Application Requirements
- Nominees must be current members of WIFS
- Nominate another person or yourself.
- Chapters earn points toward Chapter of the Year for each Chapter member nominated.
- National Board members and previous Woman of the Year recipients are not eligible
- Complete application by July 31. Nominations received after July 31 will not be considered.
Dates and Deadlines
April 1: Nomination acceptance period opens.
July 31: Nomination acceptance period closes.
August 1-31: Awards Committee nomination review period.
October 20-22: Finalists' information will be shared at WIFS National Conference.
Past Women of the Year
- 2023 Alanah Phillips
- 2022 Angela Ribuffo
- 2021 Sue Kuraja
- 2020 Grace Staten
- 2019 Jennifer Warfield
- 2018 Christina Aleckson
- 2017 Susan L. Combs
- 2016 Arthea "Charlie" Reed
- 2015 Juli McNeely
- 2014 Kathleen Godfrey
- 2013 Daralee Barbera
- 2012 Monica Jones
- 2011 Mary Quist-Newins
- 2010 Linda Witham
- 2009 Emily Viner
- 2008 Diane Dixon
- 2007 Susan Sweetser
- 2006 Estella Kierce
- 2005 Diane White
- 2004 Cornelia Philipson
- 2003 Robelynn Abadie
- 2002 Dorothy Austell
- 2001 Rosalie Kuntz
- 2000 Myra Bahme
- 1999 Marilyn Murphy
- 1998 Donna Patton
- 1997 Donna Freeman
- 1996 Ann Travis
- 1995 Ann Carroll
- 1994 Nancy Rash
- 1993 Toni Savadel
- 1992 Liane Gonzalez
- 1991 Yaeko Sano Hara
- 1990 Noni Baldwin