Women of Distinction

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Women of Distinction Honorees

2023

Julie L. Gansle
Sumathy Kumar
The Honorable Debra Urbano-DiSalvo
Ileana Eckert
Valerie Walker-Michaux
Patricia Masi Stock
Wilma Holmes Tootle
Isabella Sementilli
Lucy Rockefeller Waletzky, MD
The Honorable Elizabeth O’C. Little
Danielle Ellman
Raisa Chernina
Susan Metzger
Patricia Simpson
Etta F. Ritter
Annie Mohan
Eva Irizarry
Yuki Numata Resnick
Mary D'Antonio
Everlyn Nunez
Lenore Friedlaender
Lucina Clarke
Mildred Lovell
Jacqui Leader Sedlar
Rebecca J. Wydysh
Wendy E. Brown
Nancy Kirby
Rabbi Rachel Timoner
Martine Satterley
Naomi Brickel
Melody R. Smith Johnson
Frances L. Bell
Jennifer DeSena
Mary Ellen McCrossen
Randi Matousek
Michelle Wang
Diane Peruggia
Celine Gounder, MD
Stephanie Barber Geter
Christine Datz-Romero
Joselinne Minaya
Winifred Armstrong
Pastor Kim L. Singletary
Tammy Ryndock
Ann Marie Chalmers
Alicia Fernandez Dicks
Tiffiney Davis
Janet Handal
Ann Cotton-Morris
Nancy W. Ware
Laura Caruso
Laura A. Ryder
Fraidy Nachman, Esq.
Midge Thomas
Cheryl Caddle
Willie Mae Goodman
Sonia Valentin
Deborah Antoniades
Elizabeth Martin
Tina Zerbian
Sadie Aarons Campbell
Heather Arzberger

2022

Yvette Greene Dennis
Jumah Jennifer Gray-Brumskine
Jacqueline Henderson
OyaBisi Ideraabdullah
Janet Chan-Smith
Christine Berthet
Valerie Jo Bradley
Joyce A. Smith, Esq
Amy Howard
Martha Taylor, Esq.
Lavonne McLamb
Kim Smith
Kristine Young, Ed.D.
Holly Bonner, D.Min.
Charlene Miller
Camille Napoleon
Sara Fisher
Sofia Moncayo
Bess Watts
Meiling Macias-Toro
Lori Cassia-Decker
Trini E. Ross, Esq.
Jennifer Shannon
Jane R. Devine
Renee Palmer
Cheryl Barker, Ph.D.
Lorena Kourousias
Jirandy Martinez
Cynthia Orellana, Ed.D.
Linda Sadacka
Cristina Chianese
Karla Waldron
Renee Farley
Jeanette Stapley
Tracie Lucas Lord
Sally Knoer Yageric
Marianne F. Cartisano, Ed.D.
Beth R. Finkel
Fabiola Mendieta-Cuapio
Gwendolyn Bork
Nydia Padilla-Rodriguez
Mary Louise Cohen
Mary Anne Corasaniti
Cristina Contreras
Kaitlyn Bazarewski
Minerva Solla
Tanya Dwyer, Esq.
Suzanne Hempel
Megan Quillinan
Enessa Carbone, Esq.
Catherine Molyneux
Aisha Mills
Phyllis B. Frank
Nuala O’Doherty-Naranjo
Rachael A. Zubal-Ruggieriqq
Mary Ann Spanos, DPT
Naima Oyo

2021

JoAnn Kane-DeMott
Rebecca Kaufman
Gina Keely
Tina Kaasmann-Dunn
Tracie Killar
Eun-Kyung Kim
Jeannette Joseph-Greenaway
Samantha Johnson
Celeste Jakubowski, BSN, RN
Camara Lashawn Jackson
Amanda Langseder
Dr. Christina M. Liepke
Alice Lowman
Candace Aguirre Holley
Lisa Hofflich
Doria E. Hillsman
Wendy L. Hersh
Nilka Martell
Mary Hartshorne
Dr. Alicia Massop-Flowers
Dr. Tamara Moise
Della Moore
Sylvia Getman
Sandy Pirdy
Joanna Fuentes
Elizabeth Rose
Ridvan Foxhall
Karen Rosolino
Jackie Rowe-Adams
Mary Maggio Fischer
Heidi Felix
Somia Elrowmeim
Sheila Ryan
Drea d’Nur
Gwendolyn Dowdell
Anne del Castillo
Elizabeth Delacruz
Elizabeth Baird Saenger
Maria Davis
Michelle Daniels
Ashleigh B. Stornelli
Joan Cusack-McGuirk
Keri Stromski
Sabrina Cruz
Evelyn J. Clarke
Dina Stuck
Mildred Casiano
Marjorie Carter
Sara I. Taylor
Deborah Carim
Deborah Tharrington
Keisha Boatswain
Patricia Blair, Esq.
Katherine Conkling Thompson
Kyle McCauley Belokopitsky, Esq.,
Jaime-Faye Bean
Natasha R. Thompson
Jacqueline Archer
Eve Van de Wal
Carol B. Allen, M.D.
Nowshin Ali
Tai Wang
Sherry Algredo

2020

Daisy Paez
Diane Cameron Pascone
Bessie Patterson
Lynne Ruda
Lois Schwaeber
Lauren Shields
Margaret “Peggy” Snyder
Jaclyn M. Tacoronte
Antonia P. “Toni” Rettaliata Tepe
Dolores Orr
Tonya Ores
Marianne Nicolosi
Rhiannon Navin
Kate Munzinger
Ngozi N. Moses, MSc
Vanessa Moschak
Varnese Ann Mims Molina
Courtney Love’ Miller
Colleen McQueen, RN
Assistant Chief Martine N. Materasso
Camelia Tepelus
Zulmilena Then
Joyce Maddalone
Gina Lieneck
Elsia Vasquez
Patricia Klimkewicz, CAPT, Ph.D.
Abeda Khanam
Dawn Kelly
Lawana Y. Jones
Krista Jones
Cass Johnson, RN
Princella Jamerson
Maria Ingrassia
Rizy Horowitz
Barbara Goodman
Sally Roesch Wagner, Ph.D.,
Anne D. Gioia
Eileen Fisher
Melba Wilson
Leslie Feinberg
Lily Fan
Phyllis D. Ellis
Saeeda Lesley Dunston
Jacqueline Delmont, MD
Mallory Delaney
Kadie Curry
Kelly Craig
Aracelia Cook
Rabbi Judy Cohen-Rosenberg
Denise Civiletti
Adrienne Ciampi
Megan Castellano, MPA
Evonne Capers
Carol Blackburn
Winsome Black-Batten
Eva Benedict
Donna Beal
Holly Anderson

2019

Randi Shubin Dresner
Carol Pingelski Hotaling
Sinforosa Tan Kaung, Ph.D.
Linda Lee
Colleen Pearce
Peg Ellsworth
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa
Stacey Tompkins
Haydee Morales
Bishop LaVerne D. Owens-Larkins
Coralanne Griffith-Hunte, Psy.D.
Michelle Neugebauer
Kathleen Graupman
Linda Kemp
Norma Zimmer
The Honorable Mary Lou Rath
Lorena Borjas
Lisa Ann Hermann
Monique Chandler-Waterman
Jennifer O. D’Andrea-Terreri
Pauline P. Holbrook
La'Shawn Allen-Muhammad
Bessie R. Edwards
Maude Bruce
Nicole Sheindlin
Eva D. Williams
Evelyn Vollgraff
Loretta Z. Weiss
Airman 1st Class Madison Daquelente
Marguerite A. Smith, Esq.
Gail Castellano
Bette Dewing
Nellie B. King
Po-Ling Ng
Irene Elizabeth Hylton, Ph.D.
Jane McCabe
Holly Tanner
Nicole Dayka
Carmen Rojas
Joan Dean
Marya Vande-Doyle
Carola Otero Bracco
Kelly Parsons
Stephanie Wong
Julie Schwietert Collazo
Jo-Ann Raia
Roxanne Dueppengiesser
Kathleen Wagner
Barbara Franco
Nancy Sutton
The Rev. Dr. Maria L. Hubbard
Grace VanderWaal
Emily Monem
Anne Erickson
Evelyn Rodriguez
Ischia Bravo
Tanya Asapansa- Johnson Walker
Sophia L. Reid
Kelly Willcox
Margaret Graham
Deputy Kristy Botsford
Heidi Harrison Chain

2018

Shannon Ozzella
Norma Jimenez
Hope Coleman
Khayriyyah H. Ali
Linda Brown-Robinson
Gail L. Smith
Sister Gail Glenn, SSJ
Roxanne Watson
Dr. Irina Gelman
Robyn L. Krueger
Dr. Meera Shah
Detective Kayla Maher
Kathryn J. Boor, Ph.D
Laurie Crane
Tamara Baker
Dr. Diane B. Call
Deborah Milone
Marcee Rubinstein
Nell Stokes
Dr. Renee Scialdo Shevat
Katie Davis
Donna Mossman
Rhianna Quinn Roddy
Mary Eileen Fitzgerald
Lynda Bryan
Linda Romano and Jacqueline Romano
Roberta Byron-Lockwood
Christina Boryk
Coleen Cole Spinello
June A. Johnson
Maria Cruz
Samantha Ross
Judy A. Calogero
Maritza Muñoz
Sherene Hall
Gina Vasquez
Shirley Ruch
Janet Zinck
Nora Constance Marino
Louise Novros
Elizabeth Rowley, CFRE
Alice Holloway Young
Cheryl Hage-Perez
Tiesha C. Jones
Doreen P. Cugno
Leslie Kennedy
Wendy Genao
Mary Lou Rupp
Rachel Levy
Joan Pastore, DSW
Carole Coppens
Beverly L. Mancuso
Monique Johnson
Virgie Jones
Patricia J. McCabe
Lin Pan
Lucy A. Candelario
Elizabeth Baldwin
Pamela Hardy-Lockley
Amy Breedlove
Pat Matthews

2017

Randa Williams
Carlene Pinto
Carmella Hoffman
Annette Casper De Jesus
Nadine Whitted
Paulette Ofrias
Ms. Haney Ho
Samantha M. Curtis
Ellen White
Jennifer O'Brien
Christine L. Haider
Miriam Colon
Linda Ventura
Monica Neuwirt
Minnie Graham
Crystal Collins
Charlene Jackson Thompson
Valerie Brathwaite Nelson
Marsha Gordon
Antonio Clemente
Betty E. Staton
Paula Miritello
Mary M. Gooley
Sarah Chu
Mary Stanco
Barbara R. Martinsons
Betsy Goinski
Pauline Chu
Deborah A. Simonsmeier
Christine Manzi
Enid Glabman
Molly Biggs Celani
Diane Serratore
Ann Marie Maglione
Mindy Germain
Laura Casamento
Donna Schaertl
Nina Lynch
Donna B. Gerstle
Melba P. Brown
Christine M. Riordan
Mary Lyall
Mary G. Garrote
Bob Bland
Kay Francis Richards
Elizabeth Lusskin
Sherif Fraser
Maria Bartolillo
Eileen Reilly
Katie Joyce and Meghan Cavanaugh
Annette Finch
Donna Raymond
Pauline Copes Johnson
Betty Ann Filkins
Ana Rodriguez Zurutuza
Mary K. Pluta
Florence E. Jackson-Frazier
Antonia Figueroa
Michelle M. Deal Winfield
Amy Pollard
Charlotte Holstein
Julie Dostal

2016

Yudelka Tapia
Donna Christina Oliverio
Carmen Tapia
Lesli C. Myers
Marjorie J. Smith
Jill Estabrook Morris
Dawn R. Smith
Janet McEneaney
Deborah A. Slezak
Heidi Macpherson
Tatiana Shlomovich
Blanca P. López
Senator James Sanders Jr. Honors 2016 Woman of Distinction - Chitra Singh
April Leong
Mardie Sheiken
Linda M. LeMura
Vita Scaturro
Florence Santini
Bonnie Ross
Inez Rodriquez
Constance A. Wille
Pia J. Raymond
Ann Torcivia
Trudy Pogue
Barbara Toborg
MaryAnn Pfeiffer
Wendy Tepfer
Meghan Ortega
Doryne Isley
Cheryl Lynn Brannan
Ellen R. Imbimbo
Vikki Barbero
Mary Iapalucci
Anita Seefried-Brown
Ellen Holmes
Cora D. Austin
Cindy Doring Hollowood
Yvonne P. Armstrong
Karen A. Heggen
Sherlita Amler
Debora M. Hayes
Senator Fred Akshar Honors Jill Alford-Hammitt as a Woman of Distinction
Gail Goodson
Annmarie Lanesey
Audrey Sparks Fussa
Thomasina Laidley-Brown
Rosemary Durso
Virginia M. Krebs
Eva M. Doyle
Ann Kansfield
Sister Mary Doris
Jahmila K. Joseph
Ruth Johnson Colvin
Candace S. Johnson
Claudia Coger
Nicole Johnson
Elizabeth Shell Carr
Mary Frances Jeffrey
Sister Margaret Carney

2015

Teresa McPhail
Jenny Rivera
Aixa Torres
Jane Aoyama-Martin
Missy Miller
Susan Salome
Marta Moreno Vega
Marjorie V. Zmijewski
Deborah Gordon Mullaney
Reverend Dr. Ernestine Sanders
Kim Condon
Catherine A. Allain, Ph.D. Edu.
Shirley A. Mullen Ph.D.
Cristina Furlong
Joanne Donaruma Wade
Marisol Alcantara
Mabel Muniz-Sarduy
Dream Shepherd
Christine Colligan
Kamillah M. Hanks
Elizabeth Sherwood
Deborah Coates
JoAnne Luthmann Nolemi
Joan A. Furey, RN, MA
Kerry W. Walsh
Randi Martos
The Honorable Victoria A. Graffeo
Barbara Stuchinski
Ella J. Weiss
Peggy Marone
Sister Mary Celeste O’Bryan
Lou Jean Fleron
Jacqueline Campbell
Sister Mary Ann LoGiudice, RSM
LaQuita Outlaw, Ed.D.
Marie Testa
Joyce Willetts
Rosemarie Kluepfel
Sharon F. Owens
Shihan Jacqueline Drayton
Wendy Bleier-Mervis
Emily Kessler
Libby Pataki
Rachel Thieme
Janice Barto
Patricia E. Kennedy
Betty Pollack
Carrie Davis
Gail Lynch Bailey
Joan Kaplan
Gail Reed-Barnett, Ed.D
Linda A. Thomas
Susan Auriemma
Cantor Dr. Mindy Jacobsen
Carol Ann Rinzler
Amy Cram
Lee Anne Xippolitos, Ph.D.
Shawyn Patterson Howard
Carmen G. Rivera
Marsha K. Connor
Mary Ann Ashley

2014

Mary Anne Sears
Michelle McClymont
Marisa Redanty
Debra Liegl
Josephine Pucci
Shirley W. Seney
The Honorable A. Gail Prudenti
Cindy Abbott Letro
Theresa M. Reichel
Esmeralda Simmons
Filomena Piscitelli
Helene Leonardi
Elizabeth R. OuYang
SungEun Grace Lee
Lee Roberts
Judith O’Rourke
Beatrice Ruberto
Hazel Ann Miura
Julie Menin
Meghan Izzo Russo
Sheila Meegan
Luader Smith
Deanna Alterio Brennen
Constance Glasgow, MD
Marissa Bernowitz
Lakia T. Echols
Lauren R. Snyder
Rose Marie Walker
Kristine B. Giotto
Mary Alice Bellardini
Georgina Falú, PhD
Mary Whittier
Geri Spino
Jane Backus
Barbara Sush
Patricia Williams
Andrea Curran
Sister Marie Antoinette
Alana Sweeny
Gloria Alston
Diane Kuppermann
Bettye Canestaro
Judy Zangwill
Pat Singer
Fortuna Calvo-Roth
Jessica A. Allen
Indu Jaiswal
Anna Cali
Patricia Aitken
Alyce Ingram
Dorothy Button
Seema Agnani
Margaret Skinner
Danielle N. Butin
Gail C. Adamoschek
Adjoa Esinam Gzifa
Irma Waldo, MD
Carin Guarasci
Susan K. Brown, PhD

2013

Dr. Elaine M. Walsh
Rhonda Lyn Roethel
Dr. Saadia Josefina Fersobe
Lea Bishop
Isabel E. Villar
Ingrid M. Richards
Leah Dunaief
Estela Vazquez
Vienna Profeta
Randi Shubin Dresner
Marie Valachovic
Mary Alice Price
Renate DeAngelis
Marcia B. Tuohey
Francie Potter
Kwayera Archer-Cunningham
Tiphaine Tsang
Theresa Pirraglia
Mildred Collins
Karen Torrone
Karen O’Hara
Josephine Collins
Emmlynn L. Taylor
Shannon Mancuso-Getzel
Honorable Bernadette T. Clark
Elaine E. Stillwell
Jennifer Mackie
Mary Chisholm
Susan Steinberg
Ginger Lindner
Palmira M. Cataliotti
Beverly Stamp
Nancy Kronen
Evelyn Cardona
Sofie Somoroff
Ellie Kastel
Rosalie M. Burgher
Denise C. Soares
Julissa Juarbe
Beth A. Broadway
Mary Jane Smith
Sara Horowitz
Erica Boynton
Leslie Zemsky
Jackie Schmid
Jacqueline Gordon
Dr. Kari W. Bovenzi
Nozomi Hirayama Williams
Taryn Sacramone
Meredith Festa
Sister Debbie Blow
Kate Bialo
Donna L. Benson
Judy Baron
Wanda Beck Antosh
Hazra Joanne Ali
Karen Acompora
Mary Jo Thorn

2012

Lisa Williams Schary
Mary Lindsay
Hilda Rosario Escher
Ginny Salerno
Sheila Lewandowski
Elizabeth Einstein
Joanne Rosenberger
Deborah Slaner Larkin
Colleen C. DiPirro
Jan Rebeor
Catherine Kingsley
Toni DeMeo
Jean-Marie Posner
Roselyn A. Johnson
Jeanne S. Poindexter, Ph.D.
Reverend Debra Jameson
Dilletta Pina
Carol Houwaart-Diez
Siobhan O’Neill
Virginia Houseknecht
Denise Wright-Scott
Loraine O’Donnell
Sister Yliana Hernández
Marolyn Piersma Wilson
Major Jude B. Mulvey
Kathleen Henderson
Katharine Tomasi
Chandra S. Morgan
Colleen Hassett-Mastine
Alice “Pat” Thorpe
Carol Meschkow
Bernell K. Grier
Victoria Thomas-Ramos
Zenaida Mendez
Ardeane Greene-Cook
Sue Susman
Susan K. McGiver
Marie Goldstein
Reina Schiffrin
Honorable Patricia D. Marks
Ivine Galarza
Lorraine Sciulli
Gaye Mallet
Sonia Valentin Fernandez
Angela Augugliaro
LaVonne E. Ansari, Ph.D.
Marie Colvin
Mary Elizabeth Delli-Pizzi
Deirdre A. DeAngelis-D’Alessio
Ida D’Angelo
Norma Cummings
Honorable Ann C. Crowell
Dr. Mary Lane Cobb
Patricia T. Cataldi
Jane Brown
Serena Brothers-Mohamed
Randi Bregman
Debra Brawley
Erin Bentivegna

2011

Gretchen Hurley Sprock
Grace Johnson
Ann E. Ellsworth
Nicole Behrens
Christa Caldwell
Mary Morse
Susan Boudreau
Debbie Cuevas
Kathleen Wojtaszek-Gariano
Mary F. Holtz
Mathylde Frontus
Diane C . Ganz
Fredericka G. Mabon
Maria A. Thomson
Helen Baran
Virginia Clark
Jeanne B. Mullgrav
Janet Miller
Kate Miller
Deirdre Glenn
Karen Y. Richmond
Deb Markell Kleinert
Karen Washington
Christine P'Simer
Karen Gordon
Carol Berry
Judy Pepenella
Bonnie Daggett
Virginia Gallagher
JoAnn Pushkin
Beverly Roberts
Vicki Simons
Indi L. Shelby
Barbara Medina
Rossana Rosado
Gloria M. Dixon
Phyllis E. Gunther
Frances Ann Lightsy
Mary Spink
Elizabeth Miller
Mary Nelson
Elizabeth Gulotta
Mary Herlihy Gearan
Elissa Montanti
Lori Bahnik
Elaine Delaney
Lindsay Farrell
Dr. Susan Fox Ph.D.
Leslyn Stewart
Dr. Martha MacGuffie
Kelly Myers
Dr. Anne M. Kress