2023
Achievement in Innovation: Jennifer Swindlehurst Chan
Rookie of the Year: Tiffany Naing, Ivy Tam, Carolyn McGrail, Shannon Chan
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Christine Stephen
Outstanding Volunteer: Agnes Antwan
Leadership Service: Eulalia Coutinho
Board Special Award: Lori Yang
President’s Award: Jean Spence, Corine Lau
Long Service Awards:
30 years: Susan Forsburg
10 years: Yessica Diaz Roman
5 years: Heather Karpel, Soneela Ramesh, Avani Mody
2022
Achievement in Innovation: Suzana Hossain
Rookie of the Year: Jennifer Swindlehurst Chan, Sarah Narehood, Taylor Kredel, Agnes Antwan, Eulalia Coutinho
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Bharti Garg
Outstanding Volunteer: Kayal Madhivanan
Leadership Service: Satarupa Bhaduri, Lori Yang
Board Special Award: Cheyenne Camp
President’s Award: Varykina Thackray, Jill Slaboda
Long Service Awards:
35 years: Barbara Armstrong
30 years: Donna Perdue
25 years: Christina Niemeyer
15 years: Kellie Church, Linda Manza
10 years: Castle Funatake, Lori Payne, Lori Yang
5 years: Courtney Benson, Angela Macia
2021
Achievement in Innovation: Anamaria Ancheta
Rookie of the Year: Renata Hermiz, Leila Chihab
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Jamillah Murtadha, Monica Gonzalez Ramirez
Outstanding Volunteer: Sameera Bilgrami, Shanna Lavalle
Leadership Service: Kayal Madhivanan
Board Special Award: Varykina Thackray
President’s Award: Michelle Muldong
2020
Achievement in Innovation: Manisha Kanodia, Courtney Benson
Rookie of the Year: Anamaria Ancheta, Shanna Lavalle
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Shirley Ahn, Ivy Fernandes, Yessica Diaz Roman
Outstanding Volunteer: Michelle Muldong, Jean Spence
Leadership Service: Robyn Wygal, Barbara Armstrong
Board Special Award: Angela Macia
President’s Award: Christina Niemeyer
2019
Achievement in Innovation: Angela Macia
Rookie of the Year: Betty Cabrera, Norazizah Shafee
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Alina Luk, Chistina Grobin
Outstanding Volunteer: Alex Clark
Leadership Service: Courtney Benson
Board Special Award: Robyn Wygal
President’s Award: Corine Lau, Lori Yang
Long Service Awards:
25 years: Grace Nakayama
20 years: Victoria Cagle
15 years: Laura Pereira
10 years: Wendy Ochoa, Parisa Abedinpour
5 years: Takako Noguchi, Cristina Giachetti, Adriana Bankston, Karrie Kwok
2018
Rookie of the Year: Alina Luk, Valeria Viscardi
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Alyson Smith
Outstanding Volunteer: Dieanira Eradiatius, Adina Gerson, Alison Huang
Leadership Service: Kina Thackray, Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk
Board Special Award: Juliati Rahajeng
President’s Award: Robyn Wygal
2017
Achievement in Innovation: Sigrid Katz, Takako Noguchi
Rookie of the Year: Myan Do, Maria del Pilar Martinez Viedma
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Varykina Thackray, Alyson Smith
Outstanding Volunteer: Sabrina Treadwell, Miriam Cohen
Leadership Service: Elizabeth Jacobs, Lin-Chien Huang, Juliati Rahajeng
Board Special Award: Abigail Ferrieri, Radhika Gopal
President’s Award: Diane Retallack, Raymond Seraydarian
AWIS-SD/UCSD Extension Continuing Educations Scholarships: Saranya Canchi PhD, Rhiannon Killian PhD
2016
Achievement in Innovation: Anne Kornahrens, Joanna Redfern, Robyn Wygal
Rookie of the Year: Elizabeth Jacobs, Ksenya Cohen-Katsenelson
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Kristin Bompiani-Myers, Miriam Cohen
Outstanding Volunteer: Juliati Rahajeng, Melissa Scranton
Leadership Service: Corine Lau, Sophie Muscat-King
Board Special Award: Eva Goellner, Eileen Collyer, Risa Broyer
President’s Award: Dorothy Sears, Dominique Lenoir
2015
Achievement in Innovation: Liz Clark
Rookie of the Year: Danielle John, Lin-Chien Huang
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Robyn Wygal, Anne Kornahrens
Outstanding Volunteer: Kerstin Kirchsteiger, Robina Shaheen
Leadership Service: Leslie Crews, Kathy Oglivie, Nurith Amitai
Board Special Award: Laura Cerviño, Erna van Niekerk
President’s Award: Linda Manza
2014
Achievement in Innovation: Afshawn Chakamian, DeeAnn Visk, Nurith Amitai
Rookie of the Year: Li-Ting Su, Jenya Antonova-Koch, Yashii Joshi
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: DeeAnn Visk, April Cresse, Nellie Shaul
Outstanding Volunteer: Gloria Kuo Lefkowitz
Leadership Service: Radhika Gopal, Kerstin Kirchsteiger
Board Special Award: Maha Gebara-Lamb, Ellen Dunn, April Cresse
President’s Award: Tamera Weisser
AWIS-SD/UCSD Extension Continuing Educations Scholarships: Jean Spence, PhD and Aniko Hastings, PhD
2013
Achievement in Innovation: Maha Gebara-Lamb, Ellen Dunn, April Cresse
Rookie of the Year: Margie Mathewson, Helena Sun, Shelly Trigg
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Vicki Hurless, Laura Cerviño
Outstanding Volunteer: Barb Davids
Leadership Service: Supriya Gaitonde
Professional Development Award: Caroline McKeown
President’s Award: Janice Payne
2012
Achievement in Innovation: Uromi Goodale, Cheryl Okumura
Rookie of the Year: Erna van Niekerk
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Juliana (Julie) Bordowitz
Outstanding Volunteer: Marianna Tcherpakov, Maki Kaneko
Leadership Service: Nurith Amitai, Monica Brown
President’s Award: Jenny Chaplain, Rachel Soloff
2011
Achievement in Innovation: Wendy Ochoa
Rookie of the Year: Margo Streets, Barb Davids
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Alexis Pasulka
Outstanding Volunteer: Tamera Weisser
Leadership Service: Lisa Fong, Hoang Nhan
President’s Award: Anneka Raney
Long Service Awards:
20 years: Raymond Seraydarian
15 years: Sharon Lynn Wampler
10 years: Janet White, Margaret De Rose, Anne S. Fege, Donna M. Simmons, Dorothy D. Sears,
Karin Zeh, Rosemary Cesario, Hima Joshi, Andria Lee Del Tredici
2010
Achievement in Innovation: Wendy Ochoa and Kristina Henthorn
Rookie of the Year: Alka Molhotra
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Irene Ch’en
Outstanding Volunteer: Hoang Nhan
Leadership Service: Carmen Velez
President’s Award: Karin Zeh
Career Development Award: Petra Pavlickova
Long Service Awards:
20 years: Barbara B. Hemmingsen, Suhaila White
15 years: Georgia Theofan
10 years: Kathleen M. Ogilvie, Rachel Soloff, Cecile Rose Vibat
5 years: Frances Park, Varykina Thackray, Kathleen J. Myers, Beth A. Fleck, Sama Tamrakar,
Sujan Shresta, Mindy I.Davis, Kathryn T. Applegate, and Betty Y.Y. Tam
2009
Achievement in Innovation: Lawrence Fougeaurd, Corine Lau
Rookie of the Year: Erin Dunn
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Shauna McGillivray
Outstanding Volunteer: Dody Sears, Grace Nakayama
Leadership Service: Erica Stone, Anita Iyer
President’s Award: Barbara Preston
Career Development Award: Irene Chen, Judy French
Long Service Awards:
20 years: Patricia Shaffer
15 years: Margery Johnstone, Grace Nakayama
10 years: Janice Payne, Victoria Cagle, Melanie Nelson, Wendy Freedman, Elizabeth Orr, Elaine Weidenhammer
2008
Achievement in Innovation: Public Relations Committee
Rookie of the Year: Toni Cordero
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Julia Claggett
Outstanding Volunteer: Lili Chen
Leadership Service: Valerie Uzzell, Sama Tamrakar
President’s Award: Janet White
Career Development Award: Kerri Hebard-Massey
Long Service Awards:
20 years: Lynne Friedmann
15 years: Kam Dahlquist, Margaret Barr
2007
Achievement in Innovation: Lynn Yieh
Rookie of the Year: Valerie Delmar
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Jeannine Stuzka, Diane Retallack
Outstanding Volunteer: Lisa Whalen, Rosemary Cesario
Leadership Service: Betty Tam, Sandra Rickert
President’s Award: Kathy Ogilvie
Members who had volunteered in AWIS for over 15 years were also recognized.
2006
Rookie of the Year: Milka Kostic
Leadership: Robin Rosenfeld
Outreach: Susy McKay, Alicia Bicknell
Outstanding Volunteer: Julie Kinyoun, Cindy Atwell
President’s Award: Barbara Armstrong
2005
Achievement in Innovation: Website Committee
Rookie of the Year: Jenafer Evans
Achievement in Outreach or Community Service: Annika Montag
Outstanding Volunteer: Janice Payne
Leadership Service: Holly Heaslet
President’s Award: Lynne Friedmann
2004
Rookie of the Year: Ursula Kessen
Outreach: Fran Putkey
Outstanding Volunteer: Hima Joshi, Helen Chen
Leadership Service: Natalie Schiller
Lifetime Achievement: Sharon Wampler
2003
Achievement in Innovation: Anjali Kansagara
Rookie of the Year: Karin Lucas
Outreach: Jodi Connolly
The Mentor of the Year: Swanie Schmidt
Leadership Service: Elaine Weidenhammer
Lifetime Achievement: Susi Jennings