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The fifth edition of the Inspirational Women in Local Government” series is now winding down, following our publication of the four profiles and Q&A’s that honor Kay Brown-Patrick, Assistant Executive Director of Economic Development for the City of Arlington, Texas; Leticia Callanen, Strategic Planning & Performance Manager for the City of Aurora, Colorado; Melissa Gibson, Assistant to the City Manager in Buckeye, Arizona, and Alayne Krause, County Administrator for Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
In case you’ve missed any of these profiles, we’ve now placed all four on our homepage, featuring the photos of each woman with a “Read more” link to learn more about their accomplishments, background, challenges and advice. This space on our homepage will be devoted to the 2025 honorees for the next week. After that, the profiles and Q&A’s with Brown-Patrick, Callanen, Gibson and Krause will still be available on our "Inspirational Women Honorees" page from past years.
This feature on https://www.greenebarrett.com/ was sponsored by Envisio, the Alliance for Innovation and the League of Women in Government, organizations that have also sponsored multiple articles about women in local government on this website over the last year.
The Inspirational Women in Local Government series will return in 2026, with an open nomination process that will begin in January.
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