
Past Woman of Vision Honorees
2019
Dr. Yvonne Pointer
Humanitarian, philanthropist, author, evangelist and speaker
2018
Vanessa L. Whiting, Esquire
President, A.E.S. Management Corporation DBA Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen
2017
Dr. Lolita M. McDavid
Medical Director of Child Advocacy & Protection, University Hospitals
2016
Terri Bradford Eason
Director of Gift Planning, The Cleveland Foundation
Rev. Dr. Robin E. Hedgeman
Senior Pastor, Bethany Christian Church
2014
Alexandria Johnson Boone
Chairwoman/Founder, Woman of Color Foundation
The Honorable Pinkey Carr
Judge, Cleveland Municipal Court
Debra Adams Simmons
Editor, The Plain Dealer Publishing Company
2013
Marsha Mockabee
President & CEO, Urban League of Greater Cleveland
2012
Barbara Dansforth, Esq.
President & CEO, YWCA of Greater Cleveland
2011
Daisy Alford-Smith, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio
2010
Danita Harris
Channel 5 News Anchor
2009
Gail Cochran
President, Flite II Travel American Express
2008
Marnita E. Sandifer, Ph.D.
Owner, AJ’s Spa Millennium
2007
A. Grace Lee Mims
Host/Producer, WCLV-FM’s “The Black Arts” & “Artslog”
2006
Margot James Copeland
Executive Vice President & Director Corporate Diversity & Philanthropy, KeyCorp
2005
Constance D. Harper*
Executive Vice President & Editor, Call & Post
2004
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones*
U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio 11th District
2003
Dr. Pamela L. Redding
Physician
2002
The Honorable Marcia L. Fudge, Esq.
Mayor, Warrensville Heights, OH
2001
Margaret Bernstein
Reporter, The Plain Dealer
2000
Ione Biggs*
Advocate/Member, Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame
1999
Artha Woods Blubaugh*
Clerk of Council, Cleveland City Council
1998
Dr. Linda D. Bradley, M.D.
Vice Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic
1997
Carole Hoover
President & CEO, Greater Cleveland Growth Association
1996
Anita Polk*
Director, Urban League of Greater Cleveland
1995
The Honorable Jean Murrell Capers (Retired)*
Judge, Cleveland Municipal Courts
1994
Eleanor Hayes
Director, Minority & Women’s Talent Management, Cleveland Clinic
1993
Romona Robinson
Channel 3 Evening News Anchor
1992
Dr. Jerry Sue Thornton, Ph.D.
President, Cuyahoga Community College
*Denotes deceased