Woman Award Recipients
Kimber Lanning, Entrepreneurial Leadership Award, Dr. RaShonda Flint, Director, STEM Leadership Award, Debbie Gaby, Philanthropy Award, Dean Shirley Mays, Educational Leadership Award, Jackie Thompson, Global Leadership Award, Patricia Hibbeler, Nonprofit Leadership Award, Marian Yim, Corporate Leadership Award
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Dr. RaShonda Flint, Director, TRIO Student Support Services STEM, ASU Receives 2013 STEM Leadership Award
I was raised by my parents to work hard and be persistent, and my mother was an every day example of just that – she worked hard and she continued on her path in spite of any difficulty or opposition. I also keep an African symbol Sankofa close to me. As a scientist, I am trained to analyze details and learn from my mistakes, just as the Sankofa symbol reminds us to thoughtfully consider and take from the past as we move into the future and progress through the use of knowledge. Dr. RaShonda Flint, Ph.D. has been selected to receive the...
read moreJackie Thompson, Southwest Airlines, Community & Grassroots, Receives Global Leadership Award
I believe it is important to seek continuous personal and professional growth and surround yourself with positive people who have your best interest at heart – your own personal board of directors. At the same time, go beyond what is required by finding new ways to create solutions for your company. One of my favorite quotes is from Norman Vincent Peale “Change your thoughts and change your world“. This year’s recipient of the Positively Powerful Woman Award for Global Leadership says to those who want to know her secret of...
read morePatricia Hibbeler, CEO, Phoenix Indian Center, Receives Nonprofit Leadership Award
It takes a special type of person that is tenacious and strong to take on the challenge of working in the non-profit world as well as in community service. Patti is indeed a woman of strong character and has been successful in advancing the mission of the Phoenix Indian Center and the community that it serves. Indian Country has a great need for such servant leaders that focus on the development and leadership of others. Best wishes on Patti’s continued success. Joan Begay Notah, MBA, Begay-Notah Consulting Group This is a quote from...
read moreDebbie Gaby, Sleep America, Receives 2013 Positively Powerful Philanthropy Award
If you want to be successful, have a very clear vision of what you aspire to be, and maintain the strength and passion to create that reality. Ask anyone who knows Debbie Gaby, President, Sleep America, and they’ll tell you she’s a woman with a joyful spirit of giving and… she is a shrewd person business as well. Ask her what’s she’s the most proud and she’ll say, “I am most proud to have Co-Founded Sleep America, which is the largest Mattress Retailer in Arizona and employs over 150 wonderful...
read moreKimber Lanning, Founder & President Local First Arizona Receives 2013 Entrepreneurial Leadership Award
My secret to success is really about taking risks. I believe that taking a risk is second nature to all successful people, and that you must be willing to throw aside worry and march ahead if you’re going to succeed. Kimber Lanning, entrepreneur, economic specialist, speaker, activist, community builder, musician, visionary…all of these skill sets are “alive and well” in this year’s recipient of the Positively Powerful Woman Award for Entrepreneurial Leadership. When asked what professional accomplishments...
read moreMarian Yim, Shareholder, Wong Fujii Carter, P.C. Receives 2013 Corporate Leadership Award
When I was a child I had a Hungarian violin teacher who used to say : “Cast your bread upon the waters, and it will come back to you tenfold.” If you have a chance to help someone, do it. When there is a job to be done, pitch in. Treat everyone with respect. It all comes back. Marian Yim Ms. Marian Yim is multi-faceted legal powerhouse and corporate contributor. She is a Director and Shareholder in the Phoenix law firm of Wong Fujii Carter, P.C. where she focuses her practice on administrative and regulatory law, women and...
read moreDean Shirley Mays, Phoenix School of Law, Receives 2013 Educational Leadership Award
Trust God, be unattached to your particular outcome, and be independent of the good (and bad) opinion of others. Dean Shirley Mays On June 21st, Dean Shirley Mays will receive the Positively Powerful Woman Award for Educational Leadership at a gala luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton Phoenix. She will be one of seven Award recipients, all of whom are visionary leaders who make a significant impact on others and are successful in their chosen profession. Phoenix School of Law Accomplishments: In August 2010, Dean Shirley Mays was selected as the...
read moreSharon Lechter, Financial Literacy Guru Says “Pay Your Family First!”
Sharon Lechter has dedicated her life’s work to financial literacy. She has served on the Dean’s Council 100 of the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and is a national spokesperson for the National CPAs Financial Literacy Commission. Sharon was also appointed to the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy for both President Bush and President Obama in highlighting the need for financial literacy in our nation. Sharon Lechter, Positively Powerful Woman of 2012, says “Pay your family first”....
read moreRev. Sheriolyn Curry Lasley Answered The Call, Joyful Still
Rev. Sheriolyn Curry Lasley accepted the call to ministry in 2002, while serving at historic Tanner Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church. (Tanner Chapel in Phoenix is the oldest Black congregation in Arizona.) Rev. Curry Lasley held many positions of leadership at Tanner Chapel, including the Director of the Young People’s Division, Youth Minister, and Minister to Senior Adults. “Leave your father’s house and go to a land where I will show you…” in April 2006, she became the co-founder and Executive Minister of Tabernacle Community AME...
read moreDr. Michele Y. Halyard: Radiation Oncologist, A Vital Force of Energy And Strength
Dr. Michele Halyard on the path she chose: “As a child, my mother’s breast cancer impacted me significantly. I was only five when she was diagnosed, and I remember that she was gone from our home for several weeks undergoing treatment. At the time in medicine, doctors performed radical mastectomies regularly, meaning they even took the chest muscle wall. I didn’t completely understand what was happening to my mother because I was so young, but I instinctively knew that it impacted her significantly. I noticed how she would...
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