Honorees in alphabetical order

LONNIE ALI
Wife of Mohammed Ali and advocate for Parkinson’s Research

BARBARA BARRETT
Former ambassador to Finland and recently named interim President of Thunderbird School of Global Management

NADINE BASHA

A teacher, educator and Founding Chair, First Things First, Early Childhood

Development and Health and Founder, Children’s Action Alliance

CARMEN BERMUDEZ
Former bullfighter and now Chairman and CEO of Mission Management & Trust

MARY BLACK
Founder and chief executive officer of Black Family and Child Services of Arizona 

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SUSAN CLAASSEN
Managing artistic director of Tucson’s Invisible Theatre

CONSTANCE STRATTON COBLE
Helping women living outside their communities to feel at home

ANNA MARIA COPPOLA
Co-founder of the Santa Cruz Training Program for disabled children and adults

VIRGINIA COUNTS
Aerospace engineer and now involved in the medical device field 

ANN DAY

Pima County Supervisor who pushed through the Patients Bill of Rights and provided cancer patients with clinical trials.

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DIANA YAZZIE DEVINE
An advocate for Native Americans and their culture

JACQUIE DORRANCE
Philanthropist, fundraiser and volunteer 

DIANE ENOS
Twenty-third president of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

DIANE HALLE
Philanthropist concentrating on the arts, healthcare issues and the needs of women and children

JEANNE HERBERGER
Supporter of education, the arts, business and community leadership

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JANE DEE HULL
Former governor, first female Speaker of the House and the first Republican Secretary of State since 1931 in Arizona 

DIANE HUMETEWA
First female Native American U.S. attorney

GLADYS JOHNSTON
First woman appointed dean of the College of Education at Arizona State University

ISOLA JONES
Renowned mezzo-soprano and instructor at South Mountain Community College 

GERDA WEISSMANN KLEIN
Author, historian, speaker and Holocaust survivor who has impacted the world

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SUSAN LEVINE
Under her direction, Hospice of the Valley is recognized nationally as the leader in hospice care

CAROLE MACHIZ
Avid supporter of the Phoenix Theatre and Phoenix Suns Charities in addition to many other non-profit organizations

PAT MATHIESEN
Artist whose contributions throughout Arizona span more than 40 years

CINDY MCCAIN
Native Arizonan and inspiration to many through her work with the American Voluntary Medical Team, Operation Smile, Food for the Hungry and HALO Trust

OLIVIA BRUSSO MCCORMICK
Has played a key role in attracting business and development to Bullhead City for more than 30 years

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MARTHA MERTZ
Founder of ATHENA International to support, develop and honor women leaders

ROSE MOFFORD

First woman Governor and the first woman Secretary of State

IOANNA MORFESSIS
First woman to lead Phoenix’s major economic development organizations 

MARGARET MULLEN
Founding CEO of the Downtown Phoenix Partnership and advocate for quality education in science, technology, engineering and math for all Arizona students

BARBARA MUNDELL
Retired presiding judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court

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CHERYL NAJAFI
Emerging multi-media leader in the lifestyle industry, curator of resources for women and an author

ROXANNE SONG ONG
First Chinese American female to become a chief presiding judge for Phoenix Municipal Court 

CINDY PARSEGHIAN
A leader in the fight to find a treatment and ultimately a cure for Niemann Pick Type C disease 

ANDREA PURSLEY
An educator whose goal is to bring the luster back to the teaching profession

CORAL QUIET M.D.
Co-founder of the Arizona Breast Cancer Specialists and the not-for-profit Arizona Institute for Breast Health

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DELPHINE RODRIGUEZ
Church pastor and minister for incarcerated women 

MARY SCHROEDER
First woman chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the nation’s largest judicial circuit

JUDY  SCHUBERT
Co-founder of the Ronald McDonald House of Phoenix and most recently Ryan House 

ELAINE M. SCRUGGS
Mayor of her hometown of Glendale and dedicated public servant

VIRGILIA SINGH
Developer of her own Internet company, GenJuice which raises awareness of the activities and interests of Generation Y

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JULIE SULLIVAN
Leads the non-profit International Foundation for Education and Self-Help to assist the poor in strife-torn nations

DIANA TAURASI
The world’s best female basketball player of all time and a trailblazer for women in sports

LEAH LANDRUM TAYLOR
State senator for District 16 and the Arizona Caucus chair for the National Black Caucus of State Legislators   

MARY ROSE WILCOX
District 5 Maricopa County Supervisor whose contributions as a public servant are matched by her efforts on behalf of the Hispanic community

CHRISTINE  KAJIKAWA WILKINSON
Arizona State University’s  senior vice president and secretary  and the first woman of color to serve as its vice president

JERI WILLIAMS
First African American female police commander in Arizona history and currently the first female police chief of Oxnard, Calif.

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NICOLA WINKEL
Founder of the Arizona Coalition for Military Families

KIMBERLY YEE
First Asian American woman elected to serve in the Arizona State Legislature

REP. GABRIELLE GIFFORDS
U.S. Representative and an inspiration to many as she continues to recover from her injuries of Jan. 8, 2011

JANET NAPOLITANO
Former governor of Arizona and current United States Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security

SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR
First woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court and the first woman to hold a leadership position in a state legislature

SISTERS OF MERCY
Carry out the works of mercy in the community

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