Five Outstanding Women Receive 2015 Women of Vision Award

Annual Red Dress Dinner supports the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign, which promotes awareness of heart disease in women

President Waldron, Librada Sanchez, and the Women of Vision awardees 2015, with their nominators

Five outstanding women received the 2015 Women of Vision Award during the tenth Annual Red Dress Dinner on March 25, 2015 at William Paterson University. Honorees included Charley Flint, professor of sociology; Darlene Russell, professor of secondary and middle school education; Bernadette Tiernan, executive director of continuing and professional education; Xiana Gutierrez ’16, student; and Trishia Omana ’15, student.

First row, left to right: Darlene Russell, Charley Flint, Bernadette Tiernan, Trishia Omana, and Xiana Gutierrez
 
Second row, left to right: President Waldron and Librada Sanchez, director, Women's Center, with honorees seated and nominators standing behind: Carole Sheffield (nominator of Charley Flint), Iris DiMaio (nominator of Bernadette Tiernan), Jan Pinkston (nominator of Trishia Omana), and Maribel Rodriguez (nominator of Xiana Gutierrez). Darlene Russell’s nominator, Kabba Colley, was unable to attend the event.