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YWCA Announces the 22nd Annual “Milestones: A
Tribute to Women” 2017 Honorees
Sojourner’s Truth Staff
On Tuesday, January 10,
the YWCA of Northwest Ohio announced its 2017 honorees for
the 22nd annual “Milestones: A Tribute to Women”
awards in the traditional categories of arts, business,
education, government, science, social sciences and
volunteerism.
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Rhonda Sewell, Ann Cipriani, Kimberly Kaufman, Janet Zale,
Diane Attie and Lisa McDuffie |
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The annual awards luncheon
will be held on March 20 at the SeaGate Convention Centre.
“The members of the TWCA
and I are honored to recognize these outstanding women with
this prestigious award,” said Lisa McDuffie, president and
CEO of the YWCA of Northwest Ohio. “We invite the community
to join us for this awards luncheon and help us pay tribute
to this year’s Milestones Honorees.”
The 2017 Honorees are: Ann
Cipriani, health coordinator for the Toledo Public Schools
for her contributions in the social sciences; Gretchen
Downs, board member of Perrysburg Schools in education;
Kimberly Kaufman, executive director of the Black Bird Swamp
Observatory in science; Rhonda Sewell (a past YYCA board
member) manager of external and governmental affairs for the
Toledo Lucas County Public Library in volunteerism; Diane
Attie, professor emeritus of art at The Center of Visual
Arts in arts; Janet Zale, a detective with the Oregon Police
Department in government and Sheila Dwyer Schwartz,
principal consultant and founder of Dwyer Philanthropy in
business.
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