Awards & Honors
– Dress for Success, Community Advocate Award 2019
– Moffitt Cancer Center Momentum Award 2019
– International Propeller Club Port Tampa Bay Mainstay Award 2019
– Hillsborough Community College People’s Choice Award 2019
– Mark Studstill Award of Excellence from the Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance 2019
– Honored with Starting Right, Now 2016 Soul Award for support of its work with at-risk teenagers
– Received Florida’s Children First 2016 Child Advocate of the Year for work on children issues
– Manufacturing Alliance of Hillsborough County Founder’s Award 2016
– Honored with Junior Achievement 2016 Hall of Fame Outstanding Alumna Award
– Named to the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Power 100 in Tampa Bay area for 2016
– American Business Women Association – Pioneering Woman of the Year
– Received Silver and Bronze Leadership awards for service from Junior Achievement
– Received Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers 2015 Achievement Award for her advancement of women
– Named as one of 25 people to watch in business in 2015 by Tampa Bay Business Journal
– Community Tampa Bay’s Silver Medallion Award 2015
– St. John Progressive Fine Arts Ministry Humanitarian Award 2015
– Brandon Foundation Lifelong Contribution Award 2013
– Early Childhood Council of Hillsborough Lifetime Achievement Awards for Child Advocacy 2013
– Received YMCA’s 2012 Community Impact Award for her positive impact to citizens of
Hillsborough County
– Lifetime Achievement Award for Florida Developmental Disabilities Council
– Sun Coast Girl Scout Council Woman of Distinction Award
– Peter Bernal Award of Distinction for Florida Association of Health Care Plan
– Community Leader of the Year, Brandon Chamber of Commerce
– Davis Islands Civic Association Citizenship Award
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- Community Advocate for Education award for the Hillsborough Education Foundation
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- Sun Coast Girl Scout Council 2004 Woman of Distinction
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- Sheriff’s Association, Legislative Leadership
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- Florida Medical Association, Legislator of the Year
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- Florida Assisted Living Association, Legislator of the Year
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- Florida Association of Community Health Centers, Legislator of the Year
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- American Cancer Society, Legislative Leadership