FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority held its annual Top Hat luncheon at the Riverside Hotel in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday.

A parade of hats and pink and green colors marked the event, which raises money college scholarships.

Among the women honored at the event was Robyn Motley, the chief financial officer with the South Florida Sun Sentinel and Veda Coleman Wright, public information officer with the Broward County Sheriff's Office.

NBC6 reporter Sharon Lawson hosted the event, which is held during Women's History Month.

Below is a list of this year's honorees:

Business & Entrepreneurship
Gail Birks, President and CEO of CMA Enterprise, Inc.
Corrine Boyd, owner of James C. Boyd Funeral Homes
Simone Kelly-Brown Entrepreneur, author & marketing coach at the Give and Take Network
Alexis Harries, President/CEO, State Farm Insurance
Latasha Hines, Esq. writer and publisher, Jewel Publishers, LLC
Pamela Hutchinson (posthumously), President & CEO, Success Marketing and Management
Dee Lennox, executive chef, Lennox Catering
Beatrice Louissant, President and CEO, Florida Regional Minority Business Council
Charlene Monroe, CEO, Monroe and Monroe
Betty Taylor, owner, Betty's Restaurant and Barbeque/Catering

Community Empowerment
Sheri Brown, Vice President, Community Foundation of Broward
Felicia Brunson, Commissioner, City of West Park
Barbara Carr, Vice President, State Farm Insurance Companies
Veda Coleman Wright, Senior Public Information Officer, Broward Sheriff's Office
Nwadiuto Esiobu, microbiologist, Florida Atlantic University
Therese Homer, Chief of Police/Public Safety, Miami-Dade College
Lt. Tundra King, community liaison, Lauderhill Police Department
Yvette Miley, Vice President and News Director, NBC6/WTVJ
Robyn Motley, Vice President, CFO and Finance Director, South Florida Sun Sentinel
Dr. Sherron Parrish, President/CEO, Center for Healthy Marriages & Families, Inc.
Andrea Robinson, staff writer/editor, The Miami Herald

Health
Dr. Khadra Osman, OB/GYN
Sr. Yvonne Sherrer, Medical Director, Center for Rheumatology, Immunology and Arthritis