{"id":189940,"date":"2026-03-13T09:36:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189940\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T09:36:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:36:26","slug":"get-to-know-tallahassees-2026-class-of-25-women-5-young-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/189940\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know Tallahassee’s 2026 class of 25 Women, 5 Young Women"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Historic Capitol steps were overflowing as the capital city welcomed another top class of 30 women and young women for the 2026 Women You Need to Know honors with a group photo on March 10.<\/p>\n

This year marks a milestone 20th year of the Tallahassee Democrat honoring outstanding women during Women’s History Month.<\/p>\n

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The 25 Women You Need to Know and 5 Young Women to Watch class of 2026<\/p>\n

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The 25 Women You Need to Know and 5 Young Women to Watch class of 2026<\/p>\n

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Erin Tilton is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Kiosha Forston is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Brittney Jones is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Erin Philpot is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Chris DelMarco is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Alicia A. Crew is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Amy Thorn is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Shamarial Roberson is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Trishay “Mama Yata” Young is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Sam Joslin Mueller is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Susan Aarons is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Taylore Maxey is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Traci Hodge is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Maria Mead is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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LaFonda Heidel is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Gwynn Virostek is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Andrea Jones is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Liz Underwood is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Susie Caplowe is one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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ReNita E. Bowman is one of the 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Melissa L. Wright is one of the 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Danielle Andrews is one of the 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Christina Omran is one of the 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Camille Lewis is one of the 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Giavona Williams is one of the 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Aaryn Watson is one of Tallahassee’s 5 Young Women to Watch for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Keya Patel is one of Tallahassee’s 5 Young Women to Watch for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Sahitya Setty is one of Tallahassee’s 5 Young Women to Watch for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Vy Nguyen is one of Tallahassee’s 5 Young Women to Watch for 2026.<\/p>\n

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Anitra Krishnan is one of Tallahassee’s 5 Young Women to Watch for 2026.<\/p>\n

A look at Tallahassee’s 25 Women, 5 Young Women honorees for 2026<\/p>\n

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The 25 Women You Need to Know and 5 Young Women to Watch class of 2026<\/p>\n

Since 2006, it adds up to a total of 560 names recognizing Tallahassee’s powerhouse contributors to community well-being. These public servants, mothers and sisters, caregivers and students all have a little something extra to teach us.<\/p>\n

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Maria Mead, one of Tallahassee’s 25 Women You Need to Know for 2026, was unable to make the group photo.<\/p>\n

Get to know the diverse group of entrepreneurs, attorneys, volunteers and scientists as we roll out profiles of this year’s achievers starting March 16 in the TLH Life section. Until then, here’s a roll call of 30 names.<\/p>\n

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Tallahassee history: Meet 530 Women You Need to Know: A complete history<\/a><\/p>\n

25 Women You Need to Know<\/p>\n

Susan Aarons,\u00a0banking solutions advisor, Vice President, Colony Bank<\/p>\n

Danielle Andrews,\u00a0broker\/owner, Realty ONE Group Next Generation<\/p>\n

ReNita E. Bowman, founder and CEO, We Maid It Tallahassee, Inc.<\/p>\n

Susie Caplowe,\u00a0retired, Supervisor of Elections Office; Tallahassee Veterans Legal Collaborative<\/p>\n

Alicia Crew,\u00a0retired director of Campus Recreation at Florida State University<\/p>\n

Chris DelMarco,\u00a0attorney, Legal Services of North Florida<\/p>\n

Kiosha Forston,\u00a0coding operations manager, HCA Healthcare<\/p>\n

LaFonda Heidel,\u00a0CEO, Kids Incorporated<\/p>\n

Tracie Hodge, CFO, Big Bend Cares<\/p>\n

Andrea Jones, retired, Tallahassee Fire Department<\/p>\n

Brittney Jones, founder and Chief Experience Officer, Touched by a Rose Events<\/p>\n

Dr. Camille Lewis,\u00a0County Extension Director and 4-H Agent, UF\/IFAS Extension, Jefferson County<\/p>\n

Taylore Maxey, Director of Media and Public Relations, Florida Chamber of Commerce<\/p>\n

Maria Mead,\u00a0President, Keiser University<\/p>\n

Sam Joslin Mueller,\u00a0Public Art & Exhibitions Manager, Council on Culture & Arts<\/p>\n

Christina Omran,\u00a0Deputy Communications Director, Florida Department of Health<\/p>\n

Erin Sylvester Philpot,\u00a0program director, Leadership Tallahassee<\/p>\n

Shamarial Roberson,\u00a0CEO, DSR Consulting & Management<\/p>\n

Amy Thorn, JD MPH COO and data scientist, Knowli Data Science<\/p>\n

Erin Tilton,\u00a0shareholder, Stearns Weaver Miller<\/p>\n

Liz Underwood,\u00a0partner and Associate Vice President, Moore<\/p>\n

Gwynn Virostek,\u00a0President and CEO, Capital City Youth Services<\/p>\n

Giavona “G” Williams, founder and principal, Grova Creative<\/p>\n

Melissa Wright,\u00a0accredited wealth management advisor, Capital City Bank<\/p>\n

Trishay “Mama Yata” Young,\u00a0founder and Executive Director, Melanin Mothers Meet<\/p>\n

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The 25 Women You Need to Know and 5 Young Women to Watch class of 2026<\/p>\n

Anitra Krishnan,\u00a0Chiles High School<\/p>\n

Vy Nguyen,\u00a0Florida State University School<\/p>\n

Keya Patel,\u00a0Maclay School<\/p>\n

Sahitya Setty,\u00a0Rickards High School<\/p>\n

Aaryn Joy Watson,\u00a0Florida State University School<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: 25 Women for 2026: Get to know Tallahassee’s 30 new honorees<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Historic Capitol steps were overflowing as the capital city welcomed another top class of 30 women and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1422,232,1216,16817,234,233,88760],"class_list":["post-189940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-florida-state-university","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-democrat","tag-tallahassee-fire-department","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-women39s-history-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}