilton Investigations

• Education: Joyce Whidden | Adult Literacy League, Inc.

• Government:  Karen Jennemann | US Bankruptcy Judge

• Communications: Carol Brinati | Persons & Brinati Communications

1996

• Central Florida Woman of the Year: Monica Reed, MD | Florida Hospital 

• Arts/Culture: Sigrid Tiedtke | Enzian Theatre

• Business/Professional: Linda L. Gonzalez | Barnett Bank 

• Community Service/Volunteerism: Mercerdese R. Clark | Clark's Ladies Fashion

• Communications/Media: Karen Plunkett | Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson

• Education: Barbara Walters-Phillips | Glenridge Middle School

• Government: Maura T. Smith, Circuit Court Judge | Orange County 

1995

• Central Florida Woman of the Year:  Deborah Cooper

• Arts: Sondra Quinn

• Business:  Judy Davis Fontenot

• Community Service: Linda Sutherland

• Education: Anita Rodgers

• Government: Martha Haynie

1994

• Central Florida Woman of the Year:  Phoebe Carpenter

• Business:  Carol Monroe

• Community Service: Marion Asimis

• Education: Deborah Hopkins

• Government: Robin Wilinson

• Communications: Barbara West

1993

• Central Florida Woman of the Year:  Joanie Schirm-Neiswender

• Arts: Lee Bailey

• Business:  Sara Ringler

• Community Service: Betty Jo Hurt

• Education: Thelma Dudley, PhD

• Government: Frankee Hellinger

• Communications: Joan Watts

1992

• Central Florida Woman of the Year:  Diane Scanland

• Arts: Mary Ann Dean

• Business:  Brenda Carey

• Community Service: Jeanne Rodriquez

• Education: Eddye Walden

• Government: Dorothy Sedgewick

• Communications: Nancy Peed

1991

• Central Florida Woman of the Year: Marquita Nelson

• Arts: Grace Lindbloom

• Business:  Jacquelyn Perkins

• Community Service:  Nell Atkins & Marge Duchano

• Education: Ruth Webb, PhD

• Government: Joanne Cummings-Grant

• Communications: Lori Booker

1990

• Central Florida Woman of the Year: Mable Butler

• Arts: Dawn Thompson

• Business:  Susan McCaskill

• Education: Peggy Kinder

• Government: Kathleen Russell

• Communications: Holly Bennett