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2021 Women of Excellence Honorees

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Voices of Influence: 120 Years of the Chicago Defender with Dyanna Knight Lewis

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Meet the 2025 Chicago Defender Women of Excellence Honorees: Stories of Resilience, Leadership, and Impact

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Calmetta Coleman: Chicago Urban League COO Honored as a 2025 Women of Excellence

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Tonita Cheatham’s Journey of Resilience: A Two-Time Woman of Excellence Honoree

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Meet Judge Chantelle Porter: DuPage County’s First Black Woman Judge and a 2025 Women of Excellence Honoree

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Christy George’s Inspiring Journey: From Bay Area Intern to 2025 Chicago Defender Women of Excellence Nominee

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Introducing the 2025 Chicago Defender Women of Excellence Honorees

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Meet Angela Martin, 2025 Women of Excellence Honoree: A Journey of Faith, Media and Ministry

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Congratulatory Messages

WOE 2021 MIXER
*Photos by Dorion Lewis

Event Manager Karen Dilligard, Exquisite Affaires Chicago

Carolyn Day, Black United Fund,Inc. and Nicole Ray Robinson, Ambi Skincare

Samantha Thomas, WVON Radio and Dr. Jennifer Norrell Cole, East Aurora School District and Diana Sharpe, ComEd

Exquisite Affaires Chicago Event Team

Javondlynn Dunagen, JMD Defense

Danielle Sanders Interim Managing Editor and Dyanna Knight Lewis, RVP and Publisher

Jennifer Maddox, Future Ties NPC

Shaunna Davis, City of Chicago Department of Procurement

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Dr. Latrice Eggleston Williams, Chicago State University

Jasmine Guy, Major, Lindsey and Africa

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Nicole C. Bullock, Nicole Cares

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Shanina Thomas, City Colleges of Chicago

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Stephanie Hart, Brown Sugar Bakery

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Dr. Linda Caradine-Poinsett, American College of Prosthodontists

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Peytyn Willborn, Truth Italian Restaurant

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Fellicia Foster, BMO Harris Bank

2021 Women of Excellence Reception

2021 Women of Excellence Social Time

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Andrea Brookins, Brookins Funeral Home

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Crystal Braboy, Planned Parenthood Illinois

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Melanie Power-Burns, Fresenius Kabi USA

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Jamila Trimuel, Ladies of Virtue

2021 Women of Excellence Honorees

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Britney Robbins, The Gray Matter Experience

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Rev. Dr. Alise Barrymore, The Emmaus Community

Karin McFall, King College Prep and Stephanie Hart, Brown Sugar Bakery and Konyia Clark, Clark Catering Company and Donna Clarke, Neighborhood Housing Services

Dr. Rita J. McGuire, MD, Roseland Hospital

2021 Women of Excellence Semi- Class

Jackie Lomax, Girls 4 Science

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Dr. Maya Green, Howard Brown Health

Dr. Karen Barbee-Dixon, Habilitative Systems Inc.

Spring A. Capers, Spring’s Place

Dr. Karen Barbee-Dixon, Habilitative Systems Inc.

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Akilah Halley, Marwen

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Adrianne Wheeler, Project Syncere

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and and Diana Sharpe, ComEd

2021 Women of Excellence Mixing and Mingling

2021 Women of Excellence Enjoying Festivities

2021 Women of Excellence Honorees

Dyanna Knight Lewis, Regional Vice President and Commissioner Kimberly Neely DuBuclet, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District

Afrika Porter, Afrika Enterprises

Kelly Fair, Polished Pebbles

2021 Women of Excellence Semi-Class

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