About Us - Women of the Year Awards

Each year, the FWA honors distinguished women in both the public and private sectors for their achievements, leadership and professionalism. The FWA Women of the Year awards are presented at the Annual Dinner, the organization's major fundraising activity for its nationally acclaimed scholarship, mentoring and summer training programs. These activities are supported by funds raised from the FWA Annual Dinner.

Private Sector
Public Sector
Christine Poon

2007-2008
Christine A. Poon
Vice Chairman,
Board of Directors
Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group

Johnson & Johnson

Evelyn Lauder

2007-2008
Evelyn H. Lauder
Senior Corporate Vice President, The Estée Lauder Companies
Founder and Chairman
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation

2006-2007
Anne M. Mulcahy
Chairman & CEO
Xerox Corporation

2006-2007
Kathryn S. Fuller
Chair of the Board
The Ford Foundation

2005-2006
Sharon Allen
Chairman of the Board
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP

2005-2006
Nancy Barry
President
Women's World Banking

2004-2005
Marjorie Magner
Chairman & CEO
Global Consumer
Group, Citigroup
2004-2005
Maria Otero
Founder and President
Women's Venture Fund
2003-2004
Dina Dublon
Chief Financial Officier
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
2003-2004
Kavita Ramdas
President and CEO
Global Fund for Women

2002-2003
Sallie L. Krawcheck
Chairman & CEO
Smith Barney

2002-2003
Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD.
President
Spelman College
2001-2002
Mary Farrell
Managing Director
Member of the Investment Policy Committee
UBS PaineWebber, Inc.
2001-2002
Kathy Wylde
President and CEO
The New York City
Partnership &
Chamber of Commerce
2000-2001
Nancy Peretsman
Executive Vice President & Managing Director
Allen & Company, Inc.
2000-2001
Catherine R. Kinney
Group Executive Vice President & Member of the Office of the Chief Executive-
New York Stock Exchange
1999-2000
Pamela Thomas-Graham
Executive Vice President, NBC, President and CEO, CNBC.com
1999-2000
Mary L. Schapiro
President
NASD Regulation, Inc.
1998-1999
Abby Joseph Cohen
Partner & Chief
U.S. Market Strategist
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
1998-1999
Ambassador Charlene Barshefsky
United States Trade
Representative
1997-1998
Edwina Woodbury
Executive Vice President
Avon
1997-1998
Alice Rivlin
Vice Chair
Federal Reserve
1996-1997
Nancy Donovan
President & COO
NOVUS Financial Corporation
1996-1997
Dr. Ruth J. Simmons
President
Smith College
1995-1996
Lois Juliber
President
Colgate-North America
1995-1996
Hon. Madeleine Albright
U.S. Represetative
The United Nations
1994-1995
Angela Dunlap
President
MCI Consumer Markets

1994-1995
Laura D'Andrea Tyson
Assistant to the President
for Economic Policy

1993-1994
Muriel F. Siebert
President & Chairman
Muriel Siebert & Co.

1993-1994
Hon. Christine Todd Whitman
Governor
The State of New Jersey
1992-1993
Ellen Gordon
President & COO
Tootsie Roll Industries

1992-1993
Hon. Margaret M. Richardson
Commissioner
Internal Revenue Service
1991-1992
Judy C. Lewent
Vice President & CFO
Merck and Co., Inc.

1991-1992
Hon. Barbara Hackman Franklin
Secretary
U.S. Department of Commerce
No Photo
Available
1990-1991
Maria Monet
CFO and Director
Ogden Corporation


1990-1991
Jill M. Considine
Managing Director and CAO
American Express Bank
(fomer NYS Superintendent of Banks)
Women of the Year Awards (private sector only)
1989-1990
Joan Edelman Spero
Senior Vice President and Treasurer
American Express Company
No Photo
Available
1988-1989
Deborah Coleman
Vice President, Finance
Apple Computer, Inc.

1987-1988
Karen Horn
Chairman and CEO
Bank One - Cleveland

1986-1987
Cathleen Black
Publisher
USA Today
1985-1986
Jane Evans
President and CEO
Monet Crystal Brands, Inc.
1984-1985
Dr. Marina Whitman
Vice President and Economist
General Motors Corp.
  Last updated:
  February 26, 2008