Business Woman of the Year

DTC-CBW Annual Celebration of Women
You can help MAKE OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF WOMEN EVENT A SUCCESS. Our annual awards ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. We need your help finding this year’s award winners. Please nominate someone to be honored as our DTC-CBW Member of the Year, the Community Leader of the Year or Business of the Year. Only members of DTC-CBW are eligible to nominate a candidate; Woman of the Year Committee members are not eligible to make nominations.

Who do you know in our membership who has:
- Outstanding career achievements
- Outstanding community service
- Taken a role as mentor

We need to know about these women!
Please contact Sally Reinemer, jpsally@comcast.net with your questions or nominations by April 1. Simply complete the nomination form. Include your nominee’s name, company name, a brief description of your nominee and contact information for you and your nominee. Don’t worry about completing every detail on the nomination form—we will contact your nominee and have her also complete the form.

2009 Business Woman of the Year – Dawn Biniek 
Dawn has served the DTC Chapter in several important roles—as Database Coordinator, Membership Co-Chair and Mentor Team Member-- as well as hosted a Professional Development seminar at her office.  She also served as CBW State Membership Team Leader from 2007-09 and will be Vice President in 2009-2010.

In her professional life, Dawn has worked in managerial positions in training, quality assurance and sales support for 20 years.  During that time, she has been an advocate for the professional growth of her peers, subordinates and team members.  She received her Bachelor of Science Degree from Colorado State University.

Our Woman of the Year has given more than 11 gallons of blood as a blood donor, has coordinated several clothing drives at her business site to benefit CWEE (Center for Work Education and Employment) and has been a walker/pledger for the Alzheimer’s Memory Walk, MS Walk and AIDS.

A Centennial resident, she has been married for 32 years and has two children.


Award Winners of Past Years

1993 – Dottie Lamm
1996 – Joyce Waters Smith
1997 – Carolyn Butler
1997 Outstanding Member – Pam Dumonceau
1998 – Anna Lee Smyth
1999 – Cynthia Wieme
2003 – Deiadra Dissen Swartz
2004 – Laurie Anderson
2004  Colorado Member of Year – Pam Dumonceau
2005 – Carol Naff
2006 – Rhonda Bolich-Lampo
2007 – Ruby Mayeda
2008 – Melissa Wilson
2008 Community Business Woman of the Year – Jill Tietjen