Since 2002, Education Update has been honoring women leader and innovators for their accomplishments and contributions to society. Here is a list of all the women we've honored in our March issues so far:
2002
Edith Everett, Ceo, Gruntal & Co., Philanthropist, Cuny Trustee Emeritus
Barbara Gordon, New York State Teacher of The Year 2002
Astrid Heger, M.D., Founder Violence Intervention Program, Univerity of Southern California School Of Medicine
Chief Joanne Jaffe, NYPD
Captain Rochelle Jones, FDNY
Rita Kaplan,COO, Kaplan Family Foundation, Philanthropist, Social Worker
Augusta Kappner, President, Bank Street College of Education
Carol Anne Riddell, President NYPress Club, NBC Education Correspondent
Judith Shapiro, President Barnard College
Sheila Wellington, Ceo, Catalyst
2003
Augusta Souza Kappner, President, Bank Street, Leader and Champion For Children Everywhere
Eve Kurtin, Ph.D., Managing Director, Pacific Venture Group
Marianne Legato, Md, Pres., Partnership For Women's Health, Woman In Science Award, American Medical Women's Association
Jill Levy, President, Council Of Supervisors And Administrators
Dr. Louise Mirrer, Executive Vice-Chancellor For Academic Affairs, Cuny
Dr. Lorraine Monroe, President & CEO, The Lorraine Monroe Leadership Institute
Dr. Alice Wilder, Executive Producer, Blues Clues, Wnet 13
Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, 1997
2004
Muriel Siebert: First Woman of Finance Marilyn Horne: Metropolitan Opera, Mezzo-Soprano Agueda Pizarro Rayo: Poet & Professor
Sheila Johnson, Co-Founder, Black Entertainment Television
Regina Peruggi, President, Central Park Conservancy
2005
Ruth Messinger, Executive Director Of The American Jewish World Service'
Carol Berkin, Professor
Dr. Alexandra Levine
Nyc Comissioner Martha Hirst
Nadia Comaneci
Mary Lu Christie
Lisa Gossels
Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields
Renee Fleming
Dr. Maya Angelou
Alicia Ashley
2006
Marin Alsop
Kathryn Anderson
Mary Brabeck
Yaffa Eliach
Temple Grandin
Kati Haycock
Yolanda Jimenez
Jill Levy
Diane Ravitz
Randi Weingarten,
Peggy Williams
Kathryn Wylde
2007
Worldquest (WWQ)'s Women Of Discovery Fellowship Awards: Dr. Jane Goodall Dr. Constanza Ceruti, Grace J. Gobbo, Dr. Erin Pettit, Dr. Terrie Williams
Dr. Charlotte Frank
Erin Gruwell
Rosemarie Reed
President Susan Fuhrman
President Catherine Bond Hill
President Donna Shalala
2008
Augusta Kappner, President, Bank Street College
Judith Shapiro, President, Barnard College
Margaret M. Grace, Esq., Founder, Grace Outreach
Artemis Simopoulos, M.D., Founder, Center For Genetics & Nutrition
Julie Freischlag, M.D., Chief Of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical School
Shirley Cohen, Ph.D. Professor, Hunter College • Paula Nadelstern, Artist & Quilter
Sheila Johnson, Co-Founder, Black Entertainment Television
Carol Bellamy, Director, World Learning
Young Leaders Who Will Shape History
Heather Maher, State University Of New York, Potsdam
Katarzyna Nikhamina, Columbia College, 2007
Liza Novogrodsky, Teachers College, Columbia University
Sarah Stuckey , Trinity College, Hartford Former Reporter, Education Update
2009
Lady Pauline Perry
Carolyn Blashek
Deborah Axelrod, M.D.
Helen Benedict
Kakuna Kerina, President/CEO of The Harlem School Of The Arts
Conductor Victoria Bond
2010
Michelle Rhee, Chancellor Of District Of Columbia Public Schools
Doris Cintron, Dean The City College Of New York
Veronica Kelly, Director Special Projects, The Bowery Mission
Janet Alperstein
Nancy Ploeger, President, Manhattan Chamber Of Commerce
Pat Winchester: The Good Dog Foundation
2011
Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Laureate & Liberian Activist
President Susan Fuhrman, President, Teachers College, Columbia University
President Deborah Spar, Barnard College
President Jennifer Raab, Hunter College
Linda Macaulay, Philanthropist, Ornithologist
Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, The State University Of New York
Dr. Randi Herman, First Vice President, Council Of School Supervisors & Administrators
Roseanne Haggerty, Macarthur 'Genius' Award
President Regina Peruggi, Kingsborough Community College
Dr. Ciara Harraher, Neusurgeon
Rita Dimartino, Cuny Trustee
Dr. Lisa Chipps, Dermatologist
Future Leaders
Dominique Carson
2012
Michelle Obama
Carla Markell: Delaware First Lady
Christine Quinn: City Council Speaker
Shelia Evans-Tranumn: Chair, Board Of Trustees, Casey Family Programs Foundation
Carole Berotte Joseph: President, Bronx Community College
Tisa Chang: Founder, Pan Asian Repertory Theater
Dr. Maria Mitchell: President, Amdec
Joan Kretschmer, Ph.D.: Musician, Creator
Dora B. Schriro: Commissioner, Nyc Dept. Of Correction
Deborah Strobin: An Uncommon Philanthropist
Alice Weiss: Teacher, Lawyer, Poet
Cindy Sherman: Photographer, Innovator
2013
Laurie Tisch
Joyce Cowin
Judith Kaye
Christina Paxson
Nan J. Morrison
Judith Hochman
Ntozake Shange
Kimberly Cline
Sylvia Montero
Wu Man
Elizabeth Shwal
Ellen Futter
Kate Hathaway
Jeanne Shaheen
2014
Margaret I. Cuomo, M.D.
Dean Laurie Glimcher: Weill Cornell Medical College
Dr. Mary Malewicz-Carter: Renal Research Institute Sustainable Kidney Care Foundation
Dr. Gertrud Lenzer: Founding Director, Children's Studies Center At Brooklyn College
Suzanne Wright: Co-Founder Of Autism Speaks
Dean Donne Kampel: Touro College
Dr. Harriet Fields: Health Care Activist In Africa
Cecelia Mccarton, M.D.: The Mccarton Center For Developmental Pediatrics
Dr. Linda Kaboolian: Harvard University
Ellen Baker, M.D.: Astronaut
Jo Ann Corkran: Golden Seeds
Jennifer Baumgardner: The Feminist Press
Peggy A. Ogden: Brown University
Lauren Ruotolo: Director Of Entertainment Promotion, Hearst Magazines
Mariette Dichristina: Scientific American
Dean Terry Fulmer: Northeastern University
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