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The Women’s Roundtable Woman of the Year finalists and their nominators will be introduced at a
Community Reception on April 12, 2012, at the Ambassador Conference Center in Erie.
The finalists will then be honored at the Awards Banquet on May 17, 2012,
at the Ambassador Conference Center.
All finalists will receive Certificates of Honor and
The Woman of the Year will receive the coveted Lucy Award,
a 5-1/2" Lucite Diamond perched upon a custom-made oak base.
The Women's Roundtable annually presents the Woman Of The Year Award in this area and we are very proud of this event. This award honors women who have become role models for not only young women and girls, but all humankind.
The 2011 Woman Of the Year is
Mary Graziano
Director of Dress for Success® Erie, a Program of Mercy Center for Women
Nominators: Marianne Levstek, Sheila Baldwin and Heidi Schlabach
As the director of Dress for Success® Erie, Mary Graziano lives and breathes her mission to promote the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and career development tools. She previously worked at Mercy Center for Women where she created the highly successful Purse & Pearl Luncheon, the acclaimed annual event whose proceeds go towards the provision of professional work attire for disadvantaged women. Not only does Mary work tirelessly to equip women with a change in their appearance, more importantly she provides them with a change in self-esteem and attitude. In recognition of her community volunteerism, Mary received a service award from the Erie School District for her efforts with the student parenting program, You Make a Difference. She has also served as president and program chair of the Erie Volunteer Association and is past president of the Council of Women’s Organizations. Mary is a role model for women because, as a single mother supporting herself and her son, she has perservered through challenges and honed her entrepreneurial skills in developing Dress For Success®.
Prior recipients of the Woman of the Year Award: 1987 Dorothy Christoph 1988 Ethelmae DeMatteo
1989 Sr. Joan Chittister
1991 Judge Stephanie Domitrovich
1992 Dr. Glenda Lawhorn
1993 Corrine Halperin Egan
1994 Linda Bebko-Jones
1995 Dr. Susan Criswell
1996 Judy Lynch
1997 Susan Kemenyffy
1998 Ruth Burton
1999 Rubye Jenkins-Husband
2000 Nancy Dusckas
2001 Dr. Loretta Seigley
2002 Margery Knight Kibler
2003 Sharon Heidecker
2004 Vicki Stetson
2005 Dr. Margaret Laukaitis
2006 Susanne Porowski
2007 Dr. Judy Smith
2008 Judge Susan Paradise Baxter
2009 Kim Stucke
2010 Linda Stevenson
2011 May Graziano
