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Star Breakfast Hall of Fame

Since 1992, over 67 women have been recognized as Stars. NYWA began to award Honorable MEN-tions to men in 1994.

2007 Stars

Joanna Barsh, Director, New York Office, McKinsey & Company

Jewelle Bickford, Senior Advisor, Former Partner, Rothschild Group

Theresa A. Bischoff, CEO, American Red Cross in Greater New York

Joyce C. Delucca, Managing Principal, Kingsland Capital Management, LLC

Dr. Marsha Firestone, Founder and President, Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO) and Women Presidents’ Educational Organization (WPE0)

Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN
The Erline Perkins McGriff Professor and Dean, College of Nursing, New York University

2007 Rising Star 

Alondra de la Parra, Founder and Artistic Director, Philharmonic orchestra of the Americas

 2007 Honorable MEN-tion

Joseph A. Rienzi, President, The Rienzi Foundation

2006 Stars

Kimberly Bishop, Managing Director , Korn/Ferry International

Cynthia Park, Managing Director, Kang & Lee Advertising , (A Young & Rubicam Brands/WPP Group Company)

Sharon L. Patrick, Sharon Patrick Company, (Formerly, Chief Executive of Martha Stewart Living)

Joannie Danielides, President and Founder, Danielides Communications, Inc.

Nadine Shelby Schramm, President and CEO, Budd Enterprises Ltd./Budd Leasing Ltd.

2006 Rising Stars

Nora Plesent, Esq., Founder, Lexolution

Racquel Oden, Executive Director, UBS Financial Services, Inc.

2006 Honorable MEN-tions

Joseph P. Benincasa, Executive Director, The Actors Fund of America

2005 Stars 

Dr. Adrienne Denese, Founder and Owner, Skin Science Labs, Inc.

Ann Morgfogen, VP Corporate Communications, Sony Corporation of America

Dr. Clarita Herrera, Attending Physician, Lenox Hil Hospital

Carolyn Buck Luce, Partner, Global Accounts, Ernst & Young

2005 RISING STARS

Karla Sanchez, Partner, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLp

Suzanne Corso, Writer/Producer and CEO, SamCor Productions, Inc.

2005 HONORABLE MEN-TIONS

Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, Director, Cardiovascular Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital

John Catsimatidis, Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer, The Red Apple Group, Inc

Joe Kirk, SVP, Retail Banking Director for Southern New York and Connecticut, Wachovia Bank, NA. 

2004 Stars

Cindy Augustine, Senior Vice President, Talent Management
Time Warner

Elizabeth Coleman, Executive Director and General Counsel
New York State Trial Lawyers Association

Cheryl Healton, President/Chief Executive Officer
American Legacy Foundation

Shelley Rubin, Founder
Rubin Museum

Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Partner
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

 

2004 Honorable MEN-tion

Paul R. Charron ,Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Liz Claiborne, Inc

Joseph J. Grano, Jr, Chairman and CEO
Centurion Holdings, LLC.

 

2003 Stars

Iris Cantor
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation

Kerry Hatch
OPEN: The Small Business Network from American Express

Holly Hunter

Karen LeFrak

2003 Honorable MEN-tion

Victor F. Ganzi
The Hearst Corporation

Earl G. Graves
BLACK ENTERPRISE Magazine & Chairman, Earl G. Graves Ltd.

Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny
The College of New Rochelle

2003 Rising STAR

Genie O'Malley
Movement of the Heart Foundation

2002 Honorable MEN-tion

Jim Turley
Ernst & Young

James McBride
Author, The Color of Water and Miracle at St. Anna

Stu Olds
Katz Media Group

2002 Rising STAR

Ruth Lande Shuman
Publicolor

2001 NYWA All-Stars

Jeannie H. Diefenderfer;
Verizon Communications

Bernell Grier
Fleet Bank

Sheila Nevins
HBO

JoAnne Page
The Fortune Society, Inc.

Maria Semidei-Otero
Women’s Venture Fund

2000 NYWA All-Stars

Christy Haubegger
Latina Magazine

Bridget Macaskill
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.

Paula Madison
NBC4, Los Angeles

Sandra Priest Rose
Reading Reform Foundation

Yee-Ping Wu
knoa/A Division of M-Pen

2000 Rising Star

Donna Dees-Thomases
Million Mom March

2000 Honorable MEN-tions

Bernard Collins
United Parcel Service

Lee Dunham
TCB Management Corp./McDonald’s

Henrique de Campos Meirelles
FleetBoston Financial’s Global Bank

1999 NYWA All-Stars

Sheila L. Bimbaum
Meagher & Fllom LLP

Barbara Corcoran
The Corcoran Group

Daisy Exposito
The Bravo Group

Nora McAniff
People Magazine

Deborah Wright
Carver Federal Savings Bank

1998 NYWA All-Stars

Ellen R. Marram
Former President & CEO, Tropicana Beverage Group

Rossana Rosado
Editor-in-Chief, el Diario/La Prensa

Lesley Stahl
Co-editor, 60 Minutes

Anne M. Sweeney
President, Disney/ABC Cable Networks, ABC, Inc.

Pamela Thomas-Graham
Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc.

Lulu C. Wang
Chief Executive Officer, Tupelo Capital

Nancy Lublin (Rising Star)
Dress for Success New York

1998 Honorable MEN-tions

Michael R. Bloomberg
Chief Executive Officer, Bloomberg L.P.

Richard D. Parsons
President, Time Warner, Inc.

Ronald O. Perelman
Chairman, Revlon, Inc.

1997 NYWA All-Stars

Karen Katen
Pfizer, Inc.

Debbie Medina
New York Daily News

Jenny Morgenthau
Fresh Air Fund

Frances A. Resheske
Brooklyn Union Gas

Alair A. Townsend
Crain's New York Business

Kym Hampton (Rising Star)
New York Liberty

1997 Honorable MEN-tions

Walter V. Shipley
The Chase Manhattan Corporation

Stanford I. Weill
Travelers Group

Eugene McCabe*
North General Hospital

1996 NYWA All-Stars

Roz Abrams
WABC-TV

Lucy Cabrera
Food for Survival

Toni Fay
Time Warner

Betty Hudson
The Reader's Digest

Jedan Raymundo Lobell
AcXEL International Ltd.

Cella M. Irvine (Rising Star)
New York Media Association,
Division of Microsoft Corp.

1996 Honorable MEN-tions

Frank A. Bennack, Jr.
The Hearst Corporation

Reuben Mark
Colgate-Palmolive Company

James E. Preston
Avon Products, Inc.

1995 NYWA All-Stars

Jill Considine
New York Clearing House

Ann M. Fudge
General Foods, U.S.A.

Abby Kohnstamm
IBM

Evelyn H. Lauder
The Estee Lauder Companies

Marilyn Laurie
AT&T

Dr. Isaura
Santiago-Santiago
Hostos Community College

Jerrold Burt (Rising Star)
Citibank

1995 Honorable
MEN-tions

Jerome A. Chazen
Liz Claiborne

J. Michael Cook
Deloitte & Touche, LLP

Douglas W. McCormick
Lifetime Television

1994 NYWA All-Stars

Leandra Abbott
Consolidated Edison of New York, Inc.

Gail Blanke
Avon Products, Inc.

Mary Cirillo
Citibank, NA

Yun Deng
Metropolitan Opera Association

Maya Ying Lin
Sculptor and Architect

Antonia Pantoja
ASPIRA

LeRema Smith
TIAA/CREF

Virginia P. Ruesterholz (Rising Star)
NYNEX Long Island

1994 Honorable MEN-tions

John Mack Carter
Hearst Magazine Enterprises

Coy G. Ecklund
The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States

Howard J. Rubenstein
Rubenstein Associates

1993 NYWA All-Stars

Beth Bronner
AT&T

Suleika Cabrera Drinane
Institute for Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly

Caroline Jones
Caroline Jones Advertising

Carol Parry
Chemical Bank

Kaity Tong
WPIX-TV

1992 NYWA All-Stars

Patricia Higgins
Unisys Corporation

Andrew E. Jackson
ABC

Meredith Fernstrom Layer*
American Express

Clara Rodriguez
Fordham University

Muriel Siebert
Siebert & Company

Alice Young
Kaye Scholer Fierman Hays and Handler

* Deceased

 

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