PROGRAM SPONSORS

PLATINUM ($1,000+)

The Glass Foundation
Kendall and Casey Chudy
Faith Mae Kiser, Ausherman Family Foundation Board Trustee

GOLD (UP TO $1,000)

Kathy and Clark Ellis, Carol Smith, Bee Smith
Olivia Salter*

SILVER (UP TO $500)

The Bechtler Foundation
Michael & Julie Caudle Fields
Ken & Renee Maxwell
Hannah McMillian Family
Carla Sockwell Morgan

BRONZE (UP TO $300)

Chris & Sabrina Kiser*
Gary and Blair Miller**
Maggie Mae Whittemore*

FRIENDS (UP TO $100)

Cheryl Chudy
DYW of Rutherford County*
Allyson and Mia Heath*
Rachel Parkerson*
Adena Plescow
Stephanie Whitaker*
Anna Wisnant*

Thank you to * Sponsors of the Kim Wittig Scholarship
Thank you to ** Sponsors of the Addie Carwile Scholarship

PAST STATE CHAIRMEN

A very special thank you to the following past state chairmen for their generous cash donations and for sponsoring the 2024 Spirit Award!

Carol Sanders, 1980
Susan Beal, 1994, 1995
Donna Maynard, 1998
Gerald Joyce, 2001
Sammie Crumley, 2004, 2005
Carla Sockwell Morgan, 2004, 2005, 2007-2011
Debby Howard, 2012-2014
Jackie Walton, 2012-2016

BEST OF THE BEST

Thank you to the following past winners of the Distinguished Young Women of North Carolina,
North Carolina’s Junior Miss, and the Young Woman of the Year programs
for their continued support of this great program!

Kim Smith Yadow- Wake County and North Carolina 1981
Beth Gray Canterberry - Cary and North Carolina 1983
Susan Spengler - Kinston and North Carolina 1985
Renee Collins - Fayetteville and North Carolina 1986
Heather Whitaker Goldstein- Buncombe County and North Carolina 1989
Betsey Jones Mooney - Guilford County and North Carolina 1991
Cooper Parham Bratton - Kinston and North Carolina 1994
Sharon Beaman Dees - Rocky Mount and North Carolina 1995
Kristen Davis- Roxboro and North Carolina 1996
Candace Wooten- Lenoir County and North Carolina 2001
Melissa Manning Pfaff - Iredell County and North Carolina 2003
Molly Bales- Rocky Mount and North Carolina 2006
Charli Mills Shelton- Forsyth County and North Carolina 2009
Hannah McMillian - Rocky Mount and North Carolina 2010
Rachel Delaney Lovick - Kinston and North Carolina 2011
Martha Bennett- Pitt County and North Carolina 2016
Faith Mae Kiser - Edgecombe County and North Carolina 2020
Madison Parkerson -Edgecombe County and North Carolina 2023

LEGACY SOCIETY

Because it is better to be a Has Been, than a never was!

Julie Caudle Fields
Greensboro 1974

Carol Smith
Cary 1984

Kathy Smith Ellis
Cary/Apex 1990

Lori Connolly
Buncombe County 1994

Anna Whisnant
Buncombe County 1994

Ginny Pollock Moody
Lenoir County 2002

Allison Stephens Thomas
Roxboro 2002

Mary Taylor Setliff
Rockingham County 2003

Lauren Dixon Brandon
Rockingham County 2008

Cissi Denton Krentz
Wayne County 2012

Taylor Webb Case
Edgecombe County 2012

Molly Glover
Wayne County 2013

Allyson Heath
Lenoir County 2014

Taylor Stovall
Wayne County 2014

Mary-Ashlyn Tucker
Lenoir County 2014

Caroline Simposon Queen
Rutherford County 2015

Payton Meadows Lofton
Wayne County 2016

Hailee Austin
Rockingham County 2018

Emma Tonnemacher
Wake County 2018

Mallie Roley
Guilford County 2021

Abby Roley
Guilford County 2022

The Legacy Society is open to anyone who has ever participated in a local Junior Miss, Young Woman of the Year, or Distinguished Young Women program in North Carolina. Each member donates a minimum of $25 annually, as a contribution to the scholarship fund.
For more information contact us at NorthCarolina@DistinguishedYW.org