Special Awards

2023

Business Woman of the Year: Karen Wiseman

Volunteer of the Year: Jenny Crossland

Senator Betty Andujar Award: Dr. Jaye Janiak

Special Recognition– Mak Kimball

2022

Business Woman of the Year: Glynis McGinty

Volunteer of the Year: Kitty Berger

Senator Betty Andujar Award: Sydney Leonard

2021

Business Woman of the Year: Amanda Wear

Volunteer of the Year: Mette Blockhan

Senator Betty Andujar Award: Brooke Allen

2020

Business Woman of the Year: Jennifer Crossland

Volunteer of the Year: Mamie Johnson

Senator Betty Andujar Award: Kaye Moreno

2019

Business Woman of the Year: Konni Burton

Volunteer of the Year: Dr. Stephanie Janiak

Special Congratulations: Judge Brooke Allen
(for her appointment and subsequent election
as judge of Tarrant County probate court #2)

Senator Betty Andujar Award: Marilyn VanHoozer

2018

Business Woman of the Year: Mary Perez

Volunteer of the Year: Kaye Moreno

Special Recognition for Public Service: Judge Nancy Berger
(for her service as judge of the
322nd family district court, 2007-2018)

Senator Betty Andujar Award: Sharon Dale

2017

Business Woman of the Year: Karon Adams    

Volunteer of the Year: Cyndy McCoy

Special Recognition for Public Service: Chief Justice Terrie Livingston
(for her service as Associate Justice, Second Court of Appeals, 1994-2010
and Chief Justice, Second Court of Appeals, 2010-2017)

Special Congratulations: Chief Justice Bonnie Sudderth
(upon her appointment to Chief Justice, Second Court of Appeals)

Senator Betty Andujar Award: Sherry Ward

2016

Business Woman of the Year: Dr. Stephanie Janiak

Volunteer of the Year: Debbie McDaniels

Special Recognition for Public Service: Judge Dana Womack
(for her service as judge of the
348th civil district court, 1997-2016)

Special Thank You: Jennifer Hall
(for her service as Tarrant County Republican
Party Chair, 2015-2016)

Senator Betty Andujar Award: Susie Tonymon

Past Recipients of the Senator Betty Andujar Award

Margaret Forehand, Ann DuPree, Marilyn Van Hoozer, Beryl Dowd,
Judge Bonnie Sudderth, Linda Strassburger, Debra Coffey

Ten Outstanding Republican Women in Texas
Award Recipients

(Nominated by Fort Worth Republican Women and
Conferred by the Texas Federation of Republican Women)

Senator Betty Andujar (1970)
State Representative Anna Mowery (1975)
Naomi Godfrey (1995)
Peggy McDuff (1997)

Wanda Bell (2005)
Beryl Dowd (2009)
Judge Bonnie Sudderth (2011)

Tribute to Women

(Nominated by Fort Worth Republican Women and
Conferred by the Texas Federation of Republican Women)

1986 – Senator Betty Andujar, Betty Diano, Tarrant County Tax Assessor Collector June Garrison, State Representative Anna Mowery
1988 – Margaret Forehand, Naomi Godfrey, Marjorie Nunn
1988 – Elise Cole, Carol Hensley
1992 – Peggy McDuff, Vivian Millirons
1994 – Dee Brents, Paula Day, Barbara Gladish, Beth Rubin
1996 – Wanda Bell, Sherry Ward
1998 – Fran Chiles, Judge Bonnie Sudderth
2000 – Joyce Brower, Debra Coffey, Barbara Williford
2002 – Martha Durham, Suzie Tonyman, Marilyn Van Hoozer
2004 – Bobbye Brooks, Maxine Hawkins, Carolyn Jackson, Geneva Key
2006 – Beryl Dowd, Patty Emerson, Paula Miller, Linda Strassburder
2008 – Sharon Dale, Julie Johncox, Sydney Leonard, Mary Mae McDonald
2010 – Brooke Ulrickson Allen, Kaye Moreno, Joy Phelps-Nix
2012 – Cyndy McCoy, Jan Brefczynski, Pat Brown, Colleen Putnam
2014 – Helen Bavousett, Ludie Heineman, Nancy Adler

Fort Worth Republican Women
Past Presidents

1988-1989: Naomi Godfrey
1990: Carol Hensley
1991: Elise Cole
1992-1993: Peggy McDuff
1994-1995: Beth Rubin
1996-1997: Dee Brents
1998-1999: Sherry Ward

2000-2001: Wanda Bell
2002-2003: Bobbye Brooks
2004-2005: Martha Durham
2006-2007: Beryl Dowd
2008-2009: Sharon Dale
2010-2011: Kaye Moreno
2012-2013: Cyndy McCoy

2014-2015: Judge Bonnie Sudderth
2016-2017: Kaye Moreno
2018-2019: Judge Brooke Allen
2020-2021: Dr. Jaye Janiak (‘Dr. J’)
2022-2023: Judge Megan Fahey