October 12, 2011

2011Women of D istinction

Generation Wow!100th Anniversary

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GENERATION

Our 100th anniversary celebration spotlights our Generation Wow! Girl Scouts and our Women of Distinction

Tonight, we celebrate 100 years of Girl Scouts as the premier all-girl leadership development program in the country. Girl Scouts of Colorado serves nearly 30,000 girls in grades K–12 around the state.

Program activities are organized around Girl Scouts’ leadership model where girls Discover, Connect, and Take Action, setting them on a life-long path to lead with courage on issues they care about and take active roles in their communities; lead with confidence and feel empowered to make a difference in their own and others’ lives; and lead with character when they act with integrity and compassion, making decisions that promote the well-being of themselves and others as they continue to make the world a better place.

With an emphasis on our four key Colorado initiatives: My Future, My World, My Planet and My Self, and through activities that build self-confidence, creative decision-making skills and teamwork, girls develop real-world leadership abilities that will last them a lifetime. In celebration of our 100th anniversary, we are honoring 100 exceptional Girl Scouts through the state, deemed the Generation Wow! Girl Scouts.

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Welcome, 6 p.m.Theresa Marchetta, 7NEWS Anchor/Call7 Investigator, KMGH-TV,

2010 Woman of Distinction

Angela Natrasevschi, Gen Wow! Girl Scout

Celebration RemarksThe Honorable Michael Hancock, Denver Mayor

InvocationCristina Trimpe, Gen Wow! Girl Scout

Flag Ceremony and Pledge of Allegiance

God Bless AmericaMary Louise Lee, Denver’s First Lady

Special ThanksJudi Wolf, Celebration Chair, 2000 Woman of Distinction and Community Leader

Leadership for Today and Tomorrow Video

Ellie Wroble, Gen Wow! Girl Scout and Susan Wroble, volunteer

Supporting Girl Scouts of ColoradoElizabeth Akalin, Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, Senior Grants Management Associate

Faye Wilson Tate, Celebration Chair, 2003 Woman of Distinction and Vice President and Director, Global Diversity and Inclusion, CH2MHILL

Recognition of 1997 to 2010 Women of Distinction and Presentation of the 100th Anniversary

Generation Wow! Girl ScoutsMegan Ferland, President and CEO, Girl Scouts of Colorado

Governor Congratulations The Honorable John Hickenlooper, Governor

Happy Birthday Girl ScoutsMary Louise Lee & Gen Wow! Girls

Merriment and Refreshments, 7 p.m.

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The annual Women of Distinction event is widely regarded as one of Denver’s premier philanthropic programs, bringing together and recognizing a group of purpose-driven leaders; women in business, healthcare, government, education and philanthropic communities who, like the girls, are dedicated to service and leadership. These women are nominated by their peers and commit to increasing the impact of Girl Scouting through their volunteer and financial contributions.

Since 1997, 383 women leaders in their fields of expertise have been selected as Women of Distinction and have raised more than $2 million to support Girl Scout leadership development programs. One-third of the girls served statewide—at least 10,000 girls annually—come from disadvantaged backgrounds. They benefit most of all from the generous support provided from events like this one.

The 15th annual Women of Distinction event benefits Girl Scout leadership development programs, which engage girls in discovering themselves, connecting with others, and taking action to make the world a better place.

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Celebration Event Committee

Honorary ChairsThe Honorable John Hickenlooper and Helen ThorpeThe Honorable Michael Hancock and Mary Louise Lee

Chairs

Sue Anschutz-RogersLinda ArnesonLaFawn BiddleDoris BiesterBarbara BridgesKaren Brody & Michael Hughes

Kelly BroughSheila BugdanowitzErna ButlerConnie CampbellJennifer & Will ColosimoPat CortezBrenda Davis

Lee Palmer EverdingStephanie FooteKaren HardyLarissa HerdaKate PaulCleo Parker RobinsonMary & George Sissel

Katharine StapletonJudith & Joe Wagner

Co-Chairs

CommitteeSusan BakerPatricia BarelaPatterson BeneroMaria Garcia BerryJoe BlakeMolly BroerenLinda ChildearsLeanna ClarkGay CookMary CroninRaylene DecaturHelen DrexlerDonna Evans

Lynn GangoneAnne GarciaMargie GartLynda GoldsteinBarbara GroganPaula HerzmarkArlene & Barry Hirschfeld Elsa HolguínDorothy HorrellJohn IkardJoy JohnsonKathy Kaley

Tammy KeffelerRev. Susan KielyDianna KunzSharon LinhartSharon Magness-BlakeBetsy MangoneTheresa MarchettaEdie MarksCaz MatthewsMaureen McDonaldDebra & Bill PainMary D. PetryszynRuth Rohs

Michelle Rose-HughesArnold SalazarSandra Scanlon Rhetta SheadLisa SniderTerry VitaleElbra WedgeworthMarvin WolfCarolyn Wollard

Christine Benero

Toti Cadavid

Erin Yoshimura

Judi Wolf

Faye Wilson Tate

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Raydean Acevedo Tucker Hart Adams Stephanie Allen Andrea Y. Allott Marin Alsop Audrey R. Alvarado Sue Anschutz-Rodgers Mary Anstine Ceal Barry Nancy L. Benson Sherrye Berger Virginia K. Berkeley Joan H. Bristol Molly B. Broeren Joy Burns Nancy Cain Peggy Cain Jan Campbell Margaret Cary-Darkins, M.D. Lauren Casteel Merle C. Chambers Pat Cooley Courtney Cowgill Dana Crawford Mary Gittings Cronin Jo Marie Dancik Diana DeGette Elaine Demery Potter Jean E. Dubofsky Lucille A. Echohawk Cynthia Evans Lee Palmer Everding Jo Farrell Carolyn Fineran Susan Fisher

Sara Fuentes Jean Galloway Anna Garcia Anne Garcia Maria Garcia-Berry Velvia Garner Connie Graham Elinor Greenberg, Ed.D. Gayle Greer Barbara Grogan Melinda Harper Allegra (Happy) Haynes Lisa Herzlich Arlene Hirschfeld Sally Hopper Dorothy Horrell Ambassador Swanee Hunt Gwinavere A. Johnston Rita Kahn Dr. Sheila Kaplan Mary Kelley Susan C. Kirk Susan K. Koonsman Dottie Lamm Carol Buchanan Lay Pat Lee Georgia Lesh-Laurie Darlene Letey Pat Loewi Karen Lozow Maria G. Lucero, Ph.D. Bertha Lynn Edie Marks Beverly Martinez Rachel B. Noel*

Gale Norton Sue O’Brien* Carol O’Dowd LaRae Orullian Kathryn Paul Linda Petty Adele Phelan Kay R. Phillips Patricia Barela Rivera Jessie Roberson Bea Romer Anita K. Russell Kristy A. Schloss Gail S. Schoettler Lisa Schomp Patricia Schroeder Linda Sease Judi Servoss Maureen Regan Smith Aimee Sporer Bishop Mary Ann Swenson Marilyn E. Taylor Wilma M. Taylor* Kyla Thompson Jill S. Tietjen, P.E. Joanne Underhill Marilee Utter Andrea Van Steenhouse Mary Beth VitaleJudith B. Wagner Wilma Webb Barbara Wells Mary White Marla J. Williams Alice Yee

1997 Women of Distinction

Women of Distinction 1997–2010

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Linda Alvarado Patricia Baca, Ph.D. Robbie Bean, Ph.D. LaFawn Biddle Lark Birdsong Joan Birkland Sheila R. Bugdanowitz Christine Burtt Angel Chi Linda S. Childears Noël Congdon Pat Cooper

Joan R. Duncan Leslie Durgin Dr. Patricia A. Gabow Marion Gottesfeld* Rev. Lucia Guzman Sumiko Hennessy Theresa Hart Ann Love* Sharon Magness BlakeJoyce Meskis Dani R. Newsum Katherine Peck

Cleo Parker Robinson Ellen Robinson Virginia Packard Rockwell* Patti Shwayder Carol R. Simonson Cindy Velasquez Sharon Vigil Terry Vitale Judy Ward Tracy Winchester

1998 Women of Distinction

Rosa Linda Aguirre Fernie Baca, Ph.D. Pamela Bard J. Bronwyn Bateman, M.D. Annabel Bowlen Patti Cramer* Joanne Davidson Dawn Denzer* Joanne Ditmer Peggy Driscoll

Janet Elway Ellen Fisher, Ph.D. Stephanie Foote Maria Goodloe-Johnson, Ph.D. Diane Greenlee Jean Haley Harper Luanne Hazelrigg Debra Herz Ding Wen Hsu Kip Hughes

Marguerite Johnson Nancy J. McCallin Anabel McHugh Myrna D. Mourning Frances Owens Lydia M. Peña, S.L. Sharon Sherman Dianne P. Vanderlip Sandra K. Woods

1999 Women of Distinction

Marilyn Van Derbur Atler Betsy Bernard Doris Biester Candy M. Ergen Cathey McClain Finlon Sherry Gonzales Rosalind "Bee" Harris

Barb Hennigar Barbara Hornby* Georgia R. Imhoff*Carlotta Lanier Sue Miller Cohen M. Dianne Murphy Mary Petryszyn

Meg Porfido Susan Powers Annette Quintana Victoria Quintana Caroline Turner Judi Wolf

2000 Women of Distinction

*deceased

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Sueann Ambron, Ed.D. Adele Arakawa Polly Baca Judith Briles, Ph.D. Jeanette Chavez Pat Cortez Susan Damour

Debra DeMuth Donna Dewey Marion Downs, D.H.S. Elaine S. Gampel Carol Gossard* Sharon Alexander-Holt Ruth Morris Keesling

Sharon Haley Linhart Meera Mani, Ed.D. Mary Ann Padilla Ellen Hart Peña Mary Ricketson Elbra Wedgeworth

2004 Women of Distinction

Donna Auguste Letty Bass Susan Burks Josephine W. Heath Elizabeth Hoffman, Ph.D. Elsa I. Holguin The Reverend Susan Kiely

Dianna L. Kunz, Ph.D. Jody Lynne Mathie, M.D. Jennifer T. Moulton* Kimberly S. Patmore Cathy Reynolds Florence Kessler Ruston* Mary R. Sissel

Joan Carpenter Troccoli Menola Menola N. Upshaw* Anne Warhover Dottie Wham Linda Williams

2001 Women of Distinction

Lena L. Archuleta* Debra Abbott Pain Clair Beckmann Elaine Gantz Berman Phyllis J. Bigpond* Dawn Bookhardt Alison K. Brown, Ph.D.

Dana Cable Tammy Cunningham Paula Herzmark Joy S. Johnson Katherine Kaley Alice E. Kelly Anna Maria Larsen

Felicia Muftic Sister Lillian Murphy Marcia Neville Christine Soto Sandy Tenenbaum Roxane White

2002 Women of Distinction

Jennifer Atler Tamara Banks Kathleen M. Beatty, Ph.D. Juana Bordas Virginia “Gin” Butler Cile Chavez, Ed.D. Laura Danly, Ph.D.

Patty Fontneau Milagros Garcia Glodava Nita Gonzales Rhondda L. Grant Jennifer Hagman, M.D. Larissa L. Herda Christine Johnson, Ph.D.

Robin Johnston Caz Matthews Sally W. Rippey Linda Watson Sheehan Faye Wilson Tate Robin H. Wise

2003 Women of Distinction

Women of Distinction 1997–2010

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*deceased

Norma AndersonColleen BraveBarbara BridgesLinda Bowman, Ph.D.Wendy ChaoMargaret “Midge” CozzensLuella Chavez D’Angelo

Robin FineganHelen GinsburgSusan GoddardDebbie JessupTamela LeeKaren MathisEdna Mosley

Jane NortonBarbara O’BrienYolanda Ortega-EricksenRosemary RodriguezPatricia VincentAnnie Wohlgenant

2005 Women of Distinction

Katherine ArchuletaCynthia “Cinnie” AuerVeronica BarelaDiane CarmanGay CookPhyllis CoorsTaryn Edwards

Leslie GraysonCarole A. HarrisonKaren KarshRebecca Love KourlisDonna Lynne, DrPHKaren Newman, Ph.D.Cecilia “Cec” K. Sanchez de Ortiz

Lily ShenSandra ShreveKatharine “Katie” StapletonLinda StrineTamra WardCarolyn Schaefer Wollard

2006 Women of Distinction

Erna D. ButlerToti CadavidConnie CampbellMary Lee Chin, M.S., R.D. Tamara DoorMelodye FeldmanLeslie Fishbein*

Diane GarciaLindsey GuttermanCarolyn HambidgeJean C. JonesTracie KeeseeGretchen McCombMaureen McDonald

Toya M. NelsonKathleen D. Smith, Ed.D.Judith M. TaylorMartha M. Urioste, Ph.D. Sherri VasquezCarita WatsonRebecca W. Watson

2007 Women of Distinction

Dr. Julika AmbroseMary E. BacaMargaret BrownColleen ColarelliKay DaughertyRaylene DecaturBonnie Downing

Dawn EngleLynn GangoneIrene IbarraFrances JeffersonBarbara J. KelleyPamela Kenney BaseyMary Rhinehart

Lucinda SandersSandra ScanlonLisa SniderTeresa TaylorLynn ValenciaBarbara Yondorf

2008 Women of Distinction

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*deceased

Margaret M. AtencioCarol J. BurtMargaret “Peggy” Catlin, P.E. Leanna ClarkIvette DominguezRae Ann DoughertyDonna Evans

Viola “Vi” B. GarlingtonMary Foote Gearhart, P.E. Stephanie HarveyIrene Martinez Jordan, Ed.D.Mashenka LundbergBetsy A. MangoneLeslie Mitchell

Kay NortonJo Ann Millsap PeguesJeannie L. RitterJil RosentraterMary Ann Solano ShingElaine D. Torres

2009 Women of Distinction

Christine BeneroThe Honorable Joyce FosterMarjorie GartLynda Mallinoff GoldsteinCarolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, Ph.D.Rebecca Kirchdorfer

Theresa MarchettaThe Honorable Judy H. MonteroPatricia N. Olson, DVM, Ph.D.Barbara Reed, M.D.Erin Yoshimura

2010 Women of Distinction

Women of Distinction 1997–2010

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Thank you to our sponsors

Presenting Sponsors

Summer Reception Sponsor

Community Action Project Sponsor

GenWow Recognition Sponsor

Harmes C. Fishback Foundation Trust Mary & George Sissel

Triple BJudi & Joe WagnerMarvin & Judi Wolf

Corporate Table Sponsors

We apologize for any omissions due to our print deadline.

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Thank you to our sponsors

Additional SponsorsMargie GartLynda Goldstein QSP, Time, Inc./Ashdon Farms

Adopt-a-Gen Wow! SponsorsMaria Garcia Berry Cile ChavezRaylene DecaturDianne KunzMerial Myers Jill TietjenJudi WagnerWestwood Partners

Girl Scouts in Action SponsorsMy Future: Arlene and Barry HirschfeldMy World: Mary D. PetryszynMy Self: Arnold SalazarMy Planet: Susan Baker and Steve Scheid

Gen Wow! Honoree Table SponsorsErna ButlerDaVita

Table SponsorsSue Anschutz-RogersBall CorporationKaren Brody & Michael HughesBarbara BridgesConnie CampbellCleo Parker Robinson Dance Craig Hospital FoundationDenver Metro Chamber of CommerceEl Pomar FoundationLee Palmer Everding

Laval Strategic Resources LLCThe Pioneer Fund Rose Community FoundationStatera, Inc.Tuthill & Hughes LLPtw Telecom, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank The Women’s Foundation of Colorado Xcel Energy

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Show your support for 100 years of leadership

Get Girl Scouts’ 100th Anniversary commemorative license plate

Available for purchase without any special qualifications or donations starting in January 2012 through Colorado’s Division of

Motor Vehicles. Those interested in the Girl Scout license plate pay a one-time, $50 fee, just like other state specialty license plates,

and the cost is added to that of licensing a vehicle.

Colorado Printing Solutions for their generous contribution of printing for this event program.

Microtech-Tel and Molson Coors for sponsoring the summer Board of Directors reception.

Ekar Farm for sponsoring this year’s Gen Wow!/WOD Community Service Project.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company and Mary Louise Lee for coaching the Gen Wow! girls.

Girl Scout troops 8, 548, 2227 and 3845 for their assistance and presence in tonight’s program.

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