Momentum’s Woman of Impact Award honors Alabama women leaders who do extraordinary work to positively impact lives of others in the community, business, culture or politics.

The award is presented every other year in conjunction with Momentum’s biennial leadership conference. These award honorees are truly distinguished women leaders who have a lifetime of accomplishments in the service of others.

We are excited to announce our honorees for 2022 below! Click on their photos for a full bio.

2022 Momentum Woman of Impact Award Winners

Click on each photo to read their impressive bios!

Bobbie Knight
Miles College
President

Cathy Sloss Jones
Sloss Real Estate Company
CEO

Sarah Savage-Jones
Huntsville Hospital Foundation
President

Stephanie Bryan
Poarch Creek Indians
Tribal Chair and CEO

2020 Momentum Woman of Impact Award Winners

Deborah Grimes
Chief Diversity Officer
Ochsner Health Ssytem

Lee Marshall
Founder and CEO
Kids to Love

Carolyn Griner
Astronautical Engineer (retired)
NASA Marshall Flight Center

Elizabeth Huntley
Attorney with Lightfoot, Franklin and White, LLC
and CEO & Co-founder of Hope Institute

Caroline Novak
Founding President (retired)
A+ Education Partnership

2018 Momentum Woman of Impact Award Winners

Barbara Royal
Founder and CEO (retired)
Momentum

Jane Stephens Comer
Founder
GirlSpring

Nena Sanders, PhD, RN, FAAN
Dean and Professor Ida Moffet School of Nursing
Samford University College of Health Sciences

Regina Benjamin

Physician

Gail Andrews
Director (retired)
Birmingham Museum of Art

Major General (Retired) Lee Price
Major General (Retired)
US Army

2016 Momentum Leadership Award Winners

Odessa Woolfolk
2016 Woman of Excellence

Dr. Marsha D. Raulerson
2016 Woman of Vision

Gillian Goodrich
2016 Woman of Impact

Nancy Collat Goedecke
2016 Woman of Leadership

Dr. Barbara Baker
2016 Woman of Inspiration

2014 Momentum Leadership Award Winners

The Honorable Helen Shores Lee
Author and Circuit Court Judge
Woman of Inspiration

Mona N. Fouad, MD, MPH
UAB
Woman of Impact

Suzanne Durham
Retired, YWCA
Woman of Vision

Dr. N. Jan Davis
Jacobs Engineering
Woman of Courage

Dr. Deborah Barnhart
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Woman of Leadership

2012 Momentum Leadership Award Winners

Debrah Underwood
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Woman of Vision

Margaret Tutwiler
CIT
Woman of Impact

Catherine Randall, PhD
Pettus Randall Holdings LLC
Woman of Leadership

Marian Loftin, MEd
Educator and Children's Health Activist
Woman of Inspiration

Lilly Ledbetter
Fair Pay Activist
Woman of Courage

Sandral Hullett, MD, MPH
Retired CooperGreen Mercy Hosptal
Woman of Excellence in Health Care