The Women of Achievement luncheon is an annual event where incredible women, who have made significant contributions to our community, are celebrated.

Staten Island Women, Inc. honors these outstanding women for their dedication, hard work, and the positive impact they have had on Staten Island.

Our Honorees

2025
Bryn Biren
Shaw-nae Dixon
Dr. Kerry Kelly
Lorraine Lettieri
Clara Sue Ogburn
Barbara Joyce Yarbrough

2024
Beverly Anderson
Barbara D'Amora
Minnie Graham
Lynne Persing
Jill Tormey
Rachel Volpe

2020
Linda Brill
Diane Henick
Rev. Maggi Howard
Linda Ollis
Yvette Washington-Wheatley

2019
Alla Mae Clark
Katherine Connors
Bernice Fisher
Carmela Montella
Debi Rose
Lori Weintrob

2018
Genevieve Benoit
Diane Buglioli
Zulma Cruz
Margaret Grandstaff
Josephine Marino
Patricia Monahan

2017
Holly Bonner
Phyllis Cureton
Linda Dianto
Ilean Dixon
Marcia Klein
Dolores Morris
Mona Zaloom

2016
Linda Cutler-Hauck
Janice Giacalone-Stoffers
Sheree Lynette Goode
Grace M. Murphy
Alicia Reddy (Palermo)
Linda K. Steinman

2015
Araceli Arizmendi
Josephine Cupo
Carol Dunn
Dr. Carrie Robinson
Mary Shalo
Jane Milza

2014
Mindy Chung
Dr. Carolyn Clark
Doreen Cugno
Jean Rita Ringhoff
Janet G. Robinson
Luanne Sorrentino

2012
Elaine Bloomfield
Mary Buttermark
Norma D'Arrigo
Rev. Dr. Mary Lynnette Delbridge
Marjorie Garvin
Evelyn Kormanik

2011
Christina Chukalas
Betty Harty
Elissa Montanti
Lynn A. Rogers
Elizabeth (Lisa) Rooney

2010
Maryann Bollinger
Marie Ellner
Rev. Mary Hansen
Barbara Kanter
Marion Leonardo

2009
Laura Besignano
Bracha Cabot
Margarita Castaneda
Beth Gorrie
Kathryn Krause Rooney
Jennifer Straniere

2008
Rosemarie Amoia
Eunice Hodge
Beverly Neuhaus
Fran Reali
Maribel Sansone
Ellen Tharp

2007
Diane Arneth
Dora A. Arslanian
Rosemary Cappozalo
Irene Deitch
Annette Esposito
Diane Hopkins
Ollie Williams

2006
Alberta Brescia
Iline "China" Chung-Eddie
Elizabeth McCombs
Aurora Nazareno-Ocampo
Lois Nicotra
Mary Scullin (Siller)
Janice Siller Hannan
Regina Siller Vogt
Pat Wynne

2005
Janet Rubich
Virginia Allen
Lucy DePeppo
Mae Gagliano
Pearl Minsky
Emily Vallelong

2004
Susan Atlan
Lois Baird
Earlene Bethel-Sperling
Joanne L. Certo
Sister Maureen Skelly
Emma Vidals

2003
Susan Bernstein
Gemma M. Caramante
Patricia Farrington
Wendy Pellegrino
Joanne Reese
Carmen Serrano Sherlock (Siconolfi)

2002
Carol Berardi
Mamie E. Daniels
Gloria J. Deppe
Julie Moody Lewis
Vienna Profeta
Joan B. Rannie
Helen S. Settles
Sister Vincent Marie Wilson

2001
Bettie J. Bellamy
Domenica (Minnie) Connors
Kathleen A. Geosits
Patricia Lockhart
Angela Padavano

2000
Dr. Terry Baver
Maria Cimmino
Laura J. Kennedy
Joanne Megna
Christine Thing Gilmartin
Thomasina Williams

1999
Ellen Adkins
Precious Braddy Hayes
Frances M. Hogan
Dr. Ann Merlino
Mary F. Regan
Joan A. Rendell

1998
"Susie" Hyun Sook Beidel
Katina Mantis Johnstone
Sylvia Moody-D'Alessandro
Rosetta Semple Newcombe
JoAnne Piegari
Stella Vozeolas

1997
Linda Angelone
Diane Carducci
Sister Francesca Cloutier
Eva Lazar Gabriel
Lillian M. Olsen
Julia Purpura

1996
Wilma Allman
Gloria Arrindell
Ella Bing
Mary Haas
Donna Long
Bonita Nathan Sussman

1995
Joan Cupo
Edie Dockter
Maureen Fisher (Riccardella)
Olga Gaeta
Marie Goepel
Jeanette Stahr

1994
Lucille Chazanoff
Belinda Dixon
Pat Miller
Lillian Popp
Catherine Zingales

1993
Frances Marie Acker
Mary Guardino
Denise Y. Koopman
Eleanor Quigley
Dorothy M. Ross
Hattie Smith-Davis

1992
Claire Catarina
Ruth Kopf
Eva Lake
Barbara Warren Chinitz

1991
Roslyn Attinson
Mother Agnes Eugenia Cormier
Georgiana DiMauro
Mary A. Kelly
Mable MacDonald
Elaine Schroeder

1990
Hazel Claire Brown
Marie Connors
Madeline Cretella
Marjorie Decker Johnson
Sister Madeleine Murphy
Mary C. Sciacca
Helen Steinecke

1989
Marilyn Cole
Frances E. Mantell
Gail Salvatore
Florence Semple
Sister Kathleen Sullivan
Rev. Terry Troia

1988
Luz Captain
Helen Cusack
Dorothy M. Doran
Teri Russo
Giovanna Scano
Sister Marie Bernadette Wyman

1987
Dorothy Magruder Kammer
Sophie Matthews
Catherine O'Callaghan
Margaret Porazzi
Ellen O. Pratt
Edith Susskind

1986
Nancy Avis
Sally Finger
Susan Lamberti
Grace Lee
Evelyn Morris King
Irene Willshaw
Hertha Winsch

1985
Elizabeth Connelly
Edwina Cosgriff
Audrey Lasher
Margaret Nichols
Mildred E. Olsen
Dorothy Schrieber

1984
Margaret Gioiosa
Edna Kahn
Marion E. Soule
Yvonne Taylor
Sara H. Yorysh

1983
Sonia Braniff
Gladys Campanella Johnson
Edna Hayes
Sylvia Jacobson
Estelle Mohr
Camille Zampino

1982
Terry Bertolli
Filomena Carannante
Esther S. Dean
Patricia Gilmartin
Helene Leventhal
Lynne Robbins Steinman

1981
Marion L. Briggin
Bertha Mandel
Helen R. Pose
Eleanor Proske
Lorraine Sorge
Anna West

1980
Sister Loretto Bernard Beagan
Joan C. Berman
Mary Anne (Molly) Hanratty
Dorothy Kruse
Toni Pederson
Beatrice Victor

1979
Marie L. Bliss
Lilian Helberg
Carole Lazorisak
Ellen Trapp

1978
Gladys Schweiger
Alice Robinson
Alma Harter
Bianca Gross
Lila Barbes

1977
Eleanor Conforti
Gwen Fleming
Elmire Gwinnell
Ida Plumb
Betty Robinson

1976
Sara Tennessee Baker
Joan H. Czirr
Susan Gott
Janet Nilsen
Anne Patrick
Gloria Tilzer

1975
Gloria Benbow
Mary Jane Davis
Clarisse Downing
Catherine Johnson
Marjorie Medway
Ida Soldivera

1974
Esther Grant
Helen L. Henry
Dorothy Holloway
Sylvia Lindner
Betty Van Stolk

1973
Faith Grannis
Marian B. Nelson
Irene Skinner
Mathilde P. Weingartner

1972
Jane Brauninger
Marguerite Quarrella
Margaret Robinson
Dr. Marie Rosati
Beatrice Rubenstein

1971
Jane Aberlin
Margaret Graves Gilbert
Mary Louise Harlan
Dorothy KuhnWedelmina Tatarka

1970
Mamie Asapansa-Johnson
Nancy Critchley
Jean Guthrie
Agnes Miller
Stella B. Orton

1969
Catherine Cass
Florence Grattan
Mary Stanley Hopkins
Edith Marrow
Cecelia Posluszny

1968
Mrs. John K. Bash
Louise Corey
Dr. Rita Ketchum Donahue
Cynthia Jacobson
Alison Mitchell
Eleanor Pitou

1967
Evelyn (Lyn) Carver
Clelia D'Allessandro
Jane Lyons
Tina Russo
Muriel Silberstein-Storfer

1966
Marie Cotter
Elizabeth Euler
Dorothy Magruder
Gretta S. Moulton
Lillian Schwartz

1965
Margaret Beyer
Milla Bleiman
Mary Ellis
M. Adelaide Irving
Grace Klinger

1964
Jessie Baker
Sarah Sparks Brown
Anna Henderson
Elizabeth H. Robinson
May Stein

1963
Lillian Daly
Eldena Garbe
Ellen Horrmann
Alma Stanley
Leonore Widdecombe

1962
Sister Helen Flynn
Margaret Lindemeyer
Dr. Mary E. Meade
Mary B. Paolicelli
Elizabeth Pouch
Alice Pavis
Dorothy V. Smith