The Charlotte Business Journal presented Kristi Walters with a Women in Business Achievement Award. Kristi, Parker Poe’s Director of Professional Development and Diversity, is among 25 award winners chosen for demonstrating outstanding leadership in a corporate setting during the past year.
 
The 13th class of women chosen annually for the award by the weekly business newspaper were recognized at a special awards luncheon held at the Charlotte Convention Center.
 
“I am honored to be part of this group of outstanding corporate leaders,” said Kristi. “They have made strides in their industries, as well as had significant impact in the workplace as models for women in business fields.”
 
Other Women in Business award winners include executives from US Airways, Duke Energy, Levine Children’s Hospital and UNC Charlotte, among other companies. The full list is as follows:

• Patricia Campbell, Presbyterian Hospital
• Mary Cloninger, Carolina Neurosurgery and Spine Associates
• Sara Cole, Carolinas Medical Center
• Hilary Coman, The Coman Company
• Ophelia Garmon-Brown, Novant Healthcare
• Robin Grey, Emulsion Arts
• Kavita Gupta, Perkins + Will
• Meg Ham, Food Lion
• Robyn Hamilton, Carolinas Minority Supplier Development Council
• Beth Hardin, UNC Charlotte
• Anne Marie Howard, Charlotte Regional Realtor Association
• Kim Marks, aiDesign Group
• Theresa Payton, Fortalice
• Terri Pope, US Airways
• Sara Seasholtz, Preferred Financial Strategies
• Catherine Stempien, Duke Energy
• Annabelle Suddreth, A Child's Place
• Kathryn Thompson, Carolina Pad
• Sandi Thorman, Greer & Walker
• Wanda Townsend, Johnston Allison & Hord Attorneys
• Betty M. Turner, Bank of America
• Kristi Walters, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein
• Judi Wax, Luquire George Andrews
• Martha Whitecotton, Levine Children's Hospital at Carolinas Medical Center
• Rebecca Wood, Charlotte Radiology

Kristi and the other women honorees are featured in the July 17th edition of the Charlotte Business Journal.