ELECTED OFFICERS

President – Joanie Shores

President Elect – Luna Mukherjee

Membership Chairs – Hortense Burr, Pat Taylor

Secretary – Corinne Mahaffey

Finance Officer – Linda Berube

APPOINTED OFFICERS

Communications Chair – Stefanie Hatfield

Funds Chair – Ellen Johnson

Public Policy Chairs – Patty Cahill, Lee Rathbone-McCuane

SPECIAL PROJECTS

College/University Chair, Re-Entry and Women’s Center Liaison – Stephanie Holthaus

Thorpe Menn Chairs – Corinne Mahaffey, Carrie Maidment, Jane McClain, Anita Parran

Wagy Fund Chair – Ellen Johnson

The AAUW Start Smart Salary Negotiation Workshop, hosted by the UMKC Women’s Center, will be offered as a Zoom “virtual” event on Thursday, May 7, 5–6:30 p.m.

It is free; however, registration is required here. For more information, contact Arzie Umali at umalia@umkc.edu.

Annually since 1931, AAUW-KC has awarded outstanding female high school seniors college scholarships. In 2020, we awarded three 100 High School Girls scholarships to: Vy Duong, a senior at Lincoln College Preparatory Academy; Jadyn Brooks, senior at Grandview High School; and Michyla Westbrook, senior at East High School. Each received a $1,000 education scholarship. We were pleased to receive excellent applications from students at these schools along with Central Academy of Excellence and Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts.

Many thanks to Kim Flynn, Stefanie Hatfield and Patty Cahill who served on the reading/selection committee. This project would not happen without the support of these dedicated AAUW volunteers!

The Reentry Woman of the Year committee is pleased to announce the 2020 scholarship recipients. Under the capable leadership of Cela Sullivan, IBC chair from the North Kansas City Branch, the committee came together in cyberspace (isn’t technology wonderful?) and voted for the following five winners:

• Erica Haygood, Respiratory Therapy, Kansas City Kansas Community College

• Joanna Marin, Business Administration, Kansas State University

• Nadia Vallecido, Marketing< Kansas City Kansas Community College

• Catherine Bailey, BA degree-English with an emphasis in Creative Writing, UMKC

• Elana Cannon, Pre-Nursing, Kansas City Kansas Community College

All five Reentry awardees received $750 each. Pell grant winners, Haygood, Marin and Vallecido received cash. Bailey and Cannon both received Toni Thornton scholarships, payable to their respective colleges. (They do not have Pell grants.)