Skip to main content

Oregon State Flag An official website of the State of Oregon »

Women of Achievement Awards

2025 Women of Achievement Awards


WOA Awards 2025 Invite.png




Thank you to our partners, the Women's Foundation of Oregon and Spirit Mountain Casino, for sponsoring this event!

Hall of Fame

Vera Katz – 1985

Barbara Roberts, Norma Paulus –1986

Nancy Ryles, Susan Hammer – 1987

Marsha Congdon, Betty Roberts – 1988

Mary Wendy Roberts, Nancy Wilgenbusch – 1989

Clarice Parr-Sandoz, Y. Sherry Sheng – 1990

Ursula K. LeGuin, Gail Shibley –1991

Susan Helms, Joan Biggs –1992

Ann Aiken, Tricia Smith, Judith Armatta – 1993

Mary Alice Ford, Annabelle Jaramillo, Ellen Lowe, Janet Stevenson –1994

Myrlie Evers Williams, Kate Brown – 1995

Dianne Middle, Cheryl Perrin, Judith Ramaley – 1996

Margaret Carter, Patricia Davis Hinrichs, Nellie Fox-Edwards – 1997

Amy Aldrich Bedford, Bev Clarno, Joan Priscilla Kilbourn – 1998

Avel Gordly, Kathryn Harrison, Katherine Huff O’Neil – 1999

Elmo Bloom, Roslyn Hill, Sue Shaffer – 2000

Clariner Boston, Margaret Jean Hallock, Kathleen Margerum – 2001

Connie Ashbrook, Susan Castillo, Katherine Jensen – 2002

Phyllis Lee, Diane Rosenbaum, Jerralynn Ness – 2003

Joan Brown-Kline, Victoria Burton, Martha Young – 2004

Johanna Brenner, Harriet Isom, Serena Ota St. Clair – 2005

Donalda Dodson, Joan Palmateer, Dr. Cherri Pancake – 2006

Reverend Mary Overstreet, Carmen Ramirez, Dr. Gretchen Schuette – 2007 

Dr. Nancy Golden, Congresswoman Darlene Hooley, Sydney Sherwood, Dr. Keren Brown Wilson – 2008

Gert Boyle, Arlene Schnitzer – 2009

Gretchen Kafoury, Dr. Melody Rose, Latricia Tillman – 2010

Dr. Jill Ginsberg, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Minalee Saks, Dr. Rita Sullivan – 2011

Robin Morris Collin, Jane O'Keeffe, Gina Warren, Serena Stoudamire Wesley – 2012

Gun Denhart, Mary Katherine "Kappy" Eaton, Cecilia Girón, Sheila North – 2013

Peg Malloy, Lisa Schroeder, Cheryl Strayed, Jill Tanner, Joanne Verger – 2014

Jan Campbell, Donna Maxey, Kay D. Toran, Gwendolyn Trice – 2015

Nancy Campbell Mead, Chanpone Sinlapasai-Okamura – 2016

Dr. Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, Dr. Guadalupe Guajardo, Liliana Luna, Anita Yap – 2017

Susan Stoltenberg – 2018

Belinda Carroll, Sharon Gary-Smith, Justice Adrienne Nelson, Andrea Paluso – 2019
Laila Hajoo, Debra Porta, Laura Salerno Owens, Amira Streeter – 2020

Senator Ginny Burdick, Karol Collymore – 2022

Mari Watanabe, LaNicia Duke, Fatuma Mohamed – 2023

Sarah Koski, Solome Mekbib, Liani Reeves – 2024