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More than 500 people gathered in the fourth-floor ballroom of the Sentinel Hotel on Wednesday to honor the 37 women named as this year’s Women of Vision award winners by the Daily Journal of Commerce.

Any woman who is involved, in any way, in shaping the built environment in Oregon and Southwest Washington can be nominated as a Woman of Vision. This year’s winners included architects, engineers, diversity and inclusion advocates, a former carpenter turned filmmaker, and the publisher of a Chinese-language newspaper who also is an advocate for the preservation of Portland’s Jade District.

The lunch-time awards program kicked off with a panel discussion led by Grace Crunican, general manager of Bay Area Rapid Transit and author of the book 鈥淏oots on the Ground, Flats in the Boardroom.鈥� Panelists included Diana C. Mendes, senior vice president of HNTB; Dr. Beverly Scott, CEO of Beverly Scott Associates; and LaVerne Frances Reid, retired Federal Aviation Administration airports division manager for the New England region.

Lois D. Cohen, founder and principal of Lois D. Cohen Associates, was honored with the first Spirit of Excellence award for being selected as a repeat award winner. Cohen was first honored as a Woman of Vision in 2014. The program also featured a tribute to Jean Richardson, the first woman to receive an engineering degree from Oregon State University; she died earlier this year at age 88.

TriMet was the event’s presenting sponsor, and the Oregon Department of Transportation was gold sponsor. Spirit Media, which produced the event for the 91视频, was this year’s media sponsor.

The event drew the largest audience since the 91视频 started holding it three years ago, according to 91视频 Publisher Nick Bjork.

鈥淭he support for this year’s event 鈥� the speakers, the award winners and the sponsors 鈥� was astonishing,鈥� Bjork said. 鈥淚t was an emphatic statement from our readers and the industries we serve that this is a topic of great importance, and an issue that deserves attention. The event may have just wrapped up, but the 91视频 cannot wait until next year’s event.鈥�

For a full list of the 2016 Women of Vision winners, click here.

To view or download free event photos, including winners, click .