
The Inspire Awards recognize the commitment and contributions of
outstanding women leaders in the Cambridge community.
2024 Inspire Awardees


Robyn Culbertson
Our 2024 Gilda Nogueira Lifetime Achievement
Executive Director of Cambridge Office For Tourism

Robyn Arruda
Manager, Campus Services
BioMed Realty

Bonnie Bertolaet
Executive Director
Science Club For Girls

Manikka Bowman
Executive Director
The Nature Conservancy

Ruby Pierce Donohue
Community & Educational Leader

Margaret Faul
Vice President, Drug Substance Technologies & Site Head
Amgen Massachusetts

Nancy O'Brien
President & CEO
Cambridge YMCA

Maggie O'Toole
COO & Executive Vice President
LabCentral

Sarah MacDonald
CEO
Life Science Cares
2023 Inspire Awardees


Gilda M. Nogueira
Our 2023 Lifetime Achievement Awardee Gilda, is the Chief Executive Officer at East Cambridge Savings Bank.

Heather Henriksen
The Chief Sustainability Officer at Harvard University

Denise Jillson
The Executive Director at the Harvard Square Business Association

Emma Lees
The Senior Vice president at Bristol Myers Squibb Oncology Research and Site Head, BMS R&D Cambridge

Aisha Losche
The Chief Diversity Officer at Draper Laboratory

Miriam Ortiz
The Director of Education and Training at Just-A-Start Corporation

Tiffany Thiel
The Executive Director of Process Development at Amgen Inc.

Kathy Watkins
Commissioner DPW For The City of Cambridge

Ayesha M. Wilson
MSW, Cambridge School Committee, Social Worker, and Advocate
2022 Inspire Awardees

Awardees: Jane Hirschi, Executive Director, CitySprouts, Helen Elaine Lee, Director of Program in Women's and Gender Studies, and Professor of Fiction Writing in Comparative Media Studies/Writing, MIT, Katie Lapp, Executive Vice President, Harvard University, Christine Elow, Commissioner, Cambridge Police Department, Joanne Smith-Farrell, CEO, Be Bio, Kendalle Burlin O'Connell, President & COO, MassBio, Colleen O'Connor, Senior Vice President of Leasing, BioMed Realty, Sumiao Chen, CEO & Founder, Sumiao Kitchen.
Meet our 2022 awardees by watching their introductory videos here.
Past Awardees

Awardees: Aine Hanly, Vice President of Drug Substance Technologies, Amgen, Dr. Carolyn Turk, Deputy Superindentent of Schools, Cambridge Public Schools, P.A. d'Arbeloff, Director, MIT Nord Anglia Collaboration, MIT Museum, Erin Lanciani, Head of HR and Organization Strategy, Sage Therapeutics, Kelly A. Flynn, Associate Director, Real Estate, Global Real Estate, Facilities, and Procurement, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Eva Martin Blythe, Executive Director, YWCA, Keynote Speaker: Jeanette Clough, Former President, and CEO, Mount Auburn Hospital.