20th Anniversary Tribute to Women Celebration Honors Leaders

The YWCA’s 20th annual Tribute to Women was celebrated with nearly 500 guests this year at the Andover Country Club, honoring 23 women from throughout the Merrimack Valley for their outstanding professional achievements and for their volunteer and civic commitments to improve the community.

Natalie Jacobson, NewsCenter 5 anchor, served as honorary chair and keynote speaker, presenting each honoree with her award. Each honoree is nominated by members of the community as a role model for other women and girls. Each woman honored is enrolled in the YWCA’s Academy of Women, a network of honorees who often continue to help others through YWCA efforts.

The Tribute to Women luncheon also raises valuable resources for YWCA programming.

This year the second annual YWCA Bright Future Award was presented to Jesenia Tejada, now a freshman at Northeastern University and a graduate of Central Catholic High School. The award included a $1000 college scholarship underwritten by Lawrence Savings Bank.

The YWCA would like to thank the generous contributors who helped make the program possible including Anniversary Sponsors Blue Cross Blue Sheild of Massachusetts, DEC-TAM Corporation and Wyeth Biopharma. In addition, several benefactors made generous contributions to the celebration including Banknorth Massachusetts, Citizens Bank, Eastern Bank, Malden Mills, Northmark Bank, Philips Medical Systems, MJ & Hank Powell, Safety Environmental Control, Unifirst, Wheelabrator North Andover, Inc. and Eliassen Group, Inc.

2003 Honorees:

Lludi Alvarez, Confidence Mortgage
Susan Big, Smith Barney
Linda Buell, Lawrence Savings Bank
Sandra Cassano, Town of Andover
Jean DeRosa, Massachusetts Alliance for the Mentall Ill
Jennifer Doyle, Lucent Technology
Quelis Figueroa, Women’s Resource Center
Linda Hannan, Wholesale Printing Specialists
Margo Harrison, Youville Hospital & Rehabilitation Center
Sandra Levine, Professional Center for Child Development
Sandra Madruga, Greater Lawrence Mental Health Center
Carmen Millan, Greater Lawrence Community Action Council
Lucy Milton, Holy Family Hospital & Medical Center
Josephine Modica-Napolitano, Merrimack College
Jeanne L. Osborn, Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce
Adrianna Recchia, Siglo 21
Laura Ridley, Town of Andover
Maureen Saba, Maternal Health & Fitness
Aline Sanz, First Essex Bank
Kathleen Twombly, Internal Revenue Service
Martha Velez, Lawrence Council on Aging
Johanna Webster, ERA Home & Family Real Estate
Beth Wescott, Wyeth Biopharma

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