Past Honorees

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
2010-2011 Irene Dorner President and CEO HSBC Bank USA, N.A.		2010-2011 Sylvia Ann Hewlett Founding President Center for Work-Life Policy
2009-2010 Karen B. Peetz Chief Financial Officer Financial Markets and Treasury Services BNY Mellon		2009-2010 Gail J. McGovern President and CEO The American National Red Cross
2008-2009 Amy Woods Brinkley Global Risk Executive Bank of America Corporation		2008-2009 Sheila C. Bair Chairman Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
2007-2008 Christine A. Poon Vice Chairman, Board of Directors Worldwide Chairman, Pharmaceuticals Group Johnson & Johnson		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 M. 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 Officer 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 C. Farrell Managing Director Member of the Investment Policy Committee UBS PaineWebber, Inc.		2001-2002 Kathy S. 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, Board of Governors 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. Representative 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
Photo Not 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)

1989-1990 Joan Edelman Spero Senior Vice President and Treasurer American Express Company	Photo Not 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.