Iris Award Honorees: 1985-Present

We are pleased to recognize the women who have been honored for the outstanding contributions to Southwest Washington. 

The Iris Awards were established in 2012.  From 1985 through 2010, award recipients were honored as "Women of Achievement."

2018
Julie Bocanegra | Julianna Marler | Nancy Retsinas | Nan Henriksen

2017
Jody Campbell | Temple Lentz | Deena Pierrot | Dr. Carolyn N. Long | Judie Stanton

2016
Katherine Garrett | Anne McEnerny-Ogle | Heidi Johnson Bixby

2015
Victoria Bradford | Lori Pulliam | Lisa Schauer

2014
Kris M. Henriksen | Sherri McMillan | Kristy Weaver 

2013
Dianna Kretzschmar | Lisa Lowe | Jaynie Roberts

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2012 
Lisa Nisenfeld | Sally Schaefer | Mary Strehlow

2010   
Renate Atkins  | Bobbi Bindreiff  | Donna Bleth | Joyce Carter |
Leslie Durst | Rev. Marva Edwards  | Linda Glover  | Nancy Simmons 

2009
Bobbi Casanova | Jane Cote | Jeanne Firstenburg | Addison Jacobs | 
Debra Jenkins | Terry Murphy | Carol Parker Walsh | Deb Wallace

2008
Dr. Susan Davis | Patricia Downey | Jean Lacey | Kris Miller |
Tracy Reilly Kelly | Elizabeth Asahi Sato | Jeanne Stewart | Susan Torres

2007
Sister Joelle Aflague | Val Alexander | Mari Greves | Randi Holland |
Joy Overstreet | Leilani Russell | Kathi Wiley Gladson | Judy Zimmerman

2006
Jan Asai | Judi Brenes | Jeanne Kojis | Elise Menashe |Ginger Metcalf | Donna Roberge |
Peggy Sheehan | Jan Truttman

2005
Becky Archibald | Launda Carroll | Susan Courtney | Becky Merritt | 
Betty Sue Morris | Mary Robinson | Joan Wolverton | Dorothy Wright

2004
Heidi Bixby | Erika Hagensen | Peggy Hays | Deborah Nelson |
Jada Rupley | Barbara Saur | Bridget Schwarz | Joan Skelton 

2003
Jackie Batties | Peg Busick | Miriam O. Hagensen | Heather Harmon |
Linda Hickey | Pat Jollota | Sheila W. King | Judy A. Marick

2002
Beverly Fogle | Margaret Colf Hepola | Marilyn Lewis | Erin Nolan |
Cheryl Pfaff | Judie Stanton | Sherry Vaughan | Florence Wager

2001
Twyla Barnes | Jeannie Bryant | Sue Cannard | Anita Fisher |
Jeanne Mack | Loretta Vander Pol | Debbi Veach-White | Bonnie Walden

2000
Da Verne Bell | Kelly Christel | Julie DeSmith | Jane Jacobsen |
Marla Ludolph-Heikkala | Dottie Lunde | Jane Moreno | Anne Turner

1999
Tana Hasart | Dixie Hotaling | Ethel Hunter | Dorothy Langsdorf |
Jackie Parker | Maureen Pedone | Rhona Sen Hoss | Allene Wodaege

1998
Karen Ciocia | Leann Johnson | Margaret Jane Johnson |
Joyce Kilpatrick | Marilyn Koenninger | Ceci Ryan Smith | Nicki Smith |
Beverly Sullivan

1997
Mary Jo Briggs | Carol Hansen | Barbara Johnson | Deloris Johnson |
Peggy Lansverk | Marcia McReynolds | Valerie Norris | Vicki Swalling

1996
Nancy Baker | Helen Bussey | Evelyn Dusenbery |
Georgia-Mae Gallivan |Miros Hernandez | Kim Chau Larson |
Holly Echo-Hawk Middleton | Gretchen Starke

1995
Diane Christie | Tina Corey | Nan Henriksen | Evon Rodgers |
Alice Stroh | Candy Thompson | Gaydena Thompson | Kate Veneroso

1994
Judy Bochart | Deb Brzoska | Virginia Cox | Lorraine Fowler |
Shirley Galloway | Donna Dunbar Mason | Jamie McCoy | Joan Stout

1993
Mary DeBoever | Natalia Eretneva | Grace Gould | Joanne Kendall |
Pamela Kirkaldie | Kay Koontz | Maria Madrigal-Ross | Helen Raymond

1992
Garnet Allen | Margaret Crandall | Hazel Defenbaugh |

Carolyn Neubauer | Busse Nutley | Susan Porter | Harriet Wilson |
Vicki Winmill

1991
Helen Beall | Sister Mary Leona Miller | Jean Norwood | Val Ogden |
Elizabeth Perry | Marlyn Rhodes | Jan Schmidt | Suzanne Taylor-Moore

1990
Ethel Lehman | Betty J. Mage | Yvonne Montchalin | Dorothy Penn |
Louise Smith | Karen R. Steingart, M.D. | Ellen Torongo |
Eleanor Van de Water

1989
Rose Besserman | Mildred Bradbury | Florine Du Fresne | Helen Dygert |
Phyllis Goldhammer | Linda Greep | Karen Hill | Marjorie Trevarthen

1988
Mary Barnard | Phyllis Clausen | Jo Fuller | Kari Garman |
Mary Peterson Granger | Sheila Guenther | Joan Renner | Velda Sutton

1987
Marva Benjamin | Jennifer Fay | Karen Gorini | Barbara Howard |
Cathie Deweese Parkinson | Chandy Phongsavat | Emily Riley-Jones | Nancy Jean Soukup

1986
Joan Caley | Netta Groat | Pat Jones | Elizabeth McPherson |
Mary Ann Moberly | Marie Nelson | Karyl Severson | Jerri Songer

1985
Pat Anderson | Erna Apsler | Norma Holliman | Darlene Johnson |
Valree Joshua | Priscila Martins-Read | Colleen Olney |
Melicent Woodmansee