Due to the pandemic, the Baltimore Chapter of Girl Friends have been anxiously waiting for more than two years to celebrate their 90th anniversary luncheon (1930-2020). The chapter’s “Woman of the Year,” Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a 2008 UMBC alumna and Meyerhoff Scholar, is the first Black woman scientist who led the National Institutes of Health team in creating the COVID-19 vaccine.
Other honorees included many national Black women’s organizations that have made significant contributions in Baltimore and beyond, and created a legacy of friendship, sisterhood, civic and community engagements. This milestone anniversary celebrates the significant impact that these organizations make on the world.
GFs Cheryl Hitchcock, Trena Brown 
Girlfriends Luwanda Jenkins, Dr. Lisa Loury Lomas, Yvette Mozie-Ross, Anna Williams 
GFs Dawn Kimble-Vance, Sheila Drummond Camm, Lucinda Ware 
GF Elizabeth Williams, Amy Strang, Wanda Better-Davis 
Lydia McCargo-Redd, Heather Williams, Kim Mumby Green, Mattie Mumby 
GFs Kay Tillman, Karen Bond 
Teressa Payne-Nunn, Donna C. Graves, Ethel Issacs Williams, JD, National president, the Links, Inc., Pamela Gentry 
Ethel Issacs Williams, JD, National President, Links Inc., GF Margo Copeland, 15th National President, The Links,Inc. 
GF Rev. Dr. Gwendolyn Boyd, Erika Salter 
GF Gloria Parker 
GF Roslyn Smith, GF Dr. Shuana Tucker-Sims, VP the Links, Inc. 
GF Lynn R. Selby, Courtney Moore, national president, Girl Friends, Julie G. Manley, president, Baltimore Chapter, Girl Friends. 
Girlfriends 2022 honoree “Woman of the Year”, Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, is introduced by Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III, premiere sponsor and Jacqueline Hrabowski, co-chair, 90th Anniversary celebration. 
President of UMBC, Dr. Valerie Shears Ashby 
Dawn Moore, wife of Wes Moore, Democratic nominee 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election.
The co-chairs of the anniversary celebration were Girlfriends Jacqueline Hrabowski and Maritha Gay.
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