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1970's

Barbara Joan Edwards
Monta Kinney*
Nora M. Kurosu
Audrey Mertz
Patricia Putman*
Cobey Black
Juliette May Fraser*
Betty Hirozawa
Dr. Adrienne Kaeppler
Dorothy Shimer*
Mary Bitterman, Ph.D.
Dorothy Ching
Billie Hauge
Laila Twigg-Smith*
Betty Vitousek



1980's

Sharon “Shay” Bintliff, M.D.
Mealii Namahoe Kalama*  
Shimeji Kanazawa
Andrea Lynn Simpson
Janice Wolf 
Ann B. Catts, M.D.
Nancy Corbett*
Betty Hemphill
Sister Maureen Keleher*
Lois Taylor    
Beebe Freitas   
Lucille Moore    
Myrtle Schattenburg*
Emme Tomimbang
Rev. Edith H. Wolfe
Barbara Dew
Shelby Anne Floyd
Melani Granfors
Ah Quon McElrath
May Moir
Harriet A. O’Sullivan
Lucille Breneman
Denby Fawcett
Joan Lee Husted
Marion Saunders*
Martha Torney
Lynne F. Wikoff
Lily K. Yao
Naomi S. Campbell
Lt. Janice M. Hamby
Fran G. Hill
Karen T. Nakamura
Jeannette Paulson Hereniko
Elizabeth L.K. Takao
Harriet Bouslog*
Winifred Buckley
Clorinda Low Lucas*
Patsy T. Mink*
Mary Kawena Pukui*
Barbara Tanabe
Mililani B. Trask
Linda Coble
Kathryn Lucktenberg
Ruth M. Ono, Ph.D.
Jane Renfro Smith
Judy Sobin
Amy Agbayani, Ph.D.
Irmgard Farden Aluli*
Penny Bradley
Ines Cayaban*
Marye Deming
Lisa N. Hashimoto
Bette Takahashi



1990's

S. Haunani Apoliona
Ellen Godbey Carson
Myra Rutherdale Immings
Esther Park*
Joyce Richards
Ann Simpson
Joyce Tsunoda, Ph.D.
Won Hee Kanolelani You
Marti Lynn Young
Doris Ching, Ed.D.
Noel Irwin-Hentschel
Carole Kai    
Beadie Kanahele Dawson
Lynn Waihee  





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1990's - continued

Barbara Cox Anthony
Momi Waihee Cazimero
Constance H. Lau
Patricia Saiki
Gladys K. Ainoa Brandt*
Margaret Y. Oda, Ed.D.
Cherye R. Pierce
Viola “Vi” E. Dolman*
Sharon C. Mahoe
Jackie Young, Ph.D.
Diane Yukihiro Chang
Sharon McPhee
Rell Sunn*
Lucile Abreu*
Joan Bickson
Estelle Kelley*
Lynne Johnson
Beatrice K.H. Kraus*
Rose Nakamura
Gail Breakey
Lynn Watanabe
Sharon Weiner
Kitty Lagareta
Maile Meyer
Jo Ann Moe


2000's

Julia Frohlich, M.D.
Sister Francine Gries*
Patti J. Lyons
Clarice Cornett
Marivic Dar
Alice Guild
Sandra Au Fong
Caroline Ward Oda
Nalani Olds
Naleen N. Andrade, M.D.  
Carol H. McNamee
Jean E. Rolles   
Louise Ing  
Lynn C. Z. Maunakea
Victoria Schneider, M.D.
Christine Camp Friedman
Tyrie L. Jenkins, M.D.
Carol Ai May
Brig. Gen. Coral W. Pietsch
Adelia Chung
Mary Bea Porter King
Kū Kahakalau, Ph.D.
Faye Watanabe Kurren
Connie Chun
Gwen Pacarro
Dr. Donnis Thompson*
Jenai Sullivan Wall
Erlinda M. Cachola, M.D.
Suzanne D. Case
Anna Elento-Sneed, Esq.
Signe A. Godfrey
Marsha Graham, MSN, CPUR
Janice Kalanihuia
Melody K. MacKenzie
Diane J. Plotts
Virginia M. Pressler, M.D.
Indru Watumull

*Indicates Deceased


organizations

KHNL 13
Rainbow Wahine Volleyball
American Trust Co. of Hawaii  
Hawaii Pacific College 
Hawaii Women Lawyers 
US Army Corps of Engineers
McDonald’s Restaurants Hawaii
Kaiser Permanente 
Aston Hotels & Resorts   
Pioneer Federal Savings Bank
Alu Like, Inc.    
Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing  
Kapiolani Medical Center 
St. Andrew’s Priory   
Office Pavilion  
Sacred Hearts Academy  
Belt Collins    
Group 70 International Inc. 
American Savings Bank
KNDI 1270 Radio  
Kamehameha Schools 
Nā Loio 
Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii
La Pietra School for Girls


 





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Interview with 2005 Honoree Dr. Tyrie Jenkins re Leadership



Interview with
1999 Honoree
Maile Meyer
re Leadership


Interview with 2006 Honoree Dr. Kū Kahakalau re Leadership



Interview with
1985 Honoree 
Denby Fawcett re Leadership


Interview with 1998 Honoree 
Sharon Weiner re Leadership



Interview with
2004 Honoree 
Nancy White (La Pietra) re Leadership



Interview with 2001 Honoree 
Alice Guild re Leadership



academy storybook

 
Honorees 1977 - 1979
Honorees 1980 - 1989
Honorees 1990 - 1999
Honorees 2000 - 2009
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Young LeaderLuncheon
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30th annual
leaderluncheon
event video

LeaderLuncheon 2007 gave all of us the unique opportunity to look back at 30 years of honoring women in our community, being especially mindful of how far women have come.  Our LeaderLuncheon video shared a retrospective of women who have been honored over the last 30 years. We hope you enjoy it.

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(Approx. running time 20 min.)

our leaderluncheon academy includes...

First Woman

Labor and Civil Rights Lawyer Hired by “Big-Five” Law Firm – Harriet Bouslog
President of a Major Financial Institution – Lily K. Yao

Anchored News on Television – Linda Coble

Warden in Correctional Institute in Hawaii – Marye Deming
High School Principal – Gladys K. Ainoa Brandt

First Woman Chair

Aloha United Way – Ruth M. Ono, Ph.D.
Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii – Julia Frohlich, M.D.

Clinical Department at U.H. School of Medicine – Sharon “Shay” Bintliff, M.D.

Queen Liliuokalani Trust – Clorinda Low Lucas

Founded by a Woman

Hawaii International Film Festival – Jeanette Paulson Herenko
La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls – Barbara Cox Anthony

The Hawaii Family Support Institute – Gail Breakey

Read to Me International Foundation – Lynn Waihee
The Contemporary Museum – Laila Twigg-Smith
LeaderLuncheon for YWCA of O'ahu – Bette Takahashi
Mothers Against Drunk Driving Hawaii – Carol H. McNamee
St. Francis Hospice Program – Sister Francine Gries

Legislation Leadership

Title IX (Gender Equity in Schools) – Patsy T. Mink
Equal Rights Ammendment – Patsy T. Mink

Drunk Driving Laws – Carol H. McNamee


Showed Us

First Woman Vietnam War Correspondent – Denby Fawcett
Closed Courtrooms – Janice Wolf

Educated Us

Wrote the Hawaiian Dictionary – Mary Kawena Pukui 
Internment of Japanese-Americans During WWII – Barbara Tanabe

LeaderLuncheon Event

2007 Event Photos

 

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