SPECIAL EVENTS
22nd Annual
Strong, Smart, & Bold Celebration
May 1, 2024
Loews Hotel Philadelphia | 1200 Market St.
5:30pm Registration | 6:15pm Program
Register today!
View PHOTOS FROM OUR 2023 strong, smart, and bold celebration
For questions and more information, email Katie kleung@girlsincpa-nj.org
Our Strong, Smart, & Bold Sponsors
Free People
Macquarie Investment Management
Comcast NBCUniversal
Deloitte
Niki Hawkins
Milissa Hutchinson
NEST
WSFS Bank
6abc Action News
American Water
BDO
Bo Wang Delaware Diagnostic Labs
CD & Associates, Inc.
CHUBB
DPR Construction
Edmund Optics
Fulton Bank
Lori & Andrew Garber
GEM Mechanical Services
Dena Herrin & Alfredo Mauri
Hilco Redevelopment Partners
Jacobs
Maven Communications, LLC
Komal Mayekar
Sonja Rivera
Aimee & Caleb Shafer
Justine & Ted Sloyer
Subaru
TD Bank
UGI Corporation
Veritas
Video City Productions
World Wide Technology
Free People
Macquarie Investment Management
Comcast NBCUniversal
Deloitte
Jacobs
Women of Compass
Belluck & Fox, LLP
Hilco Redevelopment Partners
Milissa Hutchinson
Independence Blue Cross
Maven Communications, LLC
Subaru
Video City Productions
World Wide Technology
WSFS Bank
AST
Mike Brown
CD & Associates, Inc.
Edmund Optics
Lori and Andrew Garber
Lisa Garnett-Willis
GEM Mechanical Services
Chrisna Govin
Jason Heckler
Scott Herrin
Holman Enterprises
Saniah Johnson
Deborah Beck Kauffman
Frederick Masters, Esq.
Komal Mayekar
Sonja Rivera
Margaret & Scott Rubinacci
Scout
Aimee & Caleb Shafer
White and Williams LLP
Free People
Land Services
Macquarie Investment Management
Comcast NBC Universal
Deloitte
Fredrick H. Masters, Esq. & Diane Gingles
GEM Mechanical Services, Inc.
Chrisna Govin
Jason Heckler
Milissa Hutchinson
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sonja Rivera
World Wide Technology
Matthew Heckler
Edmund Optics
Holman Enterprises
Subaru
Mike & Chrissy Brown
CD & Associates
Drexel University College of Engineering
Lori Garber, Esq.
Scott Herrin
Simi Hoque, Ph.D.
Independence Blue Cross
Deborah Kauffman
CIFC Asset Management
Komal Mayekar
Maven Communications, LLC
Shari Reams-Henofer
Scott & Margaret Rubinacci
Aimee & Caleb Shafer
White and Williams LLP
The Links Incorporated, Philadelphia Chapter
Past Strong, Smart, and Bold Honorees
2022
Lana Murray, Principal, Yorkship Elementary School, Camden City School District; Toyin Ogunfolaju, Infrastructure & Social-Economic Inclusion Leader, Jacobs; Antoinette Sharp, MSS, Director of Professional Services, Department of Human Services, Juvenile Justice Services Center; Lindsey Scannapieco, Managing Partner, Scout
2021
Sheila Harrington, Global Chief Executive Officer of Urban Outfitters and Free People Groups; The Honorable Sandra Mazer Moss (Ret.), Distinguished Neutral, The Dispute Resolution Institute; Sharon Walker, Dean, Drexel University College of Engineering
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 Champion for Girls Award Recipients
2021
The Wesley Family Foundation
2020
Deloitte
2019
Chubb
2018
Macquarie Investment Management
2017
Comcast NBC10 Telemundo62 Comcast Spectacor