Women of Distinction
1993 – 2019
2019
Michelle
Gadsden-Williams
Managing Director – Human Resources, North America Inclusion & Diversity Lead Accenture
Sang J. Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Volta Talent Strategies, LLC; Co-Founder, jurdu.com; Co-Founder, SJL
Attorney Search, LLC
Carolyne Murff
Senior Vice President, Head of Asset Management, LS Power
Cara Stein
Chief Talent Officer, NBC Universal
Heidi Wood
Senior Vice President, Strategy and Technology, L3 Technologies
2018
Sandra Altine
Managing Director, Global Diversity and Inclusion, Moody’s
Suzanne Gluck
Co-Head, Worldwide Literary Department, WME
Hope Goldstein, CPA
Co-Partner-in-Charge, Nonprofit, Government & Healthcare Group, Marks Paneth
Renee LaRoche-Morris
Chief Operating Officer, BNY Mellon Investment Management
Alicia Tillman
Chief Marketing Officer, SAP
2017
Stacy W. Blain, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Co-founder, CONCARLO Holdings, LLC
Lorraine Chow Hansen
Head of Ultimate Rewards and Loyalty Solutions, Chase
Jessica Rodriguez
EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Univision Communications Inc.
Susanna M. Suh
Partner, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP
Sue Townsen
Partner, Advisory, & Chief Diversity Officer, KPMG LLP
2016
Leslie Dougherty Biddle
Partner, Serengeti Asset Management
Judith Harrison
Senior Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, Weber Shandwick
Elisa Padilla
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment
Stephanie K. Schnabel
Principal, Corporate Development Lead, KPMG LLP
Sylvia Smith
FAIA, LEED AP, Senior Partner, FXFOWLE
2015
Avon Products, Inc.
Sarah E. Cogan
Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Valerie Rainford
Managing Director, Banking Operations Executive, JPMorgan Chase
Karen Ross
President & CEO, Sharp Decisions
Deborah Snyder- Managing Director, Accenture
Tiffany R. Warren
Sr. VP, Chief Diversity Officer, Omnicom Group Founder & President, ADCOLOR
2014
Beth Bovis
Partner, A.T. Kearney
Elisabeth DeMarse
President, Chairman, & CEO, TheStreet, Inc.
Amy Hall
Director of Social Consciousness, EILEEN FISHER, Inc.
Amanda N. Persaud
Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, & Katz
Catherine Walsh
Chief Communications Officer, Coty Inc.
2013
Felita Harris
Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Donna Karan International
Samantha Kappagoda
Chief Economist, Risk Economics, Inc., Visiting Scholar, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Co-Lead Scientist, RiskEcon® Lab for Decision Metrics, NYU
Nicola Palmer
Chief Technical Officer, Verizon Wireless
Laurel Rossi
President, Havas Worldwide Strat Farm
Cheryl L. Swiatkowski
Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.
2012
Stephanie Breslow
Partner, Schulte Roth & Zabel
Linda M. Gadsby
VP & Deputy General Counsel, Scholastic Inc.
Tracey Gray-Walker
SVP & Chief Diversity Officer, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
Claudia Poccia
President & CEO, Gurwitch Products
Carol A. Sawdye
Chief Financial Officer and Vice Chair, PwC
2011
Sharon Bush
Founder and CEO, Teddy Share
Lauren Bush Lauren
CEO, Creative Director, Co-Founder, FEED Projects LLC
Beth McCabe
VP/Director, Social Marketing and Technology, Digitas
Ranjini Pillay
SVP, Chartis
Ann Shoket
Editor-in-Chief, Seventeen Magazine
2010
Terri D. Austin
Vice President, Diversity & Inclusion, The McGraw-Hill Company
Barbara J. Cooperman
Global Chief Marketing Officer, LexisNexis Group
Arlene Isaacs-Lowe
Senior Vice President, Moody’s Investors Services
Vanessa Lau
Group Chief Financial Officer, Alcoa
Nadja Swarovski
Vice President, International Communications and Creative Director, Swarovski
2009
Kathy Brand
Community Leader
Vita Harris
Chief Strategy Officer, Draftfcb New York
Nancy Hill
President, 4A’s
Liz Kaplow
President and CEO, Kaplow
Meredith Moore
Director of Global Diversity, Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP
Myrtle Potter
President and CEO, Myrtle Potter & Co.
Valerie Salembier
SVP and Publisher, Harper’s Bazaar
Susan Schor, PhD
Facilitating Leader and Chief Culture Officer, EILEEN FISHER
2008
Maryam Banikarim
Chief Marketing Officer, Univision Communications
Susan Chapman
Global Head of Operations & Global Project Management, Citi Realty Services
Wanda Hill
Managing Director/Director of Strategic Initiatives, BNY Mellon Wealth Management
Sara Queen
Senior Asset Manager, Brookfield Properties
Deborah Roberts
ABC News Correspondent/ Anchor
Shana M. Swanson
Civic Leader
2007
Dale B. Bernstein
EVP, Global Human Resources, NYSE Euronext
Kimberly Bishop
Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International
Lisa I. Cuevas
Director of Strategic Associate Programs, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Leslie A. Mays
Vice President, Global Diversity and Inclusion, Pfizer Inc.
The Hon. Christine C. Quinn
New York City Council Speaker
Davia Temin
President and CEO, Temin and Company, Incorporated
Linda Kaplan Thaler
CEO and Chief Creative Officer, The Kaplan Thaler Group
2006
Donna J. Blank
Chief Financial Officer, FGIC Corporation
Dr. Vishakha N. Desai
President, Asia Society
Heide L. Gardner
Vice President, Diversity Management, Interpublic Group
Patricia J. Lancaster
Commissioner Department of Buildings, City of New York
Louise M. Matthews
Vice President, Global Real Estate, Avon Products, Inc.
Wenda Harris Millard
Chief Sales Officer, Yahoo!
Tricia Tilford
Director of Financial Services Reporting and Analysis, Moody’s Corporation
2005
Maria Bartiromo
Host and Anchor, CNBC
Deborah I. Fine
CEO, Victoria’s Secret PINK, Limited Brands
Adrienne Germain
President, International Women’s Health Coalition
Nancy Glaser
SVP, Global Communications, Avon Products, Inc.
Wendy Lewis
VP, Strategic Planning, Recruitment & Diversity, Major League
Baseball
Warrie Price
Founder and President, The Battery Conservancy
2004
Diane T. Ashley
Vice President and Director of Citigroup Supplier Diversity
Madeline de Vries
Chairman and CEO, De Vries Public Relations
Cholene Espinoza
Captain, United Airlines
Atoosa Rubenstein
Editor-in-Chief, Seventeen Magazine
Lillian Vernon
Founder, Lillian Vernon Corporation
2003
Joanna Barsh
Director, McKinsey & Company
Carol Bellamy
Executive Director, UNICEF
Kathleen A. Corbet
Executive Vice President and CEO, Alliance Fixed Income Division, Alliance Capital Management, LP.
Marcelite J. Harris
Major General USAF (Retired); Former Chief of Staff, New York City Department of Education
Amy Herman
Head of Education, The Frick Collection
Anna Quindlen
Columnist and Novelist
Vicky Ramos
Division Sales Manager, Avon Products, Inc.
2002
Jane T. Elfers
President and CEO, Lord & Taylor
Joan Hamburg
A.M. Host, WOR Radio
Dr. Kerry Kelly
Chief Medical Officer, New York City Fire Department
Katherine N. Lapp
Executive Director and coo, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Claire P. McGrath
SVP and Deputy General Counsel, American Stock Exchange
Marie J. Toulantis
President and CEO, Barnes & Noble.com
Gerri Warren-Merrick
VP AOL Time Warner Community Relations and VP AOL Time Warner Foundation
2001
Trish McEvoy
Founder, Trish McEvoy Ltd.
Tracey S. McNamara, DVM
Head, Department of Pathology, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo
Shirley Rodriguez Remeneski
Deputy Commissioner, Office of Community Partnerships, New York City Department of Housing & Development
Joan Rivers
Businesswoman, Author, Comedienne, Actress, Playwright, and Mother
Terrie Williams
President and CEO, Terrie Williams Agency
Gail Steinel
Global Managing Partner, Andersen Business Consulting
2000
Jane Alexander
Author, Actress
Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford
Dean, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, New York University
Natasha Chen
Marketing Manager, Colgate-Palmolive
Mayra DiRico
Senior Vice President, HSBC Bank USA
Rossana Rosado
Publisher and CEO, el diario / LA PRENSA
Rebecca Tillet
Director, Event Marketing & Sponsorship, Pfizer Inc.
1999
Roz Abrams
Anchor, Channel 7 Eyewitness News
Mary Ann Crotty
Vice President of Operations, PB Aviation, Inc., Parsons Brinckerhoff
Barbara Paddock
Vice President, Chase
Lisa Quiroz
Publisher, PEOPLE en Espanol
Carol Reuter
President and CEO, New York Life Foundation
Deborah C. Wright
President and CEO, Carver Federal Saving Bank
1998
Kathy Dwyer
President, Revlon Consumer Products, USA
Emme
Plus-Size Fashion Model
Daisy Exposita-Ulla
President & Chief Creative Officer, The Bravo Group
Alanna Heiss
Founder & Director, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center and Clocktower Gallery in Manhattan
Westina Matthews
First Vice President & Senior Director of Corporate Responsibility, Merrill Lynch & Co.
Grete Waitz
New York City Marathon champion, Olympic Silver Medalist & World Record Breaker
1997
Toni G. Fay
Vice President, Community Relations, Time Warner Inc.
Mary Rose Main
National Executive Director, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A.
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Founder, Central Park Conservancy & Founder and President, Cityscape Institute
Mary Travers
Singer, Peter Paul and Mary
Lynette Woodard
Olympic Gold Medalist, WNBA Player and Stockbroker, Magna Securities
1996
Tina Chen
Actor, Director and Producer
Anne Kursinski
World Renowned Equestrian and Olympic Silver Medalist
Joanne Mazurki
Creator & Director, Avon’s Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade
Ganga Stone
Founder and President, God’s Love We Deliver
Leslie Uggams
Emmy Winning Actress and Singer
1995
Betty Buckley
Tony Award Winning Actress
Dr. Loraine E. Hale
Co-Founder, Hale House
Ann F. Kaplan
Partner, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Sandy Hill Pittman
Mountain Climber & Contributing Editor, Allure Magazine &
Conde Nast Traveler
Patrice Tanaka
CEO and Creative Director, PT & Co.
1994
Dr. Denise Barbut, M.R.C.P.
Professor of Neurology, New York Hospital
Mary Rodas
Vice President of Marketing, Catco, Inc.
Martha Stewart
Founder, Martha Stewart Living
Vera Wang
Designer and Founder, Vera Wang
Rolonda Watts
Nationally Syndicated Talk Show Host
1993
Camille Duval-Hero
Five-Time World Champion Water Skier
Janet Fish
Painter
Sally Hernandez-Pinero
Chairwoman, New York City Housing Authority
Darla D. Moore
Managing Director, Chemical Bank’s Retail Industries Group
Phylicia Rashad
Award Winning Actress, Singer and Dancer