Here are the nine women being honored for carrying on the work of Rosa Parks

Lifelong activist Doris Crenshaw selected nine women to honor through her nonprofit organization.

Crenshaw founded the Southern Youth Development Leadership Institute in 2004. The organization hosts a nine-week summer program for kids ages 12 to 16.

She partially supports the program by having an annual gala, the Rosa L. Parks Awards Gala. This year's gala, which was Dec. 2, honored nine women for carrying on the work of Parks. The honorees are listed below.

Vicky A. Bailey

Vicky A. Bailey has expertise in energy and regulated industries. Presidents from Bill Clinton to Barack Obama have appointed her to numerous boards, where she served the nation.

She founded the Anderson Stratton International, LLC. The business offers management advisory services. Her clients include Georgia Power and the Edison Electric Institute.

In 2001, Baily served on the presidential commission for the Smithsonian's National Museum for African American History and Culture, which opened in 2016.

Stephanie Bryan

Stephanie Bryan is the first woman to serve as the tribal chairwoman and CEO of the Poarch Creek Indians. The tribe elected her to the roles in 2014.

In her position, she advocates for the tribal members on both a state and national level. Bryan oversees the business of the tribal council.

In 2006, her constituents elected her to be the vice chair of the tribal council. During her time in the position, she extended health insurance to all tribal members and employees. Bryan also helped establish both a health clinic and assisted living facility on the tribe's reservation.

Charlotte P. Morris

Charlotte P. Morris began serving as the ninth president of Tuskegee University in 2021. She was appointed to be the university's interim president in 2020, marking her third tenure in the role.

Morris has been a fixture at Tuskegee for more than 30 years. Prior to her time at Tuskegee, she held teaching positions at Trenholm State Community College and Kansas State University, as well as a program associate for planning, management and evaluation at Mississippi Valley State University.

She received her doctorate from Kansas State University and has completed graduate-level coursework at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education's Institute for educational management .

Nichole Francis Reynolds

Nichole Francis Reynolds is a vice president for Global Government Relations. She advocates for ServiceNow's as its top lobbyist.

Before her work with Global Government Relations, Reynolds was the vice president and head of government and public affairs for Interstate Natural Gas Association.

Prior to that position, Reynolds served for five years as vice president of public policy and community relations at Mastercard.

She also spent 10 years working on Capitol Hill as a chief of staff to tow members of Congress, a district director and as counsel on the Homeland Security Committee.

Reynolds received her law degree from Ohio State University.

Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice served as the 66th Secretary of State for the United States. She was the second woman and the first Black woman to have the role.

She was also the first woman to serve as assistant to the president for national security affairs under President George W. Bush's administration.

Prior to this work, Rice was Stanford University's provost. She is now a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Rice has been a faculty member at the university since 1981.

Along with her work at Stanford, today, Rice is the Tad and Dianne Taube director of the Hoover Institution. She is also a founding partner of Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC, an international strategic consulting firm.

Victory Brinker

Victory Brinker, 11, is a finalist for America's Got Talent. She is noted in the Guinness World Record as the youngest opera singer.

Brinker sings in eight languages and also acts in films, commercials, opera and stage productions. She also works as an activist for the people who are homeless.

Sheron J. Rose

Sheron J. Rose is the executive vice president for external affairs at the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. At the chamber, Rose works with governmental partners and the military. She also develops and implements programs for education and workforce development as well as championing diversity and community outreach.

Before her work on the chamber, Rose was the director of diversity and inclusion, governmental affairs, human resources and team relations for Hyundai Motor Manufacturing of Alabama.

Rose's work in state government includes working as the legislative director for Attorney General Don Siegelman and in the cabinets of two Alabama governors.

Tonea Stewart

Tonea Stewart is a professional actress and has starred in roles in movies such as "A Time to Kill" and Tyler Perry's "Ruthless."

She retired from her position as dean of the College of Visual & Performing Arts at Alabama State University.

Stewart is the first Black woman to receive a doctorate from the Florida State University School of Theatre. She is best known for her recurring role as Miss Etta Kibbee in "The Heat of the Night."

Colette D. Honorable

Colette D. Honorable is the executive vice president of public policy and chief external affairs officer at Exelon Corporation, the nation's largest utility company.

President Barack Obama nominated her to serve as a commissioner a the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The United States Senate unanimously confirmed her for the position. Her term lasted from 2015 to 2017.

Prior to that work, Honorable served on the Arkansas Public Service Commission. She was also the chief of staff to the Arkansas attorney general and as a member of the governor's cabinet of the executive director of the Arkansas Workforce Investment Board.

Honorable was a adjunct professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, where she received her law degree. She was also a a special judge to the Pulaski County Circuit Court.

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Alex Gladden is the Montgomery Advertiser's public safety reporter. She can be reached at agladden@gannett.com or on Twitter @gladlyalex.

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