KC Business honors city’s most ‘Influential Women’

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The World War I Museum honors our nation’s veterans. Thursday night, the museum was the setting as the city honored the 2011 class of “Influential Women.”

34 women made this year's list. They were selected for their hard work, dedication to their organizations and contributions to the community.

Rose Brooks Center CEO Susan Miller told NBC Action News she was honored to be included in such an amazing group. She was also quick to give the credit to the women her organization serves.

“I feel proud of the work we have accomplished over the last 15 years that I've been at Rose Brooks Center,” Miller said. “But it's really the women and children that we are applauding and the work they have to go through in order to become free of domestic violence.”

This is marked the fifth year for the event.

The complete list includes:
Patricia Brown-Dixon, Small Business Administration
Kendri Burkett, Mary Kay Cosmetics
Linda Campbell, CPA, Marks Nelson Vohland Campbell Radetic
Joni Cobb, PIPELINE
Donna Craig, Leadership Resource KC
Nancy Dunton, KU Medical Center
Maria Flynn, Orbis Biosciences
Sonia Garapaty, FSC, Inc.
Martha Gershun, Jackson County CASA
Becky Goodman, Block & Company
Christine Hamele, Parris Communications
Geri Higgins, Portfolio Kitchen & Home
Mary Lou Jacoby, Warehouse1
Janelle Matlosz, Rees Masilionis Turley Architecture
Louise Meyers, Prydes Old Westport
Marquita Miller, Five Star Tax & Business Solutions
Susan Miller, Rose Brooks Center
Denise Mills, LeaderFuelNow LLC
Melissa Morrison-Cable, Discover Vision Centers
Myra Nearenberg, Natalie M
Tracy Panko, Spiral16
Sister Vickie Perkins, Cristo Rey KC
Annie Presley, McKellar Consulting
Diana Ramirez, Express Employment Professionals
Margaret Reynolds, Reynolds Consulting, LLC
Terry Satterlee, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P.
Rachel Sexton, VPR Creative Group
Rebecca Shipley, Olathe Glass
Cheryl Smith, Kansas City Home Care, Inc.
Tracy Thomas, Tracy Thomas Advertising
Mary Thompson O'Connor, Country Club Bank
Stephanie Tillman, Ikros.com
Sheryl Vickers, Block & Company
Abby Wendel, UMB Bank