Commission on Women
110 Fifth Street, Salem, NJ 08079 | 856-935-7510 x8204
Resolution 84-171:
Advisory Commission to the County Commissioner Board on educating the public on women’s issues/problems and improve relationships between women and county government.
2026 Meetings
- January 13
- February 10
- March 10
- April 14
- May 12
- June 9
- July – No Meeting
- August – No Meeting
- September 8
- October 13
- November 10
- December 8
Location
Ware Building
51 Cheney Road
Woodstown, NJ 08098
Meeting Time
6:00 pm unless otherwise noted.
Commission Officers
Chair – Betty McKinly
Vice Chair – Sharon L. Harris
Treasurer – Elaine Dunner
Secretary – Bessie (BJ) Ayars
Commissioners
B.J. Ayars
Mariel LaBoy
Amanda Coles
Taja Goodwin
Sharon Stoffels
Sharon Harris
Dana Hoblitzell
Elizabeth McKinley
Lynne Saunders
Gwyn Parris-Atwell
Elaine Dunner
Alexis Faulhaber
Alaura Maxwell
Charlyn Martin
Kelsey Cole
Members of the Salem County Commission on Women
2025 Recipients
Congratulations to our Nancy Timberman Scholarship Recipients! From Salem, Pennsville, and Pennsgrove High Schools.
Recently the Salem County Commission on Women awarded three $1000.00 scholarships to deserving Salem County school students.
The Nancy Timberman scholarship has been presented annually from this organization since the early 1980’s. The qualifications for the award include being a female of any age, reside in Salem County, and enrolled in an accredited vocational, technical, post-secondary school, college, or university.
This year’s recipients were Sierra Sakaguchi, a graduate of Salem High School. Sierra will be attending the University of South Carolina in the fall. Maddie Morris, a graduate of Pennsville High school will be attending Thomas Jefferson University, and Nikiya Cooke, a graduate of Pennsgrove High School who will be attending Howard University this fall.
Information regarding the scholarship will be posted on the Salem County Commission on Women’s Facebook page and the Salem County Government website early May of 2026.
The Salem County Commission on Women is very proud to have helped these three amazing young ladies realize their dreams for their future.
Former Women of Achievement Honorees
2026 – Brenda Banks, Diane Cioffi, Zenaida Cobian, Sandy Desparrois, Linda Dubois, Loretta Elwell, Dona Halter, Joan Heil, Brandy Kuhar, Alaura Maxwell, Gail Mangiocco, Renee Parks
2025 – Karen Ayars, Beth Blohm, Angie Morgan Bradley, Maria Fantini, Margaret McCormick, Shannon Reese, Joyce Skradzinski, Maggie Whitt
2024 – Ida Bowen, Bonny Beth Elwell, Anna Fox, Michele Norton, Rae Walzer
2023 – Eileen Bailey, Melissa DeCastro, Elizabeth Jean Johnson, Jane String
2020, 2021, 2022 – cancelled due to pandemic
2019 – Heather Ashfield, Gail Bibeau, Joellen Collins-Cardona, Paula Hofacker, Sylvia Kimmel, Bethanne Patrick, Amanda Ray-DiGregorio, Donna Stemberger
2018 – Florence Butler, Dorothy Hall, Lynne Henderson Saunders, Linda Jean Hugg, Andrea O’Brien, Megan Rush, Michele Szymborski
2017 – Julie Acton, Jaci Bobbitt, Betty Naabe Coombs, Debbie Dietrich, Kathrine Dilks Handte, Kathleen Master
2016 – Karen Berry, Martha Nealor, Gail Slaughter, Casey Lyn Abhau, Debbie Rambo, Marianne DeMarco, Carol Reese, Maureen Humphreys, Beth Timberman, Connie Quather, WYN (Group)
2015 – Patty Bomba, Beth Davenport, Debbie Gralley, Sue Ann Leighty, Britney Lilya, Diane McAllister, Brenda O’Donald, Dawn Parker, Patti Schnieder, Kathleen Sheffield
2014 – Debbie Ashcraft, Karen S. Ayars, Elaine Dunner, Pam Holmes, Jennifer Robinson
2013 – Kathy Bodine, Christine DeGraff, Sherry L. Dougherty, Freda Earnest, Christine Hooks, Jan P. Long, Margaret Maxwell-Mood, Karen Tuthill, Michelle Yangello, Needlework Guild of America: Salem County Branch
2012 – Jeanette Belitza, Peggy Haines, Valerie Lacy, Pearl Parris, Debbie Sickler, Regina Shuster, Kim Smith, Patricia Snyder, Sherri Watts, Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey
2010 – D. Ann Hathaway, Terri Foster, Evelyn Shuman, Robin Buoncuore
2009 – Joy Epstein, Lorraine Kite, Mary E. Palfrey, Dr. Jin-Pill Kim, Minnie Ware
2008 – Gwyn Parris Atwell, Cora Santiago, Donna Federanko-Stout, Anna Claxton, Mary L. Trapani
2007 – Geraldine Brown, Barbara Dawson, Arline Field, Dorothy Kramme, Elizabeth Meyers, Karen Roots, Ceil Smith
2006 – Grace Alliegro, Dorothy Bunting, Eleanor Clunn, Carolyn Furio, Josie Moore, Alice Waddington
2005 – Betty Jean Eby, Sharon Kellum, Netta Godfrey Layman, Cheryl Lowe, Janet Munyan, Kathy Ridley, Lydia Thompson, Mary Ellen Volkmar
2004 – Debra Behnke, Betsy Davis, Sandra Dorrell, Marilyn Lindenmuth, Kay Schrier, Rita Shade, Linda Smith, Marylou Timberman, Maizie Williams, Mary Wilson
2003 – Joan M. Baille, Donna A. Bruno, Beth Detwiler, Doris N. Moore, Debbie Pettit, BJ Ayers, Carol B. Tighe
2002 – Sr. Carol Adams, Jean Bishop, Patricia Braxton, Lori Couch, Joyce Massey, Darlene Maxwell, Eleanor Peak Zane
2001 – Virginia Boardman, June Hale Elwell, Laura Jean DeMaris, Joan Hassler , Louise Moore
2000 – Rose Bestwick, Beverly Dodge, Nellie Kates Fogg, Jennifer Jones, Donna Miller, Myra Detra Robinson, Doris Stewart
1999 – Nyada Giles Clark, Annette Devitt, Angela Greenwald, Kathryn Hines, Almeda Johnson, Katherine Malosak, Lovia Parker, Dorothy Toulson
1998 – Jeanette Burgess, Theresa Haaf, Selma Levitsky, Martha Rogers, Sharon Schultz, Ann Tatnall, Cindy Waddington, Mauriel Wallace, Dorothy Ward
1997 – Florida Dixon, Patricia Drager, Sally Funk, Caroline Hourani, Ella Lake, Joanne Marone, Dr. Audrey Pettijohn, Rebecca Purchase
1996 – Ida Acoo, Janet Agnew, Marlena Bauman, Mary Coombs, Dr. Linda Jeffrey, Edythe Montgomery, Ellen Nakamura, Lucille Pote, Estelle Sherman
1995 – Kathleen Bohren, Gail Boyd, Doris Grell, Meryl Hendrickson, Anne Henky, Minnie Quatrini, Janet Richmond, Joan Wentzell
1994 – Thelma Carey, Jean Casper, Kathleen Chance, Winifred Coney, Claudia Fuse, Susan Getman, Dr. Linda Jolly,Verna Murray, Shirley Ohlsen, Barbara Smith
1993 – Helen Acton, Florence Ahl, Jean Bailey, Pat Bullock, Doris Dague, Mary June Kershner, Nellie Rodriquez, Elizabeth Slusser
1992 – Geraldine Burt, Betty Cobb, Dr. Goldana Cramer, Hazel Anne Davis, Dr. Rachel Davis Dubois, Janet Emmons, Mary Leptien, Virginia Powell, Janet Sheridan, Mary Slusher
1991 – Doris Bryant, Callie Davis, Mary T. Davis, Gertrude Evans, Ann Gardner, Gilda Gill, Jean Hepner-Jack, Aleasa Hogate, Dr. Willetta Mulhorn, Mary Saletra
1990 – Mae Allen, Dorothy Anthony, Elizabeth Fogg, Sally Larrabee, Margaret Mahala, Judy Marraccini, Isabel Myers, Carrie Robinson
1989 – Mollie Archer, Janice Barry, Mildred Beardsley, Julia Branan, Nancy Diehl, Joan Dyer, Shirley Brooks, Trudi Hathaway, Sr. Marian Hummell, Gloria Jennings, Jane Master