Walkers Legacy-Power15 Awards Reception (Washington DC)

Photos By Ashshanae

Jan 19, 20193 min read

Updated: Jan 26, 2019

Walker's Legacy held their Power15 Awards Reception on January 17, 2019 in Washington, DC at Claudia's Steakhouse to recognize multicultural women who have made significant accomplishments in the area of business and leadership.

History of Walker's Legacy

Founded in 2009, Walker's Legacy was named after Madam C.J. Walker. It serves as a platform to empower, mentor, and teach women to become entrepreneurs and succeed in their corporate careers. They have built a network for their members to be able to collaborate with multicultural business women across numerous industries.

Power15

Power15 is a national program that recognizes and highlights women leaders and their commitment to improving their communities across the country. Walker's Legacy currently has communities in the following ten cities and have honored over 200 women across the country: Atlanta, Charlotte, Washington, DC, Detroit, Miami, Philadelphia, Chicago, Houston, New York, and Dallas.

Awards Program

Waikinya Clanton (Director of African American and Women's Outreach and Associate Director of the Community Engagement Democratic National Committee) welcomed the guests while they enjoyed some fellowship and networking time before the program began. Guests shared their insights and wisdoms with each other.

Founder and CEO of Walker's Legacy and Walker's Legacy Foundation Natalie Madeira Cofield addressed the guests on some of their ongoing efforts. Walker's Legacy has been advocating and meeting with the last two administrations at the White House on increasing the 5% set aside for women owned small businesses. Their efforts have led to the first research studies completed on black women, Hispanic, and Native American women owned entrepreneur-ships for the United States by the Small Business Administration. These studies have helped to create policies in order to increase funds for small businesses. The Minority Business Development Agency has created a woman specific initiative due to these efforts. "The Minority Business Development Agency is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that promotes growth and competitiveness of the United States' minority-owned businesses, including Hispanic and Latino American, Asian Pacific American, African American, and Native American businesses."

Natalie Madeira Cofield, Founder of Walker's Legacy

Award Recipients

This year's Washington DC Walker's Legacy Power Award recipients were:

1. Dyonicia Brown - Executive Director, Jack and Jill of America, Inc.

2. Dr. Nicol Turner-Lee - Fellow, Brookings Institute-Center for Technology Innovation

3. Janell Coy - Founder/Managing Partner, Coy+

4. Dr. Isfahan Chambers Harris - Medical Scientist, Hair Trichologist and Founder of Alodia Hair Care

5. Donna Epps - Vice President, Public Policy and Strategic Alliances, Verizon

6. Paola Moya - Founder & CEO, Moya Design Partners

7. Aisha Braveboy - Prince George's County State's Attorney

8. Kathy Dixon - Principal, K. Dixon Architecture, LLC

9. Melani Douglass - Director of Public Programs, National Museum of Women in the Arts

10. Kamili Wilson - Vice President of Enterprise Initiatives, AARP

11. Angie M. Gates - Director of the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment and Interim Director of the Commission on the Arts and Humanities

12. Kimberly Moore- Founder & CEO, Fitness Snob Studio

13. Tanya Lombard - Head of Multicultural Engagement and Strategic Alliances, AT&T

Congratulations to all the award recipients!!!!!

Empowerment: "One of the greatest things you can do to help others is not just to share and give what you have, but to help them discover what they have within themselves to help themselves." (Rita Zahara)

When women support and mentor each other, the sky is the limit.