Welcome to the Women's Center

at Tennessee State University

"Embracing the Issues and Empowering our Women"

2010 Women of Legend and Merit

March 18, 2010

Sheraton Music City

6:00 p.m. Reception

7:00 p.m. Dinner

The Women of Legend and Merit Awards honors outstanding and accomplished women leaders from all walks of life in various categories. The event, to be held Thursday, March 18, 2010 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, begins with a VIP reception at 6 p.m., followed by the dinner and awards program at 7 p.m.

 Tickets are $75 and may be purchased online at www.tnstate.edu/womenscenter or

 by contacting K. Dawn Rutledge Jones at 615-963-7451. 

Women of Legend and Merit Awards

2010 Honorees

  Business

Cordia Harrington, Founder, CEO and President,

Tennessee Bun Company

Athletics

Edith McGuire Duvall,

Olympian and entrepreneur

Science/Medicine

                       Dr. Kelli Turner-Molette,

                                    Dentist

Government/Politics

Rep. Lois DeBerry,

Speaker Pro Tempore, Tennessee General Assembly

                                      Legal

                  Hon. Angelita Blackshear Dalton,

     Judge of Division III  of the Nashville, Davidson County,

               Tennessee General Sessions Court

                           Community Service

                         Joyce Espy Searcy,

                 Director of Community Relations,

                           Belmont University

                                Education

         Rita S. Geier, Esq., Associate to the Chancellor,

Senior Fellow, Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy,

                   University of Tennessee-Knoxville

                                    Media

                         Anne Holt, News Anchor,

                             WKRN-TV, News 2