Women's Awards 2010

On September 30, the Ronald McDonald House of Providence presented the organization's Second Annual Women's Awards.  This award was created to celebrate infulential women in our community who consistently make a positive impact and demonstrate exceptional leadership.

The 2010 Honorees are:

Community Service: Armeather Gibbs
Chief Operating Officer at United Way of Rhode Island 

Education: Kati Machtley
Co-Founder and Director of the Women’s Summit at Bryant University

Business: Linda H. Newton
Vice President of Community Relations, CSR and Diversity at Blue Cross, Blue Shield of Rhode Island

Athletics: Dr. Anne Hird
Associate Professor, Bridgewater State University & Co-founder of RMH Providence Running Club

Healthcare: Pamela High, MS, MD
Director of Division of Development-Behavioral Pediatrics at W. Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University and Co-Director of the Hasbro Partial Hospital Program at Hasbro Children’s Hospital 

Healthcare: Cindy L. Schwartz, MD
Director of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Hasbro Children’s Hospital

The inaugural honorees were:

-Myra J. Edens
Administrative Director of Pediatric Patient Services at Hasbro Children's Hospital
-Kimball Hall
Vice President of Rhode Island Operations at Amgen
-Reverend Janet Cooper Nelson
Chaplain and Director of the Office of Chaplains and Religious Life at Brown University
-Elizabeth H. Roberts
Lieutenant Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
-Amy Rudolph
1996 and 2000 Olympian