Candidate criteria
The nominee has made significant or innovative contributions and/or shown superior performance and leadership in service to the complementary missions of the Wellesley College Alumnae Association and Wellesley College.
The nominee must be an alumna of Wellesley College.
Current members of the WCAA Board of Directors or Trustees of the College, along with current employees of the WCAA and the College, are excluded from award eligibility.
Nominations for the 2025 award are now open.
Award presentation
The award is presented at the Alumnae Association’s Annual Meeting.
Recipients
2023 | Beth McKinnon '72 Nida Mirza ’05 |
2022 | Audrey Mandela ’80 Azizah Yasin ’94 Anne Kelly Byerly ’82 |
2021 | Pamela Boulet ’87 Denny Donovan ’79 Anne Kennedy ’66 Michele Leonard ’77 |
2020 | Jane Helmchen ’61 Mei-Mei Tuan ’88 Francine Miltenberger ’78 and Mana Uchino ’88 |
2019 | Erin Corcoran ’13 Lauren Young Durbin ’99 Julia Griffith ’71 |
2018 | Teresita Ramos ’93 Erika Spitzer ’06 Jody Strakosch ’79 |
2017 | Susan Harmon ’67 Erin Flannery Keith ’05 Lisa Torreano ’90 |
2016 | Brooke Bryant ’03 Sally Katz ’78 Pamela McNeil ’82 |
2015 | Jane Dean ’56 Bridget O’Connor Garsh ’04 Charlotte LaRue Isaacs ’68 Margaret Elizabeth Barr Wang ’54 |
2014 | Whitney Shaffer Ackerman ’03 Martha Reardon Bewick ’62 Charlotte Hayes ’75 Helen Kriz Marshall ’77 |