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2009 Pinnacle Awards
Achievement in Management, Private Sector
Julie Kahn, Vice President / New England Market Manager
Entercom New England
Achievement in Management, Government
Luisa Paiewonsky, Commissioner
Massachusetts Highway Department
Achievement in Management, Non-Profit
Mimi La Camera, President
The Freedom Trail Foundation
Achievement in the Professions
Diane Patrick, Partner
Ropes & Gray LLP
Excellence in Arts & Education
Linda Edmonds Turner, Ph.D., President
Urban College of Boston
Achievement in Entrepreneurship
Andrea Cohen, Co-Founder & CEO
HouseWorks
Emerging Executive
Susan Esper, Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Lifetime Achievement
Myra Kraft, President
New England Patriots Charitable Foundation
2008 Pinnacle Awards
Achievement in Management, Private Sector
Maura Banta, Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs Regional Manager
IBM
Achievement in Management, Government
Leslie Kirwan, Secretary of Administration & Finance
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Achievement in Management, Non-Profit
Catherine D'Amato, President & CEO
The Greater Boston Food Bank
Achievement in the Professions
Paula Johnson, MD, MPH, Chief of Women's Health
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Achievement in Arts & Education
Dr. Jacqueline Weis Liebergott, President
Emerson College
Achievement in Entrepreneurship
Kip Hollister, Founder & CEO
Hollister, Inc.
Emerging Executive
Kim Steimle, EVP Marketing, Business Development & Community Relations
Suffolk Construction Company, Inc.
Lifetime Achievement
Natalie Jacobson
2007 Pinnacle Awards
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
2006 Pinnacle Awards
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 Management - Non-Profit
JudyAnn Bigby, M.D., Medical Director, Community Health Programs
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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
2005 Pinnacle Awards
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
Emerging Executive
Zamawa Arenas, Principal
ARGUS
Lifetime Achievement
Marion L. Heard, President & CEO
Oxen Hill Partners
2004 Pinnacle Awards
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
2003 Pinnacle Awards
Achievement in Business
Joan N. Gardner, President
Applied Geographics, Inc.
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
Lifetime Achievement
Benaree P. Wiley, President & CEO
The Partnership, Inc.
2002 Pinnacle Awards
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
Achievement in the Professions
Dale Rogers Marshall
President
Wheaton College
Emerging Executive
Lisa A. Brothers
Vice President & COO
Judith Nitsch Engineering, Inc.
Lifetime Achievement
Elaine Ullian
President & CEO
Boston Medical Center
2001 Pinnacle Awards
Achievement in Business
Harron Ellenson,President
Harron & Associates
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
Lifetime Achievement
Anna Faith Jones, President & CEO
The Boston Foundation
2000 Pinnacle Awards
Achievement in Business
Patricia Arredondo
President
Empowerment Workshops
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
Lifetime Achievement
Micho F. Spring, President & Partner
BSMG Worldwide
1999 Pinnacle Awards
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
1998 Pinnacle Awards
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
1997 Pinnacle Awards
Achievement in Business
Joanna T. Lau
President & Chairman
LAU Technologies
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.
Achievement in the Professions
Ruth E. Fitch, Partner
Palmer & Dodge LLP
Emerging Executive
Mara G. Aspinall
Director of Client Services
Hale and Dorr LLP
Lifetime Achievement
Joyce L. Plotkin, President
Massachusetts Software Council, Inc.
1996 Pinnacle Awards
Achievement in Business
Donna M. Cabral, President
Photo Image Plus
Rosemary Jordano,President
Children First, 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
Achievement in the Professions
Carolyn Hendrie, Principal
ADD Inc
Emerging Executive
Alison Alden, Senior Vice President
Boston Edison Company
Lifetime Achievement
Margaret A. McKenna, President
Lesley College
1995 Pinnacle Awards
(Women of Excellence)
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.