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2026 Honorees

Circle of Excellence

Three-time winners of Maryland’s Top 100 Women

Dr. Aminta H. Breaux
Bowie State University

Jill P. Carter
Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals

Natasha M. Dartigue
Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Stacie Sanders Evans
Arts for Learning Maryland

Tracy Imm
T. Rowe Price

Erin Lamb
Gateway Maryland

Lucy Motsay Rutishauser
LMR Board Service & Advisory LLC

Aziza Shad
Samuelson Children’s Hospital at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

Top 100 Women

Tazeen Ahmad
Capitol Hill Consulting Group

Tenneille Aleshire
Service Coordination Inc.

Kathleen Anderson, DVM
Equine Veterinary Care at Fair Hill Training Center

Dr. Arlene A. Asante
First Class Smile Bethesda

Heather Bacher
Queenstown Bank

Stephanie Baron
Miles & Stockbridge

Dr. Amy Bastian
Kennedy Krieger Institute

Mia Blom
Visit Baltimore/Visit Baltimore Education & Training Foundation

Joan Blomquist
Greater Baltimore Medical Center

Allison Burr-Livingstone
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Mollie Byron
Governor’s Appointments Office

Kim Callari
The Baltimore Station

Erika Chavarria
Columbia Community Care

Melissa Clark
AHEC West

Angel Connolly
Fulton Bank

Ann Cotten
University of Baltimore, Schaefer Center for Public Policy

Janet Currie
Bank of America

Melissa Curtin
Community Foundation of Howard County

Renée Dash
The League for People with Disabilities

Mayra Diaz
Tuerk House, Inc.

Avis Dillard-Bullock
JMA Solutions

Katie Dorian
Maryland Office of the Attorney General

Christy Dryer
Cecil College

Dr. Nina F. Miles Everett
Priority Partners Managed Care Organization of Johns Hopkins Health Plan

Jacqueline Farrell
University of Maryland Faculty Physicians

Ellen Flowers-Fields
College of Southern Maryland

Dr. Katrina Fowlkes
Perfect Generation Ministries, Inc. and Just Breathe Consulting and Nursing, LLC.

Marcella Franczkowski
Kennedy Krieger Institute

Brandee Ganz
Howard County Government

Jessica Hall
Office of Bar Counsel, Attorney Grievance Commission

Judy Hamilton
Town of Westernport

Keasha Haythe
Foundation of H.O.P.E., Inc.

Sharon Hendricks
Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital

Ana Hernandez
Maryland Judiciary

Emily Holliman
Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States

Stacey Holsinger
Steel Toe Communications

Mary Frances Isakov
M&T Bank

Alejandra Jensen
GRF CPAs & Advisors

Audrey Johnson
Maryland Office of Social Equity

Laura Johnson
United Way of Central Maryland

Maria Jones
Calibyr Corporation

Margaret Kim
Higher Ed Prep, LLC

Andrea Kirk
Inspire Confidence Group, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial, LLC

Cresta Kowalski
Maryland State Education Association

Heather Lamb
SEEK, Inc.; Building Blocks Services, LLC; Dr. Heather Lamb Consulting

Teresa Fidelis Lancaster
Schochor, Staton, Goldberg and Cardea, P.A.

Honorable Cereta A. Lee
Prince George’s County Register of Wills

Evelyn K. Lee
EagleBank

Catalina Rodriguez Lima
Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MIMA)

Rachel London
Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council

Juliana Lopez
The Featherstone Foundation

Dr. Kimberly Lumpkins
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Megan Lyle
Fello

Ashleigh J.F. Lynn
Venable LLP

Laurie Lyte
Lytehouse Solutions LLC

Robyn Mannone
APG Federal Credit Union

Kamilah Mantle
EPICC Technologies

Alison Rios Millett McCartney
Towson University

Meghan McCorkell
Live Baltimore

Courtney McKay
Allegany College of Maryland

Tara Mobley
Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC

Cheryl Moore-Thomas
Loyola University Maryland

Helen Stefan Moreau
1 Everest Group

Jill Morgan
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Claudia Nachtigal
The Highlands School

Donna Parker
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Amy Petkovsek
Community Law Center

Walkiria Pool
Centro de Apoyo Familiar

Judy Postmus
School of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Beth Rheingold
Greater Baltimore Chamber of Commerce

Kathy Rogers
Penn-Mar Human Services

Rev. Dr. Sakima Romero-Chandler
Dickerson AME Church /Romero Conway Howard Consulting Group LLC

Kim Ross
Maryland General Assembly, House of Delegates

Heather Miller Rubens
Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies

Laurie-Anne Sayles
Montgomery County Council

Brooke Schnorr
7BC of Maryland, LLC

Sharon Markley Schreiber
Maryland Business Roundtable for Education (MBRT)

Tswana Sewell
American Cancer Society

Ellen Shiery
Murray, McGehrin & Shiery/Merrill Lynch

Joye Sistrunk
Premier Group

Shayon Smith
The Hershey Company

Stacey Stephens
University of Maryland School of Social Work@The Center for Restorative Change

April Taylor
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Sherita Thomas
BGE – An Exelon Company

Tammi Thomas
TEDCO

Jennifer Vido
Harford County Bar Foundation

D’Andrea L. Walker
Baltimore County Government

Dr. Darvincia Warren
CORE DMV

Laurie Wasserman
Wasserman White Family Law

Marot Williamson
Office of the State’s Attorney for Anne Arundel County

Minah Woo
Howard Community College

Nicole Wooten
University of Maryland Eastern Shore Physician Assistant Program

21 Responses

  1. Donyel Gaskins Bacon- An AMAZING women- Always positive,supportive, understanding, resourceful, transparent, humble, honest, a true Leader in all aspects of her life. This was just to name a few things. You are ASTONISHING! Congrats to you

  2. I can’t say enough about Dr. Aziza Shad. She saved my sons life, along with countless others. She is the BEST pediatric oncologist and our very own angle!
    Thank you Dr. Shad for all that you do every day. You are SO VERY deserving of this award.
    Congratulations!!

  3. I am honored to work with Cheree’ Johnson at McCormick & Company. Congratulations and well deserved Cheree’!!! Rodney

  4. Donyel Gaskins Bacon is one of the most positive, professional, and giving people that will ever meet. She deserves this recognition and so much more.

  5. So proud of you Renee! A three winner! You deserve the accolades! We wish you the best as you continue growing, helping and advising. Best and good health to all these fine women.

  6. Congratulations to my good friend and outstanding Public Servant – Sheree Sample-Hughes Spearker Pro Tem Maryland House of Delegates

  7. Congratulations to Kimberly Groves of KCW. Outstanding Leader who mentors and supports her staff in many ways. This is so well deserved, we are so proud of you.

  8. Congratulations—Dr. Charlotte M. Wood, Coppin State University. You are a gem of a person giving all your energy to your profession and the people you serve to keep them in good health.

  9. Congratulation to my very special friend Delegate Edith J. Patterson. We appreciate you!

  10. What is the criteria for getting on this list? I don’t recognize any of these names and I know a number of women I think should be on it.

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