Circle of Excellence

To be inducted into the Circle of Excellence, one must be honored by Maryland’s Top 100 Women three times. The following women —because of their professional, civic and mentoring achievements year in and year out — hold that special distinction.

  • Janet D. Allan
  • Dr. Sharon D. Allison-Ottey
  • Sr. Helen Amos
  • Floraine B. Applefeld
  • Katherine B. Armstrong
  • Joan I. Athen
  • Vicki Ballou-Watts
  • Traci A. Barnett
  • Lynne A. Battaglia
  • R Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz
  • Joyce K. Becker
  • R Diane Bell-McKoy
  • Helen Delich Bentley
  • R Cathy Bernard
  • Marielsa A. Bernard
  • Judy L. Bixler
  • Laura B. Black
  • Brenda J. Bodian
  • Ellen C. Bogage
  • Patricia J. Bonacorda
  • Joann Ashley Boughman
  • Dyan L. Brasington
  • Jane M. Brewer
  • Lynne G. Brick
  • Edith B. Brown
  • Elizabeth J. Buck
  • Jennifer Burdick
  • Carolyn T. Burridge
  • Shirley Burrill
  • Hon. Cynthia Callahan
  • Ellen A. Callegary
  • Constance R. Caplan
  • Sharon M. Caplan
  • Eleanor M. Carey
  • Jana Howard Carey
  • Diane Elizabeth Cho
  • Alice P. Clark
  • Nancy R. Cohen
  • R Suzanne Cohen
  • Joan Develin Coley
  • Shirley D. Collier
  • Rita Rossi Colwell
  • Veronica Cool
  • Harriet E. Cooperman
  • Patricia Cornish
  • Lorraine Adele Costella
  • Isabel Mercedes Cumming
  • Elizabeth S. Dana
  • Brenda A. Dandy
  • Deborah H. Devan
  • Roberta E. Dillow
  • Donora “Donni” Dingman
  • Sheila Dixon
  • Ann Marie Doory
  • Frances Murphy Draper
  • Barbara Perrier Dreyer
  • R Janet Dudley-Eshbach
  • Kathleen M. Dumais
  • Lynne M. Durbin
  • Adelaide C. Eckardt
  • Susan C. Elgin
  • Lois S. Elkin
  • Judith C. Ensor
  • Catherine A. Evans
  • Dorothy Fait
  • Ellen R. Fish
  • Hon. Nancy Floreen
  • Jennie M. Forehand
  • R T. Eloise Foster
  • Claire Marie Fraser
  • Kathleen O’Ferrall Friedman
  • R Kathryn Freeland
  • R Hon. Karen Friedman
  • Andrea Leahy-Fucheck
  • Judith P. Fulton
  • Ann T. Gallant
  • Susan J. Ganz
  • Jan Gardner
  • Susan K. Gauvey
  • Barbara A. Gehrig
  • T. Sue Gladhill
  • Teri M. Guarnaccia
  • R Carla Hayden
  • Margaret Hayes
  • Martha N. Hill
  • Frances Hughes Glendening
  • Sandra P. Gohn
  • Marilyn R. Goldwater
  • Joan B. Gordon
  • Toby A. Gordon
  • Cassandra Gottlieb
  • Julia W. Gouge
  • Michelle A. Gourdine
  • Nancy S. Grasmick
  • Sandra N. Harriman
  • C. Sue Hecht
  • Barbara R. Heller
  • Ellen Moses Heller
  • Marie C. Henderson
  • Bonnie K. Heneson
  • Elizabeth M. Hewlett
  • Ethel B. Hill
  • Betty J. Hines
  • Sheila E. Hixson
  • Barbara A. Hoffman
  • Marcella A. Holland
  • Ellen L. Hollander
  • Paula Colodny Hollinger
  • Helen Lara Holton
  • Jennie C. Hunter-Cevera
  • Marian Cecilia Hwang
  • Dawn S. Hyde
  • Donna Leah Jacobs
  • Kyri L. Jacobs
  • Deborah E. Jennings
  • Luwanda Walker Jenkins
  • Patricia Coats Jessamy
  • Dr. Carolyn  Johnston
  • Adrienne A. Jones
  • Karen Kauffman
  • Barbara Brotman Kaylor
  • Susan C. Keating
  • Delores Goodwin Kelley
  • Marcy K. Kolodny
  • Rose G. Krasnow
  • Hon. Sherrie Lavine Krauser
  • Patricia McHugh Lambert
  • Paula A. Langmead
  • R Gloria Larkin
  • Corinna E. Lathan
  • Hon. Theresa Lawler
  • Linda Thater Layton
  • Hon. Diane Leasure
  • Lainy M. Lebow-Sachs
  • Dorothy J. Lennig
  • Cynthia L. Leppert
  • Susan P. Leviton
  • Barbara B. Lucas
  • Vicki Ann Lucas
  • Malynda Hawes Madzel
  • Susan S. Magazine
  • Pamela Lynn Malester
  • Dr. Leslie D. Mancuso
  • Adrienne A. Mandel
  • Becky J. Mangus
  • Joan Marshall
  • R Martina Martin
  • Marilyn D.Maultsby
  • Lois A. Fenner McBride
  • Sister Patricia Marie McCarron
  • Carolyn McGuire-Frenkil
  • R Hon. Maggie McIntosh
  • Content McLaughlin
  • M. Natalie McSherry
  • Julie Mercer
  • Bonnae J.Meshulam
  • Barbara A. Mikulski
  • E. Suzan Miller
  • Patricia “Trish” A. Miller
  • Patricia J. Mitchell
  • Rachel Garbow Monroe
  • Michelle Lamb Moone
  • Dana Petersen Moore
  • Elizabeth M. Morgan
  • Elise Davison Morris
  • Ellen O.Moyer
  • M. Brook Murdock
  • Sheela Murthy
  • Shirley A. Nathan-Pulliam
  • Betsy S. Nelson
  • Marie L. Noplock
  • Charlene R. Nunley
  • Sandy S. Pagnotti
  • Carol S. Parham
  • Suzanne H. Pearce
  • Laura Thul Penza
  • R. Kathleen Perini
  • Cynthia L. Perini
  • Bonnie Lamdin Phipps
  • Sharon R. Pinder
  • Joan B. Pitkin
  • Joanne Pollak
  • Marilyn J. Praisner
  • Mary Louis Preis
  • Margaret-Mary V. Preston
  • Louna S. Primm
  • Randi Alper Pupkin
  • Irma S. Raker
  • H. Frances Reaves
  • Eileen M. Rehrmann
  • Donna L. Reihl
  • Judy Akila Reitz
  • Donna LaVerne Rice
  • Verna Jones-Rodwell
  • Victoria Mary Rosellini
  • Susan M. Rosenbaum
  • Karen H. Rothenberg
  • Lisa Rowen
  • Ida G. Ruben
  • Melanie R. Sabelhaus
  • Jacqueline W. Sales
  • R Joanne Saltzberg
  • Gail H. Sanders
  • Linda D. Schwartz
  • Mary Ann Scully
  • Louise Phipps Senft
  • Mary Pat Seurkamp
  • Jane Matricciani Shaab
  • Robin Fogel Shaivitz
  • Lois M. Shofer
  • Carole R. Sibel
  • R Robin Silver
  • Paula M. Singer
  • Paula R. Singer
  • Gwendolyn D. Skillern
  • Sr. Sharon M. Slear
  • Carol E. Smith
  • Janet Marie Smith
  • Martha A. Smith
  • Kathleen T. Snyder
  • Janine DiPaula Stevens
  • Hon. Lynn K. Stewart
  • Ferrier R. Stillman
  • Frances O’Connell Taylor
  • Adena Wright Testa
  • Emily C. Thayer
  • Margaret “Marge” Thomas
  • Robin A. Tomechko
  • Marlene Trestman
  • Jenny J. Trostel
  • Patricia H. Troy
  • Patricia S. Tunstall
  • Hon. Leslie Smith Turner
  • Betty Valdes
  • Marie Van Deusen
  • Mimi Roeder Vaughan
  • Deborah Elizabeth Voso
  • Kimberly Wagner
  • Helene Hahn Waranch
  • Manuele D. Wasserman
  • Yolanda Maria Welch
  • Pamela J. White
  • R Deborah Williams
  • Kathryn F. Wolford
  • Joan M. Worthington
  • Ellen H. Yankellow
  • Betsy Ann Zaborowski
  • JoAnne Zawitoski
  • Honorary Chair: Nancy L. Sloane