YWCA Greenwich held its fifth annual Women Who Inspire Awards ceremony on Thursday, November 10 with a sold-out cocktail reception at Greenwich Country Club. Receiving awards this year were Stephanie Dunn Ashley; Kathleen Bordelon; Grace Lockhart Djuranovic; Danielle Eason; Laura Erickson; Molly H. King; Christine Lai; Nicole Mitchell; Karen Santucci, MD FAAP; and Asha K. Shah, MD MS.
The Women Who Inspire Award was established to recognize and celebrate outstanding women who have excelled in philanthropic, professional, and volunteer pursuits and enriched the lives of those in our community.
Also honored at the event this year with the Next Generation Women Who Inspire Award were Lauren Mondschein, a student at Greenwich High School and Emma K. Neary, a student at Sacred Heart Greenwich.
“It is a testament to our Women Who Inspire Award Honorees and their impact in the community that that this year’s event was sold out. I am particularly proud that fifty past honorees supported this event, warmly welcoming the class of 2022 to the YWCA Greenwich sisterhood of honorees,” said Mary Lee Kiernan, YWCA Greenwich President and CEO.
The law offices of Cummings and Lockwood, represented by their first female Chairman and Managing Director Laura Beck, received the Women Who Inspire Corporate Award for their outstanding leadership in developing a strong culture and practices that support gender equity and women’s empowerment.
YWCA Greenwich has a long history of honoring women in our community including the BRAVA Awards which were established in 1977 and recognized professional women, the Spirit of Greenwich Awards which began in 1994 and honored volunteers, and the Women Who Inspire Awards which was established in 2019 to recognize all women and the fluidity in today’s work/life balance. To date over 500 women have been honored by YWCA Greenwich for their outstanding achievements and commitment to philanthropic causes that have benefitted so many in our community.
The 2022 Women Who Inspire Awards co-chairs are Andrea Douglas, MD; Karen Kelly; Clarena McBeth, LMHC LPC; and Elaine Ubiña.
