
Women of Achievement Awards 2025
Join us for Downriver’s premier awards celebration, the Women of Achievement Awards presented by PNC Bank!
Nominate now for the 2025 Awards!
Award Criteria Nominate Here
The event honors women in Downriver business and nonprofit operations, and inspires our next generation of female leaders.
2024 Event Photos Sponsorship Info HereThe Southern Wayne County Regional Chamber will proudly recognize the 2025 recipients with the “Kyle F. Stack Leadership Award,” “Entrepreneur Award,” and “Unsung Heroine Award!” The Chamber will also honor an emerging young professional in our community with the “Distinguished Young Woman Award.” The program will feature a grand awards ceremony and luncheon complete with inspirational recipient videos!
The Impact of Generational Mentorship Panel
The event will feature The Impact of Generational Mentorship panel, powered by Corewell Health, highlighting the power of women-to-women mentorship in business and nonprofit service.
About Emcee Christy McDonald
Christy McDonald is an Emmy-Award winning TV anchor and journalist who has covered news in Detroit and Michigan for 25 years. For 10 years, she was Managing Editor/Anchor for WTVS Detroit PBS One Detroit. Christy created the station’s weekly flagship politics/news show “MiWeek” in 2011, which evolved into “One Detroit” in 2017. In 2020, as a response to the pandemic, McDonald helped create and anchor “One Detroit: Arts & Culture,” a second weekly program devoted to the arts.
She also anchored special coverage for DPTV including documentaries, live news events, and the Mackinac Policy Conference. McDonald appeared numerous times over the years on the PBS NewsHour and CNN reporting on Michigan politics and Detroit’s financial crisis.
A sought-after moderator, McDonald has led lively discussions at the Detroit Economic Club, Detroit Policy Conference, Mackinac Policy Conference, International Women’s Day events and BLM’s CEO Summit, among others. McDonald also co-moderated Gubernatorial debates in 2014 and 2018. She has appeared on WDET public radio as a guest host/panelist, as well as a featured guest on the syndicated radio show “Remarkable Women” and WJR’s “Anything is Possible.”
2024 Award Recipient Videos
Stack Leadership: Victoria Shackelford Entrepreneur Recipient Christina McNally Unsung Heroine Lindsay Dennis Distinguished Young Woman Danielle EvansSponsorship Info Here
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