Dayton (OH) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated

YWCA Dayton 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree

Marvene Mitchell Cook

Carol Prewitt

Named a 2023 YWCA Dayton Women of Influence honoree. March 2023 

Congratulations to Stacy Thompson Speare-Hardy, Sharon White, Helen Jones-Kelley, who received “Diversity Leadership Awards” from the Dayton Business Journal. October 2023 

Carol Prewitt

Received the Lt. Col. Charity Adams Early Award from the Dayton Unit NAACP. November 2023

Jenell Ross

Honored at the Mercy Manor's Founders' Day Celebration, March 2023. Recipient of 2023 Dayton Business Journal Philanthropy Award, October 2023. 

Jessica Jenkins

Received the Professional Achievement Award as part of the Alumni Awards hosted by Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School. April 2023

Vanessa Oliver Ward

A Humanitarian Award honoree at the 46th annual NCCJ of Greater Dayton Friendship Dinner. Also, her Omega Community Development Corporation-CDC was named Not-For-Profit Business of the Year, from the Dayton Business Journal. November 2023 

Maya Dorsey

Selected for the White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellowship, offered by the Riley Institute at Furman University. She is one of only 17 afterschool leaders from across the country selected to participate.

Barbara Bostick

Kudos and congratulations to Alumna member Barbara Bostick on being named a YWCA Dayton “2024 Women of Influence” honoree!

Marvene Mitchell Cook

Trailblazer Marvene Mitchell Cook is the Montgomery County Workforce Development Director, expanding the county’s workforce services outside the walls of The Job Center. 

Geraldine Pegues

Geraldine “Gerri” Pegues is the second Black woman to hold the title of Assistant County Administrator in Montgomery County.

Dr. Shanetta Sutton, DDS

Named 2023 Free Clinic Dentist of the Year by the Good Neighbor House. September 2023