AAUW Maryland Women of Distinction
Since 2011, AAUW Maryland has been a platinum sponsor of the AAUW Women of Distinction Ceremony at the National Conference of Collegiate Student Women. In addition to AAUW’s national honorees, the following AAUW Maryland Woman of Distinction have been featured speakers.
Congratulations to Dian Belanger, who has been selected to be AAUW Maryland’s 2024 Woman of Distinction! Dian will be honored in Spring 2024 at AAUW’s National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL). AAUW Maryland’s goal is to donate $20,000 to be recognized as a platinum sponsor of the Women of Distinction capstone event at NCCWSL. Donate now!
- 2022-2023 – Senator Susan Lee
- 2021-2022 – Dr. Pat Stocker
- 2020-2021 Dr. Yvette Myrick
- 2019 – Judy Carbone
- 2018 – Kate Campbell Stevenson
- 2017 – Cleopatra Campbell
- 2016 – Dr. Nancy Grace Roman
- 2015 – Jennie M. Forehand
- 2014 – Janet Wert Crampton
- 2011 – 2013 – Barbara Fetterhoff
To donate online:
- Go to www.aauw.org.
- Make sure you are logged in to the new AAUW website.
- Click Donate on the upper right.
- Scroll down and click the 7th of 8 choices: 4355, Maryland Women of Distinction (NCCWSL) Fund.
- Follow ID and payment instructions.
To donate by check: Make check out to AAUW and indicate fund 4355—Maryland Women of Distinction (NCCWSL) Fund—on the memo line. Mail to AAUW, 1310 L Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005.
Join the Legacy Circle
An easy and rewarding way to help ensure our organization’s future is to consider AAUW in your estate planning. Becoming a member of the AAUW Legacy Circle, as many AAUW Marylanders have, can be as simple as including a gift in your will. Other types of legacy giving could include donating a life insurance policy, retirement plan, charitable trust, or even real estate. There are no minimums and the paperwork is fast and confidential.
Visit the Planned Giving Page on the AAUW Website for additional types of possible gifts and the enrollment form. Or for more information, contact National Legacy Circle Team Liaison Kristin Moyer at kcmoyer65@gmail.com or 703-242-6428.
Support the Greatest Needs Fund or a Strategic Focus Area
AAUW’s strategic plan lays out a bold vision for the future. By giving to the AAUW Greatest Needs Fund or one of the strategic focus areas, you can make that vision a reality. A donation to the Greatest Needs Fund will help us expand our highly successful, community-based, mission-driven programs, such as Start Smart and Work Smart and the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, conduct groundbreaking research, and launch innovative initiatives to help women and girls thrive.
Supporting AAUW through the Greatest Needs Fund, or to any of the strategic focus areas, gives the organization tremendous flexibility to respond to unforeseen challenges facing women and girls, cultivate mission-based opportunities for action, and attract new members and supporters.