YWCA Dayton announces 2022 Women of Influence

DAYTON — YWCA Dayton has announced the eight women they plan to honor during their 2022 Women of Influence awards.

This ceremony will be the 24th anniversary of the Women of Influence awards.

Honorees in the Women of Influence Class of 2022:

• Karen DeMasi, Vice-President of Community Development – CityWide
• Renate Frydman, community advocate & educator
• Jacqueline Gamblin, Founder & CEO – JYG Innovations
• Mary McDonald, Mayor – City of Trotwood
• Gina McFarlane-El, CEO – Five Rivers Health Centers
• Christine Olinsky, OSU Extension Educator – Family and Consumer Sciences (retired)
• Karen Dempsey Volke, communications & fundraising executive (retired)

Rev. Vanessa Oliver Ward will also be honored with the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Those picked for the award were selected from a pool of over 60 nominees.

For the past two years, the awards have been canceled due to COVID-19, according to a press release.

The awards will be held on March 10, 2022, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m at the Dayton Convention Center.

Says Shannon Isom, president, and CEO of YWCA Dayton, “We stand in awe of these women. They are thought leaders, innovators, literal care givers. They make our community stronger by sharing those gifts to break down barriers and help the most vulnerable among us thrive. That is the mission work YWCA Dayton has done for 151 years, and we are honored to lift up these women in pursuit of that vision.”

For information on the YWCA or the Women of Influence award, visit their website HERE.

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