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It’s been a huge honor participating in the Women of the Year awards, a partnership this year between the Source and the Bend Chamber. What a ride!

After being nominated, each nominee was asked to submit a personal statement and other information about them. They then participated in a “meet and greet” with the panel of judges, hailing from all over the Central Oregon business and academic community. While each of the winners is highlighted in the print edition this week (and online here), we wanted to take a moment to recognize the nominees.

I can say for a fact that not a single one of them didn’t belong, or didn’t possess the qualities deserving of the award for which they were nominated. So to them, congrats for being you!

Here are the 2020 nominees:

Young Hero
Award

sponsored by Webfoot

Angie Acevedo

AriAnne Griffy

Ella Bakker

Keera Puett

Kiley Hein

Marli von Heideken

Megan Bolt

Shilo Grayson

Community Hero
Award

sponsored by Johnson Benefit Planning

Amy Renalds

Andrea Rosenzweig

Evelia Sandoval

Gail Snyder

Katy Ipock

Lauren Olander

Matina Ferlander Christophersen

Megan Karnopp

Megan Martin

Meera Rupp

Ranae Staley

Renee Shadley

Ruth Jones

Sarah Kelley

Stacia Biancucci

Tara Feurtado

Woody Medeiros

Advancing Women
Award

sponsored by US Bank

Catherine Cruger

Jennifer Keane

Karina Smith

Luann Abrams

Lifetime Achievement
Award

sponsored by Cascade Business News

Amy Yillik

Harriet Langmas

Lawnae Hunter

Sonya Littledeer-Evans

Woman of the Year
Award

sponsored by The Wallace Group Inc

Affton Coffelt

Amanda Gow

Bronwen Lodato

Cassie Clemans

Christina Easly

Colleen Thomas

Dr. Janell Payne

Dr. Jessica LeBlanc

Heidi Slaybaugh

Jennifer Welander

Jesse Durham

Jillian Devine

Jillian Taylor

Joanne Mina

Julie Lyche

Karen Brannon

Kristen Riggle

Lindsey Hopper

Melinda Martinez

Rachel Wente-Chaney

ShanRae Hawkins

Tess Ball

Keep on keepin’ on, all you awesome people! 

This article appears in Feb 26 – Mar 4, 2020.

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Congrats to All the Nominees in our Women of the Year Awards!

by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon
March 4, 2020

<h1>Congrats to All the Nominees in our Women of the Year Awards!</h1> <p class="byline">by Nicole Vulcan, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 4, 2020</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">I</span>t's been a huge honor participating in the <a href="/bend/2020-womens-issue/Content?oid=12117684" target="_blank">Women of the Year </a>awards, a partnership this year between the Source and the Bend Chamber. What a ride!</p> <p>After being nominated, each nominee was asked to submit a personal statement and other information about them. They then participated in a "meet and greet" with the panel of judges, hailing from all over the Central Oregon business and academic community. While each of the winners is highlighted in the print edition this week (<a href="/bend/2020-womens-issue/Content?oid=12117684" target="_blank">and online here</a>), we wanted to take a moment to recognize the nominees.</p> <p>I can say for a fact that not a single one of them didn't belong, or didn't possess the qualities deserving of the award for which they were nominated. So to them, congrats for being you!</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dcf465a8-ce1b-40a6-ac15-eeb260932425.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dcf465a8-ce1b-40a6-ac15-eeb260932425.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-23127" /></a><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Winners and nominees pose for a group photo at the Women of the Year awards ceremony Feb. 28.</figcaption></figure> <p> Here are the 2020 nominees: </p> <h4 class="content_h4">Young Hero<br /> Award</h4> <p> sponsored by Webfoot</p> <p>Angie Acevedo<br /> <br /> AriAnne Griffy<br /> <br /> Ella Bakker<br /> <br /> Keera Puett<br /> <br /> Kiley Hein<br /> <br /> Marli von Heideken<br /> <br /> Megan Bolt<br /> <br /> Shilo Grayson</p> <p><h4 class="content_h4">Community Hero<br /> Award</h4> <p> sponsored by Johnson Benefit Planning</p> <p>Amy Renalds<br /> <br /> Andrea Rosenzweig<br /> <br /> Evelia Sandoval<br /> <br /> Gail Snyder<br /> <br /> Katy Ipock<br /> <br /> Lauren Olander<br /> <br /> Matina Ferlander Christophersen<br /> <br /> Megan Karnopp<br /> <br /> Megan Martin<br /> <br /> Meera Rupp<br /> <br /> Ranae Staley<br /> <br /> Renee Shadley<br /> <br /> Ruth Jones<br /> <br /> Sarah Kelley<br /> <br /> Stacia Biancucci<br /> <br /> Tara Feurtado<br /> <br /> Woody Medeiros</p> <p><h4 class="content_h4">Advancing Women<br /> Award</h4> <p> sponsored by US Bank</p> <p>Catherine Cruger<br /> <br /> Jennifer Keane<br /> <br /> Karina Smith<br /> <br /> Luann Abrams</p> <p><h4 class="content_h4">Lifetime Achievement<br /> Award</h4> <p> sponsored by Cascade Business News</p> <p>Amy Yillik<br /> <br /> Harriet Langmas<br /> <br /> Lawnae Hunter<br /> <br /> Sonya Littledeer-Evans</p> <p><h4 class="content_h4">Woman of the Year<br /> Award</h4> <p> sponsored by The Wallace Group Inc</p> <p>Affton Coffelt<br /> <br /> Amanda Gow<br /> <br /> Bronwen Lodato<br /> <br /> Cassie Clemans<br /> <br /> Christina Easly<br /> <br /> Colleen Thomas<br /> <br /> Dr. Janell Payne<br /> <br /> Dr. Jessica LeBlanc<br /> <br /> Heidi Slaybaugh<br /> <br /> Jennifer Welander<br /> <br /> Jesse Durham<br /> <br /> Jillian Devine<br /> <br /> Jillian Taylor<br /> <br /> Joanne Mina<br /> <br /> Julie Lyche<br /> <br /> Karen Brannon<br /> <br /> Kristen Riggle<br /> <br /> Lindsey Hopper<br /> <br /> Melinda Martinez<br /> <br /> Rachel Wente-Chaney<br /> <br /> ShanRae Hawkins<br /> <br /> Tess Ball</p> <p>Keep on keepin' on, all you awesome people!&nbsp;</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/congrats-to-all-the-nominees-in-our-women-of-the-year-awards-12118858/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=23115&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/congrats-to-all-the-nominees-in-our-women-of-the-year-awards-12118858/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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