Women of Distinction Recipients
Since 1975, the YWCA Rock County Women of Distinction Awards has honored more than 275 individuals and organizations who have improved women’s lives through community service, professional achievement, integrity, leadership and dedication to the well-being of others.
Judy Adler
Dorrie Alff
Jeanine Allen
Marion Allen
Linda Amundson
Joanne Anderson
Lucy Anderson
Eva Arnold
Peggy Aulino
Jean Austin
Milly Babcock
Cynthia Bagley
Barbara Barrington
Alice Barlass
Marion Barlass
Edie Baran
Sally Basting
Sally Bean
Tashs Bell
Katherine Belling
Judy Berg
Clarice Bergerson
Sr. Mary Michael Berry
Ruby Beyer
Marie Bilek
Barbara Boyd
Carolyn Brandeen
Fran Brien
Edna Brooks-Pittman
Sgt. Ann Brophy
Leslie Brunsell
Rene Bue
Lois Buell
Robin Bye
Kelli Cameron
Carol Campbell
Amy Carey
Jeanne Carfora
Marjorie Carlson
Ella Cash
Dorothy Chladek
Harriet Christopherson
Barb Cisler
Joan Clark
Maria Clark
Sue Conley
Hazel Connors
Jamie Counsell
Karel Cripe
Jane Crisler
Sally Cullen
Jaleh Dabiri
Gwen Daluge
Past Women of Distinction Recipients
Erica Daniels
Jennifer DeGarmo
Mirabel Deming
Paula DeRubeis
Kay Deupree
Marsha Dobbs
Abbey Donahue
Nancy Belle Douglas
Rachael Dowd
Regina Dunkin
Mary Ann Eggen
Mary Lou Einerson
Kim Emerson
Shari Faber
Nancy Fennema
Beverly Ferguson
Kristin Fillhouer
Claudiadair Fitzgerald
Ann Forbeck
Mary Frederick
Shawn Fredricks
Ruth B. French
Lisa Furseth
Esther Gage
Evelyn Galindo
Marcia Galvan
Martha Gammons
Kari Gates
Barbara George
Dorothy Gilbertson
Jane Blain Gilbertson
Carol Goelzer
Barbara Goldberg
Helen Graham
Anne Griffiths
Iris Guelker
Ellie Gutmann
Roberta Haakinson
Connie Hake
Nancy Hansen-Bennett
Kerri Harold
Dorothy Harrell
Ilah Hartung
Gerry Hedberg
Sharon Heitzman
Diane Hendricks
Regina Hendrix
Michelle Hendrix-Nora
Julie Hermanson
Kim Hesgard
Lois Hickey
Barbara Hickman
Theresa Hineline
Elisabeth Hinkle
Kathy Holcombe
Mary Hopkins
Julia Hornbostel
Mary Margaret O’Connell-Hosler
Irene Hoyt
Cecelia Howe
Bettye Hugill
Peggy Jacobs
Judy Jaggard
Lora Jakoubek
Muril Janisch
Kathleen Jelinek
Marilynn Jensen
Sandy Johnson
Patti Podgers-Johnson
Doris Johnston
Lynn Jones
Junice Jones
Julia Jorgensen
Jackie Judd
Marilyn Keating
Susan Keeney
Jamie Kessenich
Evelyn Kettle
Jan Kinnaman
Stephanie Klett
Judi Kneece
Grace Knipp
Kris Koeffler
Jacki Olson Kold
Deb Kolste
Jennie Krajeck
Patricia Krarup
Charlene Kraus
Karen Krueger
Bernice Laita
Elida (Lollie) Langer
Rosamaría Laursen
Jan Leach
Karen Lisser
Kimberly Litsheim
Amy Loasching
Linda Lyke
Gen MacFarlane
Kathi Madsen
Joan Malin
Ann Markulis
Carol Matthay, M.D.
Kathi Madsen
Joan Malin
Ann Markulis
Carol Matthay, M.D.
Mary Margaret McBride
Nancy McCann
Tammy McCaslin Krebs
Jean McCartney
Sue McGinniss
Judy McRoberts
Karen Goelzer-McKaig
Dr. Kim Kostka McKay
Linda Mentink
Ursula Meyers
Janet Soergel Mielke
Elinor Mills
Sandi Molski
Julie Monahan
Ruth Ann Montgomery
Evelyn Morgan
Suzanne Mueller
Sue Mullen
Helen Murray
Nancy Neinhuis
Tess Nguyen
Virginia Nitz
Maxine Nobiensky
Marion Noll
Catherine Norris
Dolly Nowlan
Caryn Oleston
Sarah Olver
Camilla Owen
Jennifer Paepke
Mary Fanning-Penny
Cheryl Peterson
Janet Philipp
Crystal Phillips
Pat Phillips
Diane Pillard
Alice Plautz
Linda Posner
Ruth Ann Potts
Sharon Quaerna
Cecilia Ramirez
Debra Ramsdell
Jean Randles
Esther Rau, M.D.
Cyndi Regan
Esther Rau, M.D.
Cyndi Regan
Marlene Roessler
Belem Gonzalez-Regan
Christine Rebout
Linda Reinhardt
Sue Renkas
Mary Lee Reuss
Dorothy Risch
Carol Roherty
Jan Ross
Trudy Rule
Diana Ryan
Rachel Salisbury
Virginia Saltzman
LaVerne Sandgren
Jessica Schafer-Locher
Mary Jane Schieve
Kendra Schiffman
Bobbie Schroder
Cheryl Schmidt
Edna Feldman-Schultz
Patty Schumacher
Mary Lou Williams Schroeder
Millie Seidl
Marge Sell
Cheryl Sennet
Cynthia Sholl
Arlene Silness
Mayme Simonsen
Wanda Sloan
Nancy Stabb
Lauri Steeber
Genia Stevens
Lori Stottler
Sherri Stumpf
Coral Swanson
Kerry Swanson
Barb Tapovatz
Doris Thom
Delores Thompson
Maureen Thornton
Phoebe Tobias
Joyce Tucker
Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck
Nancy Verhoeven
Joan M. Waite
Ruby Walton
Denise Webb
Kay Welch
Nancy Welch
Sima Wexler
Mary Wickhem
Thelma Wilcox
Sarah Williams
Mary Willmer
Kelly Willoughby
Jan Witt
Chrys Wolnick
Jackie Wood
Virginia Wyss
Ruth Zei
Gloria James Ziegler
Past Young Women of Distinction Recipients
Craig High School 1992 Girls Cross Country Team
Parker High School 1993 Girls Basketball Team
Katarina Dries
Betsy Ennis
Melanie Garunay
Alexandra Hokinson
Ama Kyereme
Stella Luong
Claire Mikkelson
Mollie Myers
Gabriella Petruzzello
Katelyn Presti
Taylor Salmon
Minaliza Shahlapour
Harmony Shepherd
Lisa Sudmeier
Deanna Renteria
Anne Runde
Past Corporate Award of Merit Recipients
Agrace HospiceCare, Inc.
Alcohab, Inc.
Badger Council of Girl Scouts
Blackhawk Technical College
Blain’s Farm and Fleet
Damron Communications
Data Dimensions
Drywater Productions: Stephen and Cameron Pickering
Fetch Graphics
HealthNet of Rock County
Jax Custom Printing
Lab Safety Supply, Inc.
Manpower
Mercy Health System
Patch Products
SSM Health
St. Elizabeth’s Nursing Home
UW Rock County
Women’s Fund
Women’s Fund of the Stateline Community Foundation
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Zonta Club of Janesville