MIDDAY GUEST: Sterling Awards Nominations
Margaret Taylor, president of Jackson Area Business and Professional Women, joined our show to share details on nominations for the 2025 Sterling Awards.
Sterling Awards 2025 20 Most Influential Women of West Tennessee and Outstanding Woman Military Veteran Award
Sue Shelton White, 1887-1943 Sue Shelton White Award
The Sterling Awards 2025: 20 Most Influential Women of West Tennessee, Outstanding Woman Military Veteran Award and Sue Shelton White Award were created by Jackson Area Business and Professional Women to honor women in the West Tennessee area who have achieved a significant level of success.
General Criteria
- Nominee lives or works in West Tennessee outside Shelby County.
- Nominee is a leader in business or her profession.
- Nominee serves as a role model to other women in her profession and community.
- Nominee displays creativity and innovation and contributes these talents to the growth of her profession.
- Nominee contributes time and energy to community betterment.
The Sue Shelton White Award is given to a female attorney in West Tennessee who is a community activist and who has worked to create or change legislation to improve the lives of women and children in the state of Tennessee.
The Outstanding Woman Military Veteran Award honors a West Tennessee woman who has served her country with distinction and now offers her skills and commitment to her community.
Nomination forms are due: By noon, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Winners will be notified: Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 27-28, 2025.
Winners’ photographs will be taken: Sunday, Feb. 9, from noon to 3 p.m. Winners will be advised of the location.
Winners bios are due by noon on Friday, Feb.14.
The Sterling Awards 2025 awards ceremony will be held on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 6 p.m.
Nomination forms may be obtained at JacksonAreaBPW.com or from Mary Jo Middlebrooks, 731-423-2234.
E-mail your nomination to: mmiddl9469@aol.com; or mail to: Mary Jo Middlebrooks, Middlebrooks & Gray, P.A., PO Box 1985, Jackson, TN 38302; or deliver to the office of Middlebrooks & Gray at 470 N. Parkway, Suite C, Jackson, 38305.
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