Elizabeth J. Somers Award

At the Women's Leadership Program, celebrating the accomplishments of our alums is not only our privilege but also our opportunity to properly recognize women for the contributions they make in their field. The Elizabeth J. Somers Alumnae Award honors the professional accomplishments of alumnae of the Mount Vernon College, Mount Vernon Seminary, and/or the Women’s Leadership Program. The award is presented annually at the Women’s Leadership Conference each spring.  

 

Past Recipients

2023

• Halea Kerr-Layton, ESIA '21
• Dianne Sherman, MVC '76

2022 

• Allison Cohen, MVC ‘80
• Samah McGona Sisay, ESIA ‘15

2021 

• Meghan Shea, CCAS ‘04, ‘07 MFA
• Nazenin Ansari, MVC ‘80

2022 

• Allison Cohen, MVC ‘80
• Samah McGona Sisay, ESIA ‘15

2021

• Meghan Shea, CCAS ‘04, ‘07 MFA
• Nazenin Ansari, MVC ‘80

2019

• Elizabeth Orlando, MVC ‘87
• Harjinder Gill, MVC ‘99

2018

• Joanne Holbrook Patton, MVS ’48

2017

• Li Zheng, ESIA ‘13
• Patricia Ortman, Faculty

2016

• Rachelle S. Heller, Faculty
• Kimberly Humphries, MVC '91

2015

• Jane Cocke Black, MVC '65
• Otis L. Graham, Faculty

2014

• Mrs. Joy Weiss Cohen, MVC '56
• Dr. Behnaz Z. Quigley, Faculty

2013

• Phillippa (Pippa) Malmgren, MVC
• Susan Tolchin, Faculty

2012

• Cynthia Steele Vance, MVC ‘79
• Bobbie Greene Kilburg, Academic Affairs

2011

• K.T. Dexter Archer, MVC ’74
• Jane Highsaw, Faculty

2010

• Ginny Millner, MVS ’59
• Jonnie Guerra, Faculty

2009

• Memphis Holland, MVC ’88
• Alice Galper, Faculty
• Edith Davis Barnes, MVS ’57, MVC ’59
• Anne Emery, Librarian

2008

• Joanne Holbrook Patton, MVS '48
• Jean Folkerts, Faculty

2007

• Edith Davis Barnes, MVS '57, MVS '59
• Anne Emery, Librarian

2006

• Anne Berkley Smith, MVS ’56
• Nancy Blossom, Faculty

2005

• Nancy Gottlieb Daunton, MVS ’60
• Mary Buckley, EJS Women's Leadership Program Director and Associate Professor of Dance

2004

• Nancy Robbins Zintak, MVC ’82
• Nancy White, Ph.D., Faculty

2003

• Sally Hurlbut, MVC ’58
• Marjorie Gutheim, Faculty

2002

• Nicole Long
• Jane Highsaw, Faculty
• Maria Carroll, Faculty
• Julia Heflin, Faculty

1999

• Barbara Jean Martin Long, MVC BA ’81
• Cissy Baker, MVC BA ’78
• Betsy Blake, Faculty

1998

• Virginia Davis Young, MVC AA ’66
• Nina Mikhalevsky, Faculty