Elaine Johnson With her innately positive attitude and life-long calling to help people, nurse Elaine Johnson provides comfort, support or a smile to all she encounters. Inspired by Johnson’s unwavering attitude of hope and courage, her friend and supervisor Esther Valdez nominated her for Houston Woman Magazine’s 2010 Broad Shoulders Award. Johnson received the award at the Fourth Annual Nominate HER Awards Luncheon on May 21 at La Colombe d’Or Mansion.

Johnson has a 47-year career of helping people. While still in high school, she volunteered at a hospital and realized her vocation.

“I wanted to be able to help someone through something and try to make it a little easier, a little better,” Johnson said.

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Hashmat Effendi's response to human suffering has put smiles on the faces of thousands of children around the world. And, because of that, Effendi is the recipient of Houston Woman Magazine’s 2010 Community Angel Award.

Bushra Qureshi, a friend, nominated Effendi. She commented, “Growing up as the child of a government official, a life of privilege gave Effendi perspective. In a wealthy Pakistani family, many things came easily, including medical care. Effendi remembers accompanying her father to different hospitals and clinics in Islamabad. They would be provided with excellent service and attended to quickly. She noticed, though, that those who had more pressing needs but happened to be poor were the last to be attended to, if at all.”

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Crystal Washington passion and gift for encouraging and inspiring small business owners, is the recipient of Houston Woman Magazine’s 2010 Evolving Eve Award.

She was nominated for the award by a friend, Crystal Brown-Tatum, who said, “Crystal built a business network of thousands of business owners without a single loan, grant or investor. Her proven market strategies have helped hundreds of small business owners reach their next level and build their client base and revenue.”

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Barbara Schlattman is using her eye for design to transform the appearance of her community. And for that, she is the recipient of Houston Woman Magazine’s 2010 Gutsy Gal Award.

Beth Eaton nominated Schlattman for her work as chair of the Green Medians Steering Committee.

“Barbara got the idea five years ago to add green medians to FM 1960. The area had become a very high-traffic, strip center-lined road, far from the quiet, beautiful area it once was. She and her committee have worked with the Texas Department of Transportation to add medians and raise enough money to add the green, said Eaton.
Schlattman is the owner of  Barbara Schlattman Interiors, Inc., an award-winning residential and commercial interior design firm. It was her love of beauty that drew her attention to the unattractiveness of FM 1960. Making the main thoroughfare look better had crossed her mind more than once.

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Victoria Noble is the recipient of Houston Woman Magazine’s 2010 Tomorrow’s Woman Award, given for achieving high marks in high school and showing promise of future leadership by making a contribution to her community.

She used her passion for art and heart to make a difference in Houston’s homeless community.

Tracy Burnett, executive director of Cathedral Health and Outreach Ministries, nominated Noble.

Burnett said, “Victoria is energetic, faithful, proactive, has vision and makes things happen. She thinks about things beyond herself. She really thinks about the community and helping other people.”

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Dianah Dulany, owner of ComedySportz Houston, was presented the 2010 Savvy Sister Award from Houston Woman Magazine on May 21 at a luncheon at La Colombe d’Or Mansion. The event honored seven women, all deemed excellent role models, in the publication’s Fourth Annual Nominate Her Awards program. Friend and co-worker Claire O’Malley nominated Dulany for the award.

O’Malley said, “Dianah is an all-around savvy woman. She’s got great business skills; she communicates well. She’s humorous, and she just brings fun to life.”

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Since 1959, Kay King has been a major influence in Houston’s fashion industry. Her designs have been seen in major department stores and magazines. Yet, for almost 30 years, her greatest influence on fashion has been behind the scenes. As an educator and administrator at Houston Community College, she has inspired generations of students to shape the industry she loves.

In recognition of her role as a teacher and mentor, King was selected as the recipient of Houston Woman Magazine’s 2010 Wise Woman Award. King was honored at the Fourth Annual Nominate HER Awards luncheon on May 21 at La Colombe d’Or Mansion.

Dr. Cheryl Peters, who nominated King for the award, said, “Kay is truly exemplary. She has many natural gifts: her wonderful human relations skills, her energy, and her courage and spirit. The fact that she just doesn’t ever want to stop going and doing.”

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