WKYC President/General Manager Named Recipient of YWCA Women of Achievement Awards

Margaret Mitchell (L) and Micki Byrnes (R)

Congratulations to WKYC President and General Manager Micki Byrnes who received a special honor Thursday morning at the Channel 3 Digital Broadcast Center.

Byrnes was named a recipient of the YWCA Women of Achievement Awards for 2016 along with 7 other local leaders.

“It is a pleasure to honor and share the accomplishments of these eight influential leaders, especially for this monumental 40th Anniversary celebration of Women of Achievement,” says Margaret Mitchell, YWCA Greater Cleveland’s President and CEO. “These women are talented and exemplary in their careers, and they are dedicated to changing lives and communities in Greater Cleveland and beyond.”

This prestigious award, celebrating its 40th year, is presented to a select group of Northeast Ohio women who have achieved extraordinary accomplishments through career success, community service, leadership, mentoring, and dedication to YWCA’s mission of eliminating racism and empowering women.

This year's recipients include the following:

•         Micki Byrnes, President and General Manager, WKYC Channel 3 – Cleveland
•         Lee Friedman, Chief Executive Officer, College Now Greater Cleveland
•         Kathryn “Kit” Jensen, Chief Operating Officer, ideastream
•         Kym Sellers, Founder, Kym Sellers Foundation; television and radio personality
•         Robyn Minter Smyers, Partner-in-Charge, Thompson Hine LLP - Cleveland Office
•         Maryrose Sylvester, President and Chief Executive Officer, Current Powered by GE
•         Nancy Tinsley, President of Parma Medical Center, University Hospitals
•        Sue Tyler, Executive Vice President and Chief Experience Officer, Medical Mutual of Ohio

Congratulations Micki!