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The Gazette and Presenting Sponsor FSB are excited to return HER Women of Achievement as an in-person community event. Join us Tuesday, June 13th from 11:30 – 1 at The Midnight Gem in Swisher to celebrate thirteen outstanding women who are making an impact in Eastern Iowa.
For table purchase, please contact Amy.McKelvy@thegazette.com
Learn more about our sponsors: FSB, Iowa Women’s Wrestling
Learn more about our Venue Sponsor: DoubleTree by Hilton
Inspiring connections and creating opportunities for women in Eastern Iowa
It’s time to celebrate! Register now for our HER Women of Achievement event on June 13th from 11:30 – 1 at The DoubleTree.
Enjoy lunch and networking while we recognize thirteen outstanding women who are making an impact in Eastern Iowa. Featuring keynote Clarissa Chun.
For table purchase, please contact Amy.McKelvy@thegazette.com
Our virtual celebration will launch from our HER website on June 14th, and will include interviews and profiles of our 2023 honorees!
Eastern Iowa Honor Flight
Outstanding Community Leadership Award Recipient
City of Cedar Rapids
Betsy Boos
New Harmony Line
Maquoketa River Watershed Management Authority
African American Museum of Iowa
Cedar River Haven
CRCSD – Hiawatha Elementary School
Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
Family Folk Machine
Prestige Dance Studio
East Central Iowa Acute Care & UnityPoint Hospital
College Community Schools
Angie Charipar, City of Cedar Rapids
Betsy Harrison, Betsy Boos
Cecilia Roudabush, New Harmony Line
Erin Erickson, Maquoketa River Watershed Management Authority
Felicite Wolfe, African American Museum of Iowa
Freda Sojka, Cedar River Haven
Holly Reeder, CRCSD – Hiawatha Elementary School
Jamie Toledo, Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance
Dr. Jean Littlejohn, Family Folk Machine
Jess Novotny, Prestige Dance Studio
Dr. Sarah Hemming-Meyer, East Central Iowa Acute Care & UnityPoint Hospital
Zeinab Osman, College Community Schools
Clarissa Chun is the head coach of the University of Iowa women’s wrestling team, the first in the program’s history. In 2021, Iowa became the first NCAA Division 1 Power Five conference institution to offer women’s wrestling.
Chun joins the Iowa women’s wrestling program from USA Wrestling, where she was an assistant coach on the women’s national team from 2017-21. Chun helped lead the United States to 17 World medals, including seven gold, four silver and six bronzes, as well as an Olympic gold, Olympic silver and two Olympic bronzes.
Chun is a two-time Olympian, competing at 48 kg in the 2008 Beijing Games and 2012 London Games. Chun wrestled at five Senior World Championships, including a gold-medal performance at the 2008 Worlds in Tokyo.
During her career, Chun won five U.S. Open titles; a 2011 Pan American Games silver medal; four gold medals at the Pan American Championships; and was a runner-up at four U.S. World Team Trials and three U.S. Opens. Chun competed for Missouri Valley College, where she was a star on one of the pioneer women’s college wrestling team programs.
Chun has coaching experience at both the international and college levels. She was a member of the men’s wrestling staff at West Virginia University, serving as the program’s operations assistant while also training at the Regional Training Center.
Chun was inducted in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member in June 2022. She is one of only four females bestowed Distinguished Member honors. In 2018, Chun was inducted into the Missouri Valley College Hall of Fame, Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame, and Roosevelt High School Hall of Fame.
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