Bethesda Magazine’s 2025 Women Who Inspire

Women Who Inspire nominations

Every year, Bethesda Magazine highlights women in the community through Women Who Inspire, profiles of local women doing incredible things. Women Who Inspire will be published in the September/October 2025 issue of Bethesda Magazine and then on BethesdaMagazine.com. 

We will celebrate the Women Who Inspire at our annual fall luncheon on Friday, Sept. 19 at the Marriott Bethesda Downtown (check back to purchase tickets). 

Here are past recipients of Women Who Inspire:

2024 recipients

  • Cynthia Bryant
  • Simona Cabana
  • Anne Derse
  • Marissa Mitchell
  • Karyn Onyeneho
  • Rosario ‘Paola’ Velasquez

2023 recipients

  • Brooke Eby
  • Angela Graham
  • Anne Khademian
  • Susan Lee
  • Donna Westmoreland
  • Margarita Womack

2022 recipients

  • Josie Caballero
  • Tope Fajingbesi
  • Carmen Ortiz Larsen
  • Stephanie Linnartz
  • Radha Muthiah

2021 recipients

  • Ijeoma Enendu
  • Nadia Hashimi
  • Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
  • Cara Lesser
  • Jessica Melton
  • Tatiana Murillo
  • Jaime Recht
  • Holly Sears Sullivan

Nominations for Women Who Inspire 2025 have closed.