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Jean Ann Banker, Hannah Paramore Breen, Honorable Angelita Blackshear Dalton, Sherry Deutschmann, Mary Ann McCready, Sharon W. Reynolds, Denine Torr
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Hedy Weinberg, Zulfat Suara, Rashed Fakhruddin
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Cynthia Whitfield-Story, Hannah Paramore Breen, Sharon K. Roberson
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The YWCA honors the women inducted this year into the Academy for Women of Achievement at Nashville's Music City Center on Jan. 26, 2023. Photo by Pat Casey Daley.
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Mary Ann McCready, Honorable Angelita Blackshear Dalton
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The YWCA honors the women inducted this year into the Academy for Women of Achievement at Nashville's Music City Center on Jan. 26, 2023. Photo by Pat Casey Daley.
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The YWCA honors the women inducted this year into the Academy for Women of Achievement at Nashville's Music City Center on Jan. 26, 2023. Photo by Pat Casey Daley.
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Sharon K. Roberson, Cynthia Whitfield-Story, Sharon W. Reynolds, Bryla Reynolds
On January 26, YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee hosted its thirty-first annual Academy for Women of Achievement Celebration with a cocktail reception and pinning ceremony at the Music City Center Davidson Ballroom.
This year's honorees include:
- Jean Ann Banker, community volunteer
- Hannah Paramore Breen, founder of Paramore Digital
- Angelita Blackshear Dalton, judge for Davidson County Criminal Court
- Sherry Deutschmann, founder and CEO of BrainTrust
- Mary Ann McCready, founding owner and business manager of FBMM Entertainment Business Management
- Sharon W. Reynolds, president and CEO of DevMar Products, LLC
- Denine Torr, vice president of Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy for Dollar General; and corporate honoree of HCA Healthcare/TriStar Health
“The seven honorees for this year’s event have made large strides for women, creating pathways to success in the Nashville community,” says YWCA president and CEO Sharon K. Roberson. “We’re honored to induct these incredible women and this outstanding organization into the academy.”
This year’s event theme was “united with purpose,” honoring the founding of the Academy for Women of Achievement in 1992 and the YWCA’s 125th anniversary serving the Nashville and Middle Tennessee community. Co-chairs for the AWA were past honorees Jerry Williams and YWCA board chair-elect Sallie B. Bailey, and the alumnae representative was the honorable Ana Escobar. More than 600 supporters enjoyed hors d’oeuvres during the reception, followed by individual charcuterie boards and desserts during the awards program.