Salute to Women Hall of Fame

The annual Salute to Women awards dinner has been showcasing powerful, inspiring and dedicated female leaders in the Greater Lafayette community since 1974. More than 300 incredible, local women now make up the Salute to Women Hall of Fame. Every single Salute to Women honoree has made the Greater Lafayette community better for women by striving to uphold the YWCA mission of empowering women and eliminating racism.

Verna Abe
Mary Keller Ade – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Florence Adibou
Pennie Ainsworth
DaVida Anderson
Sylvia Anderson
Nancy Allman
Mary Ilu Altman
Maricela Alvarado – Woman of Innovation
Lori Amick
Jean Andres
Mary Anthrop
Lifcha Apler
Alice Arthur
Judith Asem – Woman of Promise

Paula Baitinger
Amanda Balser, Woman of Innovation
Beth Bangs
Marion Barber
Agnes Bass
Naomi Beck
Allison Beggs
Sarah Bender
Cathy Benner
Kristy Blair, Woman of Promise
Phyllis Boehning
Irene Bolin
Betty Bolyard
Sana Booker
Janet Boston
Jane Boswell
Linda Bowman
Betty Boyer
Pat Braun
Felice Bray
Kat Braz – Woman of Innovation
Mildred Breen
Emily Bristow – Woman of Promise
JoAnn Brouillette
Reverend Susan Brouillette
CJ Brown
Sarah S. Brown
Cherrie Buckley
Patrice Buzzanell
Helena Byers
Sally Byrn

Elizabeth Carpenter
Susan Carr
Ruth Cavanaugh
Jane Chandler
Susan Chavers
Marcia Cherry
Martha Chiscon
Nancy Christmas
Barbara Clark
Helen Clark
Cynthia Clingner
Christa Coffey
Linda Cohen – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Joni Comstock
Julie Ann Conlon
Susie Conrad
Barbara Cook – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Harriet Coppoc
Clara Cordova Montejo – Woman of Innovation
Marie Corley
Martha Cox
Louise Crooks
Nancy Cross

Pamela K. Dahnke
Kathy Dale
Gwen Daniel – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Carol Davidson
Ruth Davidson
Paula Davis
Roberta Deagan
Anne DeCamp
Kathy Delaney
Carol Dewey
Sally Dodds Combs
Tracy Dodds
Elizabeth
Doversberger
Sally Downham Miller
Johanna Downie
Lyn Doyle
Sharon DressenMcKnight
Peg Dunkle
Lin Dunn

Shirley Eads
Fay Ebrite
Regan Eckstein
Loraine Edwards
Anne-Marie Egan – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Marge Ehresman
Zenephia E. Evans

Carolyn Featherstone
Evelyn Felker
Angie Ferguson
Sharon Fletcher
Aggie Floyd
Patricia Foerg
Thometra Foster
Mary Ruth Fouts
Patti Frist
Phyllis Fry
Mary E. Fuqua

Jessica Gall – Woman of Promise
Jean Gamble
Frances Gaylord
Ebba Gebisa – Woman of Promise
LaNelle E. Geddes
Nola Gentry
Rose George
Katherine Gertzen
Kathleen Gibson
Mildred Gillespie
Annette C. Goben
Dr. Irene Gordon
Marge Gosney
Louise Grier
Marge Griffith
Gail Gripe
Melissa Gruver – Woman of Innovation

Debra Hafenbridle
Dr. Sarah Halberg, DO
Margaret Hand
Sadie Harper-Scott
Mary G. Hart
Persis Haas Newman
Helen Hayden
Susan Orr Henderson
Nancee Hetrick
Regina Todd Hicks
Jean Hilkert
Pauline G. Hill
Khala Hochstedler, Woman of Innovation
Carolyn Sue Holder
Virginia I. Holowenko
Peggy Hoover Bryan
Catherine Hostetter
Tamara House
Cindy Houseman
Tiffany Howey
Gloria Huffman
Katie B. Hunter

Katy Ibrahim
Maggie Ingleman – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Margery Ismail
Lynn Isenbarger

Veronica Jalomo
Dr. Leah H. Jamieson – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Patty Jischke
Carolyn Johnson
Helen Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Carolyn Jones – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Ruth Jones
Mary Ann Junius

Carolyn Kamp
Lillian Kaplan
Kristel Kaye
Leta S. Kelley – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Barbara Kerkhoff
Gail Kirkpatrick
Avanelle Kirksey
Sheila Klinker
Stephanie Knoth – Woman of Innovation
Carolyn Kochert
Cynthia Koh-Knox Sharp
Michelle Kreinbrook

Dolores La Baw
Marqueta D. Landis
Jennifer Layton
Lynn Layden
Grayce Lechtenberg – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Tetia Lee
Natalie Leimkuhler
Lucie Lévy
Joan Long
Mayda Low
Shelley Lowenberg DeBoer
Katie Ly – Woman of Promise

Mary Mann
Sonya Margerum
Inge Dawn Maresh
Sgt. Cindy Marion
Roberta Marks
Fern Martin
Sharon Martin
Lucille Mason
Barbara L. Masterson – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
June Mathews Stuckey
Kathy Matter
Kathy Mayer
Alice Mayerstein
Carolyn Mayes
Marie L. McCorkle
Susan McCully
Harriett E. McDowell
Sherry McLauchlan
Dr. Deanna McMillan
Amanda McNeff – Woman of Innovation
D. J. McPherson
Judge Kristen McVey
Hanna Meissner
Dorothy Mennen – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Carol Mertler
Lorna Meyers
Betty Michael
Patricia Millard
JoAnn Rita Miller
Devon Moore
Pamela Mow
Mary Jane Mowle
Toni Munguia
Cindy Murray
Aida Muñoz

Virginia Nead
Mary Alice Nebold – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Barbara A. Nelson
Betty M. Nelson
Jeanette W. Nelson – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Mariellen M. Neudeck
Tammi J. Nice
Jane Nichols
Kimber Nicoletti
Kathy Nimmer
Jeanne Norberg

Patti O’Callaghan
June Ogborn
Christine O’Hara
Peggy Owen

Vanessa Pacheco – Woman of Innovation
Judith Painter
Penny Parmenter
Grace Paton, Woman of Promise
Venetria Patton
Susan Peak
Sandra Pearlman
Carolyn Pearson
Sandra Peticolas
Juanita H. Pollock
Julie Pope
Cathy Potter
Sarah Powley
Carol Price
Jo-Ann Price
Jamie Proffitt – Woman of Innovation
Joyce Provo – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom

Karah Rawlings, Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Mary Reece
Betty Reed, Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Dorothy Reed, Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Barbara Reif, Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Sue M. Reser
Eleanor Riggs
Margret G. Robb
Linda Rohrman
Erica Rose
Betty J. Rowe
Willie Jean Ruppert
Loretta Rush

Helen B. Schleman
Sue Scholer
Martha Schrader
Megan Shupe
Sarah Schwarz
Ashley Scott
Sue Scott
LaVaughn T. Semmes
Linda Sharp
Ruth E. Shedd
Diane Sheehan
Christine Sheetz
Pauline Shen
Judith Shook
Patricia Short – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Mary Pat Siczek
Mary Frances Smith
Christy Smith
Julie Smith
Kathy Smith
Susan Snyder
Elizabeth Solberg
Linda M. Sorensen – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Mary Jo Sparrow – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Frances M. Stafford
Elaine Stahl
Allison Steele – Woman of Promise
Lori Stein Sabol
Patricia Stephenson
Maxine Stevens
Erika Steuterman
Libbie Stoddard
Charlene F. Stone
Beverley Stone
Leota Storms
Janet Stroud
Linda Stump
Mary E. Sturgeon
Claudia L. Suarez
Mangala Subramaniam
A. Charlene Sullivan
Alice L. Sullivan
Melissa Swathwood

Marge Taber
Angela Tamer – Woman of Innovation
Cindy Taylor
Mindy Thacker – Woman of Promise
Rita Thacker
Renee Thomas
Nancy Tobias
Marguerite Trachtman
Margaret S. Trimmer
Kathryn Trout
Patti P. Truitt
Kathy Tuite

Jackie Ullman

Helen VanHook
Dana Vann
Mary Vaughan
Sharon Versyp
JoAnn L. Vorst

Tenecia S. Waddell – Woman of Innovation
Jo Wade
Emily Wadsworth
Mallori Walker
Cicely Ward – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Sharita Ware
Lois Wark
Sally Watlington – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Ginny Webb
Cecilia Weber
Anita Werling
Trudi Wildfeuer
Barbara Wilson
Maxine Wilson – Mary Keller Ade, MD, Woman of Wisdom
Toyinda Wilson-Long – Woman of Innovation
Arletta Winrow
Janet Winslow
Barbara Wintz
Ardis Wipf
Virgene Ann Wolfelt
Paula Woods
Susan Woodson
Linda K. Workman
Alice Wright
Gladys Wright
Cathy Wright-Eger

X,Y, Z

Marjorie Young
Marilyn Ziemer
Cecilia Zissis

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