Women of Color Foundation
Hall of Fame and
10th Anniversary Celebration
June 2, 2012

After a weekend long retreat, the Women of Color Foundation celebrated with a Gala event on Saturday June 2, 2012.

There were many reasons to celebrate. The Foundation was started 10 years ago by Alexandria Johnson Boone. According to Boone it was started to create a forum, for women to share and support. She wanted to expose women - especially young women - to women of power and influence.

Alexandria Johnson Boone

However, this is the first year of the Hall of Fame and nine very worthy women were inducted. They were:

• Maria Bonilla Boss, President, Boss Enterprises, Inc.
• Margot James Copeland, Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Diversity & Philanthropy, KeyCorp
• Constance D. Harper, Associate Publisher & Executive Editor, Call & Post Newspapers
• Pamela Marshall Holmes, Senior Director, Community Outreach, Cleveland Clinic
• Marilyn Sanders Mobley, Ph.D., Vice President, Office of Inclusion, Diversity & Equal Opportunity and Professor of English, Case Western Reserve University
• Debra Adams Simmons, Editor, The Plain Dealer Newspaper
• Daisy Alford Smith, Ph.D; Chief Executive Officer, Girl Scouts of North East Ohio
• Margaret W. Wong, Esquire; Principal, Margaret W. Wong & Associates, Co., LPA
• The Honorable Shirley A. Smith, Member, Ohio Senate; 21st District of Ohio

In addition to the Hall of Fame inductions four special awards were given:

• Individual Philanthropy Award: Michelle E. Urquhart , Founder/Co-Chair, Urquhart Memorial Foundation
• Lifetime Achievement Award: The Honorable Sara J. Harper, Judge, 8th District Court of Appeals, Retired
• Diversity and Inclusion Professional of the Year Award: Renita Jefferson, Director of Leadership Development, Human Resources, American Greetings Corporation
• Global Achievement Award: DeLores Pressley, International Motivational Speaker, Life Strategist and Author, and Founder, DeLores Pressley Worldwide

The recipients and attendees are all a valuable human asset to our region and should be congratulated on their accomplishments. And, as Ms. Boone says "White is a color too. We are all inclusive."

More information on the Women of Color Foundation

Enjoy these images from the event.

Mike Dunston, Anchor Good Morning Cleveland WEWS 5
and Shay Harris, Journalist WEWS 5 served as MCs

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Daisy Alford Smith, Ph.D; CEO, Girl Scouts of North East Ohio

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Margaret W. Wong, Esq.,
Principal, Margaret W. Wong & Associates, Co., LPA

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Pamela Marshall Holmes,
Senior Director, Community Outreach, Cleveland Clinic

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Renita Jefferson, Director of Leadership Development,
Human Resources, American Greetings Corporation

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Michelle E. Urquhart,
Founder/Co-Chair, Urquhart Memorial Foundation

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Debra Adams Simmons, Editor, The Plain Dealer Newspaper

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Maria Bonilla Boss, President, Boss Enterprises, Inc.

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Invocation by Dora M. Burnett, President, Women for Jesus

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Alexandria Boone, Mike Dunston and Shay Harris

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Maria Boss, Margot Copeland and Daisy Alford-Smith

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Bernadette Mayfield, Raland Hachett and Desiree Primm

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Dr. Jackie Chisolm and Robert Chisolm

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Fred and Benita Burton

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James Wade and Dee Burnett



David Young and Reg Carter

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Verna Darby, Dajah Crawford and Cassandra Crawford-Parker

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Margaret Wong and Alexandria Boone

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Barbara and Tim Daniel

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Shay Harris

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State Senator Shirley A Smith, Melody Graham
and Smith's grandaughter Mariah Woodley

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Gina Hobbs, Paula Newman,
Frenchy Bush and Margaret Wong

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Maria Boss and Debra Adams Simmons table

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Judge George W. Trumbo, Gloria H. Fort, Dave Bailey,
Clarence Moreland, Constance Harper and Judge Sara Harper

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Rodney L.Brown, Gina Hobbs, Raland Hatchett,
Brenda Mayfield, Carrie Stokes, Rosa Terry, Pamela Burr

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Desiree Primm, Erika Thornton, Fa'Tyma Pope, Dr. Glenda Pope, Marquise McClain, Fonda McClain. Jessica Hennings, Leontine Synor

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