2025 Women in Business Winners Revealed

By Lynn Peithman Stock, Dallas Business Journal, May 28, 2025

Thirty female leaders in the region will be honored by the Dallas Business Journal in our annual Women in Business Awards.

The honorees were chosen from more than 280 nominations. A judging committee of past Women in Business honorees helped DBJ newsroom leaders make the selections.

The honorees will be profiled in print and online in August. Joins us at an Aug. 21 luncheon at the Fairmont Dallas hotel to celebrate these women and their accomplishments.

Here are this year’s Women in Business honorees in alphabetical order:

• April Allen, president and CEO, Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation (Halperin Park)
• Amy Brothers, president and owner, Geotex Engineering LLC
• Irish Burch, president and CEO, Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center
• Kaye Burkhardt, president and founder, Dallas Fan Fares Inc.
• Lindsay Carry, senior vice president of finance, Critical Electric Systems Group
• Chanel Christoff Davis, founder and CEO, Davis Davis and Harmon
• Annmarie De La Vega, executive vice president and chief brand officer, De La Vega Capital Development
• Kelly Devlin, CEO and founding member, Premier Transportation
• Malynda Dickinson, CFO, MYCON General Contractors Inc.
• Abigail Erickson-Torres, president and CEO, Frontiers of Flight Museum
• Debbie Frazier, president and CEO, etc group Inc.
• Ilona Friedman, CEO, CD Wealth Management
• Lily Garcia, dean, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry
• Maria Gomez, principal and studio director, GFF Inc.
• Noelle Ibrahim, president and CEO, VRX Inc.
• Addison LaBonte, founder, Sweet Addison’s
• Danielle Lascalere, president, Legacy Southwest Property Management
• Kate Rose Marquez, CEO, Ascend Dallas
• Shannon McLinden, CEO and founder, FarmHouse Fresh
• Jessica Miller Essl, co-founder, M2G Ventures
• Robin Minick, partner, Our Community Law
• Thania Olivares, manager, talent strategy and engagement, LSG Sky Chefs
• Deb Oxman, founder and owner, Savor Culinary Services
• Monica Paul, executive director, Dallas Sports Commission
• Kelly Roberts, CFO, Moss Utilities
• Tanya Sanders, head of Wells Fargo Auto, Wells Fargo
• Linda Silver, CEO, Perot Museum of Nature and Science
• Justine Sterling Converse, founder and CEO, Brigade Events
• Alexia Tuttle, owner and coach, Tuttle Equity & Tuttle Nutrition
• Remy Washington, president, Uplift Education