Past Awardees
- Annual Events
- Women of The Year
- Past Awardees
Women of the Year - Past Awardees
Supervisor Honorees
- Diana Diaz, First Supervisorial District
- Valaria M. Lincoln, Second Supervisorial District
- Emiliana Guereca, Third Supervisorial District
- Dr. Monica Sánchez, Fourth Supervisorial District
- Dr. Jill Zimmerman, Fifth Supervisorial District
President’s Award
- The Honorable Karen Bass, Mayor of the City of Los Angeles
At Large Honorees in the Following Categories
- Dr. Naomi Rainey-Pierson, Community At Large
- Tema L. Staig, Arts/Media
- Erika Toriz-Kurkjian, Business/Labor
- Luz Flores, Education
- Dr. Vivian Ekchian, Education
- Andrea Lynn Piazza, Health
- Muluemebet Alemayehu, Esq., Law/Public Safety
Supervisor Honorees
Rosa Soto, First Supervisorial District
Bridgid Coulter Cheadle, Second Supervisorial District
Stephanie Klasky – Gamer, Third Supervisorial District
Cristina Lujan, Fourth Supervisorial District
Beatriz Porto, Fifth Supervisorial District
President’s Award
Dr. Barbara Ferrer
At Large Honorees in the Following Categories
Kelli Dillon, Law/Public Safety
Cynthia McClain-Hill, Business/Labor
Lourdes I. Ramos-Rivas, Ph.D., Arts/Media
Kellie Todd Griffin, Health
Lauren Trosclair Duncan, Veterans
Cindy Wu, Education
Supervisors Honorees
- Ocen, Priscilla A., First Supervisorial District - Supervisor Hilda L. Solis
- Dr. Kelly Lytle-Hernandez - Second Supervisorial District - Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell
- Veronica Padilla, Third Supervisorial District - Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
- Dr. Anissa Davis, Fourth Supervisorial District - Supervisor Janice Hahn
- Celine Esquivel, Fifth Supervisorial District - Supervisor Kathryn Barger
Presidents Awardee
- Elizabeth Eastlund
At Large Honorees in the Following Categories
- Rorri Burton, Community At Large Honoree
- Susan Pacheco, Community At Large Honoree
- Eunisses Hernandez
1st District Supervisor Hilda L. Solis - Renata Simril
2nd District Supervisor Mark Ridley - Thomas - Lindsey P. Horvath
3rd District - Supervisor Sheila Kuehl - Lisa Williams
4th District Supervisor Janice Hahn - Marilyn Sparks
5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger - Pasadena Celebrates 2020
President’s Award - Josefa Salinas
Arts and Media Honoree - Leticia Chacon
Education Honoree - Neda Farhoumand
Education Honoree - Leticia Chacon
Health Honoree
- Alexandra Torres Galancid
First District – Hilda L. Solis - Araceli Campos
Second District – Mark Ridley-Thomas - Ann Reis Lane
Third District – Sheila Kuehl - Project Light the Way
Fourth District – Janice Hahn - Peggy Edwards
Fifth District – Kathryn Barger - Julie A. Su
President’s Award – Ana Maria Garcia - Wendy Spinner
Education Honoree - Karen Mack
Arst/Meida Honoree - Lindy Huang Werges
Business - Lilia Garcia Brower
Labor Honoree - Janette Robinson-Flint
Health Honoree
- Maria Brenes
First District – Hilda L. Solis - Lisa Collins
Robin Coste Lewis
Second District – Mark Ridley-Thomas - Kerry Morrison
Third District – Sheila Kuehl - Juana Melara
Fourth District – Janice Hahn - The Honorable Grace F. Napolitano
Geneviève Clavreul
Fifth District – Kathryn Barger - Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles
President’s Award – Alice S. Petrossian - Patricia Jones
Education Honoree - Yolanda González
Arst/Meida Honoree - Diana Rodriguez
Business/Labor Honoree - Stacy D. Phillips
Law/Public Safety Honoree
- Norma Edith Garcia
First District – Hilda L. Solis - Deborah Prothrow-Stith, M.D.
Second District – Mark Ridley-Thomas - Doreena Wong, Esq.
Third District – Sheila Kuehl - Caylee So
Fourth District – Janice Hahn - Carolyn Blashek
Fifth District – Kathryn Barger - Sandra P. Schultz
President’s Award – Alice S. Petrossian - Kandee Rochelle Lewis
Education Honoree - Janet P. Pregler, M.D.
Health Honoree - Dr. Stephany Powell
Law/Public Safety Honoree
- Rachelle Arizmendi
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Kathryn Barger
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Lori Berg
President's - Ivy Bottini
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl - Debi Faris
Supervisor Don Knabe - Dee Gadbury
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Robin Goldsworthy
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Helen Hernandez
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis - Cheryl P. Hildreth
Education - Genita Johnson
Business / Labor - Sherry Kramer
Supervisor Don Knabe - Mary Lee
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Mary A Nichols
Health - Ericka Sazo-Gonzalez
Law / Public Safety
- Kelly L. Abadie
President's - Ruth V. Creary, Ph.D.
Education - Fesia Davenport, Esq.
Health - Juanita DeVaughn
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Gail Farber, P.E.
Business / Labor - Bridget C. Harper
Business / Labor - Barbara Kappos, LCSW
Supervisor Hilda L. Solis - Lillian Knight, R.N.
- Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
- Joan Ling
Supervisor Sheila Kuehl - Kamala Lopez
Arts / Media - Jessica Midkiff
Supervisor Don Knabe - Gina Prince-Bythewood
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Debra Suh, J.D.
- Law/Public Safety
- Linda van der Valk
- Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
- Pamela Booth
Law/Public Safety - Judy A. Cooperberg, M.S., C.P.R.P.
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Rosi Dagit
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Brenda Lyle Dyson Robinson
Education - Linda Griego
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Mariko Khan
Supervisor Don Knabe - Va Lecia Adams Kellum
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Alma Martinez
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Candace Bond McKeever
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Joan Schmidt
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Dr. Robina M. Smith
Health - Kathryn Suto
Business/Labor
- Ingrid Chapman
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Gloria Chavez
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Joyce Feucht-Haviar
Education - Xiomara Flores-Holguin
Health - Zna Portlock Houston
Law/Public Safety - Kim Lamorie
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Gloria Pollack
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Sara Pol-Lim
Supervisor Don Knabe - Karen Sutherland
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Marsha Temple
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas
- Laphonsa Butler
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Virginia Gosh Cushman
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Sandra Figueroa-Villa
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Cheri Fleming
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Marianne Haver Hill
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Joann Isken
President's Choice - Angela Robbins Maestas
Education - Margaret Neill
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Pilar Pinel
Supervisor Don Knabe - Irene Recendez, RN, MBA, NP
Health - Antoinette Rogers
Law/Public Safety - Carolyn Rose
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Sheryl L. Spiller
Business/Labor
- Sandy Banks
President's Choice - Dianne Curtis
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Jane Frye, R.N., B.S.N., PHN
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Aileen Getty
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Forescee Hogan-Rowles
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Dr. La-Doris McClaney
Business/Labor - Terri Chew Nishimura, MA, OT/R/L
Supervisor Don Knabe - Dr. Jessie L. Sherrod
Health - Kathy Smith
Education - Tulynn Smylie
Law/Public Safety - Dr. Beatriz Maria Solis
Health - Faye Washington
Supervisor Gloria Molina
- Gail Abarbaniel, M.S.A., L.C.S.W.
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Guadalupe Rosas Bojorquez
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Stephanie Klasky-Gamer
Business/Labor - Elizabeth Manasserian
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Lisa Hirsch Marin, M.S.W.
Education - Nena P. Messina, Ph.D.
Health - Holly J. Mitchell
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Gail J. Pincus, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.
Law/Public Safety - Nirupa Sejpal-Parmar
Supervisor Don Knabe - Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Pauletta Pearson Washington
Media/Arts
- Commander Lynda R. Castro
Law/Public Safety - Nancy Chand
Law/Public Safety - Honorable Laura Chick
Business/Labor - Denise Dador
Media/Arts - Education Spectrum
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Dixie Eliopulos
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Maria Leyva
Health - Commander Willie J. Miller
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Colleen Mooney
Supervisor Don Knabe - Honorable Fran Pavley
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Irma Resendez, MSW
Supervisor Gloria Molina
- Edna Aliewine
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Patty DeDominic
Business/Labor - Laura Diaz
Media/Arts - Patricia Allen Dreizler
President's Choice - Ramona Cortes Garza
Education - Ellen Hoberman
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Areva Martin, Esq.
Law/Public Safety - Angie Papadakis
Supervisor Don Knabe - Suzan Solomon
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - The Women of Projecto Renacimiento
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Lisa Watson
Health
- Captain Irma Becerra
President's Choice - Gloria J. Davis, MA
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas - Marilyn McCoo Davis
Media/Arts - Honorable Martha M. Escutia
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Janice Bryant Howroyd
Business/Labor - Peg Ann Lee
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Maria Reza
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Diana Schneider, M.D.
Health - Jeannie Stephenson, RN
Education - Alison Fay Triessl, Esq.
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Doris Wahl
Supervisor Don Knabe - Kimberly Wong, Esq.
Law/Public Safety
- Gisselle Acevedo-Franco
Media/Arts - Vibiana Andrade
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Jerre Davenport
Supervisor Don Knabe - Maria Elena Durazo
Business/Labor - Rita Hall
Law/Public Safety - Dolores Huerta
President's Choice - Dr. Jackie Kimbrough
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Abbe Land
Health - Dolores Ratcliffe
Education - Honorable Lucille Roybal-Allard
President's Choice - Joan Schmidt
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Adinah Solomon
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Anthony Stewart
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
- Carol Oughton Biondi
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Berisha Black
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Mary Agnes Erlandson
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Kelly Hayes-Raitt
Media/Arts - Antonia Hernandez
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Jo Kaplan
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Lisa Lee Love
President's Choice - Synthia Saint James
Education - Tracy R. Tate
Business/Labor - Honorable Mary Thornton House
Law/Public Safety - Violet Varona-Lukens
President's Choice - Malinda Waddell-Wheeler, RN, MN
Supervisor Don Knabe - Gail Wyatt, Ph.D.
Health
- Magdalena Beltran-del Olmo
Media/Arts - Honorable Aviva K. Bobb
Law/Public Safety - Sister Una Connolly
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Jacqueline Powers Doud, Ph.D.
Education - Sandra Evers-Manley
President's Choice - Mary Gardner
President's Choice - Maureen Kindel
Business/Labor - Josefina Lopez
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Nora Mitsumori
Health - Betty R. Price, DD
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Sister Carmel Somers
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Melaine Washington
Supervisor Don Knabe - Denise Wilmeyer
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
- Honorable Deborah B. Andrews
Supervisor Don Knabe - Lea Butterfield
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Patric Occhiuzzo Giggnas
Education - Judth Hirshberg
Law/Public Safety - Ginny Kruger
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Paula Madison
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Susan A. Mandell, MD
Health - Patricia A. Means
President's Choice - Purl Gray Enterprises
Media/Arts - Honorable Teresa Sanchez-Gordon
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Barbara Taylor
Business/Labor
- Irma Colen
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Dorothy Courtney
Supervisor Don Knabe - Crystal Stairs, Inc.
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Lori Glasgow, Ph.D.
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich - Christina Hsu
Community-at-Large - Honorable Veronica McBeth
Law/Public Safety - Dr. Anitha Mitchell
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Yolanda Nava
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Veronica Steel-Small
President's Choice - Judy Vaughan, CSJ
Education - Jane Velez-Mitchell
Media/Arts - Mary-Jane Wagle
Business/Labor
- Lilia Aceves
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Cynthia A. Barbee
Community-at-Large - Estelle Busch
Community-at-Large - Carol Ensign, LCSW
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
Dr. Barbara Firestone
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Sylvia Drew Ivie, J.D.
Community-at-Large - Sharon Matsumoto
Community-at-Large - Jean Y. Morrison
Community-at-Large - Mary Ann Villegas (Posthumously)
Supervisor Don Knabe
- Yollie Flores Aguilar
Supervisor Gloria Molina - Meredith Blake, Esq.
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich
Honorable Irma J. Brown
Supervisor Yvonne Burke - Maria Contreras-Sweet
Community-at-Large - Charlotte Lesser
Supervisor Don Knabe - Toni Martinez-Burgoyne
Community-at-Large - Vera Ricketts
Community-at-Large - Carol L. Rowen
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky - Wendie Jo Sperber
Community-at-Large - Irene Tovar
Community-at-Large - Andrea Van de Kamp
Community-at-Large - Margaret Lynn Yonekura
Community-at-Large
- Deputy Bernice Abram
- Jill Elikann Barad
- Marilyn Chamberlain
- Nona George Cohn
- Barbara Corday
- Betty Fisher
- Lark Galloway-Gilliam
- Phyllis D. Murakawa
- Beatriz Olvera Stotzer
- The Leadership Core of La Voz Chicana Y Latina
- Elisa Nicholas, MD
- Supervisor Don Knabe
- Gloria De La Torre-Wycoff
- Ida Fracasse
- Victoria Jackson
- Milizi R. Krockover, MD
- Barbara Marshall
- D. Diane Miller
- Maxine Ransom Von Phul
- Claire R. Reeves
- Marcia Cohn Spiegel
- Honorable Maxine Waters
- Judith Luther Wilder
- Blend J. Wilson
- Maria Avila (Posthumously)
- Jewel Plummer Cobb, Ph.D.
- Honorable Candace D. Cooper
- Candida D. D'Amato (Posthumously)
- Lilian Garland
- Alice Y. Hwang
- Christine A. Littleton
- Monica C. Lozano
- Dorene Ludwig
- Maritza Mendizabal
- Maria Salinas
- Peg Yorkin
- Robin Abcarian
- Guadalupe Avila
- Mari Bellas
- Alana Bowman
- Sandra Darrington
- Rabbi Laura Geller
- Honorable Juanita McDonald
- Esther Renteria
- Dorothy Salkin
- Honorable Hilda Solis
- Joanne Sturges
- Wendy Tokuda
- Nancy Haruye Au
- Alycia Enciso
- Pat Harvey
- Dr. Astrid Heger
- Elaine Motta
- Joyce Ride
- Lynn Selwyn (Posthumously)
- Susan Steinhauser
- Stephanie Volk
- Miriam Mimi West
- Senator Cathie Wright
- Helena Ashby
- Marilyn Barrett
- Nettie Becker
- Marjorie Braude, MD
- Beverly Cook
- Geneva Cox
- Irene Davila
- Domestic Violence Council
- Dr. Deborah Hyde-Jackson
- Becky Martinez
- Alva A. Moreno
- Connie LaFace Olson
- Sarah Purcell
- Robin D. Scherr
- Adele Wallace
- Simone Wallace
- Nancy Zamora
- Alicia Amador
- Helen S. Astin, Ph.D.
- Ann A. Kusumoto
- Ethel Levitt
- Margaret L. Morrow
- Ziva Naumann
- Carmen O. Perez
- Grace Quinn
- Andrea L. Rich, Ph.D.
- Ruth Roemer, JD
- Dorothy Shepherd
- Jennifer Thomas
- Tritia Toyota
- Sybil Brand
- Olivia Campos-Bergeron
- Bobbye R. Crowe
- Cristina Fuentes
- Libbe S. Halevy
- Miya Iwataki
- Ann Martin
- Gloria A. Nabrit
- Shirley Pfeil
- Estelle Van Merter
- Marcella A. Whitmore
- Della Arias
- Sherman Block (Posthumously)
- Jane Boeckmann
- Gilda Bojorquez-Gjurich
- Bea Brody, Ph.D.
- Beverly Chandler
- Helen Colton
- Jean Conger
- Linda Holmes
- Mary Jung
- Janice Kamenir-Reznic
- Janice Kern
- Sheila Kuehl, Esq.
- Abby Liebman, Esq.
- Rosa Marin
- Sharon Schuster
- Sister Julia Mary
- Lea Purwin Agostino
- Elizabeth Chavez
- Lynn G. Eastman
- Gloria Dopierala Hajduk
- Dorothy Jonas
- Debra R. Judelson, MD
- Kaygey Kash
- Ida Lancaster
- Minnie Lopez Martin
- Georgia L. Mercer
- Joyce C. Morrissey
- Margaret M. Morrow, Esq.
- Yvonne Wong Nishio
- Captain Carol A. Painter
- Teri Ketchum Reisser
- Karen Rowe, Ph.D.
- Rhonda J. Sinclair
- Honorable Vaino Spencer
- Brenda Underhill
- Elizabeth Berry, Ph.D.
- Billie Heller
- Carol Levy
- Dolly Lucero
- Shirley C.McCarty
- Marcine Shaw
- Karen Connell
- Sister Mary Dominic, C.S.J.
- Eleanor Hoskins
- Gayle Wilson Nathanson
- Gayel A. Pitchford
- Betty Pleasant
- Eddy S.Tanaka
- Celia Gonzales Torres
- Marion Morse Wood, Ph.D.
- Rebbeca A. Younger
- Fumiko Carole Fujita,
- Willa N. Herzog
- Bobbie C. Lanham
- Susan Douglas McGreivy
- Lodwrick M. Cook
- Richard B. Dixon
- Carol Jean Kennedy
- Denise F.LaMonica
- Roberta Weintraub
- Gloria Allred
- Betty Ford
- Jill Halverson
- Mildred Harper
- Catharine MacKinnon
- Barbara Maxwell
- Patricia Mohr
- Gloria Molina
- Cecilia Sandoval
- Wihelmina Shamberger
- Ruby Holland
- Lucille Holloman
- Lauren Jardin
- Barbara Klein
- Marian LaFollette
- Delta Murphy
- Shirley Van Lieu
- Gloria Vargas
- Shirley Whitney
- Toshiko Yoshida