Oregon Women of Achievement

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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, 81 women have been honored by the Oregon Commission for Women. [1]

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Inductees

Oregon Women of Achievement
NameImageBirth–DeathYearArea of achievementRef(s)
Sarah Koski 2024Emerging Leader Award [3]
Solome Mekbib 2024Professional Achievement Award [3]
Liani Reeves 2024Lifetime Achievement Award [3]
Mari Watanabe 2023Lifetime 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 LaNicia Duke.jpg 2023Professional 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 2023Emerging 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 GB Headshot Color.jpg 2022Oregon Senate 1997–2021, Majority Leader 2015-2020 [5]
Karol Collymore 2022LGBTQIA leadership and volunteerism [6]
Laila Hajoo 2020Co-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 2020First executive director for Pride Northwest [7]
Laura Salerno Owens 2020First 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 2020Natural Resources Policy Advisor [7]
Belinda Carroll (b. 1976)2019Writer, stand-up comedian, actor, activist [8]
Sharon Gary-Smith 2019Social activist [8]
Adrienne Nelson Adrienne C. Nelson.jpg (b. 1967)2019Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court [8]
Andrea Paluso 2019Co-founder and executive director of Family Forward Oregon and Family Forward Action [8]
Susan Stoltenberg 2018Executive Director of the YWCA of Greater Portland [9]
Erlinda Gonzales-Berry (1943–2010)2017Author, chair Department of Ethnic Studies at Oregon State University [10]
Guadalupe Guajardo 2017Senior 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 2017Founding partner of the MultiCultural Collaborative [13]
Nancy Campbell Mead 2016Retired judge, founded the Central Coast Chapter of the National Organization for Women [14]
Chanpone Sinlapasai-Okamura 2016Chairman Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. Advocate for the rights of immigrants and refugees. [15]
Jan Campbell 2015Portland advocate for persons with disabilities [16]
Donna Maxley 2015Portland creator of the nonprofit RACE TALKS, to promote racial understanding [17]
Kay D. Toran 2015President and chief executive officer of Volunteers of America Oregon [18]
Gwendolyn Trice 2015Founder of Maxville Heritage Interpretative Center in Wallow County; advocate and researcher for the roles of minorities in the logging industry [19]
Peg Malloy 2014Founder Portland's Housing Center [20]
Lisa Schroeder 2014Owner of Mother's Bistro & Bar in Portland [21]
Cheryl Strayed Cheryl strayed 2012.jpg (b. 1968)2014Author [22]
Jill Tanner 2014Presiding Magistrate of the Oregon Tax Court [23]
Joanne Verger (1930–2023)2014Politician, first female mayor of Coos Bay, Oregon [24]
Gun Denhart 2013Businesswoman, founder of Hanna Andersson [25]
Mary Katherine Eaton (1924–2018)2013Women's rights and clean government activist [26]
Cecilia Giron 2013Mentor, director of the after-school Adelante Chicas for young women of Hispanic heritage [27]
Sheila L. North 2013Former Executive Director of De Paul Treatment Centers [28]
Robin Morris Collin 2012Law professor at Willamette University [29]
Jane O'Keefe 2012Vice-chair of the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission [30]
Gina Warren 2012Vice President of Global Diversity and Inclusion for Nike, Inc. [31]
Serena Stoudamire Wesley 2012Coalition of Communities of Color [32]
Jill Ginsberg 2011Medical director of the North by Northeast Community Health Center [33]
Jane Lubchenco LubchencoJane-NOAA.jpg (b. 1947)2011Environmental scientist and marine ecologist [34]
Minalee Saks 2011Founder and executive director of the Birth To Three parenting program [35]
Rita Sullivan 2011Executive Director of OnTrack, a chemical dependency treatment organization [36]
Gretchen Kafoury (1942–2015)2010Representative in the Oregon Legislative Assembly, Multnomah County Commission and the Portland City Council [37]
Melody Rose 2010Vice provost for academic programs and instruction at Portland State University; founder and director of The Center for Women, Politics & Policy [38]
Latricia Tillman 2010Administrator for the Oregon Office of Multicultural Health and Services [39]
Gert Boyle Gert Boyle in 2013.jpg (1924–2019)2009Chair of Columbia Sportswear [40]
Arlene Schnitzer (1929–2020)2009Patron of the arts and philanthropist alongside her husband Harold Schnitzer; namesake of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall [41]
Nancy Golden (b. 1951)2008Former superintendent of Springfield Public Schools, Education Advisor to Governor Kitzhaber, and Chief Education Officer for the State of Oregon. [42] [43]
Darlene Hooley Darlene hooley.jpg (b. 1939)2008Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives who represented Oregon's 5th congressional district [44]
Sydney Sherwood 2008Executive Director of Tigard Chamber of Commerce
Keren Brown Wilson 2008Gerontology professor at Portland State University's Institute on Aging [45]
Mary Overstreet 2007Pastor and founder of the Power House Temple Church [46]
Carmen Ramirez 2007Farm worker and board member with PCUN [47]
Gretchen Schuette (b. 1946)2007Former president of Chemeketa Community College [48]
Donalda Dodson 2006Executive Director of the Oregon Child Development Coalition [49]
Joan Palmateer 2006Assistant director for facility operations for the Oregon Youth Authority [50]
Cherri Pancake 2006Professor and Intel Faculty Fellow at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University [51]
Johanna Brenner (b. 1943)2005Professor and coordinator of the women's studies program at Portland State University [52]
Harriet Isom Wwwjisom.jpg (b. 1936)2005Former U.S Ambassador to Benin and Cameroon [53]
Serena Ota St. Clair 2005Professor and Pathways and Articulation Coordinator at Rogue Community College in Southern Oregon [54]
Joan Brown-Kline 2004Executive director of the Washington and Multnomah counties program of Oregon CASA; former president and owner of Brown-Kline & Company [55]
Victoria Burton 2004Helped build the Crisis Response Teams for the Portland Police Bureau [56]
Martha Young (−2006)2004Executive Director for the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation [57]
Phyllis Lee (b. 1936)2003Director of Multicultural Affairs at Oregon State University [58]
Diane Rosenbaum Diane Rosenbaum.jpg (b. 1949)2003Senate President Pro Tempore of the Oregon State Senate [59]
Jerralynn Ness 2003Anti-poverty activist [60]
Connie Ashbrook 2002Founding 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 2002Writer and certified Nurse Midwife [63]
Clariner Boston 2001Executive Director of Better People [64]
Margaret Jean Hallock 2001Economist and founding director of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics at the University of Oregon [65]
Kathleen Margerum 2001Member of the Florence Area Coordinating Council [66]
Elmo Bloom 2000Manager of the Hermiston Neighborhood Center and developer of a successful senior meal program [67]
Roslyn Hill Roslyn Hill.jpg 2000Developer nicknamed the "Queen of Alberta" for her efforts to revitalize Alberta Street in Northeast Portland [68]
Sue Shaffer (1922–2017)2000Tribal leader of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians [69]
Avel Gordly Avel Gordly in 2011.jpg (b. 1947)1999First African-American woman to be elected to the Oregon State Senate [70]
Kathryn Jones Harrison (1924–2023)1999Tribal leader from the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon [71]
Katherine Huff O'Neil (b. 1938)1999Attorney and member of the ABA Board of Governors [72]
Amy Aldrich Bedford (1912–2006)1998Co-owner of the East Oregonian
Bev Clarno (b. 1936)1998Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives [73]
Joan Priscilla Kilbourn (1936–2011)1998 Microbiologist, educator [74]
Margaret Carter Keynote speaker Margaret Carter (8113364377).jpg (b. 1935)1997Served in the Oregon State Senate and the Oregon House of Representatives [75]
Patricia Davis Hinrichs 1997Attorney
Nellie Fox-Edwards (1923–2017)1997Former political director of the Oregon AFL-CIO
Dianne Middle 1996Attorney and director of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training
Cheryl Perrin 1996Executive director of Campaign for America and trustee at Lewis and Clark College [76]
Judith Ramaley (b. 1941)1996Former president of Portland State University [77]
Myrlie Evers-Williams Myrlie Evers-Williams.jpg (b. 1933)1995Civil 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 Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown, cropped.jpg (b. 1960)1995Governor of Oregon (first openly bisexual governor) Oregon Secretary of State and former member of the Oregon Senate [79]
Mary Alice Ford (1935–2008)1994Pro-choice Republican who served in the Oregon House of Representatives for 15 consecutive years representing Washington County [80]
Annabelle Jaramillo (b. 1940/41)1994Former Executive Director of the Oregon Commission on Hispanic Affairs; Benton County Commissioner [81]
Ellen Lowe 1994Board member and commissioner; Public Policy Director for Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon; advocate for low-income Oregonians [82]
Janet Stevenson (1913–2009)1994Writer and professor. Stevenson served as Mayor of Hammond, Oregon. [83]
Ann Aiken Ann Aiken.png (b. 1951)1993Attorney and jurist [84]
Tricia Smith 1993Government Relations Specialist for Oregon School Employees Association
Judith Armatta 1993Lawyer, 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 Helms sj4.jpg (b. 1958)1992Lieutenant 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 UrsulaLeGuin.01.jpg (1929–2018)1991Author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction [87]
Gail Shibley (b. 1958)1991First openly gay member of the Oregon House of Representatives; served on the Portland Planning Commission [88]
Clarice Parr-Sandoz (1909–1999)1990Member of the Walla Walla tribe
Y. Sherry Sheng Sherry Sheng in 2011.jpg 1990President Clackamas County Master Gardeners; former director Seattle Aquarium and the Oregon Zoo (1988–97) [89]
Mary Wendy Roberts Mary Wendy Roberts.jpg (b. 1944)1989Daughter 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)1989President of Marylhurst University from 1984 to 2008 [91]
Marsha Congdon 1988Vice President of Policy and Strategy at US West and director of Mentor Graphics [92]
Betty Roberts Betty Roberts.jpg (1923–2011)198883rd Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court [93]
Nancy Ryles Nancy Ryles 1979.jpg (1937–1990)1987Served 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)1987Attorney and mediator [95]
Barbara Roberts Governor Barbara Roberts.jpg (b. 1936)198634th Governor of Oregon from 1991 to 1995 [96]
Norma Paulus Norma Paulus 2008.jpg (1933–2019)1986 Oregon Secretary of State and Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction [97]
Vera Katz Vera Katz.jpg (1933–2017)1985First woman to serve as Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and the 49th mayor of Portland [98]

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