2024 Honorees - Women Making Connections
Smittee Root
Hon. Justice Diane DeVasto
LaToya Young
Reverend Sharon Wickware
Tricia Billington
Dace Kidd
2024 Judith K. Guthrie Legacy of Service Award
Mechele Agbayani Mills
Past Honorees
The Women in Tyler luncheon has been honoring women since 1999. Past honorees are listed below.
2023 Honorees - Women Who Respond
Mireya Hicks, Mary Elizabeth Jackson, April Molina, Deborah Race, Everlean “Ebbie” Starling, Siretha Toston
2023 Judith K Guthrie Legacy of Service Award
Dr. Carolyn Harvey
2022 Honorees - Women with a Voice
Callynth Finney, Dr. Karen Jones, LaToyia Jordan, LaRhonda Hamilton, Nancy Arellano Rangel
2022 Judith K. Guthrie Legacy of Service Award
Shannon DacusShnnon Dacus
2020/2021 Women Who Turned the Tables
Laura Cano, Daye Collins, Cheryl Garmon, Yaziri “Yo” Orrostieta, Kristine Ross, Carol Swanson
Judith K. Guthrie Legacy of Service Award
Judith K. Guthrie
2019 Women With a Passion
Lela Eaves, Darlene Lewis, LaShonda Malrey-Horne, Wendi Rees, Dalila Reynoso, Molly Wyatt
2018 Women Who Light the Way
Betty Bower, Carolyn Brown, Anne DeLaet, Christina Fulsom, Margaret Perkins, Sonja Watson
2017 Women Who Make an Impact
Doris Batson, Susana Castro, Kui Cogan, Misti Ford, Dr. Dorothy Jackson, Jane Maley
2016 Women With a Cause
Debra Davis, Regina Davis, Gayle Helms, Maxine Herbst, Gillian Sheridan, Astilma Vargas
2015 Women with a Heart
Debbie Broughton, Ruth Flynn, Peaches Owen, Carmen Sosa, Phyllis Tindel, Alesha Williams
2014 Women Who Care
Beverly Beavers Brooks, Jennifer Carson, Jean Coleman, Verna Hall, Irma Rodriguez, Rebecca Taylor
2013 Women Who Do Amazing Things
Martha Berry, Dr. Jeanette Deas Calhoun, Betty Edwards, Dawn Franks, Mary Ann Girard, Christy Roach, Ella Tucker, Dr. Syntha West
2012 Women Who Give
Janet Hills, Sharon Howell, Vennie Jackson, Lisa Lujan, Bettye McDonald-Mitchell, Mechele Agbayani Mills, Johnnie Seastrunk, Sasha Vukelja, Jan Jones
2011 Women Who Mean Business
Debra Christian, Consuelo Correa, Susana Lopez Gann, Queena Mwanda, Alberta Perez, Laura Redman, Veretta Rider, Leigh Vickery, Laura Young
2010 Women Of Courage
Sgt. Yvette Allen, Sunny Davidson, Assistant Police Chief Diannia Jackson, Annorah Leach, Alma Orrostieta, Dr. Rae Smith, Mary Gean Smyth
2009 Women Who Are Driven
Margo Adams, Mitzi Arellano, Dee Brock, Myanh Bui, Jennifer Ware Cobbins, Texanna Crutchfield, Shannon Dacus, Sebetha Jenkins
2008 Women Who Made History
Linda Adams, Gracie Bazan, Rosa Sanchez Ferguson, Dorothy Franks, Janie Menegay, Flora Nauls, Jill Ramey, Margaret "Miggi" Wallender
2007 Women Who Have Triumphed
Prisca Barron, Dr. Angela Chambers, Karen Choice, Dr. Barbara Huggins, Cherie Paro, Reba Sorrells, Esperanza Taylor
2006 Women Who Took A Chance
Dr. Donna Franklin-Pitts, Dr. Henrietta Grooms, Rev. Pat Mallory, Charlene Milton, Dr. Sanober Mumtaz, Jeanne Rowlett, Kimberly Bush Tomio, Dolores Villanueva
2005 Women Who Inspire
Mary Burton, Ollie Crawford, Dr. Isaura Flores, Betty Hayes, Rosie Johnson, Christine Martin, Mary Jane McNamara, Maria Emma Nunn, Emma Wise
2004 Women Who Make Good Things Happen
Lillie Claybon, Nancy Crawford, Bridgette Franklin, Ana Fuggins, Nancy Lamar, Louise H. Ornelas, Anne Payne, Trenia Tillis
2003 Women Building Legacies
Joyce Buford, Elanor Cameron, Ann Campbell, Minnie M. Graham, Margarita de la Garza-Grahm, Joan Hallmark, Mary Kay Lust, LaVerne Madlock, Chris Selman, Willie Lee Glass, Gertrude Windsor
2002 Women In The Arts
Billie Brewster, Beth Brown, Thereza Bryce Cotes, Susan Campbell, Pam Irwin, Geneva Grainger, Kathy Herman, June Hillis, Barina Johnson, Nora McDaniel, Virginia McKee, Ann Miller, Rosalis Montgomery, Ruth Morrow, Philana Oliphant, Joyce Paro, Cheryl Rogers
2001 Women Working Wonders
Carol Cushman, Annette Findley, Freda Harder, Alta Harper, Jerri Horn, Billie Jenkins, Nancy Johnson, Grace Cooper Lamothe, Martha McCormick, Dorothy Pendleton, Ella Fay Perry, Ann Primer, Randi Russell, Mary Jane Williams, Nancy Wrenn
2000 Women Pioneers
Barbara Bass, Joan Brooks, Helen Campbell, Emma Keys Ford, Carolyn Harvey, Claudia Shapley Hill, LaJuanda Taylor Lacy, Dorothy Lee, Paula Lundberg-Love, Laura Mason, Orenthia Mason, Ellen Melton, Sister Honesta, Sandra Nauls-mast, Mary Owen, Stephanie Roberts, Betty Sizemore, Ruth Yeager
1999 Inaugural Honorees
47 Women Elected Officials