Awards
The annual Woman of Distinction award recognizes a woman who has demonstrated exceptional leadership through her professional endeavors, community involvement and social responsibility in the areas of diversity, equity and inclusion, thereby supporting and advancing her community and her field.
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 Woman of Distinction Award!
All nominees must be submitted by Friday, April 26, 2024.
Cobb Executive Women (CEW) membership is available to women whose organizations are Cobb Chamber members. CEW defines prospective members as individuals in one of following categories:
For more information, contact Rebecca Chadwick at 770-859-2368 or rchadwick@cobbchamber.org.
Award Sponsor
Congratulations to Stacey Chapman, Senior Vice President of CROFT & Associates, for winning the 2023 Woman of Distinction Award!
As Senior Vice President of CROFT & Associates, Chapman is the first woman to be a member of the company’s executive leadership team. As the only woman on the CROFT leadership team, she has a unique perspective on the needs of the staff and uses this insight to help drive the visioning strategy that she knows will lead the entire company. Part of her associate growth strategy specifically targets more female representation. She is consistently recruiting internally for women to rise in the ranks, recruiting to bring more women in house and being a champion for those on staff to have adequate professional development.
In late 2022, Chapman founded the CROFT Women’s LeadHership Initiative program that educates other women not only in the firm, but others in the industry, about contracts, contract negotiations, operations, budgets, marketing, and other business functions to help them on their path to leadership.
In addition, the LeadHership initiative, one of her proudest CROFT accomplishments has been the establishment of CROFTCares, the company’s giving and volunteerism program, which she also directs. Annually, CROFT Cares supports on average 25 local charities/causes and donates more than 20 percent of its revenue back into the community, which has resulted in more than $2M contributed.
Chapman is also active in the community and values her work with organizations that prioritize equity, inclusion and leveling the playing field. She serves on the board of various non-profits and is affiliated with several industry-related associations. She is also a proud member of Leadership Cobb Class of 2023.
Recently she was named for the second consecutive year to Engineering Georgia Magazine’s list of 100 Influential Women and was named an honoree of LiveSafe Resources’ 2023 Woman of Achievement Award.
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Judge Mary Staley, Cobb County Superior Court
Dr. Yolanda Graham, Devereux Georgia Treatment Network
Tracy Styf, Town Center Community Improvement District
Holly Tuchman, Executive Director of liveSAFE Resources
Allison Giddens, Director of Operations at Win-Tech Inc.
Kim Gresh, President of S.A. White Oil Company
Shari Martin, CEO of Cobb Community Foundation
Ed Baker, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Ron Francis, Charter Bank
Gen. Terry Whitnell, Dobbins Air Reserve Base
Don Robertson, The Walker School
Bill Byrne, Cobb County Commission
Eleanor Davis, Crawford & Company
Shelia Buckner, Cobb County Government
Tom Hill, WellStar Health System
Gwynn Ross, Galleria Specialty Mall
Sheila Blake, WellStar Health System
Larry E. Collier, SunTrust Bank
William P. Kane, Dobbins Air Reserve Base
Ron R. Koger, Southern Polytechnic State University
Brent Brown, Chesley Brown International
Dr. Harlon Crimm, Chattahoochee Technical College
Dr. Lisa Rossbacher, Southern Polytechnic State University
Joe Daniell, United Community Bank (ret.)
Fred Bentley, Jr., Bentley, Bentley & Bentley
Bonnie Cole, United Way of Metro Atlanta
Sam Olens, Sam Olens for Attorney General
Jeri Barr, Center for Family Resources
Lisa Crossman, Cobb & Douglas Public Health
Kathy Schwaig, Kennesaw State University
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