Class of 2018 Career Mastered Women’s History Leadership in Action Honorees
Career Mastered National Living Legend
- Denise Nicholas, Actress, Author, Activist
North Carolina Career Mastered Honorees:
Game Changer Award
- Honorable Mayor Vi Lyles, City of Charlotte
Distinguished Leadership Award
- Debra Plousha Moore, System Chief of Staff Atrium Health
Educational Leadership Award
- Danielle Belton, Principal, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, Paw Creek Elementary
Leadership in Action Awards
- Colonel Barbara Doncaster, Vice Commander 145 Airlift Wing, NC Air National
- Veronica (Vicki) Foster, Assistant Chief of Police, Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department
- Michelle Keaton-Barrow, CEO, Keaton Barrow Realty. Inc.
- Kim Marks, Principal, Progressive AE
- Nancy Olah, Founding Attorney and LEED© AP, Nancy Olah Law
- Holly Welch Stubbing, EVP Foundation for the Carolinas; Interim CEO, E4E Relief
- Wanda Townsend, Partner, Parker Poe
- Angela Woods, CEO, Girl Scouts, Hornets’ Nest Council
- Bridget-Anne Hampden, President & CEO, JHR & Associates, LLC.
Emerging Leader Awards
- LeShanda Davis, Senior ER Manager, Aerotek Staffing
- Bobbi Jo Lazarus, CPA/Shareholder, Elliott Davis
- Jessica Medlin, Vice President, ECM Solutions
- Ashley Holder, Sports Anchor/Report, WCCB-TV
Michigan Career Mastered Honorees:
Game Changer Award
- Honorable Deirdre Waterman, Mayor, City of Pontiac
Distinguished Leadership Award
- Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, President, Oakland University
Trailblazer Award
- Sharon Madison, CEO, Madison & Madison International
Leadership in Action Awards
- Nina Abubakari, Executive Director, Advantage Health Center
- Pamela Alexander, Director, Community Development, Ford Motor Company
- Carla Bailo, President & CEO, Center for Automotive Research
- Janice Cosby, Chief Marketing Officer, Ascension Michigan
- Donna Joseph, President DMJ Group, President NAWBO Greater Detroit
- Christine Moore, Executive Vice President and General Auditor, Comerica Bank
- Keasha Risby, Owner, Beautiful Brides
Emerging Leader Awards
- Nailah Ellis Brown, CEO, Ellis Infinity Company
- Kelli Coleman, President & Founder, KM Coleman Group
- Amanda Lewan, Co-Founder, Bamboo Detroit
- Meagan Ward, Owner, Creatively Flawless
Women Supporting Women Group Award
Dare Divas International, LLC.
- Angenette Frink, Assistant General Counsel for Guardian Industries Holdings, LLC.
- Sheri Hunter, President of Lyons Hunter Media Group, LLC.
- Brenda Jegede, Manager, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Mia Lewis, Audit Manager, Ally Financial Inc.
New York Career Mastered Honorees:
Game Changer Award
- Rashida Jones, Senior Vice President, Specials, NBC News & MSNBC
Distinguished Leadership Award
- Jennifer Carey, CEO, JLC Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Trailblazer Award
- Faith Hope Consolo, Chairman Retail Leasing, Marketing and Sales Division, Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Leadership in Action Awards
- Beena Ammanath, Global VP, AI, Data and Innovation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Jess Edelstein, Co-Founder, PiperWai
- Laura Coates, Legal Analyst, CNN; SiriusXM Host
- Kelley Cornish, SVP, Head of US Diversity & Inclusion, TD Bank
- De Ann Nicholas, Chief Financial Officer, EG+
- Wykeeta Peel, Corporate Vice President, New York Life Insurance
- Kimberly Perry, Founder, Fresh Lifestyle Magazine
- Sarah Ribner, Co-Founder, PiperWai
- Victoria Thrasher, Group Vice President Americas HR, Oracle