Mecklenburg Times: News for Mecklenburg, Union and Iredell counties Real Estate, Development, Construction, and Community News in the Charlotte area and throughout Mecklenburg, Union and Iredell counties
2017
Woman of the Year – Michelle E. Nance – Centralina Council of Governments
Corby Cochran Anderson – Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Kelly Barnhardt – Matthews Chamber of Commerce
Laura Belcher – Habitat for Humanity Charlotte
Sharon Blumberg – I’m Not Done Yet, LLC
Nancy Braun – Showcase Realty LLC
Barbara A. Briccotto – INTEC Group, Inc.
Jessica Bronzert – The Sparks Group
Amy Burkett – PBS Charlotte/WTVI
Kristina Cruise – Promising Pages
Noelle De Atley – Creative Thinking Group, LLC
Susanne Dixon – KPMG LLP
Angela Teresa Dreher – Outreach Management Services, Inc.
LaToya Evans – Compass Group North America
Joanna Gammon – Compass Group / Canteen
Felicia Gray – Gray Classic
Nan Gray – Sprint
Betsy Hauser Idilbi – Tech Talent South
Sallie Jarosz – NewDominion Bank
Donna P. Julian – Hornets Sports & Entertainment
Nichole Kelley – Wells Fargo Bank
Mitchell Kelling – Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, P.A.
Heather Sharrett Kidwell – Wells Fargo
Linda Kirby – Boingo Graphics
Dana Lehnhardt – Collins Family Law Group
Laura Maniec – Corkbuzz Charlotte
Julianne McCollum – Yellow Duck Marketing
Meg McElwain – Mitchell’s Fund
Jennifer Miles – Cushman & Wakefield
Mel Miller – Business Sorority
Che’Landra Moore-Quarles – The T.R.E. Foundation
Amelia Old – Passports from the Heart
Fran Perez-Wilhite – North Carolina Military Business Center
Shalanna L. Pirtle – Parker Poe
Shana Plott – Coleman Lew + Associates
Danielle Ratliff – Serenity Now Massage Therapy
Karen Rice – Lash Group, a part of AmerisourceBergen
Carin Ross Johnson – Lydia’s Legacy
Jessica Rossi – Kimley-Horn
Mary Ann Rouse – Carolinas HealthCare System
Lisa Shpritz – Bank of America
Erin Snyder – Carolinas HealthCare System
Kathy Spence – Banister Homes, Inc.
Yolanda M. Trotman – Law Office of Yolanda M. Trotman, PLLC
Jenny Vallimont – Gökotta
Mindy Vervais – Moore & Van Allen
Anne Vulcano – CBRE, INC.
April B. Whitlock – Fundanoodle
Alyssa Wilen – Chef Alyssa’s Kitchen
Mary W. Wilken – Insite Properties LLC
2016
Woman of the Year – Darlene Heater – University City Partners
Julie Ayers – LBA Haynes Strand, PLLC
Catherine A. Barnes – James, McElroy & Diehl, PA
Aretha V. Blake, Esq. – Blake Law PLLC
Leigh Thomas Brown – RE/MAX Executive Realty
Diane B. Burks – Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Michelle Coffino – Queen City Metal Recycling & Salvage
Cathrine Cotman – Cushman & Wakefield
Amy E. Davis – BRG
Tammy DeBoer – Family Dollar
Terri DeBoo – Terri DeBoo [email protected]
Michele Dudley – Fashion & Compassion
Julie Eiselt – Charlotte City Council
Juli Emmons – Carolina Film Community
Lillian Fahr – Wells Fargo & Company
Captain Demetria A. Faulkner-Welch – Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
Honora Gabriel – Lash Group, a part of AmerisourceBergen
Melisa F. Galasso, CPA – Galasso Learning Solutions
Mary Catherine (MC) Garrett – One7 Ministries, Inc. and One7 Academy
Leslie Gillock – Wray Ward
Jada S. Grandy – Fifth Third Bank
Penelope L. Hefner – Sodoma Law Union
Jill Huse – Society 54
Stacie Beasley Jacobs – First American National Commercial Services
Linda James – Gentiva Health Services, an affiliate of Kindred at Home
Suzy Johnson – Employee Benefit Advisors of the Carolinas, LLC
Lori R. Keeton – Lincoln Derr
Sharon King – Taylor’s Tale
Dr. Carlene W. Kingston – Novant Health Neurology Specialists
Kim Lanphear – Apparo
Kyshia Brassington Lineberger – Concord Children’s Academy
Tega Cay Children’s Academy”
Carol A. Lovin – Carolinas HealthCare System
Amy Breese Massey, PE – Kimley-Horn
Dr. Nicole P. McKinney – Cardinal Innovations Healthcare
Tracy Montross – American Airlines
Diana R. Palecek – Smith Moore Leatherwood, LLP
Fabi Preslar – SPARK Publications
Sharon Reed – Global Girls Project
Diane Ryon – King’s College
Kristen Shearin – Passenant & Shearin Law
April Simpkins – HRS&S Consulting, LLC
Amy Sullivan – ECS Carolinas, LLP
Mary Summa – Belmont Abbey College
Stacey Vandiford – Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
Irene Vogelsong – Perkins+Will, global architectural and design firm
Denise Watts – Project LIFT
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools”
Gail Williams – Business Today
Fielding Williams – The Scone Shop
Judy Wishnek – Park Sterling Bank
Rebecca Wofford – The Lunch Project; Krusch & Sellers, P.A.
2015
Woman of the Year – Dianne Bailey – Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson
Beth Allen – GreerWalker LLP
Carla Archie – North Carolina Judiciary
Molly Barker – Red Boot Coalition
Whitney Bauman – MSS Solutions
Lisa Bell – State of North Carolina
Cary Bernstein – Spay Neuter Charlotte
Melissa Boone – CohnReznick LLP
Ann Clark – Charlotte- Mecklenburg Schools
Jill Dineen – Classroom Central
Dee Dixon – Pride Communications / Pride Magazine
Erinne Dyer – Carolinas HealthCare System
Robin Emmons – Sow Much Good
Morgan Fogarty – WCCB Charlotte
Veronica (Vicki) Foster – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Tracy Foster – Lash Group
Toni Freeman – Mint Museum Uptown
Sue Gorman – Sue Gorman Interior Designs
Jessica Graham – Belk Inc.
Mary Hall – Carolinas HealthCare System
Laura Hampton – The Employers Association
Catherine Horne – Discovery Place
Cadie Jessup – Wells Fargo
Pat Kahle – Union County Chamber of Commerce
Kathleen Kaney – Carolinas HealthCare System
Sister Jean Marie Kienast – Sisters of Mercy
Amy Knepp – Compass Group
Bobbi Jo Lazarus – Elliott Davis Decosimo
Rebecca (“Becky”) Lindahl – Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Vi Lyles – City of Charlotte/ Vi Lyles Consulting
Jennifer Maier – WDS, Inc.
Nadia Margherio – Sodoma Law Firm
Melissa McGuire – Sherpa, LLC
Elizabeth McKee – Leadership Charlotte
Barbara Meeks – Wells Fargo
Sara O’Mara – Choate Construction Company
Elizabeth (Liz) Popwell – Carolinas HealthCare System
Paige Roselle – SOCIETY Charlotte Magazine
Erin Santos – The Isabella Santos Foundation
Ellen Sheppard – Carolinas College of Health Sciences, Carolinas HealthCare System
Lou Solomon – Interact Authentic Communication
Blair Stanford – Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Courtney Stephenson – Carolinas HealthCare System
Sandra Szoke – WBT and WLNK, Greater Media Charlotte
LuAnn Tucker – PwC
Shannon Vandiver – Shannon L. Vandiver, PLLC
Dianna Ward – Charlotte B-cycle & Charlotte NC Tours, LLC
Ann Warren – Duke Energy Corporation
Ann Marie Williams (formerly Schmitz) – Grant Thornton LLP
Angela Woods – Girl Scouts, Hornets’ Nest Council
2014
Woman of the Year – Dr. Cheryl Richards – Northeastern University- Charlotte
Rebecca Anderson – Queens University of Charlotte
Shekeria Smith Barnes – Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
Joanne O’Brien Beam – Wake Forest University Charlotte Campus
Tonya Brandon – CBRE Group, Inc.
Colleen Brannan – BRANSTORM PR
Jayne Buckley – Compass Group- Foodbuy Division
Taber Cathcart – Alston & Bird, LLP
Astrid Chirinos – Latin American Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte
Cynthia A. Coto – Union County Government
Sharon Allred Decker – Secretary, North Carolina Department of Commerce
Denise Dexter – Lincoln Harris
Daniele Donahoe – Rinehart Wealth Management
Betty Doster – UNC Charlotte
Martha Fortos Dozier – Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Deparment
Kelli G. Embler – Autism Speaks Carolinas Chapter
Sarah Jo Hutto Funkhouser – Morehead Title Company
Ophelia Garmon-Brown – Novant Health
Beth Hernandez – Balfour Beatty Construction
Joan E. Higginbotham – Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
Randy W. Hopkins – The Hopkins-McElhannon Group, Inc.
Carrie Howell – Hospitality House of Charlotte
Nancy W. Hudson – Charlotte Community Health Clinic, Inc.
Christine Mackie – Zippy Ice
Margaret Martin – MECA Real Estate Services, LLC
Monica McDaniel – Bank of America, Retired
Nancy B. McNelis – Queens University of Charlotte
Mary Nell McPherson – Freedom School Partners
Sheila B. Moore – Novant Health
Sue Myrick – Former US Representative
Abong Ngranui-Fankam – A Place of Hope
Cristy Nine – Cresa Carolinas
Nancy Black Norelli – Norelli Law
Nancy Olah – Nancy Olah Law
Jennifer O’Toole – The Awesomeness Foundation, Asperkids LLC & Academy AK
Moira Quinn – Charlotte Center City Partners
Tonyia Rawls – The Freedom Center for Social Justice & Sacred Souls Community Church
Laura Renegar – Primax Properties
Jane G. Robinson, PhD – Kent Academy
Ruth Samuelson – North Carolina General Assembly House of Representatives
Pamela L. Shipman – Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Solutions
Pearl J. Smith – Pearl Realty, Inc.
Nicole H. Sodoma – Sodoma Law, P.C.
Paula R. Vincent – Novant Health
Amy Wartham – UNC Charlotte
Lynn Wheeler – Wheeler Communication Group, LLC
Martha J. Whitecotton – Carolinas HealthCare System
Whitni Wilson-Wertz – Otis Elevator Co.
Ellen Wingate – Noosa Pest Management, LLC
Joan O. Wright, MSW, MCC – O’Sullivan Wright, Inc.
2013
Woman of the Year – Christine John-Fuller – Lupus Foundation of America, North Carolina Chapter
Tania N. Archer – Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
Donyel Barber – Family Promise of Gaston County
Terri Bennett – Terri Bennett Enterprises, LLC
Tanya S. Blackmon – Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Marjorie M. Bray – UNC Charlotte
Debra D. Campbell – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department
Mara F. Campolungo – The Sandbox
Marilyn Celenza – Good Clean Fun
Kelly Chopus – Goodrich Corporation
Laura Y. Clark – Renaissance West Community Initiative
Martha Hawkins Curran – Mecklenburg County Clerk of Superior Court
Crystal Dempsey – From The Hip Communications
Bygie Dixon – The Darton Group
Jodi Dodds – Novant Health
Natalie Haskins English – Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Liz Etheredge – Mecklenburg Paint Co., Inc.
Lisa Marie Fry – Cassidy Turley
Nan Gray – Samaritan’s Feet International
Joy Greear – Novant Health: Presbyterian Medical Center
Judge Ty Hands – District Court Judge, 26th Judicial District
Bert Harper – Vision 2020-North Carolina Delegate
Penelope Hawkins – KinderMourn
Liz Hilliard – Hilliard Studio Method
Hon. Theresa Holmes-Simmons – United States Department of Justice- Charlotte Immigration Court
Kati Hynes – Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Jenn Jackson – 107.9 The Link & 1110 WBT
Stacy Sumner Jesso – Council for Children’s Rights
Lisa Kelley – Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center
Marsha C. Kennedy – Kennedy Law Associates
Christy Koury – United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation
Katherine L. Lambert – Girl Scouts, Hornets’ Nest Council
Moira LoCascio – McLaughlin Young Group
Michelle Long – Children’s Theatre of Charlotte
Kelly McKay – Midday talent for Greater Media Charlotte’s 107.9 The Link
Judge Rickye McKoy-Mitchell – District Court Judge- 26th Judicial District
Marie McLucas – Primax Properties LLC and Primax Construction Inc.
Kimberly McMillan – Cardinal Innovations HealthCare
Carolyn P. Meade – Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
Marcia Merrill – Red Rover Communications
Brandy B. Milazzo – Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Nancy Nestor – Autism Society of North Carolina
Sherie E. Pearsall – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Cheryl D. Steele – Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, P.A.
Liza Tyler – New York Life
Katie Tyler – Tyler 2 Construction
Lisa M. Wigfall – Quality Home Care Services, Inc.
Crystal Williams Mayer – MetaLogix, Inc.
Cindy Wolfe – Bank of the Ozarks
Joan H. Zimmerman – Southern Shows, Inc.
2012
Holly Alexander
Catherine Bessant
Nancy Braun
Susan Briggs
Angela Broome
Sarah Buffett
Patricia Campbell
Clair Campbell
Dianne Chase
Lois Colbert
Kristina Cruise
Sally Daley
Stephanie Dawkins
Tracy Dodson
Tameka Everhardt
Susan Faulkner
Sarah Gambrell
Maha Gingrich
Raichelle Glover
Molly Grantham
Maria Hanlin
Ramona Holloway
Abigail Jennings
Sandra Levine
Linda Lockman-Brooks
Meg Maloney
Sister Rosa Marion
Kim Marks
Leah Maybry
Kim McDonald
Sherri McGirt
Valerie Mitchener
Sandy Morgart
Vickie Pennington
Hadley Perry-Pacheco
Beth Petty
Cheryl Pfeiffer
Lisa Qualls
Dana Rader
Stacey Randall
Rochelle Rivas
LeeAnn Shattuck
Janet Singerman
Tricia Sisson
Melissa Swanson
Wanda Townsend
Minette Trosch
Mary Turk-Meena
Jenni Walker
Wendy Whitehurst
2011
Denise Altman
Nora Arronte
Paulette Ashlin
Laura Belcher
Deborah Bowen
Roberta Bowman
Cathinka Chandler
Hilary Coman
Robyn Crigger
Lynn Erdman
Janet Faulk
Kimlani Ford
Barbara Green
Charmaine Gudgeon
Julie Haack
Phrantceena Halres
Janet Hart
Mary Hopper
Sandra Huerta
Lynn Ivey
Amy Johnson
Mona Johnson-Gibson
Dana Jordan
Angela Key
Claire Krusch
Laurie Leonard
Ellen Linares
Victoria Lipscomb
Meg McElwain
Delaine Mead
Michelle Menard
Janeen Miller – Hogue
Cristina Morales
Mary Elizabeth Murphy
Theresa Payton
Robin Pugh
Pat Rodgers
Michelle Rogers
Elizabeth Rostan
Tracie Sawyers
Anna Schorr
Sara Seasholtz
Amy Vance
Marty Viser Clontz
Amy Wartham
Aana Lisa Whatley
Christy Williams
Linda Worrell
Kelly Yale
Mimi Zelman
2010
Pam A. Boileau
Colleen Brannan
Serena Brock
Marilyn Carpenter
Beverly A. Carroll
Representative Tricia Cotham
Maryanne P. Dailey
Terri DeBoo
Lori Dvorak
Roberta Borsella Farnum
Kimber Flynn
Donna Forbes
Janet T. Fortner
Dot Gerringer-Munson
Patricia Golden
Lori A. Gougeon
Claire Green Fallon
Tammy S. Greyshock
Paula H. Harvey
Nina Hollander
Glenda Horton Manning
Kara Judd
Alyse Kelly-Jones, M.D.
Shawn King
Carrie C. Klett, MD.
First Last
Jane R. Lewis-Raymond
Barbara Lipira
Lynne Tatum Little
Sheri Lynch
Michelle A. Maidt
Valecia M. McDowell
Anne M. McGeorge
Susan Medlin
Jan Meyer
Deborah Millhouse
Emily Nabors, M.D.
Dr. Ann Mabe Newman, R.N.
Elizabeth Nisbet Miller
Amy Noland
Elizabeth M. Perry, MD.
Cheryl Richards, Ph.D.
Wendy Shanahan
Sheila W. Shirley
Stacey Simms
Wendy L. Spanbauer
Karen Ward
Jennifer A. Youngs
Emily F. Zimmern
Kimberly Easter Zirkle
2009
Martha Bell Alexander
Jennifer Algire
Ginny Amendum
Virginia R. Amendum
Jennifer Appleby
Sherry Barretta
Jennifer Beaman Pippin
Marjorie Benbow
Melinda Beres
Kaye Bernard McGarry
Jo Ann Brighton
Michelle Buelow
Karen Calder
Hang Chen
Stephanie Counts
Pamela Davies
Sherré DeMao
Michelle Fish
Sara Garcés Roselli
Brooke Gibson
Tana Greene
Julie Hall
Robyn Hamilton
Natalie Haskins English
Lisa Hildreth
Anne Marie Howard
Pamela Jefsen
Kristi Kessler Walters
Celia Klein
Maura Leahy Tucker
Carol Lilly
Beth Machen
Jill Marcus
Mary Mary
Jane McIntyre
Melissa Melissa McGuire
Dawn Newsome
Sally Olin
Pattie Petty
Karen Ponischil
Fabi Preslar
Frances Queen
Katherine Rea
Nettie Reeves
Ruth Samuelson
Karen Shore
Jennifer Snyder
Elizabeth Temple
Felicia Watlington
Caren Wingate
