The Association for Women in Communications (AWC) honored Lois Phillips, PhD, as its 2011 Headliner Award recipient at the AWC National Conference, October 14, in Tulsa, OK. As founding President of the Santa Barbara chapter of AWC, she has worked diligently to attract new members across sectors and industries to build a new professional network for communications specialists in Santa Barbara, the first California chapter in many years. Since the Headliner Award was created in 1939, AWC has recognized outstanding achievements of over 200 distinguished professional members.