Citywealth Powerwomen Awards USA 2025

Powerwomen Awards 2025 – USA Shortlist

Champion of the Year          

• Chad Ellsworth, Fragomen
• Gerard Joyce, Perkins Coie
• Heather Flanagan, Wealthspire Advisors
• Megan Worrell, J.P. Morgan
• Melissa Pope, Butterfield Group
• Sarah Constantine, Arnold & Porter

Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year

• Dana Michelle Foley, Accelerant Law
• Marissa Dungey, Dungey Dougherty
• Maxine Bodden Robinson, IMG Trust Company Cayman
• Michelle Wolfe, Meritus Trust Company
• Sarah Moore Johnson, Harrison LLP
• Susan P. Witkin, The Law Offices of Susan P. Witkin

Inspirational Woman of the Year        

• Anna Mason, Ingeborg Investments
• Judith M. Peterson, DwellFi
• Kathryn von Matthiessen, Katten
• Laurie Franz, Five Together Foundation
• Lisa Wolverton, Wolverton Foundation
• Maggie Lear, The Frances Lear Foundation
• Renee Kaplan, Forward Global
• Toni Ann Kruse, McDermott Will & Emery

Mentor of the Year

• Carol Schleif, BMO Private Wealth
• Ellen Kratzer, Fiduciary Trust International
• Gloria E Correa-Cepin, eXp Realty
• Joshua Rubenstein, Katten
• Thomas W. Richardson, Arnold & Porter
• Toni Ann Kruse, McDermott Will & Emery

Outstanding individual of the year

• Ida Liu, Citi Private Bank
• Katy Knox, Bank of America
• Mary Callahan Erdoes, J.P. Morgan
• Nichol MacManus, Brown Brothers Harriman
• Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Goldman Sachs

Woman of the year – philanthropy

• Angelina Fung, UBS Wealth Management
• Carolina Jannicelli, J.P. Morgan
• Jennifer Chandler, Bank of America
• Karen M. Kardos, Citi Private Bank
• Latanya Mapp, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
• Wendy S. Holding, Loring, Wolcott & Coolidge 

Woman of the year – West Coast

• Erin Itkoe, Tarbox Family Office
• Grace Chung, Venables
• Helen S. Cheng, Withers
• Katie Hyde, Goldman Sachs
• Paula de Vos, Synergist Wealth Advisors
• Victoria C. Harris, Hunter Hagan & Company

Woman of the Year – Business Growth

• Ani Hovanessian, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
• Danielle Barrett, Brown Advisory
• Jacqueline Newman, Berkman Bottger Newman & Schein
• Maria Pia Buchi, Harneys Fiduciary
• Natasha Chang, White &  Case
• Shannon McNulty, The Village Law Firm

Woman of the Year – Caribbean

• Georgie Loxton, Liberty Wealth Partners
• Ingrid Pierce, Walkers
• Laura Accurso, Fund Bank
• Laura Kearns, Carey Olsen
• Robin Peters, Schroders
• Terri-Lynn Brown, Price Private Wealth of RBC Dominion Securities Global

Woman of the Year – Fintech / Crypto

• Aarthi S. Anand, ProLiteracy Worldwide
• Alexandra C. Scheibe, Steptoe
• Hadas Jacobi, Reed Smith
• Joshua Ashley Klayman Kuzar, Linklaters
• Kari Larsen, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher
• Sofia Gancedo, Bricksave
• Vanessa Maese, Maese and Associates

Woman of the Year – Government, Regulatory, Compliance and Not-for-profit Organisations

• Christina N. Cahill, Holland & Knight
• Jennifer Mannino, Hilton Global Associates
• Pawneet Abramowski, PARC Solutions
• Talia Metson, Loeb & Loeb
• Tracy L. Boak, Perlman & Perlman
• Yvonne Beri, United Nations

Woman of the Year – Leadership        

• Betty Andrikopoulos, Willow Street
• Courtney Booth Christensen, Winston Art Group
• Kathryn George, Brown Brothers Harriman Family Office
• Katrina Robinson, Cone Marshall Group
• Lynn Halpern, Bessemer Trust
• Olivia Dell, The Cometa Collective
• Stephanie Heilborn, Proskauer Rose

Woman of the Year – Professional Services

• Amy E. Heller, Skadden
• Cynthia Brittain, Karlin & Peebles
• Jodi Lipka, Meltzer Lippe
• Leigh-Alexandra Basha, McDermott Will & Emery
• Nicole Mann, Loeb & Loeb
• Pamela Kuzniar, Women’s Divorce & Family Law Group by Haid and Teich
• Sahel Ahyaie Assar, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney

Woman of the Year – Rising Star

• Jennifer Sullivan, HSBC
• Reshma Shah, Duane Morris
• Sarah C. Fenstemaker, Wilkie
• Sasha Grinberg, Cadwalader
• Shawntel Randi, Nixon Peabody
• Silvana Garcia Pedrayes, UBS Wealth Management
• Victoria Pastore, JTC Group

Woman of the Year – USA

• Carolyn A. Reers, Wiggin and Dana
• Lois Tilton, Perkins Coie
• Maria Elena Lagomasino, WE Family Offices
• Michelle Graham, Greenberg Traurig
• Ronni G. Davidowitz, Katten
• Susan Frunzi, Schulte

Woman of the Year – New York

• Ani Hovanessian, Willkie
• Christen K. Douglas, McDermott Will & Emery
• Diana Wierbicki, Loeb & Loeb
• Jessica Staton, Brown Brothers Harriman
• Samantha Anderson, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler
• Zena Tamler, Sullivan & Cromwell

Woman of the Year – Wealth Management

• Alison Hutchinson, Brown Brothers Harriman
• Alyssa Gelper, Klingenstein Fields Advisors
• Chi-Yu Liang, J.P. Morgan
• Jamie Krigbaum, J.P. Morgan
• Jill O’Sullivan, HSBC
• Stephanie Honan, UBS Wealth Management

Best DEI Initiative       

• Bank of America
• Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
• Duane Morris
• Goldman Sachs
• RSM US
• UBS Wealth Management

Best Employer – Career Progression

• Citi Private Bank
• CLA Global
• Deutsche Bank
• Harrison LLP
• JP Morgan
• Nixon Peabody

Best Employer – LGBT+/Inclusion

• Ballard Spahr
• BNY Wealth Management
• Cadwalader
• Kirkland & Ellis
• Kobre & Kim
• KPMG USA

Diversity Communication Campaign of the Year

• Deutsche Bank
• JP Morgan
• Morgan Stanley
• PwC US
• Raymond James
• Wells Fargo

Organisation of the Year – Female Leadership

• Citi Private Bank
• Fiduciary Trust International
• Global Taxes
• Greenberg Traurig
• JP Morgan
• Withers

Organisation of the Year – Creating Change for Women

• Wealthspire Advisors
• Baird Wealth
• BNY Wealth
• City National
• NOMURA
• Skadden