Awards and Community
Awards
- 2025 – Idaho Business Review ICON Award
- 2023 – Henry Toll Fellow
- 2022 – Joyce Stein Award for Advancing Women’s Rights, Boise Women’s and Children’s Alliance
- 2022 – Disability Champion, Consortium for Idahoans with Disabilities
- 2022 – Marguerite McLaughlin Award for Service, Idaho Democratic Women’s Caucus
- 2020 – Idaho Democratic Legislator of the Year, Idaho Democratic Party
- 2020 – Legislative Excellence, Idaho Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- 2017 – Civility in State Governance, National Institute for Civil Discourse
- 2017 – Outstanding Advocacy, Idaho Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
Pictured: Teri Stein, Joyce’s daughter, Melissa and Bea Black Executive Director of WCA.
2025 Idaho Business Review ICON Award
Senator Melissa Wintrow was honored as one of Idaho Business Review’s 2025 ICONs — and the only woman among the 10 awardees.
She’s continuing the work to ensure Idaho’s business community is strong, inclusive, and future-focused.
2023 Henry Toll Fellow
I was honored to be selected as a Henry Toll Fellow and engage with leaders from all over the country. The Council of State Governments welcomed 44 state leaders from across the nation to its headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky, to participate in the 2023 CSG Henry Toll Fellowship — the nation’s premier leadership development program for state government officials. The program’s name honors Henry Wolcott Toll, a former Colorado state senator and the driving force behind the formation of CSG in 1933.
Each year, the Toll Fellowship program gathers the nation’s top officials from all three branches of government to engage in an intense leadership boot camp and forge connections that span political affiliation. This year’s class was challenged through various development sessions while also being encouraged to build relationships with fellow lawmakers.
