YWCA Centennial Celebration
An evening filled with memories and merriment.
On October 28, 2005, the YWCA National Capital Area celebrated 100 years as a voice for women and a voice for change by honoring three area outstanding women, thanking YWCA leaders and unveiling our archives.
YWCA Centennial Outstanding Women
Dominique Dawes
Sonia Gutierrez
Diane Rehm
YWCA Centennial Leaders
Julia Cuniberti
Damascus YWomen
Mary Louise Day
Dr. Roselyn P. Epps
Shirley Henderson
Alexine Jackson
Norlishia Jackson
Dr. Beryl Carter Rice
Mildred Savacool
Teresa Schwartz
Phoebe Steffey
Henry Strong
Alice Trudgeon
Ruthanna Weber
YWCA Centennial Volunteer
Camila Bryce-Laporte
YWCA Centennial Celebration Emcee
Kathleen Matthews, News Anchor, Co-Anchor, ABC7 News
YWCA Board Vice President, Susan Henriques-Payne announces YWCA Leaders.
YWCA Centennial Outstanding Woman recipient, Dominique Dawes, speaks of her life as an Olympic
gymnast and the lessons she learned through sports.
YWCA Centennial Outstanding Woman recipient, Sonia Gutierrez (second from right), stands with
(from left to right) YWCA Centennial Co-Chair Alexine Jackson, YWCA Executive Director Orysia Stanchak,
YWCA Centennial Co-Chair Bardyl Tirana, and Board President Patty Brooks-Nobles.
From left to right: YWCA Centennial Outstanding Woman recipient and Executive Producer and
Host of the Diane Rehm Show on WAMU-NPR, Diane Rehm; YWCA Executive Director, Orysia
Stanchak; Centennial Co-Chair, Alexine Jackson; Centennial Co-Chair Bardyl Tirana; YWCA Board
President, Patty Brooks-Nobles; YWCA Centennial Celebration Emcee and Co-Anchor of ABC7 News
Kathleen Matthews.
YWCA Centennial Board Chair, Susan Henriques-Payne (middle)
Back row from right to left: President of the Hattie M. Strong Foundation, Henry Strong; Dean of the
Stratford University School of the Culinary Arts, Dan Traster. Middle row, right to left: YWCA Board
Members, Carolyn Peoples Veiga and Katherine Dueholm; YWCA Former Executive Director, Mildred
Savacool. Front row, right to left: Former Board Members, Mildred Savacool and Phoebe Steffey;
Director of the Tower Program, Norlishia Jackson; longtime member, Alice Trudgeon.
YWCA Centennial Emcee and ABC7 News Co-Anchor,
Kathleen Matthews.
From left to right: YWCA Former Board Member, Phoebe Steffey; Board Treasurer, Teresa
Schwartz and her husband Dan Schwartz; Former YWCA Board Member, Lisa Rau.
From left to right: YWCA Executive Director, Orysia Stanchak; YWCA Centennial Outstanding
Woman Award recipient and Executive Producer and Host of the Diane Rehm Show on WAMU
NPR, Diane Rehm; YWCA Former Board Member and International Fair Chair, Ruthanna Weber.
YWCA Volunteer Extraordinaire, Vivian Fauntleroy, stands by the YWCA archival exhibit.
