Women of the Year Banquet honors Shirley Forbes and Trudy Rauch
The Women's Division Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Chesapeake held the 48th Annual Banquet honoring their 2014 Women of the Year. For the second time in 48 years, the honor was split between two deserving women, Shirley Forbes and Trudy Rauch. The evening came to a conclusion with the installation of the officers for the 2015 Executive Committee.
From left: Owners of American Orthotic and Prosthetic Center Michael Smith, Certified Prosthetist Orthotist, and his wife Cynthia Smith, Teresa Davis, and her husband Chesapeake City Council Member Roland Davis
From left: Congressman Randy Forbes, Chesapeake City Council Member Dr. Rick West, and Great Bridge Baptist Pastor Will Langford
From left: Brenda Johnson, Woman of the Year honoree Shirley Forbes, Government and Community Administrator at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center and Chairman of the CRMC Brahaha, and Chesapeake Hospital Authority Board Member Bob Oman
City of Chesapeake Clerk of Circuit Court Faye Mitchell and her husband Bud Mitchel of Mitchell's Complete Upholstery
Woman of the Year honoree Trudy Rauch, creater of Abbalist.org, and founder of Chesapeake Area Shelter Team (CAST), with her husband Doug Rauch
Chesapeake Sheriff Office Lieutenant Jenny O'Sullivan and The Shopper Publisher Jean Loxley-Barnard
From left: Chesapeake Sheriff's Department's Mathenia Rose, Trelita Parks, and Kim Talbert
From left: Chesapeake School Board Member Louis Tayon, The Shopper COO Nikki Young, and Chesapeake City Council Member Roland Davis
Chesapeake School Board Member Louis Tayon and Chesapeake City Council Member Roland Davis
Chesapeake Mayor Alan Krasnoff, center, with members of the Chesapeake Sheriff's Department. From left: Mathenia Rose, Trelita Parks, Kim Talbert, and Jenny O'Sullivan.
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