May 11, 2017 Virginia Edwards, EdD 2017 Education A dedicated educator for over forty years, Dr. Virginia Green Edwards has brought to the classroom a strong belief in education and community service instilled in her by…
May 11, 2017 Paola Gianturco 2017 Arts Paola Gianturco is an activist author/photographer who has documented women’s lives in 60 countries, has had five books published—and is a grandmother. Paola has always viewed the world…
May 11, 2017 Linda Tavaszi, PhD 2017 Health & Medicine If there is one phrase that describes Dr. Linda Tavaszi, it is that “she makes the impossible happen.” She has spent her entire adult life supporting…
May 11, 2017 Zara Babitzke, MA 2017 Social Change Zara’s Early Years birth through 20’s Growing up in the steel town of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from a lower middle class family, Zara was born a twin. Her…
December 1, 2016 PAMELA WRIGHT LLOYD 1998 Environment Pamela Wright Lloyd of Mill Valley has devoted much of her life to safeguarding the environment. She was a founder of the Marin Conservation Corps (MCC), the first…
December 1, 2016 JEAN BEE CHAN, PH.D. 1998 Education Jean Bee Chan, Lucas Valley resident, is an outstanding educator and mentor. As a professor of mathematics at Sonoma State University since 1973, Dr. Chan has been instrumental…
December 1, 2016 ETTA ALLEN 1998 Business & Professions Etta Allen is a Marin pioneer for women in non-traditional careers. Etta showed an early resolve for entering fields not ordinarily open to women by earning…
December 1, 2016 RUTH SLUSER 1997 Education Ruth Sluser’s thirty-five-year teaching career has encompassed serving at-risk and special education students, and administering programs for teenage mothers. Devoting herself to helping those with special needs to…
December 1, 2016 THE HON. JOYCE KENNARD 1997 Public Affairs Joyce Luther Kennard’s journey through life has been remarkable: From an early childhood spent in an internment camp in West Java during World War II, to preadolescence…
December 1, 2016 DONNA GARSKE 1997 Social Change Since 1974, Donna Garske has been devoted to spirited activism on behalf of women, working initially with women in the criminal justice system, and then as Executive…
December 1, 2016 KIT M. COLE 1997 Business & Professions Kit M. Cole has dedicated her professional life to bringing women into leadership roles in the financial field. As a young divorcee with five children under…
December 1, 2016 ELLEN TIRZA LOTTE STRAUS 1996 Environment Ellen Tirza Lotte Straus was a rancher and environmentalist who dedicated her life to preserving a viable agricultural community in West Marin. Credited with building a bridge between…
