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