The ACME Award
Former Acme Award Recipients
ACME AWARD-The Acme award was established in 1993 and is Women’s Council most prestigious award. Awarded annually, the Acme recipient must be an outstanding woman that has demonstrated by honorable reputation, probity and the distinction of multiple accomplishments in the field of business, politics or social services and has made a great impact amongst the African American community.
1993 – SARAH KNIGHT PREDDY
Community Activist and Business Owner First African American Hotel and Night Club Las Vegas, Nevada
1994 – DR. HARRIETT W. CLARK, J.D.
Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Oakland, California
1995 – PAMELA PRYOR FULLER
Director, Corporate and External Affairs Bell South Telecommunications
Atlanta, Georgia
1996 – BEULAH ANN SHEPHARD
Member, Supreme Court of Texas Legal Access to Justice Foundation Houston, Texas
1997 – SENATOR CONNIE STOKES
State Senator DeKalb County
43rd District
Decatur, Georgia
1998 – HONORABLE MINYaN MOORE
Assistant to the President of the United States & Director of the Office of Public Liaison Washington, D.C.
1999 – ESTHER GORDY EDWARDS
Founder and CEO Motown Museum Detroit, Michigan
2000 – YVONNE ATKINSON-GATES
Commissioner Clarke County
Las Vegas, Nevada
2001 – CYNTHIA M. A. BUTLER-BLUCHER
Personnel Administrator
Jefferson Parish School System
New Orleans, Louisiana
2002 – HONORABLE SHIRLEY FRANKLIN
Mayor City of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
2003 – HONORABLE MAXINE WATERS
United States Congressman
35th Congressional District
Los Angeles, California
2004 – DR. MARGARET BURROUGHS
Commissioner
Chicago Park District Board
Chicago, Illinois
2005 – YOLANDA KING
Founder and CEO
High Ground Productions
Los Angeles, California
2006 – ALICE LUCILLE MARTIN
Educator
Louisville, Kentucky
2001 – VERA MOORE
Founder and CEO Vera Moore Cosmetics
Harlem, New York
2008 – CARRIE T. HARRIS
D & E The Power Group
Atlanta, Georgia
2009 – HONORABLE PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER
Former Prime Minister
Montego Bay, Jamaica
2010 – GAIL WARRIOR LAWRENCE
President and CEO of Warrior Group
DeSoto, Texas
2011 – VAUGHN FAURIA
Executive Director/President New Corp. Inc.
New Orleans, Louisiana
2012 – NINA TURNER
State Senator-25th District
Cleveland, Ohio
2013 – Rhonda Fields
State Representative
House District 42
Denver, Colorado
2014 – Diane Bell-McKoy
President & CEO, Associated Black Charities
Baltimore, Maryland
2015 – Denis Kelley
President, As We Remember Johnny Memorial Foundations
Houston, Texas
2017 – Katrina Y. Emery
Director, Office of Education at NASA’s John C Stennis Space Center in Mississippi
2018 – Gail Davenport
State Senator
44th District of Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
2019 – Evelyn Reeves
1st Female President of NAREB
CEO of First Security Inv Company
Los Angeles, California
2020 – Monique Owens
Mayor
Eastpointe, Michigan
Mayor
Eastpointe, Michigan
2021 – Alexandria Johnson Boone
President & CEO
GAP Communications Group
Cleveland, Ohio
2022 – Honorable Val Demings
United States Congresswoman
10th Congressional District
Orlando, Florida
2023 – Vanessa E. Wyche
Director
NASA’s Johnsons Space Center Houston, Texas
2024 – Crystal Jones-Taylor
Former Interim Director
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
New Orleans, Louisiana
2025 –
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