Women of Distinction | Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest

35th Annual Women of Distinction

Saturday, April 10, 2027

For more than three decades, Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest has honored more than 300 women who have distinguished themselves through their leadership, extraordinary contributions to their community and, most importantly, by exemplifying the Girl Scout mission as women of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

The proceeds from these events allow Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest to provide scholarships, the Girl Scout Leadership Experience (GSLE), enhance our four priority program areas: Financial Literacy, Healthy Living, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), and Outdoor Leadership, and support various Girl Scout activities and programs for Girl Scouts throughout Southern New Mexico and West Texas.

Past Honorees

2026

Allison Hartzoge

Danielle Green

Jana Jones

Linda Stephens

Rebecca Linehan

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2022
Cathy Eastham
Kathleen Kirwan-Haynie
Elaine Magruder
Judy Rankin

2023
Ellen Boyd
Kathy Harrison
Becky McCraney
Andrea Quiroz
Dr. Sandra Woodley

2024
Krista Escamilla
Cathy George
Valerie Sparks
Dr. Reagan Viney

2025
Brittany Halbert
Iris Hall-Sanders
Katie Purdy
Larisa Lopez
Susan Clark

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2017

Davina Hosick
Dianne Williams
Jami Turner
Katy Morrow
Patricia Stanley
Victoria Printz

2018

Anita Gamertsfelder
Christa Ray Callicoate
Debbie Donaldson
Emily Baker
Gene Johnson
Laura Sales
Lori Nelson
Mary Baker
Mary Moore Barham
Susan Palmer

2019

Alice Duerksen
Brooke Hendricks
Christine Foreman
Kristi Edwards
Lynda James
Sara Kate Billingsley
Tammy Stalcup
Teresa Burnett
Travis Woodward

2021
Libby Campbell
Sharla Hotchkiss
Shelby Landgraf
Susan Spratlen

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2013

Betty Nobles Starnes
Elizabeth Rogers
Faye Rodriguez
Kathy Swindler
Martha Kallus
Stacey Gerig
Sue Solari
Susie Evans

2014

Cathy McKelvain
Cindy Shelton
Elizabeth “Liz” Jackson
Kathy Hassell
Marilyn Harrison
Nickie Opperman
Robin Self
Sarah Lauritzen
Sue Roseberry

2015

Beth Francell
Beverly Alstrin
Elizabeth Leonard
Julie Marshall
Karmen Bryant
Kathryn Shelley
Lisa Sutton-Housman
Lynn Van Amburgh
Toni Lindley

2016

Alice Friedline
Cookie Wetendorf
Darlene Mays
Julie Cree
Katherine Curry
Laura Roman
Margaret Jones
Paula Henry
Paula Loftin-Hill
Vicki Rice

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2009

Diana Browning
Kay Bivens
Kristi Hyatt
Sharon Heidelberg
Sondra Eoff
Teresa Clingman
Terri Spence
Vicky Hailey

2010

Ann Parish
Barbara Creager
Frances Casstevens
Lori White
Mary E. Thompson
Mary Jane Morgan
Robin Darr
Sharon Hatten
Stephanie Rivas

2011

D’Ann Foster Green
Feliz Abalos
Gene Kayser Jones
Jacqui Gore
Laurie Johnson
Maridell Fryar
Marj Carpenter
Rosalind Redfern Grover
Sandra Staley

2012

Brenda Kay Clark
Courtney Wardlaw
Gloria May
J’Nevelyn Melton
Patty Smith
Rev. Cheryl Homsher
Tatum Hubbard
Wanda Campbell

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2005

Carla Smith
Eileen Piwetz
June Guess
Karen Nicholson
Lisa Crenshaw- Estes
Lucinda Hurlbut
Tana DeGraffenreid

2006

Amy Hendrick
Bunny Petrosky
Debbie McReynolds
Joann Foster
Josefina Hooker
Pat Long Weaver
Teresa Floyd

2007

Beverly Pevehouse
Brenda Denton
Carole Lucas
Denise Perkins
Donette Marble
Karen Johnson
Mary Clare Spear
Nonita Brown
Virginia Garza

2008

Anabel Spencer
Chachi Hawkins
Debra Westmoreland
Edna Hibbitts Wright
Grace King
Jane Brite White
Karen Fullen
Linda Terrell
Rebecca Bell

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2001

Cora McFadden
Delma Abalos
Denise Burns
Dr. Margaret Price
Lois Folger
Lynn Buxkemper
Martha Cooper
Mary Beth Anton
Pamela Hamm
Susie Hitchcock-Hall
Suzie Boyd
Virginia Chisum

2002

Alma Thompson
Alynda Best
Dr. Margaret Wade
Dr. Sherrie Lang
Jane Hext
Juanita Silva
Leslie Harman
LuAnn Morgan
Marilyn Bassinger
Nancy Poage
Phyllis Stine
Susan Rogers

2003

Audrey Curry
Becky Baskin Ferguson
Debra Solari
Dephane Tabor
Ellen House
Gay Fields
Janet’ Sloan
Kathryn Graybill
Nelda Guerra
Sherry Phillips
Susan Rutherford
Vicki Jay

2004

Cendy Antley
Dr. Debbie Reese
Frances Walker
Gayle Dodson
Paula Ahders
Trina Moralez
Winifred Walker-Wagner

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1997

Anne Mackey
Avis Faulk
Barbara Clack
Bernadine Spears
Bettye Jo Daniel Stricklin
Camille Doss
Carol Dunagan Husbands
Carolyn Tripp
Cherie Hensley
Cheryl Gomez
Cindy Tochterman
Dr. Fane Downs
Gayle Hill
Jane Meredith Wolf
Janette Bowers
Joan Webb
Joyce Zapp
Karen McCord
Linda Goddard
Lu Anna Stephens
Margaret Rhea
Marjanna Russell
Patti Groce
Sally Kvasnicka
Shari Shackelford
Shurah Elizabeth Smith
Susan Hammons

1998

Barbara Davis
Carla Bryant
Charlotte Hunter
Dana Carole
Edna Brown Hibbitts
Kathy Ard
Lee Lentz
Lucy Mullen Davis
Margaret Cowden
Margaret Wyn
Marilyn Hanson
Mary de Compiegne
Melissa Hendrix
Nancy Anguish
Petra Tucker
Sandra Clack
Sandy Tisdale
Shelley Barker
Tammy Hawkins
Tana Roberson

1999

Alice Park
Alma Guerrero
Brooke Wiseman
Carolyn Fears
Debra Osborne Thomas
Donna Adams
Dr. Deana Savage
Elsie Hugly
Iris Correa
Iris Foster
Janet Frizell Kopec
Joan Baron Lamkin
Joan Baskin
Laura W. Bush
Linda Foster
Margaret Kerley
Mary Kaye Moore
Mary Lucille LaQuey

2000

Ava Jane Fuller
Connie Nichols
Elise Kail
Marcia Cleaver
Mary Lou Thompson
Peggy Dean
Phoebe Campbell
Rachel Dobbs
Susan Fulfer

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1993

Mary Jane Young
Carol Siddall
Charlene Romero Wurtz
Charlotte Allen
Fredi Franki
Golda McGuire
Jo Miller
Margaret Purvis
Mary O’Hearne
Nancy Dye
Stefanie Goebel

1994

Anne Carroll
Betsy Triplett-Hurt
Carol Hall
Carole Causey
Cindi Wiehle
Dr. Carolyn Rhode
Dr. Sue Blair
Jo Ann Davenport
Joyce Wilson
Julia Doris
Mary Lou Cassidy
Nellie Torres
Ray Ann Zant

1995

Barbara Greene
Bernice Wells
Beverly Muire
Bonita Baker
Cathy Herzog
Doris Schiller
Gloria Grissom
Jan Havens
Jane Park
Joanne Langston
Jody Tayrien
Lael Cordes-Pitts
Lee Harris
Mari Willis
Peggy Kelton
Sarah Lew Grimes
Sue Craig

1996

D’Ette Fowlkes
Dr. Donna Williams
Elizabeth Stottlemyre
Jan Donnelly O’Neill
Jane Wiant
Janis Hall Buxton
Jayne Krawietz
Laurie Stevens
LuAnn Elliott
Martha Ramos
Maxine Hannifin
Pam Hicks
Patricia Alexander Maurer
Ruth Wyche
Sharon Agnew
Sue Mahood
Thelma Cummins

1992

1992

Allison Garvin
Alma Bird
Ann Bradford
Anne Josefy
Astrid Nunez
Barbara Bingham
Barbara Clarke
Barbara Ransbottom
Barbara Richerson
Beth Carr
Beth Larned
Betty Ann Prentice
Betty Jo Morgan
Bridget Jarrett
Carol Ann Hunt
Carol Gregg
Carol Orem
Carolyn Hooper
Cathy Womack McKelvain
Charlotte Slack
Christy Reed
Clara King
Doris Howbert
Dorothy Smith
Dr. Anne Acreman
Dr. Sue Bradley
Geriann Green
Gloria Holder
Holly Ann Siddall
Irene Rivera-White
Jackie Hamlton
Jane Carrens Samples
Jane Cosby
Janie Howell
Janna Fulfer
Joan Johnson
JoAnn Viney
Joy Scott
Joyce Thompson
Judy Hayes
Julie Kupper
Kathlyn Dunagan
Kathy Hendrick
Kathy McIntyre
Katie Heck
Kitty Bristow
Kristin Sayre
Lauretta Adams
Lily Tercero
Lois Nell Carpenter
Lorraine Perryman
Lydia Torres
Lynn Leever Bromley
Margie Titus
Maria Mata
Marian Jones
Mary Alice Ramos
Mary Beck
Mary Katherine Friskics-Warren
Mary Wynn Hinkle
Merita Hart
Michelle Hayes
Myra Harvey
Narita Holmes
Natalie Rothstein
Pat Hunter
Patrice Allen
Peggy Caddell
Penny Angelo
Renee’ Earls
Ruth Allbright
Sally Steward
Schatzie Tighe
Shelly Unger
Sherry Bell
Sonya Haynie
Sue Roberts
Sue Wood
Sunnye Dinger
Susan Tighe Litherland
Suzanne Bobo
Virginia Conner

Past Sponsors

2026

Gold

2W Whatley Ranch

SGF Capital

Silver

Diamondback Energy

Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin, & Browder Inc.

Casa de Amigos

Lynch, Chappell & Alsup

Senior Life Midland

Bronze

Amy Hendrick

Henry Resources

Junior League of Odessa

Midland Community Theater

Mike & Audrey Curry

Sara, Clay, & Emily Moore

Terracon

2025

Silver

Diamondback Energy

Henry Resources

2W Whatley Ranch

Bronze

Mary Lou Cassidy

Patty & Chris Craven

Casa de Amigos

Lynch, Chappell & Alsup

Senior Life Midland

Friends

Community National Bank

Terracon