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Plaza Health Network Foundation recently honored seven women community leaders at the Eighth Annual Women of Distinction & Caring Luncheon. The Women of Distinction & Caring Luncheon celebrates women in our community who have made significant differences in the lives of others locally and globally through their leadership, volunteerism, professional work and philanthropy.
This 2017 Women of Distinction and Caring honorees are:
• Terry Buoniconti, Community Leader, Philanthropist, Founder of Miami Project
• Dorothy Jenkins Fields, Educator, Historian, Journalist and Founder, Black Archives
• Shelley Niceley Groff, Esq., Jewish Community Leader, Past Chair Jewish Community Relations Council of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Plaza Health Foundation’s 2017 BESSIE Award Recipient
• Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, First Hispanic Congresswoman, Prominent Educator, State of Florida Senator and Representative
• Ana VeigaMilton, Past Chair Zoo Miami, Jackson Foundation Board Member, President of Jose Milton Foundation, Philanthropist
• Terri Shikany, Executive Vice President, Health Coalition, Inc., Women of Tomorrow Mentor, Chapman Partnership Member
• Grace Wang, M.D., Oncologist and Breast Cancer Advocate, Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute
