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Past Hall of Fame Inductees HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES 1994 1999 Lindy Boggs, New Orleans & Washington D.C.* Fran Bussie, Baton Rouge Wilhelmina Bernard Armour, Reserve Pat Evans, New Orleans* Charlotte A. Bollinger, Lockport Ginny Martinez, Kenner* Beth Courtney, Baton Rouge Corinne D. Maybuce, Baton Rouge* Sybil Haydel Morial, New Orleans Mary Evelyn Parker, Natchez* Mary Ellen Wisham, Baton Rouge* Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes, Greensburg* Rupert F. Richardson, Baton Rouge* 2000 Virginia K. Shehee, Shreveport* Dr. Donald Ayo, Thibodaux Eleanora Angelo, Meraux Eileen R. Armstrong, Baton Rouge* 1995 Constance A. Koury, Baton Rouge Barbara Mansfield, Bastrop Lucille Mae Grace, Baton Rouge* Beth Rickey, Lafayette Maggie Bell Atkins Hodges, Shreveport* Marilyn Thayer, New Orleans Eddie D. Brown Jones, Shreveport* Ellen Bryant Moore, Baton Rouge* 2001 Ollie Osborne, Lafayette* Lois D. Breaux, Lafayette & Washington D.C. 1996 Joanne Ferriot, Thibodaux Margaret D. Montgomery-Richard, New Orleans C. Maxine Holtry Daniels, New Orleans Cecile B. Tauzin, Chackbay & Washington D.C. Betty Green Heitman, Baton Rouge* Dorothy H. Wallace, Shreveport* 2002 Lillian W. Walker, Baton Rouge Kathy M. Vick, New Orleans* Jo Ann Cefalu Blanchard, Morgan City Alice Foster, Franklin 1997 Sibal Suarez Holt, Baton Rouge Norma Jane Sabiston, New Orleans & Washington D.C. Iris Kelso, New Orleans* Myrtle Pickering, Shreveport* 2003 Doris B. Reggie, Crowley Marie Louise Wilcox Snellings, Monroe* Judy Ewell Day, Baton Rouge Gayle F. Truly, Baton Rouge Roberta Madden, Baton Rouge Darlene L. Pellegrin, Arabi Margaret Gamble Pereboom, Baton Rouge* 1998 2004 Betsy Cheramie Ayo, Thibodaux* Laura Badeaux, Thibodaux Sally Clausen, Hammond Velma Callais-Rogers, Golden Meadow Linda Talbert, Shreveport 2005 2011 Marilyn B. Kilgen, Thibodaux Dr. Alice Pecoraro, Morgan City Carol R. LeBlanc, Raceland Adele Ransom, Monroe Martha A. Madden, Louisiana & Washington, D.C. Jean Rice, Metairie, Barbara Norton, Shreveport Suzanne Terrell, Metairie 2006 2012 Mari Ann Fowler, Baton Rouge * Andrea Bollinger-Giardina Bunnatine H. Greenhouse, Rayville & Reston, VA Elizabeth Ratcliff Dent Ethel N. Knobloch, Thibodaux* Rose J. Hudson Verna S. Landrieu, New Orleans 2013 2007 Maurice Durbin, Denham Spsrings Kay Katz, Monroe Irma Muse Dixon, New Orleans Demetric Mercadel, New Orleans Mary Ann Lemmon, Luling Willie Mount, Lake Charles Melinda Schwegmann, Metairie Lena Torres, St. Bernard Parish Pinkie Wilkerson, Grambling * Maura Donahue, Mandeville (Corporate Executive) Carolyn Doerle, Broussard (Entrepreneurship) 2008 Kitty DeGree, Monroe 2014 Sandy Rosenthal, New Orleans, Dr. Dolores Sikes, Baton Rouge Charmaine Degruise Caccioppi, New Orleans Phyllis Taylor, New Orleans Rochelle Dugas, Lafayette Hon. Ann Duplessis, New Orleans 2009 Lisa A. Crinel, New Orleans (Corporate) Sonia Perez, Baton Rouge (Corporate) Rosemary Ewing, Quitman Carol Solomon, New Orleans (Corporate) Phyllis Mayo, Baton Rouge Simone Bruni-Crouere, New Orleans (Entrepreneurship) Anne Milling, New Orleans Lily B. Moskal, Lafayette 2010 Jean Armstrong, Baton Rouge Betty Scott Cummings, Mangham Faith Peperone, Metairie Leslie Robichaux Suazo, Houma *deceased 2015 Felicia Frederick, New Orleans (Corporate) Karen Puckett, Baton Rouge (Corporate) Stephanie Burks, New Orleans (Entrepreneurship) Hon. Jacquelyn B. Clarkson, New Orleans (Government) Hon. Vanessa Whipple, Houma (Government) 2017 Marguerite Knight Erwin, Thibodaux (Corporate) Yvonne LaFleur, New Orleans (Entrepreneurship) Hon. Karen St. Germain, Pierre Part (Government) Genny May, New Orleans (Government) Luci Sposito, Thibodaux (Government) Eva Shanklin, Thibodaux (Government) Kim Sport, New Orleans (Government) BLUE RIBBON AWARD 2006 Women of the Storm, Katrina Krewe New Orleans 2008 Eric Paulsen and Sally Ann Roberts New Orleans 2009 Cherry Fisher May Lafayette 2011 Hoda Kotb New York, Louisiana 2015 Nell Nolan, New Orleans 2017 Martin Folse, Houma Jeff Crouere, New Orleans LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2008 Governor Kathleen Blanco Lafayette 2009 Mildred Fossier* New Orleans 2010 Anne Armstrong* New Orleans, & Kennedy county, TX 2011 Sandra Thompson Herman New Orleans 2012 Diana E. Bajoie New Orleans 2013 Laura Leach Lake Charles 2014 Angela Hill New Orleans 2015 Leah Chase, New Orleans 2017 U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, New Orleans OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP COUNCIL ACTIVIST 2011 Kathleen Mix Diamond Metairie 2012 Toni Gouaux Thibodaux 2015 Leslie Marsh, New Orleans Brandie Toups, Thibodaux Donnell Zeringue, Raceland 2017 Elaine R. Musso, Mandeville MEN WHO SUPPORT STRONG WOMEN 2015 Russ Herman, New Orleans Christian LeBlanc, Thibodaux 2017 Lloyd “Chip” Badeaux, Thibodaux Raja Talluri, Thibodaux .
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