Outstanding Women in Texas Government - Past Recipients

2020

• Outstanding Professional Development: Shandra Carter, Deputy Executive Director for State Services, Texas Juvenile Justice Department
• Outstanding Management: Rae Shel Lee, Sergeant, Texas Department of Public Safety
• Outstanding Leadership: Krystle Matthews, Women Veterans Program Manager, Texas Veterans Commission
• Outstanding Community Involvement: Endi Silva, Director of Program Development, Department of Information Resources

2018

• Outstanding Professional Development: Dr. Rachel Garcia, San Jacinto College
• Outstanding Management: Karen Bondy, Lower Colorado River Authority
• Outstanding Leadership: Dona Medlock, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Outstanding Community Involvement: Kathleen Murphy, Texas Department of Public Safety

2016

• Outstanding Professional Development: Sandra Woodruff, Comptroller's Office
• Outstanding Management: Shannon Blalock, Texas Parks and Wildlife
• Outstanding Leadership: Christine Maldonado, Health & Human Services Commission – Office of Inspector General
• Outstanding Community Involvement: Susan Dorsey, General Land Office

2014

• Outstanding Professional Development: Sherry Koenning Cook – Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
• Outstanding Management: Catherine Hejl – Texas Department of Transportation
• Outstanding Leadership: Kris Bishop – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• Outstanding Community Involvement: Lucy Molina - Railroad Commission of Texas

2012

• Major General Joyce L. Stevens, Texas Military Forces (Texas Army National Guard)
• Gay Dodson, Texas State Board of Pharmacy
• Amie Treuer-Kuehn, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
• Raette Smith Hearne, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

2010

• Kathy Perkins, Texas Department of State Health Services
• Eugenie S. Kleinerman, The University of Texas, M.D Anderson Cancer Center
• Nicole Verver, Texas Workforce Commission
• Anna “Michelle” Bobadilla, The University of Texas at Arlington

2008

• Susan Johnson, Health and Human Services Commission
• Reagan Miller, Texas Workforce Commission
• Carla Sue Everett, Texas Animal Health Commission
• Connie Hofmann, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

2006

• Liza Chen, Texas Legislative Council
• Angela Lucas, Texas Animal Health Commission
• Vicky McBride, Texas Department of Transportation
• Dixie McLeod, DARS
• Anna Rodriguez

2004

• Edwina Carrington
• Velia Saenz Williams
• Terri Dollar Woods
• Sue Shahan, Texas Engineering Extension Service, Texas A&M University System
• Shirley Jones Welch, Texas Parks and Wildlife

2002

• Cathy J. Williams, Texas Department of Transportation
• Peggy W. Perry, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
• Cynthia Medlin, Texas Department of Metal Health and Mental Retardation
• Elissa “Lisa” Benford, Texas Legislative Council
• Rhonda Masters, Texas General Land Office
• Susan Cranford, Texas Department of Criminal Justice

2000

• Rosa Elia Trevino, P.E, Texas Department of Transportation
• Valeria Stein, Adjutant General’s Department
• Denise Voigt Crawford, State Securities Board
• Pamela McGee, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Ann M. Lovette, PH.D., Texas Youth Commission
• Jan Thomas, Texas Workforce Commission
• Marie Ballard, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
• Elaine Gregg, Texas Department of Transportation

1997

• Maria Saenz Hascall, Texas General Land Office
• Joellen Goff, Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services
• Julia R. Beechinor, Texas Department of Health
• Vicki E. Ditmore, Texas Workforce Commission
• Jeannene Fox Mills, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
• Susan Cranford, Texas Department of Criminal Justice
• Ninfa Garcia, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

1995

• Dovie Greene Ellis, Office of the Computer of Public Accounts
• Bonnie Ann Campbell, State Preservation Board
• Janie L. Stewart, MSN, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
• Helen George, Texas Youth Commission
• Mary Jane Wilkes, Texas Rehabilitation Commission
• Judith Dale, Texas General Land Office
• Frankie W. Williams, M.D., Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation

1993

• Mary O. Torres, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
• Adelaida Flores, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
• Andrea Sargent-Fambles, Texas Rehabilitation Commission
• Robin L. Scott, Texas State Board of Pharmacy
• Linda S. Beene, Texas Department of Transportation

1990

• Tish Gonzales, Texas Housing Agency
• Meatra D. Harrison, Texas Agricultural Extension Service
• Sandra S. Crisler, Texas Employment Commission
• Janie K. Wilson, Texas Department of Criminal Justice
• Cynthia J. Beeman, Texas Historical Commission
• Saralee Tiede, Texas General Land Office
• Patricia T. Ayala, Texas Department of Human Services
• Sandra Martinez, Texas Department of Agricultural
• Lora H. Williams, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
• Mary Helen Rodriguez, Texas Department of Human Services

1989

• Betty Jo Bevil, Texas Employment Commission
• Junyard Yang, Texas Air Control Board
• Carol Fisher, Texas Board of Pharmacy
• Ruby Capps, Texas Department of Human Services
• Mary Daniel, Texas Employment Commission
• Lillie Gilligan, Texas Department of Health

1988

• Claire Bugen, Superintendent, Texas School for the Deaf
• Roberta Hawkins Smith, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
• Janice M. Caldwell, Texas Department of Human Services
• Debra Stabeno, Texas Department of Health
• Delores Isabel Vait Rodriguez, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation (now the Texas Department of State Health Services)
• Josephine Segura, Texas Commission on Human Rights
• Marjorie Kruckeberg, Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
• Linda Steen, Texas Youth Commission

1987

• Debra Barber, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
• Mamie H. Ewing, Texas Department of Human Services
• Inez “Tippy” Foster, Texas Industrial Accident Board
• June D. Klein, Texas Department of Human Resources
• Betty King, Texas Senate
• Claudia D. Stravato, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
• Aurora Sanchez, Texas State Treasury