To launch the publication of IWF’s inaugural edition of Ovation: A Tribute to Iowa Women and Girls and to honor the 119 remarkable women profiled in that edition, a surprise reception was held on May 12, 2014 at Celebration Farm near Solon. Joined by an audience of friends and family, each of the honored women received a wrapped copy of the book and a yellow rose.
Said Dawn Oliver Wiand, Executive Director of IWF, of the event, “We are thrilled that many people took the opportunity to recognize so many deserving women across Iowa. Ovation’s honorees are from all walks of life. From University Presidents to board executives, from small business owners to stay – at –home moms, from gardeners to political activists and many volunteers – these women have dedicated themselves to making a difference and are so deserving of recognition.”
Lists of the honorees and the publication’s sponsors follow below.
Ovation: A Tribute to Iowa Women and Girls is an annual publication of the Iowa Women’s Foundation, which both serves as a simple and elegant way to honor remarkable women in the state and as an important source of fundraising for the Foundation. For more information, please contact info@iawf.org. To submit a tribute or support the publication as a sponsor, please visit our Ovation contribution page.
Event Sponsors
Presenting Sponsors
U.S. Bank
Transamerica
Editor Sponsor
MidwestOne Bank
Associate Sponsor
Hills Bank and Trust Company
Friend Sponsor
Pearson
List of Honorees
Jacque Andrew
Dee Baird
Suzanne Parrish Bartlett, M.D.
Lorrie Bell
Jackie Blank
Gilda Boyer
Kay Braverman
Rosalie Braverman
Lydia Brown
Ellen Buchanan
Kitty Coen Buckwalter
Linda Bywater
Crissy Canganelli
Cedar Valley Chicks for Change
Lijun Lin Chadima
Karen Hubenthal Chappell
Ying Ying Chen
Chrysalis Foundation
Brenda Clancy
Stephanie Clohesy
Lisa Coester, M.D.
Sue Curry
Alice Dahle
Elizabeth Daly
Betty DeBerg
Denise Denton
Suzy DeWolf
Susan Drake
Madgetta T. Dungy, PhD
Michelle Durand-Adams
Relda Dwyer
Kathy Eno
Kathy Etscheidt
Geraldene Felton
Kim Franks
Helen Carlin Frye
Betty Jean Furgerson
Mary Gantz
Katrina Garner
Vickie L. Ginsberg
Christine H.B. Grant
Anne Gruenewald
Laurie M. Hamen, JD
Lynn Hartman
Nancy Hauserman
Kate Hawkins
Kay Hegarty
Amy Henderson
Anne Hennessey
Kay Shive Henry
Robyn Hepker
Cheryl Hines
IWF Early Trailblazers
LaDonna Jacobson
Jean Jew, M.D.
Jo Lavera Jones
Jill June
Nancy Kasparek
Kimberly K. Kazimour, PhD
Korlin Kazimour, BS, MBA, MLA
Bev Kotowske
Mary Lea Kruse
Carmen Lagaspi
Christine Landa
Norma Leibold
Vicki Lensing
Ruth Meyer Lerdal
Joan Liffring-Zug Bourret
Jean Lloyd-Jones
Patti Frye Lounsbury
Nancy Lowenberg
Cindy Lyness
Lynette Marshall
Janet Martin
Kären Mason
Sally Mason
Liz Mathis
Lura McBride
Jane McCune
Della McGrath
Lori Meyer
MidWestOne Bank
Kenlyn Miller
Kate Minette
Cheryle Mitvalsky
Katherine Moyers
Jill Olsen
Maureen Kler Osako
Anne Parmley
Mary Ann Peters
Doris Bogen Preucil
Mary Quass
Shannon Ramsay
Diane Ramsey
Amy L. Reasner
Betsy Rippentrop
Rockwell Collins Women’s Forum
Rotary District 6000
Darlene Schmidt
Carol Scott-Conner, M.D.
Susan Shullaw
Shuttleworth Women
Sisters of Mercy
Libby Gotschall Slappey
Lisa Slattery
MaraBeth Soneson
Susie Steit
Shelly Strellner
Joyce Summerwill
Elizabeth Swanson
Carolyn Thies
Margaret “Maggie” Ner Tinsman
Jean Trainor
Transamerica STEM Women Leaders
UnityPoint Health-Cedar Rapids
Dee Vandeventer
Monica Vernon
Marcia Wegman
Carolyn Wellso
Natasha Wendt
Peggy Boyle Whitworth
Women at HR Green
Women of Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
