About
Leading Women identifies women who are 40 years old or younger for the tremendous accomplishments they have made so far in their careers. They are judged on professional experience, community involvement and their commitment to inspiring change. Winners are selected by a judging panel made up of some of last year’s Leading Women honorees and a representative from The Daily Record.
Nomination deadline: May 9, 2024
Application deadline: May 15, 2024
SAVE THE DATE
August 21, 2024
5:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Gertrude’s Restaurant, Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218
To learn more about sponsorship opportunities and benefits please contact your account manager or email [email protected].
If you have questions about this awards event, please email [email protected].
Honorees
2023 Honorees
Alicia Hope Allen
Gilman School
Claudia Marion Allen
Howard County Office of Human Rights & Equity
Kirsten Allen
Brazen Consulting and Accounting
Dr. DaVida L. Anderson
Carroll Community College/Strong Sister, Silly Sister Inc./DLA LLC
Kristin Boulette
Leading Response
Jasmine A. Clemons
Comptroller of Maryland
Katie Collins-Ihrke
The Arc of Howard County
Jennifer Covahey
The CollegeBound Foundation
Jennifer Cox
Empower4Life
Catherine A. Dickinson
Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey P.A.
Susan DuMont
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Letam Duson
Office of the State Prosecutor/Ley All Day LLC
Meagan C. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dr. Sylvia Gayle, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute and White House National Security Council
Julia Glanz
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
Laurie M. Graham, Ph.D., MSW
University of Maryland-Baltimore, School of Social Work
Haeli Gustafson
Meadow Mountain Hemp
Kate Hodges
Law Office of Thomas S. Hood P.A.
Sheri Hoidra
Sheri Hoidra Law Office LLC
Helen K. Hughes M.D., M.P.H.
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Courtney McKay Jensen
Allegany College of Maryland
Jakeya N. Johnson
Tides Foundation
Maria Marinelli Jones
Calibyr Corporation
Kerianne P. Kemmerzell
Tydings & Rosenberg LLP
Joyce Roldan King
Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office
Patrice Kingsley
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Sarah Klein
Klein’s Family Markets
Jamie Lee Marks
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Toi Monique Mason, Esq.
United States Attorney’s Office, District of Maryland
Alexandra Shull McKitrick
Compass Government Relations
Alexandria Montanio
Gordon Feinblatt LLC
Danielle Moore
Office of the Public Defender
Anisha Queen
Brown, Goldstein & Levy LLP
Kimberly Castle Royster
Kimberly Services LLC
Sarah Sawyer, Esq.
Offit Kurman
Susan Schipper
Venable LLP
Jordan Sosanya
HealthCare Access Maryland
Jessie Liang Su
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
Dr. Taiisha Swinton-Buck
Baltimore City Public Schools
Emily Wise VanderWoude
Hood College
Milana Vayner
Baltimore County Department of Housing and Community Development
Caron A. Watkins
Office of the Mayor, Baltimore City
Nicole Wigfield
Komodo Systems Inc.
Ashlee Williams, M.D.
Kaiser Permanente
Quiana Wormley
National Security Agency
Past Honorees
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Scholarship
The Daily Record and recognition sponsor Keswick is offering a Leading Woman scholarship of $2,000 to honor a student majoring in/pursuing a degree in geriatrics, gerontology, nursing, public health, or a health-related major with a focus on aging. To qualify, the student must attend a Maryland four-year, fully accredited, degree-granting college or university and be a junior or senior majoring in one of the fields listed.
Testimonials
Thank you so much for recognizing my hard work. I am beyond honored to be named as one of the Daily Record’s 2020 Leading Women.
I am so thankful for this reward, which is an excellent morale booster that will encourage me to continue doing my best work. I am also appreciative to you and your team for the effort to empower women in the state of Maryland.
Again, I am sincerely honored by this recognition and I look forward to attending the virtual awards celebration.
-Marlene Okojie, Business Analyst, Sparksoft Corporation (Leading Women Winner)
I just want to thank you, your staff, the sponsors, and the judges for such a wonderful event. I am humbled and honored by my inclusion in this group of phenomenal women, and I am very impressed with the turnout and organization of the awards ceremony. Well done! I can’t think of anything you could have done better.
-Kiesha Haughton Smoots, Regional Director, Maryland Small Business & Technology Development Center (Leading Women Winner)
Thank you again for including me in the inaugural class of The Daily Record’s Leading Women. You and your entire staff put on an incredible event and I was honored to be a part of it.
-Mary Bolduc-Glagola, President, HoCoPromo LLC, MEG-Communications LLC ( Leading Women Winner)
I would like to thank you again for choosing me as The Daily Record’s 2014 Leading Women scholarship winner. I was able to do so much with this scholarship. As I said in the interview, I was going to use the scholarship to attend the 2015 Youth Assembly at the United Nations. I was so fortunate to be a part of the 300 delegates who came from all around the world to attend this assembly. “The Youth Assembly at the United Nations is a unique platform created to foster dialogue and generate partnerships between exceptional youth, UN high officials and staff, private sector, and civil society.” From this experience I was able to maximize my potential and meet other leaders like me who would like to make a positive impact on this world. This experience has also helped me realize that I wanted to intern for the United Nations. Thus, leading me to apply for an internship this summer at the United Nations Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights in Guinea and I got accepted into the program. I am currently interning for this UN’s office in Guinea and none of it would have been possible without me receiving this scholarship and attending the Youth Assembly.
–Oumou Diallo, Student, Towson University (Leading Women Scholarship Winner)