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Alumnae Awards

Woman of the Year

Alumnae Achievement

Emerging Leader

Since 1971, Denver Area Panhellenic has recognized a sorority alumna with the Woman of the Year Award, primarily for her achievements in her involvement with Panhellenic and member organizations. In selecting an award recipient, the Alumnae Awards Committee weighs Panhellenic and member organization activities by 70% and career and community involvement activities by 30%.

Since 1992, Denver Area Panhellenic has recognized a sorority alumna with the Alumnae Achievement Award, primarily for her achievements in her career and community involvement. In selecting an award recipient, the Alumnae Awards Committee weighs career and community involvement activities by 70% and Panhellenic and member organization activities by 30%.

Denver Area Panhellenic will be recognizing a sorority alumna 35 years of age or under with the Emerging Leader Award for her achievements in her involvement with alumnae Panhellenic and member organizations, career and community involvement, collegiate Panhellenic/sorority activities, and collegiate community involvement. In selecting an award recipient, the Alumnae Awards Committee weighs alumnae Panhellenic and member organization activities by 40%, career and community involvement activities by 40%, collegiate Panhellenic/sorority activities by 10%,  and collegiate community involvement by 10%.

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Woman of the Year Past Winners

1971 ΑΔΠ Virginia Neal Blue *

1971 ΚΚΓ Phyllis Brinton Pryor *

1972 ΑΟΠ Edith Cope Lockard *

1973 ΔΔΔ Genie Davis Sherman

1974 ΔΖ Patricia Coleman Spatz

1975 ΚΑΘ Martha Frye Macomber *

1976 ΚΑΘ Gladys Coulette Bell *

1977 ΚΔ Doris Finnie *

1978 ΣΚ Wava Chambers Brown *

1979 ΑΣΑ Esther Kauffman Gatseos *

1980 ΚΚΓ Marion Smith Bishop *

1981 ΑΔΠ Joan Perry Boatright *

1982 ΚΔ Ruth Rouse Dolberg

1983 ΠΒΦ Margaret Kunsmiller Brown

1984 ΣΚ Betty Beaver Tinsman *

1985 ΓΦΒ Calvina “Cal” Morse Vaupel *

1986 ΚΔ Dorothy "Liz" Wild Smith *

1987 ΑΦ Margaret Frazier Wade *

1988 ΑΧΩ Gwendolyn Coleman Perkins *

1989 ΚΔ Barbara Lininger Brenkert *

1990 ΠΒΦ Eleanor Hall Benson *
1991 ΓΦΒ Catherine Lindauer
1992 ΑΧΩ Harriet Crawford Bergin *
1993 ΔΖ Nancy Kishiyama Yokomizo*
1994 ΓΦΒ Liz Martin
1995 ΖΤΑ Pat Wooster-Jackson 
1996 ΑΣΑ Ellen Morris  
1997 ΑΦ Nancy Tucker Arneson *
1998 ΑΞΔ Dee Stutz Frazier 
1999 ΔΔΔ Andrea Cooper 
2000 ΚΚΓ Joan Cohen 
2001 ΔΔΔ Beda Collins 
2002 ΣΣΣ Bobbi Smith  
2003 ΑΦ Billie Battiatto
2004 ΠΒΦ Margo Schlup 
2005 ΔΓ Ruth Thomas 
2006 ΑΞΔ Diane Andrich  
2007 ΑΟΠ Clara Cantrell Tomsula 
2008 ΑΣΑ Suzanne Zorichak
2009 ΚΚΓ Carolyn McFarland Hunter

2010 ΓΦΒ Leigh Ann Kudloff
2011 ΚΑΘ Scottie Taylor Iverson 
2012 ΚΑΘ Kathleen Markey 
2013 ΚΑΘ Kendy Cusick Rindone 
2014 ΑΞΔ Floy-Louise Senior
2015 ΓΦΒ Darla Click Dakin
2016 ΚΑΘ Jenny Hock 
2017 ΚΚΓ Jane Wiltshire
2018 ΔΖ Stacey Slaughter 
2019 ΚΑΘ Mary Ellen Fitzsimonds 
2020 ΑΧΩ Katy Brown
2021 ΑΕΦ Peggy Emmett
2022 ΚΚΓ Lesly Stern  
2023  ΣΣΣ Celinda Miranda-LaBella 
2024 ΣΣΣ Jennifer Fowler

Alumnae Achievement Past Winners

1992 ΔΖ Carol Selway Bertz

1993 ΧΩ Joan Nelson Hancock

1994 ΚΔ Jennifer Lamb

1995 ΚΚΓ Carol Collins Bruton *

1996 ΑΞΔ Linda J. Kotowski

1997 ΓΦΒ Helen Pustmueller *

1998 ΓΦΒ Marjory Mills Shupert *

1999 ΣΚ Jackie Lea Meissner*

2000 ΑΧΩ Christy Dee Hill Porter

2001 ΣΣΣ Jackie Goreham

2002 ΚΚΓ Jane Woodard Wiltshire

2003 ΧΩ Nancy Hall

2004 ΑΟΠ Margot Crowe

2005 ΑΔΠ Ruth “Perkie” Allen *

2006 ΧΩ Mary “Mippy” Jackson Kreutzer *

2007 ΑΣΑ Kim Ramsey Meyer*

2008 ΠΒΦ Jean C. Jones

2009 ΓΦΒ Marion Pfaender Downs*

2010 ΑΞΔ Barbara Stover

2011 ΓΦΒ Catherine Sweeney

2012 ΔΓ Dona Brown Kelley

2013 ΑΟΠ Tracy Maxwell

2014 ΑΣΑ Fernie Baca Hayes

2015 ΚΚΓ Sharon Smith Martin

2016 ΑΔΠ Sara Mark 
2017 ΚΑΘ Missy Eliot 
2018 ΑΧΩ Katy Brown
2019  ΚΚΓ Barb Goettelman
2020 ΚΑΘ Jill Pedicord Peterson
2021 ΑΕΦ Peggy Emmett 
2022 ΓΦΒ Martha Whitmore 
2023 ΑΟΠ  Rissa Reddan
2024 ΣΚ Laura ElHaje

Emerging Leaders

2023 ΚΚΓ Dr. Leslie Murray 
2024 ΔΓ Taylor Rabb

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