Top 30 Women Honorees
Amber Mostyn
Amber Mostyn leads a team of smart, tenacious, battle-hardened lawyers who fight for people’s rights. At Amber’s direction, her firm is sharply focused on obtaining justice for…
Dr. Roberta Grace Scott
Dr. Roberta Grace Scott is a distinguished passionate educator with 18 years of expertise in administration and teaching. She has successfully educated and empowered students to succeed…
Denise Navarro
With an academic and professional career in technology and management that spans over three decades, Denise Navarro has established herself as a respected business leader within the…
Teneshia Hudspeth
Teneshia Hudspeth is County Clerk of the third-largest county in the nation and the largest county in the State of Texas. Harris County has a population of…
Eureka Gilkey
Eureka Gilkey serves as Executive Director of Project Row Houses (PRH), a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people and enriching communities through engagement, art, and direct action…
Linda Leto Head
Linda Leto Head serves as Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Lone Star College’s Office of External & Employer Relations. Serving more than 90,000 students, Lone Star College…
Rani Puranik
Co-Owner and Global CFO of Houston-based Worldwide Oilfield Machine (WOM), Rani Puranik, thrives at leading innovation, empowering others and inspiring collaboration. She directs financial controllership, strategy, investments…
Tracy Taylor Smith
Driven by a passion for empowering people towards career and economic advancement, in 2006 Tracy Taylor Smith founded Taylor Smith Consulting (TSC), a staffing and professional development…
Dr. Shelly Lesikar deZevallos
Dr. Shelly Lesikar deZevallos, President of West Houston Airport, is a pilot, business owner, mom, wife and passionate spokesperson about sharing the importance of the aviation and…
Lenora Sorola-Pohlman
Lenora Sorola-Pohlman is a second-generation native Houstonian, born and raised in Houston’s East End barrio. Lenora has been a licensed insurance broker since 1996, a small business…
Dr. Patricia K. Allen
Dr. Patricia K. Allen was elected to the Houston ISD Board of Education in December of 2019. She served her initial year as an officer – Board…
Dr. Ira K. Blake
Dr. Ira K. Blake is the 5th president of the University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL), one of the region’s top public universities. A native of Arkansas, President…
Linda M. Rhodes
Linda M. Rhodes brings more than 26 years in nonprofit leadership and development to her role as the Executive Director of The Women’s Fund for Health Education…
Melanie Wilcox Miles
Melanie Miles is a board-certified family law attorney who has served the citizens of Harris County for over 25 years. She is a native of Houston, Texas,…
Lauren Haller Fontaine
Lauren Haller Fontaine is Senior Director & Legal Counsel – Operations at Pattern Energy Group LP, a renewable energy company focusing on the clean energies of wind,…