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
- 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