The eighth annual Virginia K. Shehee Most Influential Woman Awards hosted by Holy Angels are almost here and the six honorees have been carefully selected.
This event is sponsored by Red River Bank and The Shreveport Times, it honors women in the community who have made significant contributions by providing their expertise, time and resources.
The women selected have shown a commitment to philanthropy by helping children, the elderly, those in need, the arts, business development, education or other acts of caring through unpaid positions.
Get to know the honorees below before the awards ceremony on March 7.
Dottie Howard Bell
Caddo Parish School Board District 12 Board Member
Dottie Howard Bell is a Shreveport native and has spent her life working to enrich the lives of students in Caddo Parish.
In 1965, Bell graduated from Walnut Hill High School and went on to Baton Rouge to get her bachelor’s in education at Southern University. She then furthered her education and received her master’s in education from Prairie View A&M University.