Women+girls (W+g) Sisterhood Spotlight

Tracy Payne

Young Life Leader

Nicole Overley

Commissioner of Virginia Works

Elisabeth Karry Foley

Devoted wife, mother, and barista

Ann LeBlanc

Cofounder and President of Mercy Chefs

Jen Kiggans

Congresswoman of Virginia’s Second District 

Maralee Gutierrez Cruz

Founder and Executive Director of Comunidad

Dr. Verletta White

Superintendent of Roanoke City Public Schools

Karleen Wolanin

Founder of Virginia Fentanyl and Substance Awareness (VFSA)

Lori Collier Waran

President, Richmond Raceway

Starla Mills

FBI Intelligence Analyst

Trisha Whisenant

Advocate for surviving families of Public Safety Officers

Angela J. Porter

Director of Suicide Prevention and Opioid Addiction Services (SOS) with the Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS)

Katie Rose

Miss Virginia 2023

Touch Pen

Owner of Touch Pen Custom Sewing

Elly Cetin

Firefighter and EMT with Hanover Fire-EMS

Aponi Brunson

Assistant Director of Programs at SwimRVA

Cecilia Glembocki

Executive Director of the Virginia Egg Council

Kelly Gee

Secretary of the Commonwealth

Dr. Octavia Reed Wynn

Associate Chief Nursing Officer at Bon Secours Southside Medical Center in Petersburg, VA

Allison Shelton

Rita McClenny

President and CEO of the Virginia Tourism Corporation

Janel Keaton

Dr. Sandy Chung

Founder and Medical Director, Virginia Mental Health Access Program

Kathleen Arnold

Visionary Advisor, The Lampstand

Sara Moncrieff

Puritan Cleaners, Marketing and Community Relations Specialist

Shari Berman

Owner of cater613

Melanie Protti-Lawrence

President of Lawrence Brothers, Inc.

Olivia Bailey

Director of Marketing for Friends of Southwest Virginia

Katherine Knoble

Director of Community and Volunteer Engagement at Capital Caring Health

Janet Kelly

Special Advisor for Children and Families in the Governor’s Administration

Melanie Natoli

Winemaker and Vineyard Manager at Cana Vineyards & Winery of Middleburg

Tara Daudani

Breast Cancer Survivor, Advocate, and Founder of Lend Them a Helping Hand, Inc.

Astrid Gámez

Founder and Executive Director of Family Services Network

Nanci Hardwick

CEO of MELD® Manufacturing and Aeroprobe Corporation

Gabriela Chambers

Fourth Grade Teacher at Gilbert Linkous Elementary School

Evangeline "Angela" Cuyno Boers

Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Carrie Roth

Commissioner of the Virginia Employment Commission

Rebecca Holmes

Executive Director, Highlands Community Services

Dr. Lisa Coons

Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction

Maria Reardon

Artist in the Art Experience at Virginia’s Executive Mansion

Julie Bilodeau

CEO of CrossOver Health Care Ministry

Camille Cooper

VP Anti-Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation, Tim Tebow Foundation

Kathryn C. Thornton

Former NASA Astronaut & Teacher

Stephanie Spencer

Founder & Executive Director, Urban Baby Beginnings

Amy Sidwar-Seaver

Farrier and Business Owner

Tamisha Love

Garrison Command Sergeant Major

Tanya Gould

Anti-Human Trafficking Director for the Attorney General of Virginia

Tequisha Stiles

Region 8 English Teacher named Regional Teacher of the Year

Jean Case

Chairman of National Geographic and CEO of the Case Impact Network

Bre Kingsbury

Angie Grant

Shannon Doyle

Bershan Shaw

Motivational speaker, coach and women’s advocate

Cherry Dale

Vice President of Financial Education, Virginia Credit Union

Jill Cichowicz

Creator and Founder, 2 End The Stigma and A Night For Scott

Brenda Solomon

Co-founder, Jill’s House

Christy Huffman Kerr

Teacher and Agriculture Education Advocate

Katherine A. Rowe

President of William & Mary

Dr. Shawnrell Blackwell

Professional Curator and Motivational Speaker

Ayana Johnson

Miss Virginia’s Outstanding Teen

Lynette L. Allston

VMFA Board of Trustees President

Laurie Francis

Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security

Dr. Valerie K. Brown

Executive Pastor of The Mount Global Fellowship of Churches

Bonnie Carroll

TAPS President and Founder

Kelly Till

President and Publisher of the Richmond Times-Dispatch

Delaine Mazich

Dr. Latitia D. McCane

Director of Education for The Apprentice School at Newport News Shipbuilding

Dolores Williams Bumbrey

Visual Artist

Carmen Williams

Departamento de Justicia Juvenil

Margaret Hancock

Executive Director of the Virginia Commission for the Arts

Miriam Miyares

Dona Rodgers

Co-Founder and President of Morgan’s Message

Jillian Balow

Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction

Georgia Esposito

Director of The Virginia Executive Mansion

Aimee Rogstad Guidera

Secretary of Education

Caren Merrick

Secretary of Commerce and Trade

Irma Becerra Ph.D.

President of Marymount University

Annie Walker

Deputy Commissioner

Kay Coles James

Secretary of the Commonwealth

Margaret “Lyn” McDermid

Secretary of Administration

Winsome Earle-Sears

Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

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