SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY COMMISSION
ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
Founded October 1974 by Beverly Fitch McCarthy
2016 Susan B. AnthonyWomen of Achievement Nomination Packets
Available by Email and U. S. Mail
The San Joaquin County Commission on the Status of Women created the Susan B.
Anthony Women of Achievement Awards to honor women who have excelled in their
chosen category, and have, through their dedication, talent and untiring efforts raised the
status of humankind in San Joaquin County.
Nomination packets are now available for individuals, organizations, and businesses to
place women’s names in nomination. Award candidates must be current residents of San
Joaquin County or be employed full time in the county. There are 18 categories in which a
candidate may be nominated.
Email or phone for electronic file packets to Beverly Fitch McCarthy,
[email protected] or 463-6957
Printed Packets: Beverly Fitch McCarthy, 215 W. Stadium Drive,
Stockton CA 95204-3136
Please mail the 12-page (max) nomination Packets to SJCCSW, PO Box 4443,
Stockton, CA 95204.
The nomination Packets will be picked up at 5 p.m. on Thursday , December 31.
Late deliveries will not be accepted. The judging will take place over the weekend.
Award winners will be notified by phone the following Monday.
The 42nd Annual Susan B. Anthony Banquet to Honor Women of Achievement will be
held on Monday, February 15, 2016 at the Stockton Golf and Country Club, 3800 W.
Country Club Blvd., Stockton, California at 5:30 p.m.
Tables of 10 are $500 (one check please) and due by Friday, January 29.. Individual
tickets at $50 are due by Monday, February 1st. All meals must be paid in advance – no
tickets will be sold at the door. Your canceled check is your receipt. Please include the
names of the attendees for nametags along with the checks.
Sincerely,
Beverly Fitch McCarthy
SBA Banquet Chair
President, San Joaquin County Commission on the Status of Women
463-6957
[email protected]
SJCCSW · PO BOX 4443 · STOCKTON, CA 95204
NOMINATION PACKAGE
General Information for 2016 SBA Award Nominations
, August
2015
Criteria
Only the candidates whose “volunteer efforts” or “professional work plus volunteer
efforts” to have raised the status of humankind in San Joaquin County will be
considered.
Award candidates must be current residents of San Joaquin County or full-time
employees in San Joaquin County
The candidate must have excelled in her category.
Only the candidate’s efforts documented within the application package will be
scored.
No more than ten women will receive the award in any single year.
An additional Young Feminist of Achievement award may be granted.
A woman may receive only one Susan B. Anthony Woman of Achievement award in
her lifetime.
The candidate must be nominated by an individual, organization, or business (hereafter
referred to as the “nominating organization”).
The nominating organization is responsible for submitting the following documents in a
timely manner on or before the cut off date.
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nominating cover letter (attached)
candidate’s statement, contact information, and answers to 4
questions (multiple pages if necessary)
candidate’s category supporting documentation
completed package must be 12 pages or less (please secure the pages
together)
pre-paying the winning candidate’s dinner and award expenses
coordinating the winning candidate’s dinner guests list and dinner
checks
Nomination Categories: please choose ONE category
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Business
Community Service
Creative Arts
Education
Government & Politics
Homemaking
Law & Legal Services
Labor & Employment
Health Care
Media
Peace
Religion
 Research
 Science
 Sports
 Women’s Rights
 Women’s Services
 Young Feminist of Achievement (YFA)
award: established to recognize women less
than 30 years of age. Only one award will
be given in this category annually and only
when suitable candidates have been
nominated.
Application: Submitted by the nominating organization. (See forms on following pages.)
Automatic disqualifications include
Applications missing a nominating cover letter
Candidate didn’t answer the 4 questions
Exceeding 12 pages total
Application received in our PO Box after 5 PM Dec. 31, 2015.
The 12 page application must include:
1-page Nominating Organization Cover Letter: (see next page)
Multi-page Candidate’s Statement completed by the candidate giving her name and
contact information, signature, and the answers to 4 questions
Candidate’s Supporting Category Documents: may include, but are not limited to, a
resume, letters of recommendation, newspaper clippings, photos, lists of awards and
certificates, and thank you letters. Please do not include originals or copies of the awards or
certificates.
Mail application package to arrive in the PO box by 5 pm, December 31, 2015.
San Joaquin County Commission on the Status of Women
PO Box 4443, Stockton, CA 95204.
No exceptions.
Award Announcement
The Selection Committee will meet the weekend of January 2nd – 3rd.
Award recipients will be notified by phone by the following Monday, Jan. 4 by the Chair of
the Selection Committee or by the Chair of the San Joaquin County Commission of the
Status of Women.
Non-recipients and all nominating organizations will be notified by mail the following
week.
SBA Dinner
The awards dinner will be held Monday , February 15, 2016, with reception at 5:30 PM and
dinner at 6 PM at Stockton Golf and Country Club. Tables seat 10 people each.
Honorees’ dinner and award, $75, are to be paid by the sponsor individual or organization. Each
honoree may designate up to nine guests to sit at her table. When more than one nominator
has nominated the honoree, it is customary to share the costs between/among the nominators.
All other dinner guests’ dinners are $50. Due to the large number of guests and organizations
attending the dinner, additional honoree’s guest tables may not be located near her awards
table.
Program: Honorees are introduced by the mistress-of-ceremonies and presented their
SBA medal. The Honorees then have three minutes to address the audience on any
aspect of their life they wish to share. Half-page details of each honoree’s winning
accomplishments will be summarized in the printed programs.
Reservations: by Friday, January 29 th. Please submit a maximum of one check per table
of 10. Please submit the recipient’s fee, all guests names (designate the 9 guests to join
the honoree at her table), and the $50/each guest dinner fee to:
SBA Banquet Reservations
SJC Commission on the Status of Women
PO Box 4443
Stockton, CA 95204
Please make the checks payable to SJCCSW.
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY COMMISSION
ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
SUSAN B. ANTHONY WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
I.
NOMINATING COVER LETTER
(To be completed by the Nominating sponsor individual or organization)
CANDIDATE’S NAME: _________________________________________________________
Category (one): ______________________________________________________________________
Organization: ________________________________________________________________
Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________________
Day Phone -------------------------------------- Eve. Phone__________________________________________
E-mail: ______________________________________________________________________________
Organization/Individual rep. for nominee _________________________________________
Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________________
Day Phone -------------------------------------- Eve. Phone__________________________________________
E-mail: ______________________________________________________________________________
A supporting statement/letter from the nominating organization as to why the candidate
should receive the award. This nominating letter must be signed
Signature of nominator _______________________________________________________
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY COMMISSION
ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
II.
CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT
(To be completed by the Candidate)
Please answer the questions as clearly and completely as possible using multiple pages
if necessary (not to exceed the 12-page package maximum limit).
CANDIDATE: ________________________________________________________________
Category (one): _______________________________________________________________________
Mailing Address: ______________________________________________________________________
Day Ph / Eve Ph: _____________________________________________________________________
E-mail: _____________________________________________________________________________
Signature of Candidate: ________________________________________________________________
1. How does your category relate to your volunteer time and/or professional
work?
2. How have your volunteer activities contributed to raising the status
of humankind?
3. How has your professional work contributed to raising the status
of humankind?
(if applicable)
4. How have your volunteer activities directly contributed to raising the
status ofhumankind
in San Joaquin County?
SUSAN B. ANTHONY WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
For nominators convenience (not part of the SBA Awards Nomination Packet)
1975
Tillie Lewis
1977
Beverly Blum
Joan Darrah
Naomi Fitch
Marian Jacobs
Marie Marianimarlene
Elizabeth Barbour
Matthews
Louise Murphy
Mary Jane Thomas Poulk
Cyril Seligman
Pearl West
1978
Louetta Adamec
Agnes Bourns
Helen Culhane
Leonora Gross
Marjorie Larsen
Frances McFarland
Evelyn Stuart
Margaret Troke
Patricia Vannucci
Lucile Wirth
1979
Theodosia Benjamin
Catherine Bruner
Sue Rice Harper
Esther Lipsey
Edith Malan
Ursula Meyer
Joan Nakashima
Alyce Slabic
1980
Rosemary Beckwith
Judith Chambers
Ann Chargin
Eva Dalander
Lucile Eisner
Beverly Hightower
Joyce Jacoby
Virgina Short McLaughlin
Diane Morgali
Sherron Price-Hoffman
1981
Anne Baird
Carol Benson
Linda Bryan
Ann Cerney
Margaret Cooper
Doris Edwards
Maxine Garrigan
Elizabeth Humbarger
Grace Madrid
Joyce (Sullivan) Mercer
Pat Spreer
1982
Beverly Barrett
Linda K. Fawcett
Wilhelmina Henry
Judith Zykofsky Jones
Claire Oaks
Alice Rothbart
Maria Elena Serna
Eleanor Todd
Barbara Walker
Frances Welch
1983
Candace Blue
Jackie Bristowe
Susan Dominquez Casillas
Irenemaree Castillo
Marjorie Flaherty
Joan Glissmeyer
Beth Mason Gregory
Gladys Ikeda
Beverly Fitch McCarthy
Elvera Melby
Joan Sparks
1984
Alice Anderson
Ginger DeBow
Francine Gottlieb
Loralee McGaughey
Rolleen McIlwrath
Diane Mendoza-Polina
Kathe Underwood
Lois Yee
1985
Maxine M. Atkins
Mary Tinsley Bava
Barbara Fass
Frances Hutchins
Louvan Kohler
Dorothy Percival
Janie B. Reddish
Marian L. Sheppard
Sandra Butler Smith
Barbara Witesel
1986
Doris Beckwith
Carmen Fernandez
Patricia Ann Hatton
Martha Jan Mallery
May Santos
Eleanor Shimeall
S. Jean Wadley
1987
Connie M. Callahan
Leona Chester
Sydney Dornbush
Beverly Joyce Ford
Charlotte H. Williams
Gwinnett Hopkins Mitchell
Jackie Morse
Sally Rivera
1988
Rosie Bachand
Paula B. LeVeck
Sally M. Miller
Bernice P. Nickols
Martha Villarreal O’Campo
Rosa Rodriquez
Susan Tuana
Bernice Turoff
1989
Durlynn Anema
Patricia A. Dixon
Joan Sylvester Inge
Faye Goleman
Patricia Meredith
Laurie J. Mitnick
Arlene Durham Munoz
Lynne Schroeder
Patti J. Tinker
Judith L. Van Hoorn
1990
Dianne Madrid Batres
Laurel Blaney
Marlene Wiley Bradford
Sandra L. Carter
Bernice Horn
Nita P. Rienhart
Joan Richards
Jeannette Taft
1991
Occeletta Briggs
Larcene L. Dixon
Nancy C. Dos Reis
Thea K. Froehlich
Caroline F. Geiger
Nancy Holtrop
Helen T. Mar
Gillian Murphy
Diane Park
Mercedes R. Silveira
1992
Irene Andes
Robyn A. Burror
Nancy L. Holmes
Julie Kramer
Renee La Couture-Tulloch
Jeanne Butler Morando
Perle Rosema
Constance Marlene Smith
Georgia Enebrad Sutton
Aurelia Vrandecic-Dwyer
1993
Sara Garfield
Carol Hemminger
Hazel Hill
Sandra Castanon Ramirez
1994
Maxine Bennett
Lois Borchardt
Bonnie Buntz
Cynthia L. Childress
Mary Flenoy-Kelley
Cathleen Galgiani
Carol Kannberg
Doris McCaughna
Ruth Reynolds
Pat Robison
Gladys Finucane
Lillian Goldsmith
Hazel Hall
Doris Hand
Suzanne Mangum
Carolyn Thompson Martin
Ruth Nyberg
1997
Judith Bling
Sadie Cabral
Maymao Lee
Grace Fenley Machado
Linda Mascarenas
Evia Briggs Moore
Peggy Moore
Dalyse “Dee” Ptak
Janet Rivera
Nancy Slatten
1998
Iva I. Harris
Lenore “Lennie” Harris
Nancy Hill-Moldoch
Nancy Kaiser
Bonnie Mansfield
Frances “Dee” Matteuchi
Lynda Miller
Melinda Meyer Niemi
Karren Peterson
Kathleen L. Solari
1999
Jane Humes
Louise Johnston
Babara A. Kronlund
Stella Lopez
Carol R. Ornelas
Diana R. Machado
Eileen Rue
Caryn Willett
1995
Valerie Acoba
Keri Lynn Bailey
Frieda Behrmann
Donna Brown
Tillie Gemigniani
Maria Antonia Gomez
Kathleen Lagoria Janssen
Martha Shaver
Wanda Wellerstein
2000
Jewel Fay Abraham
Tamera Aragon
Roberta “Bobbie” Bertani
Susan R. H. Christ
Ria DeGroot
Roseanne Pitz
Annemarie Platt
Sandra Stoddard
Debbie Tarbat
1996
Fran Abbot
Gwenneth Browne
2001
Donna J. Anderson
Louisa R. Birrueta
Joan Briscoe
Judith Buethe
Norma J. Burgess
Jessie Garza-Roderick
Elizabeth Humphreys
Sylvia R. Kothe
Betty McMartin
Mary Anne Sullivan
2002
Elizabeth Yip Blanchard
Janet Bonner
Barbara Covey
Tori L. Davis
Mary Laughlin
Pamela F. Lee
Robin Petersen
Virgina J. Navarro
2003
Darlene Avery
Catherine P. Davis
Heather Mayne Knight
Leslie Baranco Martin
Ruth L. Stefanac
Mildred Tucker
2004
Rosemary Moon Atkinson
Donna Combs
Margaret Felton-Kelley
Colleen Foster
Phyllis Franklin
Dr. Alice Hunter
Ann Johnston
E. Lela Chavez Nelson
Katie Peters
Kathleen K. Tomura
2005
Beverly Jean Cisneros
Edna M. Ramos
Eleanor Stafford
Laurie Litman
Linda Marie Tregle
Madeleine Kirkconnell
Mary H. Adame
Mary Aguirre
Patricia L. Lloyd
Patsy R. Gipson
Christine Godwin
2006
Mable Marie “Jimi” Choice
Nadine Coleman
Leslie Crow
Peig Fairbrook
Peggy Guittieri
Joan Matthews
Gayle McBride
Linda Patrick
Bobbie Wallinger
Carolyn Walters
2007
Maxine Dalben
Joelle Gomez
Barbara Matthews
Zephanii Smith
Melinda Sparks
2008
Jane R. Davis
Dixie Lynn Evans
LaVenna Gray
Susan Mora Loyko
Jaqueline McFadden
Mabel Jue Morodomi
Rebecca G. Nabors
Karen Nichols
Wilma Okamoto-Vaughn
2009
Hilda My-Ree Curry
Janice Dodson
Marcia J.P. Elam
Victoria Markarian
Geneva Bell-Sanford
Carrie M. Sass
Suzanne Yip Schultz
Daphne Shaw
Latifah Zarif
2010
Robina Asghar
Lauren Ah-Tye
Tama Brisbane
Flora Brooks
Sue dePolo
Betty Dean Haynes
Susan Mudd
Oletha Murry
Janet Smith
Stephani Walton
2011
Yvonne Ankele
Geraldine Vera EdwardsBagby
Rose Castellanos
Diane Feneck
Lillaana Camille FortierBrigham
Rita Vasquez
Helen Holt
Sherry Leonard
Dr. Ines Ruiz-Huston
Marguerite Toliver
Marti Harris Fredericks
2012
Barbara Daly
Lori Gilbert
Karen Munro
Betty Floyd-Okanlawon
Lisa Marie Cooper
Della Richardson
Van Ha To-Cowell
Dr. Sylvia Ulmer
Kathy Grant
Amour Gonzales
2013
LaJuana Johnson Bivens
Mary Fuhs
Lori Muller Gray
Loretta Lee
Marie Medford
Catherine Mooney
Pam Regan
Tori Verber-Salazar
Linda Verdun-Brown
2014
Jo Anne Garrett
Lorraine Halvorson
Linda Hamons
Loreen S. Huey
Cynthia Milford
Donna Moses
Paula Sheil
Alice van Ommeren
2015
Gloria J. Allen
Dr. Lynn Gillespie Beck
Essie Gilchrist
Judi A. Harrison
Bonnie C. Lew
Dr. Bridget Norman-Malme
Sharon Stockes
Jane Wagner-Tyack
Lita Wallach