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SAGE awards honor women making a difference
SAGE magazine, the Albuquerque Journal’s monthly magazine for women, has announced the winners of its SAGE 20 Women Making a Difference award.
The list of high-powered women throughout New Mexico was selected from a flood of nominations from readers and others. The list is being created in honor of SAGE’s 20th anniversary, and the women will be featured in the Nov. 1 edition.
In addition, winners will be honored at a special luncheon hosted by the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 4 at Sandia Resort & Casino. The first hour is networking, and the program begins at noon.
"When we launched this list, we knew many New Mexico women had moved into highly visible and influential roles on the state’s most pressing problems," SAGE editor Carolyn Flynn says. "I’m inspired by not just their achievements, but the generous spirit and positive outlook they bring to their work."
Two women were selected from each of 10 categories. They are:
Education: State Sen. Cynthia Nava, D-Las Cruces, superintendent of the Gadsden Independent School District in Sunland Park; Atrisco Heritage Academy School principal Karen Sanchez-Griego, who served on Enlace New Mexico at the University of New Mexico for seven years.
Nonprofit, humanitarian: LaDonna Hopkins, vice president and chief development officer at the United Way; Patricia Serna, co-founder and executive director of North Central Community-Based Services in Chama, nationally recognized for her work on suicide prevention on the Jicarilla Apache reservation.
Law: New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Petra Maes, who was the first Latina to serve as chief justice on that court; Jane Wishner, who left private practice law to found the Southwest Women's Law Center, which advocates on behalf of women’s issues such as pay equity, domestic violence and reproductive rights.
Government: Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, the state’s highest elected woman; Rachel O’Connor, the state DWI czar.
Agriculture: Linda Davis, a fourth-generation cattle rancher and owner of CS Ranch near Cimarron; Tracy Hephner, co-owner of Wagon Mound Ranch, who has served on the Interstate Stream Commission and the board of the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
Science: Bette Korber, an immunologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory who is working on a global HIV database and an AIDS vaccine; Margaret Werner-Washburne, a UNM biological sciences professor and creator of the Initiative to Maximize Student Diversity, which aims to keep minorities engaged in academic careers.
Technology/Engineering: Joan Woodward, executive vice president for integrated technology systems at Sandia National Laboratories; Susie Marbury, who founded Sustainability Week and the GreenBuilt Tour through the Green Alliance, which became the New Mexico chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. She works in energy conservation for the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Division and has a master's degree in architecture.
Health: Dr. Cheryl Willman, director and chief executive officer of the state-of-the-art UNM Cancer Center; Dr. Arti Prasad, director and founder of the UNM Center for Life, a patient-centered integrative medicine facility that blends body/mind practices with conventional medicine.
Arts: Nancy Youngblood, an award-winning third-generation Santa Clara potter; Valerie Martinez, poet laureate of Santa Fe and executive director of Littleglobe, an artist-run social nonprofit that creates community-based collaborative art.
Business: Kathleen Avila, philanthropist and businesswoman, co-owner of Avila Retail Development and Management, a string of 24 gift stores in three states; Barbara Stoller, director of New Mexico Small Business Innovative Research, a thriving resource center that helps small technology entrepreneurs get funding. It is part of Technology Ventures Corp.
The luncheon will feature networking from 11 a.m. to noon. Cost of the luncheon is $35. Buy a ticket by calling the chamber at 764-3725.
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