This award seeks to promote advancement and leadership opportunities for women working in both government and government related positions. The award honors a woman who has demonstrated strong leadership by promoting opportunities for the advancement of women and who has been influential in the public sector and in the community she serves.

Award Recipients:

• 2016 -- Judge Jennifer Brunner
• 2016 -- The Honorable Yvette McGee Brown
• 2017 -- Justice Sharon L. Kennedy
• 2018 -- Justice Mary DeGenaro
• 2019 -- The Honorable Nancy Hardin Rogers
• 2020 -- Justice Melody Stewart 
• 2021 -- Sherry Maxfield
• 2022 -- Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor