The 2026 Chrysanne Manoles Women In Leadership Award will be presented this Thursday, May 28, at the Rotary Club of Edina meeting at the Edina Country Club. This is the 17th Women in Leadership Award given, named after Chrysanne Manoles, the first female member of our club. She is still active in Rotary today. In Manoles’ honor and to celebrate the work of women in the community, the Rotary Club of Edina established an annual women’s leadership award in 2008. Join us for the presentation of flowers and an award from the Rotary Club of Edina to the winner of this year's Chrysanne Manoles Women In Leadership Award. After the award ceremory our speaker is Rosie Cataldo whose privilege it is to serve as a trauma-informed anti-human trafficking consultant, educator, and healing conduit. She is an experienced researcher, a multifaceted writer, and an innate connector. Offering people tools to create life-long barriers to traumas and embark on their path toward healing is my mission.
After a rewarding experience working in Public Affairs for the Federal Reserve Bank, a suburban child sex trafficking scheme ignited a shift. After some recalibrating, she began researching and connecting with people in various sectors of the anti-trafficking space. She has been inspired by extraordinary people doing remarkable work and have learned that we all can share our unique gifts to do something for the greater good. She has blended her past professional experience and current (and ever-expanding) awareness to aid in awakening, and solution-infusion measures - all under the umbrella of prevention and healing. Addressing how various sectors and individuals can come alongside this growing epidemic of human crimes, to infuse solutions and serve as protectors in their respective areas, is vital.