EWOC Honorees

Sac Cultural Hub is proud to present this year’s 2012 Exceptional Women of Color (EWOC) Honorees. From CEOs to retirees, principals to mothers, this year’s honorees represent everything a woman is and can be. All of these women from across Northern California have overcome multiple obstacles to becom pillars of our community. Help us celebrate these unsung heroines by attending the 4th Annual Exceptional Women of Color (EWOC) Networking Brunch & Wellness Conference on Saturday, September 29 from 8 am to 4 pm at the UC Davis Freeborn Hall in Davis. Don’t miss the presentation of EWOC Excellence Awards to these exceptional women at the EWOC Conference. Click here to buy tickets online!

What is an Exceptional Woman of Color (EWOC) and why THE HUB Celebrates EWOCs every year! An EWOC is unsung heroine who has made significant achievements and accomplishments that go unrecognized by mainstream media. An EWOC is a woman who effortlessly serves as a role model while juggling the multiple tasks of:

• Being a mother and/or wife
• Working full-time
• Volunteering in the community
• Mastering her career goals
• Managing her own business
• Succeeding in her job and receiving prestigious promotions
• Pushing the limits of her boundaries to achieve excellence

An EWOC does all of these things inspite of the countless obstacles and insurmountable hardships that she is faced with on a daily basis. She continues to be an “overcomer”, where her smile, beauty, personality, and confidence exhibits the very essence of true success.

CONGRATULATIONS 2012 EWOC HONOREES!!!

A. Michelle Blakeley
Gallerist
Evolve the Gallery
Category: Arts and Culture

Barbara Cockerham
Court Executive Officer
Amador Superior Court
Category: Politics & Government Relations

Mahisha Dellinger
Founder/CEO
CURLS
Category: Entrepreneur/Innovator

Diamond Garnett
College Student
Loyola Marymount University
Category: Young Women of Distinction

Ilesha Graham
Principal
Elk Grove Unified School District
Category: Education & Research

Gladys Gray
Parking Enforcement Officer
City of Berkeley
Category: Social Welfare & Community Activism

Gayle Guest-Brown
Program Manager
Hewlett Packard
Category: Social Welfare & Community Activism

Dr. Michele V. Hamilton
Principal
St. Philomene Catholic School
Category: Education & Research

Letitia Hanke
CEO/President
Alternative Roofing Solutions Inc.
Category: Entrepreneur/Innovator

Aliane Murphy Hasan
Retired Educator/Manager
Sacramento City Unified School District
Category: Social Welfare & Community Activism

Christi Ketchum
Northern Regional Policy Coordinator
Our Rightful Place, LLC
Category: Social Welfare & Community Activism

B. Darcel Lee
Executive Director
California Black Health Network
Category: Social Welfare & Community Activism

Mary Liu
Founder/CEO
Empowered Women Speakers
Category: Entrepreneur/Innovator

Alana Mathews
Senior Staff Counsel
California Energy Commission

Chief Counsel’s Office
Category: Communications &
Public Affairs

Phillipa Mitchell
Construction Supervisor
PG&E
Category: Management & the Professions

Jann Murray-Garcia
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis
Category: Social Welfare & Community Activism

Vernita Naylor
Founder/CEO
Jabez Entertainment Group 
Category: Management & the Professions

Kathleen Olson
Business Specialist
Wells Fargo
Category: Management &
the Professions

Nona Richardson
Senior Associate Athletics Director
UC Davis
Category: Health, Sport & Wellness

Rhonda Staley-Brooks
President/CEO
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Sacramento
Category: Management & the Professions

April Taylor
Freelance Photographer
Photography By A~Love
Category: Entrepreneur/Innovator