Programs & Events

Achievement in Management, Private Sector
Joanne Jaxtimer, SVP, Director of Corporate Affairs
Mellon Financial Corporation

Achievement in Management, Government
Stephanie Lovell, First Assistant Attorney General
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Achievement in Management, Non-Profit
Sandra Fenwick, Chief Operating Officer
Children’s Hospital Boston

Achievement in the Professions
Michele Whitham, Co-Managing Partner
Foley Hoag LLP

Achievement in Arts & Education
Marita Rivero, VP & General Manager
WGBH

Achievement in Entrepreneurship
Anne Bailey Berman, President & CEO
Chadwick Martin Bailey

Emerging Executive
Melissa Palmer, Senior Manager
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Lifetime Achievement
Swanee Hunt, President
Hunt Alternatives Fund

Achievement in Entrepreneurship
Donna Latson Gittens, Founder and CEO
causemedia, inc.

Achievement in Management - Private Sector
Cheryl A. LaFleur, President, New England Distribution
National Grid

Achievement in Management - Government
Kathleen M. O’Toole, Police Commissioner
Boston Police Department

Achievement in the Professions
Marianne Ajemian, Esq., Partner
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Achievement in Arts & Education
Libbie J. Shufro, President and CEO
Boston Center for the Arts

Emerging Executive
Julie Anne Smith, Vice President, Global Marketing Genzyme Corporation

Lifetime Achievement
Cathy Minehan, President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Achievement in Entrepreneurship
Maryanne Cataldo, CEO & Founder
City Lights Electrical Company, Inc.

Achievement in Management - Private Sector
Donna C. Cupelo, Region President - Massachusetts &
Rhode Island
Verizon Communications

Achievement in Management - Government
Barbara J. Boylan, Director of Design
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Achievement in Management - Non-Profit
Joan Wallace-Benjamin, Ph.D.
President & CEO
The Home for Little Wanderers

Achievement in Arts & Education
Jill Medvedow, James Sachs Plaut Director
The Institute for Contemporary Art

Achievement in Entrepreneurship
Pamela G. McDermott, Founder and President
McDermott Ventures, LLC

Achievement in Management - Private Sector
Heather P. Campion, Group Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Affairs
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Achievement in Management - Government
Middlesex District Attorney Martha Coakley

Achievement in Management - Non-Profit Jeraldine (Jerry) Martinson, Executive Director
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston

Excellence in Arts & Education
Sister Janet Eisner, SND, President
Emmanuel College

Emerging Executive
Noriko Miyakoda Hall, Vice President
Tishman Construction Corporation of New England

Lifetime Achievement
Jackie Jenkins-Scott, President and CEO
Dimock Community Health Center

Achievement in Management - Private Sector
Anne Finucane, Director and Executive Vice President, Corporate Marketing and Communications
FleetBoston Financial

Achievement in Management - Non-Profit
Deborah C. Jackson, CEO
American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay

Emerging Executive
Andrea C. Silbert, Founder & CEO
Center for Women & Enterprise

Achievement in Business
Vicki Donlan
CEO, Founder, Owner, Publisher
Women@s Business LLC

Achievement in Management ‑ Private Sector
Karen Kaplan
President, Boston Office
Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos, Inc.

Achievement in Management ‑ Government
Charlotte Golar Richie
Chief of Housing, City of Boston
Director, Department of Neighborhood Development

Achievement in Management ‑ Non‑Profit
Charlayne Murrell‑Smith
Vice President, External Relations
The Children’s Museum

Emerging Executive
Lisa A. Brothers
Vice President & COO
Judith Nitsch Engineering, Inc.

Achievement in Management ‑ Private Sector
Gayle B. Farris, President
Forest City Enterprises‑Boston

Achievement in Management ‑ Government
Merita A. Hopkins, Corporation Counsel
City of Boston

Achievement in Management ‑ Non‑Profit
Elizabeth G. Reilinger, Ph.D.
President & CEO
Crittenton Hastings House

Achievement in the Professions
Regina M. Pisa
Chairman & Managing Partner
Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP

Emerging Executive
Karyn M. Wilson
Vice President of Marketing
ZEFER Corporation

Achievement in Management ‑ Private Sector
Geri Denterlein, President
Denterlein Worldwide

Achievement in Management ‑ Government
Lucy V. Shorter
Director Marketing Communications
MBTA

Achievement in Management ‑ Non‑Profit Sector
Ellen M. Zane
Network President
Partners HealthCare System, Inc.

Achievement in the Professions
Diane Hobbs,Partner
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP

Emerging Executive
Carol Fulp, Second Vice President Community Relations
John Hancock Financial Services

Achievement in Business
Colette Phillips, President and CEO
Colette PhillipsCommunications, Inc.

Achievement in Management ‑ Private Sector
Gail Deegan, Executive Vice President and CFO
Houghton Mifflin Company

Achievement in Management ‑ Government
Gloria C. Larson, Esq.
Co‑Chair, Government Strategies Group
Foley, Hoag and Eliot

Achievement in Management ‑ Non‑Profit Sector
Ruth Ann Moriarty
Executive Director
Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston

Achievement in the Professions
Elizabeth K. Levin
Senior Vice President, Principal
Rizzo Associates, Inc.

Emerging Executive
Karen Kruck, Vice President and General Manager
Xerox of New England

Lifetime Achievement
Vivian Wenhuay Chen Huang
Chairman of the Board and President
Asian American Bank & Trust Company

Achievement in Business
Jane C. Edmonds, President and CEO
Jane C. Edmonds and Associates, Inc.

Achievement in Management ‑ Private Sector
Nancy L. Leaming, President and COO
Tufts Associated Health Plan, Inc.

Achievement in Management ‑ Government
Mary Lou K. Crane, New England Director
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Achievement in Management ‑ Non‑Profit Sector
Joanne K. Hilferty, President and CEO
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries

Achievement in the Professions
Mary K. Ryan, Partner
Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP

Emerging Executive
Lisa K. Matthews, Principal
Phoenix Home Life Insurance Company

Lifetime Achievement
Sherry H. Penney, Chancellor
University of Massachusetts Boston

Achievement in Management ‑ Private Sector
Patricia Hanratty
Senior Vice President
Fleet Bank

Achievement in Management ‑ Non‑Profit Sector
Karen L. Wakefield, Executive Director
STEP, Inc.

Emerging Executive
Mara G. Aspinall
Director of Client Services
Hale and Dorr LLP

Lifetime Achievement
Joyce L. Plotkin, President
Massachusetts Software Council, Inc.

Achievement in Management ‑ Private Sector
Dorothy A. Terrell, President
Sun Microsystems/Sun Express

Achievement in Management ‑ Non‑Profit Sector
Evelyn Friedman‑Vargas, Executive Director
Nuestra Comunidad

Excellence in Business ‑Ten or more years
Dusty S. Rhodes, President
Conventures, Inc.

Excellence in Business ‑Two to nine years
Nancy J. Connolly, President and Co‑Founder
Lasertone Corporation

Excellence in Management ‑ Private Sector
Diane Capstaff, Executive Vice President Corporate Sector
John Hancock Financial Services

Excellence in Management ‑Non‑Profit Sector
Laura M. Watkins, Executive Director & CEO
Patriots@ Trail Girl Scout Council

Emerging Executive
Vikki L. Pryor
Senior Vice President, Operations & Systems
Blue Cross Blue Shield

Lifetime Achievement
Martha L. Rothman
President
Rothman, Rothman, Heineman Architects, Inc.