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Women of Distinction Luncheon

Friday, October 9, 2026
11:30 a.m.
Hilton Anatole

The 2026 Women of Distinction Luncheon is SOLD OUT!

We look forward to seeing everyone on Friday, October 9 at the Hilton Anatole to celebrate this year’s incredible honorees who have gone above and beyond to lift up women and girls in Northeast Texas. Registration opens at 10:30 a.m. and the program will begin promptly at 11:30 a.m.

For all questions on the day of the Luncheon, please call 972-349-2400 as Ashley O’Neill will be unavailable.

Event Honorees

Juanita Harris Juanita HarrisJuanita Harris
Juanita Harris

Lifetime Achievement

Cece Cox Cece CoxCece Cox
Cece Cox

Lifetime Champion

Michelle Thomas Michelle ThomasMichelle Thomas
Michelle Thomas

Woman of Distinction

Advithi Baddam Advithi BaddamAdvithi Baddam
Advithi Baddam

Mary Anne Cree Young Woman of Distinction

Sravya Nori Sravya NoriSravya Nori
Sravya Nori

Mary Anne Cree Young Woman of Distinction

Kora Thomas Kora ThomasKora Thomas
Kora Thomas

Mary Anne Cree Young Woman of Distinction

Meet Our Co-Chairs

Stacie Cornwell
Stacie Cornwell Stacie CornwellStacie Cornwell

Partner, Armanino

Alex Sullivan
Alex Sullivan Alex SullivanAlex Sullivan

Business Insurance Advisor, Marsh McLennan Agency

All portraits courtesy of Gitting Photography. 

Host Committee

Kit Addleman
Roheen Ahsan
Majaliwa Bass
Connie Bell
Cimajie Best
Connie Blass O'Neill
Millie Bradley
Dee Brown
Shonn Brown
Christie Carter
Kristen Cook
Brenda Cubbage
Laura Downing
Donna Epps
Kristy Faus
Suzy Gekiere

Renee George
Lisanne Glew
Gail Griswold
Debra Hunter Johnson
Nickoria Johnson
Jennifer Kass
Jenny King
Ellyce Lindberg
Caren Lock
Bridget Moreno Lopez
Cris Lopez
Sarah Losinger
Roberta Luxbacher
Kate Rose Marquez
Sara Martineau
Lynn McBee
Cassandra McKinney

Peggy Meyer
Regina Montoya
Sharon Morrison
Anne Motsenbocker
Amanda Muhammad
Holly Reed
Angela M. Ross
Ashley Russell
Carol Short
Rebecca Short
Rachel Simon
Samantha Tennant
Michelle Thomas
Candace Winslow
Linda Yohe
Carmen Yung


Revisit Last Year's Event

Previous Honorees toggle arrow

Lifetime Achievement 
2025 - Dr. Elba Garcia
2023 - Opal Lee
2020 - Cynthia "Cynt" Marshall
2019 - Mary Anne Cree
2016 - Marianne Staubach
2015 - Jan Rees-Jones
2014 - Gene Jones
2013 - Lindalyn Adams
2011 - Caroline Rose Hunt
2010 - Ebby Halliday
2009 - Bette Perot

Women of Distinction 
2025 - Shonn Brown, Connie O'Neill
2024 - Caren Lock, Cassandra McKinney
2023 - Carol Pierce Goglia, Bridget Moreno Lopez
2022 - Rebecca Acuña, Vidya Krishnan, Dr. Jennifer Stimpson
2021 - Kit Addleman, Hattie Hill, & Cris Zertuche Wong
2020 - Anne H. Chow & Alice Rodriguez
2019 - Sabrina Martinez Harrison & Roslyn Dawson Thompson
2018 - Arcilia C. Acosta & Linda Perryman Evans
2017 - Sara Martineau & Nina Vaca
2016 - Sarah Losinger & Trea Yip
2015 - Michele Bobadilla & Tincy Miller
2014 - Nancy Ann Hunt
2013 - Nicole Small
2012 - Matrice Ellis-Kirk, Sally Hoglund & Peggy Sewell
2011 - Regina Montoya & Lynn McBee
2010 - Harriet Miers & Becky Sykes
2009 - Lucy Billingsley & Barbara Ward
2008 - Anne Motsenbocker & Clarice Tinsley
2007 - Laura Estrada & Valerie Freeman
2006 - Elvira Wallace-Martinez & Mavis Knight
2005 - Florence Shapiro & Cheryl Sutterfield-Jones

Mary Anne Cree Young Women of Distinction
2025 - Clara Coppinger, Samantha Herrmann, Prisha Thakur
2024 - Rida Ahmed, Dylan George, Katherine Polimerou
2023 - Aspen Cunningham, Kaaviya Shenbaharaman, Anushka Sridhar
2022 - Jordan Flint, Sofiaenid Rodney-Hernández, Gracie Wakefield
2021 - Katie Chang, Margot Meyer & Alexandra Vincent
2020 - Elina Dickens & Abigail Simon
2019 - Mary Katherine Futrell & Gauri Nukala
2018 - Divya Lal & Timarie Luker
2017 - Shelly Goel & Emma Rose Shore
2016 - Anisha Wadawadigi & Hailey Falies
2015 - Devin Bray & Sruthi Tummala
2014 - Meredith Burke & Cameron Wicks
2013 - Grace Cooper & Alexandra Villareal
2012 - Barrett Cole, Sarah Felan & Gabby Gafford
2011 - Andrea Noelle Emery & Marisa Salatino
2010 - Haley Ann Avery & Ashton Gepfert
2009 - Catherine Cannariato & Julie Negussie
2008 - Chanelle Angeny & Whitney Walker
2007 - Bryna Garrison & Amber Meeks
2006 - Erin Cafferty, Sarah Heady & Jennifer Goebel
2005 - Lilianna Delgado & Katie Murray

Man Enough to Be A Girl Scout
2025 - Michael M. Boone
2023 - Roland Parrish 
2022 - Hiawatha Williams
2020 - Erle Nye
2019 - Jorge Baldor
2018 - Avi Kahn
2017 - Todd Williams
2016 - Kent Eastman

Lifetime Champion
2025 - Sharon King

Previous Co-Chairs toggle arrow

2025 - Ellyce Lindberg, Bridget Moreno Lopez
2024 - Andrea Weber & Kim Williams
2023 - Peggy Meyer & Carmen Yung
2022 - Nickoria Johnson & Teresa Lin
2021 - Mary Martha Pickens & Shannon Thompson
2020 - Tracy LaRosiliere & Michelle Thomas
2019 - Candace Winslow & Venise Stuart
2018 - Dee Brown & Sharon Morrison
2017 - Laura Downing & Susan Glassmoyer
2016 - Heather Randall & Maggie Kipp
2015 - Katherine Coker
2014 - Elizabeth Gambrell
2013 - Angie, Ann & Kimber Kadesky
2012 - Lynn McBee
2011 - Gina Betts
2010 - Gina Betts
2009 - Clarice Tinsley & Stephen Giles
2008 - Valerie Freeman & Sharon King

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