Kings County honors local women leaders during National Women's History Week

The annual observance of National Women’s History Week was declared in a Presidential Proclamation by President Carter in 1980 and was declared National Women’s History Month by Congress in 1987.

This year Kings County staff requested each county department head to nominate someone from their department to receive the recognition. In addition, each of the county’s board members on the Kings County Board of Supervisors selected a recipient for recognition.

The annual observance of National Women’s History Week was declared in a Presidential Proclamation by President Carter in 1980 and was declared National Women’s History Month by Congress in 1987.  This was done to provide an opportunity for all Americans to recognize the contributions women have made to this nation, and to honor those who blazed trails for women’s empowerment and equality.

Kings County Supervisors honored local women leaders.

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Those nominated and receiving recognition are as follows:

Kimberlee “Kim” Eggert- Assistant Director- Child Support Services

Dionne Ewing- Coach at Lemoore High School

Rosa Maldonado- Executive Director at Kettleman City Community Services District

Kris Pedersen- Attorney- Herr Pedersen & Berglund

Kyria Martinez- Assistant County Administrative Officer

Bobbie Wartson- Executive Director of Services- Kings Commission on Aging

Maricela De La Rosa- Secretary to County Counsel

Henie Ring- Human Resources Director

Rose Mary Rahn- Director of Public Health

Marie Waite- Director of Child Support Services

Diane Freeman- County Counsel 

Carolyn Leist- Principal Personnel Analyst/Human Resources

Mary Costa- Senior Detentions Clerk/Sheriff’s Office

Codi Pennington- Deputy Veterans Service Officer/ Public Guardian/Veteran’s Services/Public Guardian Rosemary Torres- Library Assistant, Lemoore Branch

Unchong Parry – Deputy Director of Administrative Services – Behavioral Health Department

Katie Arnst – Deputy Director of Clinical Services – Behavioral Health Department

Nichole Fisher – Nursing Division Manager – Public Health Department

The tenacity of each Honoree underlines the fact that women from all backgrounds and in all levels of public service and government are essential in the continuing work of forming a more perfect union.