Surrey resident Ramandeep Randhawa is an award-winner for connecting the community in her work as a Newton community branch manager with Khalsa Credit Union.
Randhawa was among 105 nominees and 13 winners of 2025 Women of Distinction Awards during a YWCA Metro Vancouver-hosted gala April 28 in Vancouver.
Each Women of Distinction nominee is eligible to win the Connecting the Community Award, selected by public vote, and Randhawa earned the most votes this year as a Business & Professions nominee.
"A champion for workplace equity, she introduced mentorship programs and flexible work arrangements to improve retention of women staff," notes a bio on ywcavan.org.
Randhawa has also organized annual food drives for the past five years, with 1,531 pounds of food donated to Khalsa Aid and Surrey Food Bank. In 2023, she started an Adopt-A-Street monthly cleanup program and also volunteers at local schools, teaching financial literacy to students.
Randhawa has received a number of awards from Khalsa Credit Union during her 18 years of work there, including top loan growth and top member survey results.
"It was such a special night," she said of the 42nd awards event. "I couldn't do this without my children and my husband, who are so supportive, and my employer and co-workers as well."
The gala raised money for YWCA's Housing Action Fund to accelerate the development of new affordable housing for women and their children.
Other 2025 Women of Distinction award-winners, detailed on ywcavan.org, are Ashlie Corcoran, Radha Curpen, Cindy Beedie, Kim van der Woerd, Aisha Yang, Sonia Strobel, Dr. Jana-Lea Davidson, Bridgitte Anderson, Annita McPhee, Dr. Cheryl Ho, Vedanshi Vala and Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.
