The WWR Impact Award
2024 Women who rock™ impact award recipient
Michele Michaels of 102.5 FM WDVE
See Michele accept this year’s WWR Impact Award live at the 2024 Women Who Rock Benefit Concert Presented by Gibson Gives on August 28th at Stage AE Pittsburgh!
Michele is Pittsburgh’s Queen of Rock ‘n Roll and has been Pittsburgh’s top-rated midday personality for the better part of 30 years on 102.5 FM WDVE iHeart Radio’s Noon-1pm “Electric Lunch.”
Michele is also community minded and has been the official emcee since the very first Women Who Rock Benefit Concert. She has also emceed for "MuSic for MS" a big day long outdoor show each August to help with our region's Multiple Sclerosis community, the Pittsburgh Polar Plunge for Special Olympics, and of course, the DVE Rocks for Children's Radiothon.
In her spare time, she is a ball room dancer and has won many competitions.
The 2024 Women Who Rock Impact Award is Sponsored by Peoples, an Essential Utilities Company
Dr. Lisa Rohan’s Acceptance Speech
Recognizing Women
The annual Women Who Rock™ Impact Award honors outstanding women making a difference in the fields of women’s health, women’s rights or women in music.
Past Winners
2022 Winner: Dr. Lisa Rohan
“I am grateful to be honored with the Women Who Rock Impact Award. This award symbolizes what we can do collectively when we work together to forge partnerships and discoveries that improve the lives of women here in Pittsburgh and around the globe.”
— Dr. Lisa Rohan
2021 Winner: Sheila E.
“I am honored and humbled to be recognized for the Impact Award. Thank you to Women Who Rock™ and Magee-Womens Research Institute for the incredible and life changing work you do. When I think of impact, I think of all of the women—mentors, my mother, my grandmother, sisters, colleagues, new and lifelong friends—who have lifted me up throughout the years and continually inspired me to pay it forward. My career in the music industry has been shaped by a drive to change the narrative of what it means to be a female musician.”
— Sheila E.
2019 Winner: Dr. Sharon Hillier
An internationally recognized microbiologist whose work has influenced an entire field of research based on the intersection of women’s health and HIV prevention.
2018 Winner: Kelly Frey
WTAE-TV news anchor and breast cancer advocate. Kelly has inspired and provided hope to thousands of women and her fight against triple negative breast cancer has been fought publicly, with nothing but grace, courage and humility.
2017 Winner: Dr. Carola Neumann
A primary investigator at Magee-Womens Research Institute and a member of the Women’s Cancer Research Center. Her research focuses on identifying chemical reactions in breast cancer. Dr. Neumann also co-leads the breast cancer research advocacy network, which brings together breast cancer survivors and scientists to accelerate the progress of cancer research and clinical trials.
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