Member Buzz: May 2023
May 19, 2023
HIGHLIGHTING THE LATEST NEWS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF LGW MEMBERS
2000
Cary Hatch (’00) was named Small Business Person of the Year at the DC Chamber of Commerce Awards
2007
Lidia Soto-Harmon (’07) has been named the President and CEO of the Student Conservation Association
2013
Perry Pidgeon Hooks (’13) announced the acquisition of her company Hooks Book Events by Ann Patchett’s Parnassus Books
2014
Brian Hanlon (’14) has been named Acting Director of the DC Department of Buildings
2015
Tamara Wilds Lawson (’15) has been named the President and CEO of the Washington Area Women’s Foundation
Cliff Yee (’15) was honored as a 2023 Asian Leadership Awardee by Profiles in Diversity Journal
2017
Ris Lacoste (’17) will receive the 2023 Duke Zeibert Capital Achievement Award from the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW)
2020
Monica Schmude (’20) has been appointed President of Anthem Health Plans of Virginia
2021
Kimberlin Butler (’21) has been named one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of DC by Women We Admire
Carlyn Madden (’21) was named to the Forbes list of the Best Executive Search Recruiters for 2023
Paul Monteiro (’21) has been appointed as the first secretary of the Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation
2023
Yasmin Arrington (’23) was named a Hero of the Year by CNN
