‘Influential Women’ for 2009 named

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Virginia Lawyers Weekly is pleased to announce the inaugural class of “Influential Women of Virginia.”

This new awards program recognizes the outstanding efforts of women in the commonwealth in all fields, including law, business, health care, education and the arts. The honors are given to individuals who are making notable contributions to their chosen professions, their communities and society at large.

The 2009 honorees are:

• 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

The honorees will be celebrated at a gala luncheon on May 14 at the Jefferson Hotel in downtown Richmond. We also will profile each honoree in a special publication that will be distributed at the event and inserted into Virginia Lawyers Weekly in early May.

Congratulations to our honorees!