2025 Award Winners

We are honored to present the following individuals, chapters and clubs with an award for their contributions in 2025.
 

INDIVIDUAL AWARD WINNERS


Amy Burnham Onken Award for Outstanding Scholarship and Campus and Community Leadership 

Emma Grace Hale, Mississippi Beta
Jessie Lickstein, California Zeta

Carol Inge Warren Award for Outstanding AAC Advisor   

Ramona Kaminskas, Ontario Alpha (advising Ontario Alpha)

Carolyn Helman Lichtenberg Crest Award for Community Service 

Elizabeth Frame Ellison, Oklahoma Alpha
Robin Greenway MacGillivray, California Gamma
Mary Revell Rykard, Oklahoma Beta
Leslie Pierose Scantling, Idaho Alpha

Carolyn Helman Lichtenberg Crest Award for Professional Achievement  

Tami Tibbits Fitzgerald, Oklahoma Beta
Ana Moran, Arizona Beta
Corie White O'Rourke, Oklahoma Alpha
Kira Rosenbaum, Michigan Beta
Sarah Wright, Illinois Zeta

Chapter Service Award for Outstanding Servant Leadership  

Ellie Morrisroe, Arizona Beta

Emma Harper Turner Leadership Award  

Martha Williams Nielson, Kansas Alpha (nominated by the Phoenix, Arizona, Alumnae Club)

Evelyn Peters Kyle Angel Award for Club Service

Laura Jarman Farrar, California Eta (nominated by the La Jolla and North San Diego County, California, Alumnae Clubs)

Jean Wirths Scott Leadership Award for Outstanding Change Leadership

Ashely Lane, Mississippi Beta

Silver Slipper Award–Excellence of a Chapter Vice President Finance/Housing

Cassie Noah, Kentucky Beta

Young Alumna Achievement Award  

Abbey O’Brien Barrows, South Carolina Alpha (nominated by the Atlanta, Georgia, Alumnae Club)


COLLEGIATE AWARD WINNERS


Balfour Cup

Alabama Beta, University of Alabama

Balfour Cup 1st Runner Up

Colorado Delta, Colorado School of Mines

Balfour Cup 2nd Runner Up

California Epsilon, San Diego State University

Excellence in Alumnae Advisory Committee Service 

Arizona Beta, Arizona State University

Excellence in Community Relations

New York Epsilon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Excellence in Finance/Housing

New York Delta, Cornell University

Excellence in Member Experience

South Carolina Alpha, University of South Carolina

Excellence in Operations

Tennessee Gamma, University of Tennessee

Excellence in Recruitment

Ohio Zeta, Miami University

Excellence in Risk Management

Illinois Zeta, University of Illinois

Excellence in Inclusion

New York Epsilon, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 

ALUMNAE AWARD WINNERS


Premier Club 

Large Club: Nations Capital-D.C. Alumnae Club 
Small Club: Chattanooga, Tennessee, Alumnae Club

Premier Club  1st Runner Up

Large Club: Richardson Plano, Texas, Alumnae Club
Small Club: Manchester Area, Connecticut, Alumnae Club

Premier Club  2nd Runner Up

Large Club: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Alumnae Club
Small Club: Des Moines, Iowa, Alumnae Club

Excellence in Alumnae Engagement

Large Club: Atlanta, Georgia, Alumnae Club
Small Club: Edmond, Oklahoma, Alumnae Club

Excellence in Community Service (Non-Literacy)

Large Club:  Nashville, Tennessee, Alumnae Club
Small Club:  Glen Ellyn Wheaton, Illinois, Alumnae Club

Excellence in Fun and Friendship

Large Club: Nation’s Capital-D.C. Alumnae Club 
Small Club: Manchester Area, Connecticut, Alumnae Club

Excellence in Lifelong Commitment

Large Club:  Phoenix, Arizona, Alumnae Club
Small Club:  Colorado Springs, Colorado, Alumnae Club

Excellence in Literacy Initiatives

Large Club:  Richmond, Virginia, Alumnae Club
Small Club:  Arrowhead-West Phoenix, Arizona, Alumnae Club



Published July 1, 2026