HONORING FLORIDA'S MOST IMPACTFUL AND INFLUENTIAL WOMEN

2025
WOMAN OF THE YEAR

JOY JIBRILU_

JOY JIBRILU

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

NASSAU PARADISE ISLAND PROMOTIONAL BOARD, THE BAHAMAS

2025
PUBLISHER'S AWARD

LEE_OPAL

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GRANDMOTHER OF JUNETEENTH

UNITY UNLIMTED

2025
UDELL T. BLACK AND LINDA Y. BRAYNEN VISIONARY AWARD

FIELDS_KIM

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ACTRESS

HEALTH ADVOCATE - REFRESH BY KF

2025
INTERNATIONAL IMPACT AWARD

Claudette McGowan

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CEO

PROTEXXA TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2025 HONOREES

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REGIONS BANK

JONES-BIRD_CHRISTIE

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PRESIDENT

JONES AND ROSE, INC.

Braunskill

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CAPTAIN

ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT

CAMERON_LINDSEY_

LINDSEY CAMERON, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT

WHARTON SCHOOL, UPENN

COMBS_TAMARA

TAMARA COMBS

CO-FOUNDER and CEO

COMBS PREMIER REALTY GROUP

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ERICKA DUNLAP

PUBLIC RELATIONS EXEC/CEO

CROWN COMMS. GROUP, LLC

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PRESIDENT

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC. GAMMA THETA OMEGA, TAMPA

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PRESIDENT

DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC., ORANGE COUNTY ALUMNAE

LEWIS_AVIS

AVIS LEWIS

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WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING AND DISNEY PARKS INTERNATIONAL

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FIN. & BUS. CONSULTANT

MASON ACCOUNTING & CONSULTING

Sheena+Meade

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CEO

THE CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE (CSI)

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VP, FIN. PLANNING/ANALYTICS

ORLANDO HEALTH

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ANNETTE TUCKER OSBORNE, D.H.A., COL. (Retired)

NATIONAL PRESIDENT

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK MILITARY WOMEN

PAUL_JESSICA

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COMMUNITY ADVOCATE

WHITTED HISTORIC COMMUNITY

SMELSER_JUDITH_

JUDITH SMELSER

PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER

CENTRAL FLORIDA PUBLIC MEDIA

ROBERTS_CELESTE_

CELESTE ROBERTS

CO-FOUNDER, PRES/CEO

THE SKILLS CENTER, INC.

THORNHILL_JOCEL_

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DIR. STRATEGIC PROGRAMS/ COMMUNITY RELATIONS

ELECTRONIC ARTS

TICE_KELLI

KELLI TICE, M.D.

VP, MEDICAL AFFAIRS AND CHIEF HEALTH EQUITY OFFICER

GUIDEWELL

WILLIS-JOHNASON_CHAUNCIA

CHAUNCIA WILLIS-JOHNSON

FOUNDER AND CEO

INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

WILSON_SECILY

SECILY WILSON

FOUNDER

WOW LEGACY GROUP