Six Women Leaders Named Finalists for National Leadership Award

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Nov 18, 2010, 09:51 ET

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Six municipal officials have been named finalists for the 2010 Women in Municipal Government Leadership Award, presented by Women in Municipal Government (WIMG), a constituency group of the National League of Cities (NLC). The winner will be announced on Friday, December 3 during the WIMG Leadership Award Luncheon during NLC's Congress of Cities & Exposition Denver, Colo.

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Finalists for the 2010 Award are:

Nancy Carter, Councilwoman, Charlotte, NC
Deborah Denard Delgado, Councilwoman, Hattiesburg, Miss.
Carolyn L. Floyd, Mayor, Kodiak, Alaska
Pauline Medrano, Deputy Mayor Pro Tem, Dallas, Texas
Tzeitel Paras Caracci, Mayor Pro Tem, Duarte, Calif.
Lyndia Thomas, Councilwoman, Forest Hill, Texas

The WIMG Leadership Award recognizes a female municipal official for improving a city or town's quality of life, particularly if her leadership serves as a specific mentoring model for future women leaders. The Award promotes increased representation of women in local government and encourages more women to run for elected office.

Civil rights activist Shirley Sherrod will be the keynote speaker during the luncheon.

Sponsors of the 2010 WIMG Leadership Award are Wells Fargo, Comcast and ICMA-RC.

The WIMG Leadership Award Honorary Co-Chairs are Mamye E. BaCote, Virginia House of Delegates, past WIMG president; and Kay Senter, councilmember, Morristown, Tenn., past WIMG president.

Judges for the WIMG Leadership Award are Gloria Chavez, Mayor, Tijeras, NM; Laraine Davis, Vice President, Government and Industry Relations, Wells Fargo; Helen Kawagoe, City Clerk, Carson, Calif.; Preston V. Lee, Jr., Senior Director, Corporate Relations and Housing Outreach, Freddie Mac; Cynthia McCollum, former NLC president; Juan Otero, Senior Director, External Affairs, Comcast Corporation; David Park, Financial Planning Manager, ICMA-RC; and Clinton Robinson, Associate Vice President for B&V Water, Black and Veatch Corporation.

WIMG is a constituency group of the National League of Cities (NLC). It was formed in 1974 to serve as a forum for communication and networking among women municipal officials and their colleagues interested in addressing women's issues. It strives to raise awareness about issues of concern to women and encourages women to seek public office in their communities.

The National League of Cities is the nation's oldest and largest organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance. NLC is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans.

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