Oregon Women of Achievement
Honor presented by the Oregon Commission for Women
The Oregon Commission for Women established the Oregon Women of Achievement in 1985 to recognize the accomplishments of Oregon women and to demonstrate appreciation for their endeavors.[ 1] Qualifying candidates to be nominated for the Oregon Women of Achievement are exemplary role models who promote the status of women in society, are committed to diversity and equity and have earned recognition for success and leadership in their fields.[ 2] As of 2013[update] , 81 women have been honored by the Oregon Commission for Women.[ 1]
Inductees
Oregon Women of Achievement
Name
Image
Birth–Death
Year
Area of achievement
Ref(s)
Sarah Koski
2024
Emerging Leader Award
[ 3]
Solome Mekbib
2024
Professional Achievement Award
[ 3]
Liani Reeves
2024
Lifetime Achievement Award
[ 3]
Mari Watanabe
2023
Lifetime Achievement Award - Mari is a former Co-Chair of the Oregon Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (OCAPIA), OCFW's sister commission. Now retired, Mari is a former Executive Director of Partners in Diversity, founding member of the City of Beaverton Diversity Advisory Board and serves on other nonprofit boards that support veterans, Japanese Americans, women, and the arts. She holds a diversity and inclusion certificate from Cornell University and an undergraduate degree from Washington State University in fashion merchandising.
[ 4]
LaNicia Duke
2023
Professional Achievement Award - LaNicia Duke is the founder and CEO of Humble Beginnings, a nonprofit dedicated to serving rural communities in Oregon. Her latest program, Black Rural Network, provides outreach, networking, and civic engagement opportunities for Black residents of rural communities.
[ 4]
Fatuma Mohamed
2023
Emerging Leader Award - Throughout her career, Fatuma Mohamed has shown dedication to ending food insecurity, supporting and advocating for underrepresented communities, bridging the racial wealth gap, and advocating for accessible housing.
[ 4]
Ginny Burdick
2022
Oregon Senate 1997–2021, Majority Leader 2015-2020
[ 5]
Karol Collymore
2022
LGBTQIA leadership and volunteerism
[ 6]
Laila Hajoo
2020
Co-founder and president of Islamic Social Services of Oregon State (ISOS); co-chair of Muslim Advisory Council with Portland Police; chair of IRCO's Greater Middle East Center Advisory Council.
[ 7]
Debra Porta
2020
First executive director for Pride Northwest
[ 7]
Laura Salerno Owens
2020
First woman attorney to serve as president of Markowitz Herbold litigation firm. Created Leaders and Executives Across Professions (LEAP) to provide support for women professionals.
[ 7]
Amira Streeter
2020
Natural Resources Policy Advisor
[ 7]
Belinda Carroll
(b. 1976)
2019
Writer, stand-up comedian, actor, activist
[ 8]
Sharon Gary-Smith
2019
Social activist
[ 8]
Adrienne Nelson
(b. 1967)
2019
Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
[ 8]
Andrea Paluso
2019
Co-founder and executive director of Family Forward Oregon and Family Forward Action
[ 8]
Susan Stoltenberg
2018
Executive Director of the YWCA of Greater Portland
[ 9]
Erlinda Gonzales-Berry
(1943–2010)
2017
Author, chair Department of Ethnic Studies at Oregon State University
[ 10]
Guadalupe Guajardo
2017
Senior consultant of Nonprofit Association of Oregon for 30 years
[ 11]
Liliana Luna
2017
DACA immigrant student. Coordinator of Portland Community College's Multicultural Center on the Rock Creek campus
[ 12]
Anita Yap
2017
Founding partner of the MultiCultural Collaborative
[ 13]
Nancy Campbell Mead
2016
Retired judge, founded the Central Coast Chapter of the National Organization for Women
[ 14]
Chanpone Sinlapasai-Okamura
2016
Chairman Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. Advocate for the rights of immigrants and refugees.
[ 15]
Jan Campbell
2015
Portland advocate for persons with disabilities
[ 16]
Donna Maxley
2015
Portland creator of the nonprofit RACE TALKS, to promote racial understanding
[ 17]
Kay D. Toran
2015
President and chief executive officer of Volunteers of America Oregon
[ 18]
Gwendolyn Trice
2015
Founder of Maxville Heritage Interpretative Center in Wallow County; advocate and researcher for the roles of minorities in the logging industry
[ 19]
Peg Malloy
2014
Founder Portland's Housing Center
[ 20]
Lisa Schroeder
2014
Owner of Mother's Bistro & Bar in Portland
[ 21]
Cheryl Strayed
(b. 1968)
2014
Author
[ 22]
Jill Tanner
2014
Presiding Magistrate of the Oregon Tax Court
[ 23]
Joanne Verger
(1930–2023)
2014
Politician, first female mayor of Coos Bay, Oregon
[ 24]
Gun Denhart
2013
Businesswoman, founder of Hanna Andersson
[ 25]
Mary Katherine Eaton
(1924–2018)
2013
Women's rights and clean government activist
[ 26]
Cecilia Giron
2013
Mentor, director of the after-school Adelante Chicas for young women of Hispanic heritage
[ 27]
Sheila L. North
2013
Former Executive Director of De Paul Treatment Centers
[ 28]
Robin Morris Collin
2012
Law professor at Willamette University
[ 29]
Jane O'Keefe
2012
Vice-chair of the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission
[ 30]
Gina Warren
2012
Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion for Nike, Inc.
[ 31]
Serena Stoudamire Wesley
2012
Coalition of Communities of Color
[ 32]
Jill Ginsberg
2011
Medical director of the North by Northeast Community Health Center
[ 33]
Jane Lubchenco
(b. 1947)
2011
Environmental scientist and marine ecologist
[ 34]
Minalee Saks
2011
Founder and executive director of the Birth To Three parenting program
[ 35]
Rita Sullivan
2011
Executive Director of OnTrack, a chemical dependency treatment organization
[ 36]
Gretchen Kafoury
(1942–2015)
2010
Representative in the Oregon Legislative Assembly , Multnomah County Commission and the Portland City Council
[ 37]
Melody Rose
2010
Vice provost for academic programs and instruction at Portland State University; founder and director of The Center for Women, Politics & Policy
[ 38]
Latricia Tillman
2010
Administrator for the Oregon Office of Multicultural Health and Services
[ 39]
Gert Boyle
(1924–2019)
2009
Chair of Columbia Sportswear
[ 40]
Arlene Schnitzer
(1929–2020)
2009
Patron of the arts and philanthropist alongside her husband Harold Schnitzer ; namesake of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
[ 41]
Nancy Golden
(b. 1951)
2008
Former superintendent of Springfield Public Schools , Education Advisor to Governor Kitzhaber , and Chief Education Officer for the State of Oregon.[ 42]
[ 43]
Darlene Hooley
(b. 1939)
2008
Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented Oregon's 5th congressional district
[ 44]
Sydney Sherwood
2008
Executive Director of Tigard Chamber of Commerce
Keren Brown Wilson
2008
Gerontology professor at Portland State University 's Institute on Aging
[ 45]
Mary Overstreet
2007
Pastor and founder of the Power House Temple Church
[ 46]
Carmen Ramirez
2007
Farm worker and board member with PCUN
[ 47]
Gretchen Schuette
(b. 1946)
2007
Former president of Chemeketa Community College
[ 48]
Donalda Dodson
2006
Executive Director of the Oregon Child Development Coalition
[ 49]
Joan Palmateer
2006
Assistant director for facility operations for the Oregon Youth Authority
[ 50]
Cherri Pancake
2006
Professor and Intel Faculty Fellow at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University
[ 51]
Johanna Brenner
(b. 1943)
2005
Professor and coordinator of the women's studies program at Portland State University
[ 52]
Harriet Isom
(b. 1936)
2005
Former U.S Ambassador to Benin and Cameroon
[ 53]
Serena Ota St. Clair
2005
Professor and Pathways and Articulation Coordinator at Rogue Community College in Southern Oregon
[ 54]
Joan Brown-Kline
2004
Executive director of the Washington and Multnomah counties program of Oregon CASA ; former president and owner of Brown-Kline & Company
[ 55]
Victoria Burton
2004
Helped build the Crisis Response Teams for the Portland Police Bureau
[ 56]
Martha Young
(−2006)
2004
Executive Director for the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation
[ 57]
Phyllis Lee
(b. 1936)
2003
Director of Multicultural Affairs at Oregon State University
[ 58]
Diane Rosenbaum
(b. 1949)
2003
Senate President Pro Tempore of the Oregon State Senate
[ 59]
Jerralynn Ness
2003
Anti-poverty activist
[ 60]
Connie Ashbrook
2002
Founding member and the executive director of the non-profit Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.
[ 61]
Susan Castillo
(b. 1951)
2002
Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction and member of the Oregon State Senate . Castillo was the first Latina in the Oregon Legislative Assembly.
[ 62]
Katherine Jensen
2002
Writer and certified Nurse Midwife
[ 63]
Clariner Boston
2001
Executive Director of Better People
[ 64]
Margaret Jean Hallock
2001
Economist and founding director of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon
[ 65]
Kathleen Margerum
2001
Member of the Florence Area Coordinating Council
[ 66]
Elmo Bloom
2000
Manager of the Hermiston Neighborhood Center and developer of a successful senior meal program
[ 67]
Roslyn Hill
2000
Developer nicknamed the "Queen of Alberta" for her efforts to revitalize Alberta Street in Northeast Portland
[ 68]
Sue Shaffer
(1922–2017)
2000
Tribal leader of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
[ 69]
Avel Gordly
(b. 1947)
1999
First African-American woman to be elected to the Oregon State Senate
[ 70]
Kathryn Jones Harrison
(1924–2023)
1999
Tribal leader from the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
[ 71]
Katherine Huff O'Neil
(b. 1938)
1999
Attorney and member of the ABA Board of Governors
[ 72]
Amy Aldrich Bedford
(1912–2006)
1998
Co-owner of the East Oregonian
Bev Clarno
(b. 1936)
1998
Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives
[ 73]
Joan Priscilla Kilbourn
(1936–2011)
1998
Microbiologist , educator
[ 74]
Margaret Carter
(b. 1935)
1997
Served in the Oregon State Senate and the Oregon House of Representatives
[ 75]
Patricia Davis Hinrichs
1997
Attorney
Nellie Fox-Edwards
(1923–2017)
1997
Former political director of the Oregon AFL-CIO
Dianne Middle
1996
Attorney and director of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training
Cheryl Perrin
1996
Executive director of Campaign for America and trustee at Lewis and Clark College
[ 76]
Judith Ramaley
(b. 1941)
1996
Former president of Portland State University
[ 77]
Myrlie Evers-Williams
(b. 1933)
1995
Civil rights activist and journalist who worked tirelessly to seek justice for the murder of her well-known civil rights activist husband Medgar Evers in 1963
[ 78]
Kate Brown
(b. 1960)
1995
Governor of Oregon (first openly bisexual governor) Oregon Secretary of State and former member of the Oregon Senate
[ 79]
Mary Alice Ford
(1935–2008)
1994
Pro-choice Republican who served in the Oregon House of Representatives for 15 consecutive years representing Washington County
[ 80]
Annabelle Jaramillo
(b. 1940/41)
1994
Former Executive Director of the Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs; Benton County Commissioner
[ 81]
Ellen Lowe
1994
Board member and commissioner; Public Policy Director for Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon; advocate for low-income Oregonians
[ 82]
Janet Stevenson
(1913–2009)
1994
Writer and professor. Stevenson served as Mayor of Hammond, Oregon .
[ 83]
Ann Aiken
(b. 1951)
1993
Attorney and jurist
[ 84]
Tricia Smith
1993
Government Relations Specialist for Oregon School Employees Association
Judith Armatta
1993
Lawyer, journalist and human rights activist. Legal counsel to the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. During 2002–2005 she represented the Coalition for International Justice monitoring the Trial of Slobodan Milošević .
[ 85]
Susan Helms
(b. 1958)
1992
Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and a former NASA astronaut at the International Space Station
[ 86]
Joan Biggs
1992
Ursula K. Le Guin
(1929–2018)
1991
Author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction
[ 87]
Gail Shibley
(b. 1958)
1991
First openly gay member of the Oregon House of Representatives ; served on the Portland Planning Commission
[ 88]
Clarice Parr-Sandoz
(1909–1999)
1990
Member of the Walla Walla tribe
Y. Sherry Sheng
1990
President Clackamas County Master Gardeners; former director Seattle Aquarium and the Oregon Zoo (1988–97)
[ 89]
Mary Wendy Roberts
(b. 1944)
1989
Daughter of Frank L. Roberts and member of the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon State Senate ; served as Commissioner of Labor and Industries from 1979 to 1995
[ 90]
Nancy Wilgenbusch
(1947–2017)
1989
President of Marylhurst University from 1984 to 2008
[ 91]
Marsha Congdon
1988
Vice President of Policy and Strategy at US West and director of Mentor Graphics
[ 92]
Betty Roberts
(1923–2011)
1988
83rd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
[ 93]
Nancy Ryles
(1937–1990)
1987
Served in the Oregon House of Representatives , the Oregon Senate and as one of three members of the Oregon Public Utility Commission
[ 94]
Susan Hammer
(1948–2020)
1987
Attorney and mediator
[ 95]
Barbara Roberts
(b. 1936)
1986
34th Governor of Oregon from 1991 to 1995
[ 96]
Norma Paulus
(1933–2019)
1986
Oregon Secretary of State and Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction
[ 97]
Vera Katz
(1933–2017)
1985
First woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and the 49th mayor of Portland
[ 98]
See also
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