By Assistant Editor Shayna Spiker
Today, the Daily Record announced the winners of the 15th annual Top 100 Women Awards. Of those nominated, three are MyCity4Her Affiliates—Susan Katz of the Growth Coach (www.thegrowthcoach.com), a business coaching firm offering a wide range of services including Quarterly Coaching Workshops, One-on-One Coaching and more; Suzanne Thompson of Healthplan Headquarters (www.healtplanhq.com), which offers insurance in a retail location where clients can walk in and shop for insurance coverage through self-service kiosks or one-on-one consultations with insurance specialists; and Sheela Murthy of Murthy Law Firm (www.murthy.com), an immigration law firm.
A celebration to honor the winners of this award will be held at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (1212 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD 21201) on Monday, May 9 from 5-8:30 p.m. Tickets to the event are $85 before May 1, and $93 after May 1 and can be purchased here: https://ereg.biz/a/regm/TW11.
Other winners include:
Aimee Adashek—Baltimore Office of Promotion & The ArtsDr.
Sharon D. Allison-Ottey—The COSHAR Foundation Inc.
Vivian C. Bailey—Retired
Stephanie M. Beran—Legg Mason
Judy L. Bixler—Oxford Bellevue Ferry
Ellen C. Bogage—Chesapeake Public Strategies
Rebecca Brotman—Institute for Genome Sciences
Rosemary M. Budd—TASC Inc.Kathleen Cahill—Law Offices of Kathleen Cahill LLCRuth
Anne Callaham—Washington County Board of County Commissioners
Hon.Cynthia Callahan—Circuit Court for Montgomery County
Maria Elena Chavez-Ruark—Tydings & Rosenberg LLP
Martha Connolly, Ph.D. —University of Maryland
Tina M. Corner—The Alternative Board
Patricia Cornish—PEC Financial Consulting
Veronique Diriker, Ph.D. —University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Hon. Angela Eaves—Circuit Court for Harford County
Deb Emerson—Constellation Energy
Hon. Judith C. Ensor—Circuit Court of Baltimore County
Christine Espenshade—Jones Lang LaSalle
Jennifer Etheridge—Office of the State’s Attorney Baltimore City
Dorothy Fait—Fait, Wise & DiLima LLP
Carlesa Finney—Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Marianne D. Fishler—SunTrust Bank
Gloria Flach—Northrop Grumman Corp.
Hon. Nancy Floreen—Montgomery County Council
Teri M. Guarnaccia—Ballard Spahr LLP
Mariale Hardiman—Johns Hopkins University School of Education
Kelly Hardy—DLA Piper
Watchen Harris Bruce—PNC Bank
Maria Harris Tildon—CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Carrie Harris-Muller—Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States Inc.
Lisa H. R. Hayes—PNC Bank
Margaret Hayes—University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Martha N. Hill—The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Gina Hirschhorn—Bank of America
Kelly Hodge-Williams—Business Volunteers Unlimited Maryland
Karen Holt—Chesapeake Science and Security Corridor
Glendora C. Hughes—Maryland Commission on Human Relations
Janice Jackson—Women Embracing Abilities Now (WEAN)
Kyri L. Jacobs—Bonnie Heneson Communications
Luwanda Walker Jenkins—Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs
Maria Johnson—Girl Scouts of Central Maryland
Verna Jones-Rodwell—State of Maryland
Elizabeth Jordan—The Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Virginia Rose Knowlton—Maryland Disability Law Center
Patricia McHugh Lambert—Hodes, Pessin & Katz P.A.
Julie Ellen Landau—The Law Offices of Julie Ellen Landau
Hon. Diane Leasure—Circuit Court for Howard County
Karyl Leggio—Loyola University Maryland
Mary Beth Lennon—Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
Cynthia L. Leppert—Neuberger Quinn Gielen Rubin & Gibber PA
Resa Levy—Montgomery County Family Justice Center Foundation
Anne G. London—AXA Advisors LLCCidalia Luis-Akbar—M. Luis Construction
Sr. Patricia McCarron—Notre Dame Preparatory School
Jill McClune—Smiths Detection
Molly McGrath Tierney —Baltimore City Department of Social Services
L. Content McLaughlin—Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLPM.
Natalie McSherry—Kramon & Graham PA
Carole Miller—Saint Agnes Hospital – Cancer Center
Rachel Garbow Monroe—The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Maria Mouratidis—College of Notre Dame of Maryland
Peggy Naleppa—Peninsula Regional Medical Center
Karen M. Olson—BalMed Group, LLC
Margaret Palmer—University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Cynthia L. Perini—Hendershot Financial Group
Karen Pitsley, AIA—Transforming Architecture
Randi Alper Pupkin—Art with a Heart, Inc.
Whitney Ransome—The James Center at Garrison Forest School
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake—City of Baltimore
Barbara Resnick—University of Maryland School of Nursing
Sue Revelle—Women Supporting Women
Eileen Rivera Ley—Uniting for life
Grace Rivera-Oven—Community Advocate for Hispanic Community
Lisa C. Rowen—University of Maryland Medical Center
Gail H. Sanders—FedChoice Federal Credit Union
Zipora Schorr—Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School
Linda Schuett—Linowes & Blocher LLP
Janet Siddiqui, M.D. —Johns Hopkins Community Physicians and Howard County Public School System
Karen M. Singer—Corporate Office Properties Trust
Gwendolyn D. Skillern—CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Inc.
Darlene Brannigan Smith—Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore
J. Patricia Wilson Smoot—U. S. Parole Commission
Ferrier R. Stillman—Tydings & Rosenberg LLP
Shelonda D. Stokes—greiBO Media
Beverly K. Swaim-Staley—Maryland Department of Transportation
Ellen L. Taylor—Ellen L. Taylor, M.D.
Thelma B. Thompson, Ph.D.—University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Joyce Ulrich—Legg MasonBetty Valdes—Montgomery County Municipal Cable
Lorna Virgili—National Hispanic Communications Group
Yolanda Maria Welch—Respira Medical
Donna C. Wilson—Injured Workers Insurance Fund
Hon. Dorothy Wilson—District Court of Maryland Baltimore County
Maggie Witherup—Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger
T. Sky Woodward—Womble, Carlyle Sanbridge & Rice PLLC
The Daily Record has been holding the Top 100 Women Awards since 1996, and have recognized more than 800 high-achieving Maryland women who are making an impact through their leadership, community service and mentoring.