Woman of the Year*
HBA Past Woman of the Year Recipients
2011
Freda Lewis-Hall, MD,
Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer
2010
Deirdre P. Connelly,
President of North America Pharmaceuticals,
GlaxoSmithKline
2009
Dr. Deborah Dunsire,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company
2008
Charlotte Sibley,
Senior Vice President, Leadership Development,
Shire Pharmaceuticals
2007
Meryl Zausner,
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Novartis Oncology
2006
Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH,
President, Product Development, Genentech
2005
Lynn O’Connor Vos,
CEO, Grey Healthcare Group Inc.
2004
Christine Poon,
Vice Chairman, Johnson & Johnson
2003
Catherine Angell Sohn, PharmD,
Vice President, Worldwide Business Development,
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare
2002
Sarah S. Harrison, Vice President, Customer Strategy Integration, AstraZeneca
Pharmaceuticals LP
2001
Carrie S. Cox, Executive Vice President and President, Global Prescription Business,
Pharmacia Corporation
2000
Myrtle Potter,
President, U.S. Cardiovascular/Metabolics, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company
1999
Tamar Howson,
Senior Vice President and Director, Worldwide Business Development
and Corporate Development, SmithKline Beecham
1998
Kathy Giusti,
Former Executive Director, Searle; Founder and President, Multiple
Myeloma Research Foundation
1997
Maureen Regan,
CEO, Regan Campbell Ward
1996
Lynn Gaudioso,
Vice President, Business Development, Consumer Health Care Group,
Pfizer Inc.
1995
Carol A. Webb,
President, Ortho Biotech, Inc.
1994
Carolyn Koestenblatt, Vice President, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation
1993
Carolyn Glynn,
Vice President, Public Policy and Communications,
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
1992
Joan Keith, Vice President, CV Strategic Business Planning Worldwide, Bristol-Myers
Squibb Company
1991
JaneTownsend, Cofounder of Gross Townsend Frank Hoffman
1990
Karen Katen,
President,U.S.Pharmaceuticals Group, Pfizer Inc.
*Titles reflect positions at the time the award was presented.