16th Annual Sara Hopkins Woodruff Spectrum Awards
Honorary Chair Swanee DiMare & Luncheon Chair Phillis Oeters
Mona Adams & Rosalind Ludwig Chairmen’s Award Honoree, Arva Moore Parks
Penny Shaffer & Blue Cross Blue Shield Philanthropy Award Honoree, Sandy Batchelor
Veronica Cervera & Cervera Real Estate Ambassador Award Honoree, Kimberly Green
Denie Harris & Mercedes-Benz of Coral Gables/Mercedes-Benz of Cutler Bay Community Service Award Honoree Gepsie Metellus
Maria Alonzo & Bank of America Cultural Award Honoree Mary Frank
Lisa Napier, & Deloitte Entrepreneurial Award Honoree Barbara Liberatore Black, Pam Garrison & J.N. McArthur Foundation Education Award Honoree Esperanza de Verona
Josie Goytisolo & Mistress of Ceremonies Ileana Bravo
Phillis Oeters & Baptist Health Health Care Award Honoree Kathryn Abbate
Kathleen Kennedy & Ethel & W. George Kennedy Foundation Volunteerism Award Honoree Norma Jean Abraham
Marielena Villamil & Anheuser-Busch Red Cross Service Award Honoree Barbara Reese
Swanee DiMare & Swanee and Paul DiMare Youth Award Honoree Mary Beth Hasty
Swanee DiMare, Katherine Fernandez-Rundle, Jennifer Valoppi
Brenda Nestor Castellano, Ramona Busot, Barbara Reese
Irene Hammond, Tracy Mourning
Kimberly Green, Dorothea Green
Spectrum committee members Emily Marqeuz-Dulin and C.L. Conroy
Barbara Stein, Lettie Bien, Jeanette Slesnick
Virginia Jacko, Bunny Bastian
Trish and Dan Bell
Phillis Oeters, Marianne Devine representing the Sara Hopkins Woodruff Foundation
The 16th Annual Sara Hopkins Woodruff Spectrum Award Honorees and Sponsors
Norma Jean Abraham and Kimberly Green
Brenda Nestor Castellano, Ramona Busot, Debbie Campbell, Bill and Barbara Reese, Shelley Lewis, Jennifer Valoppi
The American Red Cross of Greater Miami & The Keys honored eleven outstanding women during the 16th Annual Sara Hopkins Woodruff Spectrum Awards for Women Luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove.
The Spectrum Awards For Women annually recognize women whose efforts have made significant contributions to the quality of life in South Florida. These leadership awards acknowledge the humanitarian principles of the American Red Cross: Humanity, Impartiality, Independence, Unity, Neutrality, and Voluntary Service. “Spectrum” refers to women’s impact across the broad scope of community life and also reflects the spectrum of cultures represented in our community.
The accomplishments of each woman were highlighted in a video directed and produced by Josie Goytisolo and filmed by Multivision Video and Film. This year’s Mistress of Ceremonies was Ileana Bravo.