Professional Women Honorees

Politics

Lauren Book

LAUREN BOOK

Lauren Book is the founder and chief executive officer of Lauren’s Kids and senator of District 32 of the Florida State Legislature in Broward County.

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Shirley Henry

SHIRLEY A. HENRY

Adept in government auditing for colleges and universities, Shirley Henry serves the Division of State Audit in Nashville, Tennessee, as assistant director.

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Rebecca Vigil

REBECCA D. VIGIL

Most recently, Rebecca D. Vigil served as president of the National Association of Secretaries of State from 2005 to 2006.

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LORI WHITNEY

Lori Whitney joined the Wisconsin State Assembly in Madison in 1991, moving up the ranks to postal clerk from 1995 to 2003 and postmistress since 2003.

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DELAINE EASTIN

Delaine Eastin was the executive director of the National Institute for School Leadership and a distinguished professor at Mills College.

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EMILIE F. MILLER

Emilie F. Miller was notably the first woman in northern Virginia elected to the Senate. She ran for and was elected to office in 1988.

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Sara Myers

SARA ALICE MYERS

When Sara Myers was drafted by her neighbors to run for city council, she was thrilled. She won the race, thus beginning a long career in government.

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MARIE A. LANGAN

Marie A. Langan became a housing specialist in the Judicial Department of the State of Connecticut in 1983, a position she held until she retired in 1997.

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MARGARET DALY HAYES

Margaret Daly Hayes served Georgetown University as an adjunct professor of Latin American security studies until her retirement in 2017.

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MARY VAIL

To this day, Mary Vail remains involved as a member of the Oakland Measure LL Police Commission Selection Committee and several other industry groups.

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JANET MAE MICKLOS

Before retiring, Janet Mae Micklos was a police officer in the Newfields Police Department and special sheriff’s deputy in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.

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DOROTHY M. SAMPAS

Motivated by an innate interest in politics and foreign relations, Dorothy M. Sampas dedicated more than four decades to the U.S. government.

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IRENA ZUBCEVIC

Today, Irena Zubcevic works within the Office of Intergovernmental Support and Coordination for Sustainable Development of the United Nations.

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SYLVIA S. KERCKHOFF

Dedicated and hardworking, Sylvia S. Kerckhoff was thrilled to make history as the first female mayor of Durham, North Carolina.

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Janet LaMotte

JANET A. LAMOTTE

Janet A LaMotte, MHR, is a retired management consultant and administrator with nearly 40 years of expertise in government and military logistics.

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LESLEY L. ISRAEL

In 2016, Lesley L. Israel was appointed by then-President Barack Obama to the Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.

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