2019
The WICT Heartland Touchstones of Leadership awards are given to members who are doing amazing things in their careers and communities.
2024 Award Recipients
Casey Alexander
The Horizon Award
Rachel Anderson
The Inspiration Award
for Woman of the Year
Lisa Swinney
Emerging Leader
2023 Award Recipients
Cher Anderson
The Mentor Award
Kara Haynes-McGriff
The Emerging Leader Award
Christie Bingenheimer
The Inspiration Award
for Woman of the Year
Nathan Leal
The Horizon Award
(Committee Member)
Kristi Denham
The Horizon Award
(Board Member)
Burn Cooks
The Be a Catalyst Award
for Allyship
Awarded by WICT Global, the WICT chapter awards are given to chapters for meeting or exceeding MCBP guidelines and outstanding performance.
Chapter President of the Year:
2021 – Terri Rice, Sr. Marketing Manager, Cox Business
The WICT Network: Heartland’s Terri Rice, Sr. Manager, Marketing, Cox Business was recognized as the Chapter President of the Year in 2021. In addition to this award, The WICT Network: Heartland chapter received second place for Chapter Programming Excellence and an Inspire and Others Will Follow award, which honors chapters that helped members achieve their full potential.
Chapter President of the Year:
2017 – Anne Harris
WICT Heartland’s Anne Harris, Director, Marketing and Client Solutions, Cox Media, was recognized as the Chapter Leader of the year in 2017. Along with this prestigious award, WICT presented the 2017 Chapter of the Year award to the WICT Heartland Chapter. WICT presents the Chapter of the Year award to the top performing chapter as measured by Model Chapter Business Plan scores in areas such as programming, marketing and communications, governance and membership.
Chapter Advisor of the Year:
2015 – Jennifer Bergman
Chapter Advisors advocate, counsel, and coach their local WICT Chapters while championing Chapter efforts and events while mentoring and supporting Chapter board members to create a successful and growing Chapter. The Chapter Advisor of the Year demonstrates responsiveness within their own Chapter, visibility and communication with the National team, and willingness to go the “extra mile” for the Chapter, others, and WICT nationally to promote WICT to new constituents.
Lucille Larkin Fellowship:
2013 – Jada Robert
Lucille Larkin is one of the founding members of WICT and served as its first executive director. The Lucille Larkin Fellowship honors her dedication to the industry and recognizes her passion for building the foundation for women in cable. The recipient of this fellowship is selected based on the applicant’s ability to most effectively demonstrate the value of the contributions she or he has made to WICT and the industry as a whole.
