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2025 INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
The “Inspirational Women in Local Government” project, now entering its fifth year, is intended to CELEBRATE women who are doing innovative and transformative work in local government; to ELEVATE more women as role models in local government; and to EDUCATE, through exploration of individual professional and personal journeys.
For several weeks, information on the “Women in Government” section of our website has featured news about the nomination process for this year’s honorees.
Now, after receiving dozens of nominations, the selection of our 2025 honorees is complete and we will be introducing one of our four “Inspirational Women in Local Government” honorees on each Thursday in March. The selection was made by the sponsors of this website section, Envisio, the Alliance for Innovation, and the League of Women in Government, as well as Barrett and Greene, Inc., which publishes Greenebarrett.com.
To the right of this introduction, you’ll see a photo of the second 2025 honoree, Leticia Callanen, Strategic Planning & Performance Manager for the City of Aurora, Colorado. Click on the link within that box to find a short profile and Q&A that shares her personal story, path to local government, accomplishments, and a work philosophy that "meet(s) people where they are, understanding their priorities, their patience levels, their capacity and whether they believe in this kind of work that I'm doing."
The interviews took place over the last couple of weeks between the honorees and Envisio’s Liz Steward and Barrett and Greene Inc.’s Katherine Barrett. Tune in next Thursday, March 20, to meet the next 2025 honoree.
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