Terry Axelrod
Founder and CEO
Benevon
IWF Washington State
Benevon
IWF Washington State
Leading Light Award
Leaders Who Exemplify IWF Values
This Leading Light Award is conveyed on very rare occasions. It celebrates those singular leaders who have made a unique, lasting, and significant contribution to the global organization, leaders whose wise counsel and grace exemplify IWF’s values. The award recognizes vision and action that have shaped IWF globally.
Meet Our 2025 Honorees
Deborah Trudeau
Corporate Director
IWF Canada
IWF Canada
Marty Wikstrom
Founder
Atelier Fund
IWF United Kingdom
Atelier Fund
IWF United Kingdom
Shining a light on the art of the possible
Former Previous Awardees
2022
Allyson Maynard Gibson
- IWF Bahamas
- Former Leadership Foundation President 2003 – 2005
Former IWF Global President 2009 – 2011
2018
Teresa V-F Weintraub
- IWF Florida
- Former IWF Global President 2016 – 2018
2014
Rosalynn Carter
- IWF Georgia
- Former First Lady of Georgia and the United States
2012
Reem Abu Hassan
- IWF Jordan
- Former Leadership Foundation President 2013 – 2015
2010
Esther Silver-Parker
- IWF Arkansas/New York
- Former IWF Global President 2007 – 2009
2008
Elsie Hilliard Hillman
2003
Micheline Bouchard
- IWF Canada
2003
Pamela Garside
- IWF United Kingdom
- Former Leadership Foundation President 2009 – 2011
2003
Jeanne Herberger
- IWF Idaho
2003
Lou Kerr
2003
Fran Streets
- IWF Northern California
- Former IWF Global President 1997 – 1999
Former Leadership Foundation President 1999 – 2001
2003
Carol Cox Wait
- IWF Washington, DC
- Former Leadership Foundation President 2007 – 2009