Women of the Year - Pinnacle Award winners announced

TULSA, OK -- Mayor G.T. Bynum and the winners of six Women of the Year – Pinnacle Awards and one Anna C. Roth Legacy Award posed for photos on Jan. 15 at City Hall. The Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women and YWCA Tulsa are continuing their partnership to honor exceptional Tulsa women with these annual awards.

Here are the winners of the 2019 Women of the Year – Pinnacle Awards in the following categories:

Arts and Humanities – M. Teresa Valero, co-founder and creative director of Third Floor Design, a student-run design studio, and champion of “Citizen Designers”

Community Building – Nelda English, tireless advocate for education, health, and economic development in north Tulsa.

Corporate/Business/Trade – Jennifer Loren, Emmy Award-winning host and executive producer of Osiyo: Voices of the Cherokee People.

Corporate Champion – Switchgear Search and Recruiting, Liz Brolick (attending for Switchgear).

Education and Public Service – Kimberly Butler, George Kaiser Family Foundation senior program officer who is passionate about and fights for gains in maternal and child health.

Rising Star – Jordan NoelleRene Flippo, founder of Open the World with a Book, an international program for distribution of books to children in need.

Anna C. Roth Legacy Award – Sharon King Davis.

Winners will be honored on Friday, March 8, 2019 at DoubleTree by Hilton in downtown Tulsa with a spectacular event featuring a grand tasting with women-owned and/or women-made wines, brews, and spirits, dazzling entertainment, and a truly meaningful program and tribute to these deserving award winners. For tickets, go to https://www.tulsapearlparty.org/

Two powerhouse advocates for women’s rights merged in 2015 to bring the first-ever Women of the Year – Pinnacle Awards ceremony to Tulsa. The Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women has honored more than 200 Tulsa women with the Pinnacle Award since its inception in 1987. After celebrating their 100-year anniversary in December 2014, YWCA honored their first Women of the Year at Wine, Women and Shoes in April 2015. Given the success of both awards and the shared objective, YWCA’s board of directors and the Mayor’s Commission voted unanimously to approve the organic partnership.