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