The Alameda County, California Women's Hall of Fame has existed since 1993. It is overseen by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, and members of the "Commission on the Status of Women". Nomination categories include athletes, community builders, youth, environmentalists, philanthropy. The Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore has produced a number of inductees in the science and engineering fields. Many of the inductees listed here are in law enforcement, or legal assistance careers. Their website claims in excess of 250 inductees. The list includes community builders from a wide spectrum of cultural backgrounds. Ceremonies to announce the latest class of inductees usually occurs in the spring of every year.
2026 Tamara Chao, Philanthropy. Angela Davis, Justice. Tammeil Gilkerson, Education. Noreen King, Science, Technology, Engineering. Monica Lau, Community Service. April Luckett-Fahimi, Non-Traditional Careers. Fredrika Newton, Culture & Art. Ohemaa Nyanin, Sports & Athletics. Harsha Ramchandani, Health. Joan Seppala, Business & Professions.
2025 Tiffany Allen-Vargas, Sports & Athletics. Anne Bakar, Health. Bella Comelo, Justice. Melanie Dulbecco, Business & Professions. Lori Fogarty, Culture & Art. Bisa Grant, Non-Traditional Careers. Renee Herzfeld, Education. Brandi Howard, Philanthropy. Monya Lane, Science, Technology & Engineering. Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Environment. Maithri Venkat, Emerging Leaders. Diane Wong, Community Service.
2024 Noha Aboelata, Founding CEO of Roots Community Health in Oakland. Alison Barakat, "Bakesale Betty" restaurant owner. Elaine Brown, Former Black Panther Party leader, social justice activist and author. CEO of the Oakland & the World Enterprises, Inc. Courtenay Carr Heuer, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Scientific Adventures for Girls. Dianne Fukami, Documentary and television producer and director for Bridge Media. Dee Johnson (Alameda County), Founder of Lend A Hand Foundation. Kyla Johnson-Trammell, Superintendent of Oakland Unified School District. Dominique Mellion, Nurse and Executive Director of Families United for Equity. Bethany Zummo, Paralympic volleyball player.
2023 Zuhal Bahaduri, Healthcare business analyst and founder of The 5ive Pillars Organization. Stephanie Y. Brown, Emergency Medicine Physician and Clinical Lead for the Sutter Health Institute for Advancing Health Equity. Noor Dharni, Youth mental health advocate. Corrina Gould, Tribal Chair for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation and co-founder of the Sogorea Te' Land Trust. Patricia Hendricks, Aikido teacher and founder of Aikido of San Leandro. Tanya Moore, Activist for women in STEM. Developer of the Infinite Possibilities Conference and founder of Intersecting Lines. Elsa Ortiz, Champion of environmental policy on the AC Transit Board of Directors. Davida Scott, Teacher at the Hayward Adult School and founder of the Raising Leaders program. Elizabeth Shaughnessy, Chess champion; founder of the Berkeley Chess School. Maya Shiroyama, Retired owner of Oakland's Kitazawa Seed Company. Darlene Vendegna, Bay Area sports coach and Oakland's USA Pickleball Association Ambassador. Founder of pickleball club at Bushrod Park. Anna Wang (Alameda County), Co-founder and vice president of Friends of Children with Special Needs. Angela Wellman, Founder of the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music.
2020 Jean Bjork, Owner and President of Bjork Construction Company. Cynthia Carey-Grant, Health care advocate and executive. Susan A. Cota, Chancellor and vice president of numerous colleges. Valeria Cruz, Student advocate for children and families. Reign Free, CEO of Red Door Catering. Nazineen Kandahari, UCSF medical student. Nicole Kyauk, Philanthropist. Teri McKeever, American college and Olympic swimming coach. Rashim Mogha, executive for multiple technology companies, and founder of "eWOW Empowered Women of the World" initiative active in approximately 50 countries. Mogha's leadership positions at technology companies has included Automation Anywhere, Oracle, Amazon Web Services, and VMware. Recognized as a woman to watch by Business Chief USA, Rashim has built high-performing teams to support over $2 billion businesses. Fatemeh Shirazi, Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer of Microvi Biotech Inc. Sonya L. Smallets, Partner of legal firm Minnis & Smallets LLP. Judith Smith (Alameda County), Co-Founder and Director Emerita of AXIS Dance Company.
2019 Thi Bui – Vietnam-born American graphic novelist and illustrator. Margaret Dixon, chairs the Administration of Justice department at Merritt College. Maria G. Hernandez, president of Impact4Health. Susan Hubbard, Ph.D., Associate Laboratory Director for Earth and Environmental Sciences at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Teri Johnson, James Logan High School phys-ed teacher and girls' softball coach, helping them gain 22 Mission Valley Athletic League titles. Kimberly Larson, Alameda County firefighter who mentors other women for fire fighting careers. Erica Mackie, co-founder and CEO of Oakland-based GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer. Spojmie Nasiri, immigration attorney. Kristin Groos Richmond, co-founder and CEO of Revolution Foods. Peggy Saika, Interim CEO of Common Counsel. Laura Savio, Youth category, helped plan Fremont’s first Youth Empowerment Summit. Moina Shaiq, community service. Akemi Williams, Youth category, volunteer in numerous community programs.
2018 Beena Ammanath, AI managing director with Deloitte Consulting LLP, and shaped the use of Artificial Intelligence, data and analytics. Hilary Bass, Executive Director at Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs' Activities League. Amanda Berger, Advocate for criminal justice reform. Nicole Curran, Board President of the Warriors Community Foundation, the charitable arm of the Golden State Warriors. Janet A. Liang, executive vice president, group president and chief operating officer, care delivery, for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals. Trina Ostrander, champion of Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Roxana Perez, Youth category, Chair of the Oakland Youth Advisory Commission. Rona Popal, Afghan women’s rights proponent. Liisa Pine Schoonmaker, Chair of the welding department at Laney College. Shonda Scott, creator and CEO of 360 Total Concept management consulting firm. Leilani Shaffer, Special Olympics of Northern California volunteer coach and team manager. Winda I. Shimizu, Executive Director of the Hayward Arts Council. Wendy Sommer, retired Executive Director of StopWaste recycling agency.
2017 Patricia Aguilera, retired CFO of La Clinica De La Raza. Suzan Bateson, Executive Director of the Alameda County Community Food Bank. Kathie Barkow, co-creator of the Alameda County Homeless and Caring Court. Aeeshah Clottey, co-founder of Attitudinal Healing Connection, an Oakland nonprofit designed to stem community violence. Catherine (Suárez) Dunbar, Spanish instructor at Las Positas College. Emily Kirsch, Co-founder and CEO of Powerhouse. Linda Mandolini, President of Hayward-based Eden Housing Inc. Lauryn Nguyen, Youth category, community service. Ayodele Nzinga, Poet Laureate of Oakland. Hel Say, Sports and Athletics. Audrey Yamamoto, Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Fund. Katherine Yelick.
2016 Suzanne Barba, community service. Marcia Blackstock, Executive Director of Bay Area Women Against Rape (BAWAR). Jacqueline Chen, Science, Technology, Engineering. Stephanie Couch, Institute for STEM Education at Cal State East Bay. Sarah Crowell, Artistic Director of the Destiny Arts Center in North Oakland. Quinn Delaney, philanthropist founder and board chair of Akonadi Foundation. Leora Feeney, Golden Gate Audubon Society. Aloysia Rochon Fouché, CEO and owner of Fouch'’s Hudson Funeral Home. Lizbeth Hernandez, Youth category. Gail D. Hunter, vice president of public affairs and event management with the World Champion Golden State Warriors. Victoria Jones (business), vice president of corporate affairs for The Clorox Company. Tina Raine-Bennett, senior research scientist and staff physician with Kaiser Permanente.
2015 Peggy Bristol, immigration attorney. Jenny Fang, environmentalist. Gladys Green, community service. Sherry Hu, culture and arts. Farmaan Judge, Youth category. Michelle Smith McDonald, sports journalist and author. Shirley Nelson, banking and finance. Ann Petru, Co-Director of Infectious Diseases at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. Bobbi Silten, philanthropist. Elñora T. Webb, president and chief executive officer for Laney College, later to become CEO of Signature Solutions Corporate Results LLC. Rhonda Wood (wine maker), aviator and winemaker. Natalya Zaitseva, staff physicist in the Condensed Matter and Materials Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
2014 Monica Anderson (California), sex trafficking survivor advocate at the Bay Area-based Survivors Healing, Advising and Dedicated to Empowerment Project. Arlene Blum, mountaineer, writer, Environmental health scientist. Carol Brown (Alameda County), Health Care Program for Children in Foster Care. Sallie T. Carey, Community service. Deborah Ale Flint, Aviation Director at the Port of Oakland. Katherine Dunphy Guzman, Senior Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore. SiLin Huang, Youth category. Jennifer Krill, Executive Director of Earthworks. Vanessa Hanley Lordi, Sports & Athletics category. Agnes Ubalde, VP and Community Development Officer, Wells Fargo Oakland. Alba Witkin, founder of Bernard E. and Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation. Liane Yasumoto, executive director of Culture! Disability! Talent!
2013 Ophelia Basgal, Region IX Regional Administrator of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Carolyn Bloede, Alameda County Sustainability Program. Alice V. Deng, Youth category. Gilda Gonzales, President of the Port of Oakland's Board of Commissioners. Sherry Higgs, cancer survivor founded Drivers for Survivors. Ruth B. Love, superintendent of schools in Oakland and Chicago. Hope A. Michelsen, chemist at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore. Sandra Pitts-Johnson, juvenile institutional officer at the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center. Debra Pryor, Berkeley's first woman fire chief. Rita Sahai, director of the Hindustani Vocal Ensemble, University of California, Davis.
2012 Terry Alderete (1945–2013) founder of Alderete Business Visions. Pamela Arbuckle Alston, Dental Director at the Eastmont Wellness Center in Oakland. Barbara Bernstein, Community Service. Oral Lee Brown, Financial support of children's education. Deborah DeAngelis, Director of Athletics at Cal State East Bay. Arooj Haq, student, Youth category. Mildred Howard, Culture & Art category. Jocelyn D. Larkin, Executive Director of the legal foundation Impact Fund. Connie Galambos Malloy, environmentalist. Dawn Shaughnessy, radio chemist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Nicole Taylor (philanthropist), philanthropist.
2011 Lisa Busbee-Young, Program Director and Head Coach of the Starlings Oakland. Lois De Domenico, Philanthropist. Mary Jane Gross, RN, MN, Founder, President and CEO of Stars Behavioral Health Group. Jacqueline Hairston, pianist, composer and vocal coach. Wei-Ling Huber, former president of UNITE HERE labor union. Crystal Jaing, molecular biologist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Frances Jefferson, Labor union Field Director for SEIU Local 1021. Natassija Jordan-Oliver, intern for President Obama at the White House and for Representative Barbara Lee at her district office in Oakland. Julie Rems-Smario, DeafHope, the only Alameda County advocacy program for deaf victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. Olis Simmons, Executive Director of Youth Uprising. Elaine Taylor (environmentalist) Co-Founder and President of the Taylor Family Foundation.