Drum roll, please. The last feature spotlight on the Tallahassee Democrat’s 25 Women You Need to Know and 5 Young Women to Watch for 2023 wrapped on Thursday.
Read them and find 30 ways to feel inspired. From lawyers to principals, retirees to CEOs, professors to high school students, the common refrain from all the winners was a desire to serve the community.
Give a big congratulations to your big-hearted neighbors, friends and family members who are working to make a better Tallahassee. Their volunteer spirit goes above and beyond their job title. Here’s a quick review of these community leaders, achievers and go-getters. Read their stories on tallahassee.com by clicking on their names.
25 Women: The Class of 2023
- Mandy Stark Bianchi, Executive Director of Ability1st, the Center for Independent Living of North Florida
- Leslie Powell Boudreaux, Executive Director, Legal Services of North Florida
- Vicki Bradley, News Director, WTXL-TV
- Brittany Christie, Founder of Christie Sports and Philanthropy Strategy Group and Community Relations Director, Salvation Army
- Carmen Conner, Principal at Pineview Elementary School
- Carmelesa Crosby-Harley, Retired as HR manager at Leon County Schools
- Pamala J. Doffek, Retired librarian and artist
- Dana Dudley, Chief Operating Officer, Pittman Law Group
- Jeanne’ Freeman, Chief Executive Officer of Neighborhood Medical Center, Inc.
- Audrey Goff, Vice President of Business Development for the Moore Agency
- Wanda Hunter, Leon County’s Assistant County Administrator for Citizen Services
- Anna-Kay Hutchinson, Community Partnership School Director, Children’s Home Society of Florida
- Priscilla Jean-Louis, Investigator/Auditor, Disability Rights Florida
- Calla MacNamara, Education and Engagement Manager, Opening Nights
- Holly McPhail, Chief Strategist & Creator, Windwood Communications & Consulting, Inc.
- Maxine Montgomery, Florida State University English professor
- Kara Payne, Communications Specialist for the Florida League of Cities
- LaQuisha Persak, Corporate Recruiter & University Relations Specialist for Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A
- Adriane Peters, Executive Director, The Achieve Academy
- Cheryl M. Rollins, Co-owner of Mannheim Security Solutions, LLC
- Ely Rosario, Vice President, Jackson Properties and Financial Services
- Valencia L. Scott, Deputy Director of Public Relations, Leon County Property Appraiser’s Office
- Barbara J. Walker, Founding Partner, The Walker Firm, PLLC
- Cindy Jackson Waymon, Florida Commission on Offender review
- Pia Woodley, Assistant Professor and Internship Coordinator, Florida A&M University