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Join us for the
19th Annual
Strong, Smart, and Bold Celebration
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
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2021 STRONG, SMART, AND BOLD HONOREES
Learn more about Sheila Harrington, Sandra Mazer Moss, and Sharon Walker
Aimee Rosenbaum
Charisse Lillie
Chrisna Govin
Erica Goodwin
Glenmede
Holman
Independence Blue Cross
Jacobs
Jessica Sharp
Lori Garber
Marci Schmerler
Margaret Rickard Rubinacci
Margaret Rickard Rubinacci
Mike Brown
Milissa Hutchinson
Sandy O’Connell Pfeffer
Saniah Johnson
Sonja Rivera
White & Williams
Past Strong, Smart, and Bold Honorees
2020
Lisa Detwiler, Managing Director, General Counsel, and COO FS Investment Solutions, LLC; Sheila Gallucci-Davis, Vice President – General Counsel, Philanthropy, and Corporate Responsibility Subaru of America, Inc.; and Dalila Wilson-Scott, Senior Vice President, Community Impact, Comcast Corporation & President, Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation
2019
Kelley B. Hodge, Esq., Of Counsel, Elliott Greenleaf; Sandy Pfeffer, Managing Director, Deloitte; and Judy Vredenburgh, President & CEO, Girls Inc. National
2018
Emily Bittenbender, Managing Partner, Bittenbender Construction LP; Simi Hoque, Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering, Drexel University; and Monica Malpass, Co-anchor, 6ABC Live Action News
2017
Charisse Lillie, Attorney and Retired Comcast Executive; Sigrid Lundby, Vice President, Sr. Wealth Manager, BNY Mellon Wealth Management; and Tuyet-Hanh Schnell, Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Corporation
2016
Joan Carter, President, UM Holdings, Ltd.; Grace Killelea, Founder & CEO, Half the Sky Leadership Institute; and Saniah M. Johnson, CPA, Vice President Strategic Analysis, Delaware Investments
2015
Dr. Constance E. Clayton, Retired Superintendent, School District of Philadelphia, The Honorable Marjorie Margolies, President, Women’s Campaign International, Former Member of Congress, and English D. Willis, MD, Senior Principal Scientist Clinical Safety and Risk Management, Merck & Co., Inc.
2014
Varsovia Fernandez, President & CEO, Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Sherrill Mosee, Entrepreneur and Motivational Speaker, MinkeeBlue Nancy Gunza, CPA, Principal at CliftonLarsonAllen
2013
Karen D. Buchholz, Vice President Administration, Comcast Corporation Anne Ewers, CEO and President, Kimmel Center Dr. Lori Shorr, Chief Education Officer, City of Philadelphia
2012
Jill Michal, United Way of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey Judith von Seldenek, Diversified Search Dyana Williams, Radio One
2011
Linda Galante, Esq, Stradley Ronon Stevens and Young Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown, City of Philadelphia Marie Savard, M.D., ABC News Medical Contributor
2010
Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, Independence Blue Cross Sara Manzano-Diaz, Women’s Bureau, Department of Labor Sharon Pinkenson, Greater Philadelphia Film Office
2009
Denise Morrison, Campbell Soup Company Madeline M. Sherry, Esq., Gibbons P.C. Ahmeenah Young, Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority
2008
Nilda Iris Ruiz, Asociación Pertorriqueños En Marcha, Inc. (APM) Marciene S. Mattleman, ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships Pamela A. Browner-Crawley, Citizens Bank
2007
Cheryl McKissack, McKissack and McKissack Alba Martinez, United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania Judith Spires, ACME Markets Eastern Division
Past Corporate Champion for Girls Award Recipients
2020
Deloitte
2019
Chubb
2018
Macquarie Investment Management
2017
Comcast NBC10 Telemundo62 Comcast Spectacor