The WCC Centennial Medal for Women in Leadership was awarded between 2016 and 2019 to women who have made significant contributions to shaping policy that improves the quality of life for all New Yorkers.
Ruth E. Acker, Past WCC President (2007-2012)
Susan Alt, Past WCC President (1990-1993)
Maria del Carmen Arroyo, Chief Administrative Officer, Acacia Network; Former City Council Member, 17thDistrict, Bronx
Carmen E. Arroyo, New York State Assembly, District 84
Inez Barron, City Council Member, 42ndDistrict, Brooklyn
Rodneyse Bichotte, New York State Assembly, District 42
Jo Ivey Boufford, Clinical Professor of Global Health, New York University School of Global Public Health and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine
Gale Brewer, Manhattan Borough President
Venida Browder, Mother of Kalief Browder, advocate. Deceased.
Jennifer Buffett, Co-President, NoVo Foundation
Margaret Chin, City Council Member, 1stDistrict, Manhattan
Annette Choolfaian, Past WCC President & Board Member. Deceased.
Vivian E. Cook, New York State Assembly, District 32
Margarita Curet, President, NYCHA Amsterdam Houses Resident Association
Maritza Davila, New York State Assembly, District 53
Julissa Ferreras-Copeland, City Council Member, 21stDistrict, Queens
Elizabeth Crowley, Former City Council Member, 30thDistrict, Queens
Laurie Cumbo, City Council Member, 35thDistrict, Brooklyn
Maria Cuomo Cole, Chair, H.E.L.P, USA; President, Cuomo Cole Productions
Matilda Raffa Cuomo, First Lady of New York State (1983-1995); 2017 Women’s Hall of Fame inductee
Inez E. Dickens, New York State Assembly, District 70; Former City Council Member, 9thDistrict, Manhattan
Honorable Monica Drinane, Attorney-in-Charge of the Juvenile Rights Division (co-chair of the NYC Children’s Cabinet Advisory Board, former Supervising Judge of Bronx Family Court
Soffiyah Elijah, Executive Director, Alliance of Families for Justice; Former Executive Director, Correctional Association of New York
Vanessa Gibson, City Council Member, 16thDistrict, Bronx
Kirsten Gillibrand, United States Senator
Deborah J. Glick, New York State Assembly, District 66
Kathy Hochul, Lieutenant Governor of New York State
Margaret B. Howard, Past WCC President (1993-1995)
Alicia Hyndman, New York State Assembly District
Letitia James, Attorney General of New York
The Reverend Dr. Emma Jordan-Simpson, Executive Pastor, The Concord Baptist Church of Christ; Administrator of the Brooklyn/Bridgeport Pastoral Residency Collaborative
Latoya Joyner, New York State Assembly, District 77
Pamela Joyner,
Melinda Katz, Queens District Attorney
Karen Koslowitz, City Council Member, 29thDistrict, Queens
Liz Krueger, New York State Senator
Nora Lavori, Past WCC President (1995-1996)
Jennifer B. Lee, Curator, Performing Arts Collections, Rare Books and Manuscript Library, Butler Library, Columbia University
Phyllis Lusskin, Past WCC President (1986-1988)
Blanche E. Lawton, Past WCC President (2001-2007)
Elizabeth Lubetkin Lipton, Past WCC President (1998-2001)
Nicole Malliotakis, Representative-elect, 11th District, Staten Island
Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, United States Congress, New York
Jennifer March, PhD, Executive Director, Citizens’ Committee for Children
Melissa Mark-Viverito, Former New York City Council Speaker
Heather McGhee, Trustee Emeritus, Demos Board; President, Demos, 2014-2018; and Co-Chair of Color of Change
Darlene Mealy, Former City Council Member, 41stDistrict, Brooklyn
Rosie Mendez, Director of Community Affairs, Office of Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer; Former City Council Member, 2nd District, Manhattan
Julie Menin, Director, NYC Office of the Census
Velmanette Montgomery, New York State Senator
Peg Myerson, Past WCC President (1996-1998). Deceased.
Jessica Neuwirth, Esq., Founder/President, ERA Coalition; Founder/Director, Donor Direct Action; Founder, Equality Now
Catherine Nolan, Assemblymember, 37th District, Queens
Ana Oliveira, President & CEO, The New York Women’s Foundation
Ethel S. Paley, Past WCC President (1988-1989). Deceased.
Annabel Palma, Lead Equity Officer, Test & Trace Corps
Roxanne Persaud, New York State Senator
Elisabeth Israels Perry, Ph.D., John Francis Bannon Professor Emeritus of History and Professor Emeritus of Women’s and Gender Studies, Saint Louis University. Deceased.
Jessica Ramos, NY State Senator
Luna Ranjit, Independent Strategy Consultant
Helen D. (“Heidi”) Reavis, Esq., Managing Partner, Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP; Emmy Award-Winning Executive Producer
Diana C. Richardson, Assembly Member, 43rd District, Brooklyn
Sharon Richardson, Founder and Executive Director of Re-Entry Rocks
Annette Robinson, Former Assembly Member, 56th District, Brooklyn
Margarita Rosa, Former Interim Executive Director, Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
Deborah Rose, City Council Member, 49thDistrict, Staten Island
Linda B. Rosenthal, Assembly Member, 67th District, Manhattan
Helen Rosenthal, City Council Member, 6thDistrict, Manhattan
Nily Rozic, Assemblymember, 25th District, Queens
Linda Sarsour, Co-chair of the 2017 Women’s March, the 2017 Day Without a Woman, and the 2019 Women’s March
Diane J. Savino, NY State Senator
Rebecca A. Seawright, Assemblymember, 76th District, Manhattan
Jo Anne Simon, Assemblymember 52nd District, Brooklyn
Pamela Shifman, Former Executive Director, NoVo Foundation
Aravella Simotas, Former Assemblymember, 36th District, Queens
Joanne Smith, Founder/President/CEO, Girls for Gender Equity
Toby Ann Stavisky, NY State Senator
Michele Titus, New York City Civil Court Judge
Ruth Hassell-Thompson, Former State Senator
Latrice Walker, Assemblymember, 55th District, Brooklyn
Helene E. Weinstein, Assemblymember, 41st District, Brooklyn
Blanche Wiesen-Cook, Professor and Eleanor Roosevelt Biographer