TWL Salutes
Past Presidents & Founders
Past Presidents
Winifred Acosta
2022-2023
Molli McGuire
2021-2022
Hannah Monroe
2020-2021
Magie Ozarowski
2019 - 2020
Christian Cutillo
2018 - 2019
Rachel Nordby
2017 - 2018
Christin Gonzalez
2016 - 2017
Catherine Chapman
2015 - 2016
Jessica Leigh Eldridge
2014 - 2015
Linda Bond Edwards
2013 - 2014
Meghan Boudreau Daigle
2012 - 2013
Jennifer A. Sullivan
2011 - 2012
Twyla Sketchley
2010 - 2011
Gigi Rollini
2009 - 2010
Kimberly Driggers
2008 - 2009
Chasity O'Steen
2007 - 2008
Sha'Ron James
2006 - 2007
Mary Ellen Clark
2005 - 2006
Elizabeth Demme
2004 - 2005
Ruth Stone
2003 - 2004
June C. McKinney
2001 - 2003
Kathy Maus
2000 - 2001
Kelly O'Keefe
1999 - 2000
Nina Ashenafi-Richardson
1998 - 1999
Wendy Morris
1997 - 1998
Wendy Loquasto
1996 - 1997
C. J. Weinman
1995 - 1996
Marilyn Morris
1994 - 1995
Hillary Ervin
1993 - 1994
Martha Edenfield
1992 - 1993
Virginia A. Daire
1991 - 1992
Lauri Goldman
1990 - 1991
Deborah Stephens Minnis
1989 - 1990
Mary-Ann "Mikey" Bestebreurtje
1988 - 1989
Elizabeth C. Bowman
1987 - 1988
Janice Mulligan Bush
1986 - 1987
Julie Cobb Costas
1985 - 1986
Kelly Overstreet Johnson
1984 - 1985
Mary Lou Rajchel
1983 - 1984
Catherine Lannon
1982 - 1983
Kathleen Dekker
1981 - 1982
Martha Jean Cook
1980 - 1981
Founders
The founding members gathered in the summer of 1980 for the first organizational meeting at The Florida Bar's old education building. No list of the founders exists, but a February 1981 membership list exists and we have adopted the members on that list as our founding members. They are listed below.
The founders ultimately decided on the name, wrote a constitution and by-laws, and determined that its purposes would be:
(1) to promote the status of women in the legal community; and
(2) to create, improve, and maintain supportive networks among women in the legal profession through mutual cooperation, respect, and good friendship.
These purposes are now included in TWL's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.
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Paulette Vernia Armstead
Drucilla Bell
Mary Anne Bestebreurtje
Sarah Margaret Bleakley
Carol Martha Browner
Janice Mulligan Bush
Ann Cocheu
Martha Jean Cook
Ivy B. Cream Harris
Judith Curtin
Joyce Davis
Kathleen F. Dekker
Julia Patricia Forrester
Carol A. Forthman
Tina Hipple Furlow
Mary Jo MacDonald Gallay
Deborah A. Getzoff
Ruth Lucinda Gokel
Diane Arden Grubbs
Jane R. Harris
Rose Deeb Kitchen
M. Catherine Lannon
Barbara Myrie Lithicum
Anne Longman
Lesley Fellows Mendelson
Lyndia F. Padgett Spears
Glenna Joyce Reeves
Mary Lou Rajchel
Bonnie S. Satterfield
Vicky A. Savage
Linda Cargill Smith
Sharyn Lynn Smith
Barbara Jean Staros
Delphene C. Strickland
Sandra Lee Turner
Barbara Jane Yates
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