Past Honorees

Below is a list of past honorees of the Influential Women of Virginia awards program. The awards recognize the outstanding efforts of women in all fields, including law, business, health care and education. The honors are given to individuals who are making notable contributions to their chosen professions, their communities and society at large. Their energy, ideas, achievements and commitment to excellence and progress give us a look to the future.

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Class of 2012:

• Tamera C. Barnes, M.D., Henrico Doctors Hospital, Richmond

• Mary Ann Bergeron, Va. Ass’n of Community Services Boards, Glen Allen

• Lynne Jones Blain, Harman Claytor Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond

• Robin Bren, Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, Alexandria

• Katherine E. Busser, Capital One, Richmond

• Lakshmi Challa, Challa Law Offices, Glen Allen

• Polly Chong, Law Office of Polly Chong, Newport News

• Nee-Yin Chou, CW Optics Inc., Seaford

• Ann Neil Cosby, Sands Anderson, Richmond

• Michele Suzanne Cumberland, Glasser & Glasser, Norfolk

• Carol R. Curtis, Noah Enterprises Inc., Virginia Beach

• Candace Duncan, KPMG, Tysons Corner

• Alexandra Fannon, Greater Richmond Bar Foundation, Richmond

• Hon. Barbara J. Gaden, Richmond General District Court, Richmond

• Michelle H. Gluck, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Richmond

• Hon. Marilynn Goss, Richmond J&DR Court, Richmond

• Betty S.W. Graumlich, Reed Smith LLP, Richmond

• Elizabeth L. Gray, Cossa, Gray & O’Reilly PLC, Fairfax

• Cynthia Hudson, Hampton City Attorney, Hampton

• Dorothy M. Isaacs, Surovell, Isaacs, Petersen & Levy PLC, Fairfax

• Jolanda Janczewski, Ph.D., CSS-Dynamac, Fairfax

• Lori Elliott Jarvis, Hunton & Williams, Richmond

• Lisa D. Johnson, Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, Glen Allen

• Deborah J. Johnston, RN, Care Advantage, Richmond

• Julia B. Judkins, Bancroft, McGavin, Horvath & Judkins, Fairfax

• Carroll LaHaye, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland

• Juliette L. Landphair, Ph.D., University of Richmond, Richmond

• Cathy Lewis, WHRO, Norfolk

• Deborah Love, Richmond Academy of Medicine, Richmond

• Mary N. Mannix, Augusta Health, Fishersville

• Elaine D. Marion, ePlus Inc., Herndon

• Lisa M. Murphy, LeClairRyan, A Professional Corporation, Norfolk

• Linda Nash, PartnerMD, Richmond

• Margaret A. Nelson, Margaret A. Nelson PLLC, Lynchburg

• Sharon D. Nelson, Sensei Enterprises Inc., Fairfax

• Kristin L. Pugh, Salem Veterans Administration Medical Center, Salem

• Catherine M. Reese, Reese Law Office, Fairfax

• Leslie Ann Shaner, Barnes & Diehl, Chesterfield

• Ginger Stanley, Virginia Press Association, Glen Allen

• Susan Ungerer, Kids R First, Reston

• Kathryn Van Patten, Court Community Corrections Program, Roanoke

• Carolyn A. White, White & McCarthy, Midlothian

• Rosemary Wilson, Virginia Municipal League, Virginia Beach

• Madge Zacharias, M.D., Zacharias Ganey Health Institute, Richmond

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Class of 2011:

• Barbara S. Anderson, Life and Estate Planning Law Center PLLC, Alexandria

• Kathleen O. Argiropoulos, Airlines Reporting Corporation, Arlington

• Jean Galloway Ball, Jean Galloway Ball PLC, Fairfax

• Sheila C. Cheston, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Arlington

• Sallie Cook, Virginia Health Quality Center, Richmond

• Christine B. Cottrell, RetailData LLC, Richmond

• Ann Crenshaw, Kaufman & Canoles, Virginia Beach

• Nancy W. Davies, Orchard House School, Richmond

• Betty Dean, Didlake Inc., Manassas

• Marla Graff Decker, Virginia Department of Public Safety, Richmond

• Cara Dickens, Rocket Pop Media, Richmond

• Helen Dragas, The Dragas Companies, Virginia Beach

• Julia C. Dudley, U.S. District Court for the Western District, Roanoke

• Leigh Y. Farmer, Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys, Richmond

• Sue Bell Friedman, Alzheimer’s Association, Charlottesville

• Linda Davis Frith, Frith, Anderson & Peake, Roanoke

• Anne Lynam Goddard, ChildFund International, Richmond

• Rudene Tulaine Mercer Haynes, Hunton & Williams, Richmond

• Lula B. Holland, U.S. Army Reserves (ret.), Suffolk

• Geraldine B. Johnson, St. James’ Children’s Center, Richmond

• Sheila C. Johnson, Salamander Hospitality, Middleburg

• Vanessa L. Jones, Barnes & Diehl, Chesterfield

• Bobbie Greene Kilberg, Northern Virginia Technology Council, Herndon

• Vicki Kirkbride, The Women’s Center, Vienna

• Arlene F. Klinedinst, Vandeventer Black LLP, Norfolk

• Denise Kranich, Innsbrook Foundation, Glen Allen

• Linda S. Laibstain, Williams Mullen, Norfolk

• Cynthia Leahy, Winchester Medical Center/Valley Health

• Hon. Elizabeth A. McClanahan, Virginia Court of Appeals

• Anne H. McDonnell, Brain Injury Association of Virginia, Richmond

• Yvonne C. McGhee, Fairfax Bar Association

• Kathleen S. Mehfoud, Reed Smith LLP, Richmond

• Stephanie Moody-Antonio, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk

• Victoria A. Mouras, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

• Mary Burkey Owens, Owen & Owens, Midlothian

• Jayne A. Pemberton, Sands Anderson PC, Richmond

• Sarah Powell, Advance Auto Parts, Roanoke

• Hon. Angela Edwards Roberts, Richmond Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court

• Melissa W. Robinson, Glenn, Robinson & Cathey, Roanoke

• Hon. Jane Marum Roush, Fairfax Circuit Court

• Christine Thomson, MichieHamlett, Charlottesville

• Hon. Winship C. Tower, Virginia Beach Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court

• Katherine F. Walker, Hollins University, Roanoke

• Elizabeth L. White, LeClairRyan, Williamsburg

• Kimberly Slayton White, Halifax County Commonwealth’s Attorney

• Christine A. Williams, DurretteCrump PLC, Richmond

• Stoner Winslett, Richmond Ballet

• Amanda C. Witt, Martinsville-Henry County Chamber of Commerce

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Class of 2010:

• The Hon. Leslie M. Alden, Fairfax Circuit Court, Fairfax

• Dr. Rita L. Bishop, Roanoke City Public Schools, Roanoke

• Kristina Bouweiri, Reston Limousine & Travel Service Inc., Dulles

• Michelle Clayton, MD, Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Norfolk

• Deborah Mancoll Casey, Vandeventer Black LLP, Norfolk

• Victoria Huber Cochran, Dep’t of Behavioral Health & Dev. Servs., Richmond

• Cressondra B. Conyers, Williamsburg Commonwealth’s Atty’s Office, Williamsburg

• Judy Curry, Curry’s Auto Service, Sterling

• Dr. Deborah M. DiCroce, Tidewater Community College, Norfolk

• Sara Dunnigan, Greater Richmond Partnership, Richmond

• Sandra Giannone Ezell, Bowman and Brooke LLP, Richmond

• Karen Fagelson, Reed Smith LLP, Falls Church

• Anne Frazier, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Blue Ridge, Martinsville

• Erin R. Freeman, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Richmond

• Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, CG2 Consulting, Richmond

• Stephanie E. Grana, Cantor, Stoneburner, Ford, Grana & Buckner PC, Richmond

• Laura Gerringer Gross, Kaufman & Canoles PC, Norfolk

• Leslie A.T. Haley, Virginia State Bar, Richmond

• Phoebe P. Hall, Hall & Hall, Midlothian

• Susan Massie Hicks, The Susan Hicks Group, Fairfax

• Kathleen J.L. Holmes, Williams Mullen, McLean

• Julie M. Jacobs, AOL Inc., Dulles

• The Hon. Birdie H. Jamison, Richmond General District Court, Richmond

• Sheila Dodd Jones, Dodd’s Farm Supply LLC, Charlotte Court House

• Jean Kellogg, Hylton Performing Arts Center, Manassas

• Dr. Cynthia Keppel, Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute, Hampton

• Gail L. Letts, SunTrust Bank, Richmond

• Kimberly Magee, Hunton & Williams, Richmond

• Susan Cabell Mains, Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville

• Tonya Mallory, Health Diagnostic Laboratory Inc., Richmond

• Mary C. Malone, Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle PC, Richmond

• Jamie Baskerville Martin, McCandlish Holton PC, Richmond

• Blythe J. McGarvie, LIF Group, Williamsburg

• Misti Mukherjee, Jackson Lewis LLP, Reston

• Lisa P. O’Donnell, Bertini, O’Donnell & Hammer PC, Norfolk

• Carrie Hallberg O’Malley, Hirschler Fleischer, Fredericksburg

• Lawrie S. Parker, Piedmont Dispute Resolution Center, Warrenton

• Melissa Peacor, Prince William County, Woodbridge

• The Hon. Cleo E. Powell, Virginia Court of Appeals, Richmond

• Pamela Coe Reynolds, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Board, Richmond

• Karen S. Rheuban, MD, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville

• Lisa Marie Samaha, DDS, Port Warwick Dental Arts, Newport News

• Danielle O. Saunders, Accelligence LLC, Vienna

• Patricia M. Selig, RN, PhD, Bon Secours Richmond Health System, Richmond

• The Hon. Ann Hunter Simpson (ret.), Juridical Solutions, Fredericksburg

• Terrie L. Suit, Office of Commonwealth Preparedness, Richmond

• Lori D. Thompson, LeClairRyan, Roanoke

• Allison P. Weinstein, Weinstein Properties, Glen Allen

• Linda Whitley-Taylor, AMERIGROUP Corp., Virginia Beach

• Dorothy Leach Wood, J D & W Inc., Virginia Beach

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Class of 2009:

• Pamela S. Belleman, Troutman Sanders LLP, Richmond

• Brenda Blisk, Blisk Financial Group, McLean

• Beth A. Bortz, Medical Society of Virginia Foundation, Richmond

• Elaine Charlson Bredehoft, Charlson, Bredehoft & Cohen PC, Reston

• Lisa Frisina Clement, Penn-Stuart, Richmond

• Jennifer L. Crain, Homeland Contracting Corporation, Chesapeake

• Joanne G. Crantz, MD, Novamed Associates, Fairfax

• Linda Duggan Curtis, Commonwealth’s Attorney, Hampton

• Patricia Wolf DeOrio, The Riverside School, Richmond

• Ellen Shaw de Paredes, MD, Institute for Women’s Imaging, Glen Allen

• Debra J.C. Dowd, LeClairRyan, Richmond

• Maryellen F. Goodlatte, Glenn, Feldmann, Darby & Goodlatte, Roanoke

• Kathleen Watkinson Ivins, Thalhimer Commercial Real Estate, Richmond

• The Hon. Barbara Milano Keenan, Supreme Court of Virginia, Richmond

• Ginger Levit, Ginger Levit, Atelier, Richmond

• Catherine M. Marriott, Williams Mullen, Richmond

• Darcy S. Oman, The Community Foundation, Richmond

• Anita O. Poston, Vandeventer Black, Norfolk

• Sandra M. Rohrstaff, Weiner, Rohrstaff & Spivey, Fairfax

• H. Jan Roltsch-Anoll, Szabo, Zelnick & Erickson PC, Woodbridge

• The Hon. Margaret Poles Spencer, Richmond Circuit Court, Richmond

• Kristina Keech Spitler, Vanderpool, Frostick & Nashanian, Manassas

• Andrea R. Stiles, Batzli, Wood & Stiles, Richmond

• Mary Lynn Tate, The Tate Law Firm, Abingdon

• Sandra Gioia Treadway, Library of Virginia, Richmond

• Lucia Anna ‘Pia’ Trigiani, MercerTrigiani, Alexandria

• Katharine M. Webb, Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association, Richmond

• Barbara S. Williams, Barbara S. Williams PC, Leesburg

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