Katy Magazine Announces Their Top 100 Women
Katy, TX News (April 13, 2017) – Katy Magazine released their list of influential, inspirational women who are leading the way in Katy.
(in alphabetical order)
1. CAROL ADAMS
Katy historian and community leader
2. MINDY ADAMS
Arts and community volunteer, CFO for Adams Law Firm
3. KATHY ALT
Executive Director of Cinco Charities
4. BJ ALVAREZ
Assistant to Superintendent Dr. Lance Hindt
5. DR. SANÉE BELL
Principal at Morton Ranch JH
6. CATHERINE “GIGI” BETHKE
Katy educator and school namesake
7. TERRI BIEBER
Founder of Katy ARTreach
8. REBECCA BLACKMON
VP of Prosperity Bank and first woman in the Katy Rotary
9. NANCY BOOSTROM
Long-time volunteer, Make-A-Wish
10. MARTHA BROWN
Katy ISD KEYS Mentor and Katy ISD Partners in Education
11. FELICE BRYANT
Katy educator and school namesake
12. JANET BURKETT
Marketing Director at JDC/Firethorne and volunteer
13. COURTNEY CALFEE
Teacher who started Read, Deed, Run
14. KAY CALLENDER
Founder and Vice Chair of Keep Katy Beautiful
15. DR. CHRISTINE CASKEY
Chief Academic Officer for Katy ISD
16. CHRISTA CLIFTON
Business Development Director, Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital
17. GINA COBB
Principal at West Memorial JH
18. CARRIE CONN JONES
Founder of Carrie’s Heart
19. DR. EMILY CRAIG
Principal at Memorial Parkway JH
20. DA’DRA CRAWFORD GREATHOUSE
Grammy nominee and lead vocalist at Lakewood Church
21. KATHRYN CRAWFORD WHEAT
Author, expert networker, and speaker
22. DR. FREDA CREECH
Katy ISD Assoc. Superintendent for School Leadership and Improvement
23. CHRIS CROCKETT
Avid education volunteer
24. JANIE DALE
Director/President of Vanessa’s Big Heart Foundation
25. CARRA DANIELS
Principal at Beck JH
26. KEIKO DAVIDSON
Katy educator and school namesake
27. MELANIE DAVILA
Co-Founder of Caring4Katy
28. HEATHER DEVRIES
Coordinator for Simon Youth Academy in Katy Mills Mall
29. PEGGY DIMMICK
Director of Katy’s Fussell Senior Center
30. CHRISTINA DISMUKE
Multiple award-winning Katy ISD teacher
31. FATIMA DONALDSON
Artist, photographer, and arts volunteer
32. COURTNEY DOYLE
Secretary of Katy ISD Board of Trustees
33. KERRI FINNESAND
Principal at Raines High School
34. REBECCA FOX
President of Katy ISD Board of Trustees
35. KERRYL ANN FRANK
Praise and worship singer/songwriter
36. ANNIE GERHARDT
President of Cinco Ranch Ladies Club
37. KATHIE GERRITZEN
Executive Director of Katy Area Ride Service
38. AUDREY GILBREATH
Founder of Gilbreath Communications
39. BRIANCA GOFF
Born with Spina Bifida and longtime advocate
40. KAYE GOOLSBY
Political activist, formerly national grassroots chair for Ted Cruz
41. DR. LISA GRAHAM-GARZA
Local dentist and founder of Autism Rescue Angels
42. REBEKAH GREGORY
Boston Marathon bombing survivor, amputee, writer, and speaker
43. DR. ANDREA GROOMS
Katy ISD Director of Communications
44. AMBER GUSTAFSON
Renowned jeweler and longtime Katy resident
45. ELIZABETH HANSON
President of the Republican Women’s Club of Katy
46. TINA HATCHER
Founder of Hope Impacts
47. PATTY HENSON
Director of the Katy High Bengal Brigade for 34 years
48. KATHRYN HINDT
Teacher and First Lady of Katy ISD
49. JULIE HINSON
Principal at Morton Ranch HS
50. ANN HODGE
President of the Katy Area Chamber of Commerce
51. BONNIE HOLLAND
Katy educator and school namesake
52. JACKIE HOOKS
Founder of Pruning Hooks Ministry
53. KEVA HORRY
Public speaker, author, and activist for young people with disabilities
54. K. GISELLE JOHNSON
Writer/producer who has covered the Cannes & Sundance Film Festivals
55. SHEREE JONES
Organ donation advocate who registered the 1,000,000th donor in Texas
56. SHEILA JOSEPH
Registrar at Raines High School and wife of Coach Gary Joseph
57. MICHELLE LACOUR
First Lady of the Katy Area EDC
58. PATTI LACY
VP of the board for KCM, board member of the KVPAC, and realtor
59. KELLY LITVAK
Director of Tools 4 Life, writer, and speaker
60. CARRIE LOWERY
Principal at Bethke Elementary
61. APRIL MANCINI
Director of the Katy Cowgirls organization
62. LEAH MARTINEZ
Chairperson NHPO Katy Chapter
63. STEPHANIE MCDANIEL
Founder of Graeme’s Superheroes
64. GARI MEACHAM
Author and speaker
65. DR. IMELDA MEDRANO
Principal at Seven Lakes JH
66. KRISTIN MILLER
Founder of KVPAC and arts advocate
67. ABI MORTON
Founder of Clothed By Faith
68. JOAN MURRAY
Katy missionary who supports an orphanage in Zimbabwe
69. SHERRY NELSON, BSN, JD
Board President for Christ Clinic
70. BRANDE NESTER
Founder of Bennett’s Bears
71. ELIZABETH NICKLAS
Principal at Cinco Ranch JH
72. SHARI NIGHTINGALE
Founder of Lindsay’s Light, speaker, and relationship violence educator
73. JULI NOELDNER
Principal at Exley Elementary and cancer survivor
74. ERICA NOWELL
Ewings Sarcoma survivor and triathlete
75. DENISE OWEN
Founder of Breath of Life Clinic
76. REDELL PATTERSON SCOTT
Katy centenarian and longtime Katyite
77. LARISSA PLUNTO
Community Relations Director for State Senator Lois Kolkhorst
78. KAYCE REINA
Tourism and Marketing Director for the City of Katy
79. DR. SUSAN RICE
Principal at McMeans JH
80. ERICA RICO
Radio personality
81. AMBER ROBINSON
Foster mother and leader of Kingsland Baptist’s Tapestry Ministry
82. RUHAMAH RYLANDER
Mentor to pregnant teens and young fathers-to-be
83. NUBIA SEIBERT
Abstract artist
84. SUSAN SELKE
National activist for the prevention of soldier suicides
85. DIANA SCHAUER-TRAN
Director of Marketing for Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital
86. DR. DEBORAH SHARDY
Pediatric Oncologist at Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus
87. AVADELE P. SHORT
Longest-serving volunteer at Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital
88. DEBBIE SIEBERT
VP Katy Grand Theatre Project and arts advocate
89. SUSAN SMITH
Business owner, philanthropist, and community volunteer
90. SUSAN SOWELL
Registered counselor, survivor of abuse, and recovery advocate
91. PATSY STANLEY
Retired Katy educator and namesake for the Stan & Patsy Stanley Entrepreneur Award
92. ALLISON STARK
President and CEO of Katy Cares
93. DR. MELINDA STONE
Principal at WoodCreek JH
94. JANET THEIS
Katy ISD Partners in Education and Katy ISD Education Foundation
95. SUSAN THIELE
Watercolorist and former Katy ISD teacher
96. KAREN THORNTON
President of Katy Area Retired Educators
97. DR. LACIE TRUITT
Owner of Katy Vision who travels the world providing free eye exams to the needy
98. ASHLEY VANN
VP of Katy ISD Board of Trustees
99. DR. ANNA WEBB-STORY
Principal at Miller Career & Technology Center
100. JAMIE WOLMAN
Former Katy ISD educator and school namesake
