PHOTOS: 9th Annual WDAS Women of Excellence Luncheon

Our 9th Annual Women of Excellence Luncheon honored phenomenal women all over the Tri-State area on April 12, 2025 at the Sheraton Downtwon!

We celebrated the following incredible women:

Dr. Beverly Coleman, Chief of Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Development at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Lisa Blunt Rochester, United States Senator from the state of Delaware

Aziza Shuler, Emmy Award Winning Journalist and CBS3 Weekend Anchor

Dr. Dorothy Johnson Speight, Founder and Executive Director of Mothers In Charge

Kendra Van De Water, Co-Chief Executive Officer of YEAH Philly

Introducing this year's Women of Excellence LEGEND Award for Film & TV Achievement honoree...the incomparable Sherri Shepherd!

And celebrating this year’s Women of Excellence LEGEND Award for Musical Achievement…the phenomenal Lalah Hathaway!

We were honored with performances from Sunshine Anderson, Jeff Bradshaw, and Q Parker (founding member of 112).

We also celebrated our local Sheroes:

Loree Jones-Brown, Chief Executive Officer of Philabundance

Dale Sharpe-Lee, First Lady of Jones Memorial Baptist Church and VP of Human Resources at Wells Fargo

Myesha Massey, Deputy Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department

Cheryl Ann Wadlington, Founder and Executive Director of The Evoluer House

The 9th Annual WDAS Women of Excellence is sponsored by: Angels Are Us Home Health Agency, Foulkeways at Gwynedd, Jasmine Johnae Floral Services, Rand Spear, Gift of Life

Photo Credits: Scott Weiner, Leah Corrado

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