WIE once again honored 11 women who have through their work and actions inspired women around the world. This year’s WIE Award was designed by renowned cartoonist Liza Donnelly.
Liza Donnelly is a staff cartoonist with The New Yorker Magazine. When she first began selling to the magazine, she was the youngest and one of only three female cartoonists. Donnelly has spoken at TED, the United Nations, and The New Yorker Festival, and has appeared on CBS Sunday Morning, NBC and BetterTV. Donnelly’s cartoons and commentary can be seen on various websites including CNN.com, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, The Daily Beast, Women’s E News and Narrative magazine. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including The New York Times, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, The Nation and The Harvard Business Review, and has been exhibited around the world.
Visit: www.lizadonnelly.com
CATEGORIES & 2011 WINNERS
o WIE Leadership Award– Democratic Leader of the US House of Representatives: Nancy Pelosi
o WIE Education Award – Dr Jill Biden – Educator & wife of Vice President Joe Biden 
o WIE Inspiration Award – Honoring the women of the UN
Baroness Amos – Under Secretary General for Emergency Relief & Humanitarian Affairs 
& Josette Sheeran – Executive Director for the World Food Programme 
o WIE Icon Award– Iman
o WIE Vanguard Award– Jacqueline Novogratz – Founder/CEO Acumen Fund 
o WIE Humanitarian Award – Zainab Salbi – Women for Women International 
o WIE Visionary Award – Ambassador Nancy Brinker – Founder of Susan G Komen for the Cure 
Dr. Eva Schloss – Holocaust Survivor & Anti Hate Campaigner 
o WIE Creative Vision – Celine Rattray – President of Maven Pictures & Producer of The Whistle Blower 
o WIE Generation Award – Topaz Green – Founder of the Lunchbox Fund 
o WIE Enterprise Award - Marissa Mayer – Vice President of Location and Local Services for Google 
o WIE Corporate Social Responsibility Award – Shawn Covell – Head of Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach 
o The WRA Award – Mrs Sia Koroma – First Lady of Sierra Leone 
Legendary businessman and philanthropist Ted Turner and Earth Institute Director Dr Jeffrey Sachs presented the awards.
A Message From The Artist:
LIZA DONNELLY
As women, we struggle with our bodies. We are often defined by our bodies. As far as our culture and other cultures are concerned, we are our bodies! As a cartoonist, I deal in bodies. I often draw a lot of women in my work—I make a point of it– because I try to create humor that opens people’s eyes and speaks to women’s issues, feminism, sexism, racism, equality.
When I was invited to draw portraits of this year’s WIE Award winners, I immediately said yes, I was honored to be asked. So I spent a good week studying this years’ awards recipients’ photos, trying to understand them visually, getting to know them through their bodies and faces. Who are these women? They are amazing, inspiring people. I tried to convey their spirit and passion with a few lines. Not easy, particularly since I am not a trained caricaturist. But I love doing this kind of thing if the people I am to draw are people I can respect and like. It was a pleasure.
When I was young, along with cartoons, I used to draw a lot of animals from photographs. I believed that I was connecting with the soul of the animal by drawing them. While I a little more realistic now, I do believe that by drawing these wonderful women, I somehow connected to them, and feel enriched by my work with their visages. These women are not identified by their bodies, but by their work and their ideas. I will keep drawing all of you in my work, and all of your bodies, but more importantly, all of what you do.
