Women Who Make A Difference Award Winners

Soroptimist International of Long Beach has recognized the following women and organizations advancing the status of women.

Trail Blazer Award
1999 JoAnn Falletta 2009 Beverly O'Neill, Ed.D.
Women Helping Women Award
1981 Beverly O’Neill, Ed.D.		1992 Carmen O. Perez
1982 Martha Drage Alexander		1995 Trudy Polsky, J.D.
1983 Sarah Fogg		1996 Gerrie Schipske, J.D.
1984 The Honorable Sheila Pokras		1997 Helen H. Britton
1984 Mary Soth 1998		1998 Rev. Dr. Mary Ellen Kilsby
1985 Ding Jo Currie		2000 Paula Cohen
1986 Norma Gibbs 2001		2001 Marilee Jones-Cofield
1987 Jan Foster		2002 Jennifer Andrews
1988 Marie Webb		2003 The Honorable Deborah B. Andrews
1989 Maycie Herrington		2004 Jan Peckham
1990 Iris Schutz, Dr. P.H.		2005 Theresa Murphy
1991 Olivia Nieto Herrara*		2006 E. Jan Kehoe
Making a Difference for Women Award In 2007, Soroptimist International of Long Beach changed the name of the Women Helping Women Award to conform to that of Soroptimist International of the Americas.
2007 Pilar Pinel		2009 Virginia DeMoss
2008 Audrey Stephanie Loftin		2010 Julia Taboada
Women of Distinction Award
1987 Katherine White, M.D.*		2002 Gwendolyn Morris*
1988 June Cooper, Ph.D.		2002 Marianne Venieris
1993 Marilyn Russell Bittle		2003 Jane Netherton
1993 Louise Duvall		2003 Blanche Brewster Cannady
1993 Geraldine Stramski, M.D.*		2003 Margaret Reep
1994 Diane Creel		2003 Suzanne Nosworthy
1994 Pamela Kushner, M.D.		2003 Lindsay Shields-Green
1995 Diana Bonta, R.N. Dr. P.H.		2004 Shirley Saltman
1995 Beryl O'Kelly Brooks*		2004 Virginia L. Baxter, Ph.D.
1995 Lilyan Frank		2004 Diane DeWalsche
1995 Bonnie Adler Lowenthal		2004 Indira Hale Tucker
1995 Gene Page*		2005 Erica Williams Hopkins
1996 Sandy Blankenship		2005 Maria Angel Macias
1996 Minnie L. Douglas, Ed.D.		2005 Barbara Enlow
1996 Dorothy Mitchell		2005 Sherry Meinberg, Ed.D.
1996 Georgia Nelson		2006 Amy Coppenger
1996 Regina Grant Peterson		2006 Jean Egan
1996 Hazel G. Wallace, Dr. P.H.		2006 Guadalupe Padilla-Robb, M.D.
1997 Dorothy Deatherage, Ed.D.		2006 Alexandra Torres Galancid
1997 Lois Ledger		2006 Nancy Kindelan
1997 Elisa A. Nicholas, M.D., M.S., P.H.		2007 Amelia Nieto
1997 Wilma Powell		2007 Sabira Tejnai, M.D.
1998 Jean Bixby Smith		2007 Lou Anne Bynum
1998 Mary McMullin		2007 Lillian Kawasaki
1998 Bryna Kane, M.D.		2007 Evelyn Knight
1999 Constance W. Glenn		2007 Dr. Lydia Hollie
1999 Nancy K. Lewis		2008 Christi Wilkins
1999 Doris Topsy-Elvord		2008 Mary Blackburn
1999 Jeanne Karatsu		2008 Marie LaFortune, RN., Ed.D.
2000 Linda Howell DiMario		2008 Kate Marr
2000 Helen Z. Hansen		2008 Monica Stel
2000 Pamela Seager		2009 Shirley Wild
2000 Jana Martin, Ph.D.		2009 Michelle Molina
2000 Pamela Bourette Schuur		2009 Sithea San
2001 Carol A. Churchill		2009 Lillian Lew
2001 Claudia Freitas		2009 Alyce LaViolette
2001 Eunice N. Sato		2010 Pamela Shaw
2001 Mary Thoits		2010 Tammy Newland
2001 Malinda Waddell		2010 Bea Antenore
2002 LaVerne Davis, Ed.D.		2010 Barbara Long
2002 Phyllis O. Arias		2010 Laura Farinella
2002 Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D.		2010 Judith Luther-Wilder
2002 Marcy Zwelling Aamot, M.D.		*Deceased
Businesses and Organizations Advancing the Status of Women
1993 Women Lawyers of Long Beach 1995 California American Women’s Economic Development Corporation (AWED) 1996 Literary Women Festival of Authors 1997 CAMEO, Professional Auxiliary, Assistance League of Long Beach 1998 Continuing Education Center for Women, Long Beach City College 1999 American Association of University Women (AAUW), Long Beach Branch 2002 Economic Development Office, Long Beach City College 2003 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) 2005 Long Beach Museum of Art 2006 Children’s Benefit League 2007 Early Care and Education Committee 2008 Women in Non-Traditional Employment Awards (WINTER) 2009 National Council of Negro Women, Long Beach Chapter 2010 Interval House Crisis Shelters & Center for Victims of Domestic Violence