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Gugulis Named President-Elect of Executive Women in Government
![(from left) the Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor swears in Maria Parisi Vickers, Esq. and (right) Kathy Gugulis as outgoing president Lori Santamorena looks on](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080921203550im_/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/thisweek/images/gugewgswear2med.jpg)
(from left) the Honorable Sandra Day
O'Connor swears in Maria Parisi Vickers, Esq. and (right) Kathy Gugulis as
outgoing president Lori Santamorena looks on |
Kathy Gugulis, NRCS Deputy Chief for Strategic Planning and
Accountability has been elected President-Elect of Executive Women in Government
(EWG). She was sworn in at a June 14 ceremony presided by founding member
Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
Kathy has extensive management and operations experience. From March 1997 to
February, she served as USDA’s Acting Associate Assistant Secretary. Other
leadership positions include Director of the Operations Management and Oversight
Division as well as Director of the Office of Public Affairs. She was accepted
into the Senior Executive Service in 1995.
![(from left) Sheryl Kunickis, NRCS National Agricultural Research Coordinator and outgoing EWG officer; the Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor; outgoing EWG president Lori Santamorena; and Kathy Gugulis](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080921203550im_/http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/news/thisweek/images/gugewgltr2med.jpg)
(from left) Sheryl
Kunickis, NRCS National Agricultural Research Coordinator and outgoing EWG
secretary; the Honorable Sandra Day
O'Connor; Lori Santamorena, outgoing EWG president; and Kathy
Gugulis |
EWG
is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit professional organization of women employed by the
Federal government at the Senior Executive Service, GS-15 or equivalent military
rank; political appointees requiring confirmation; and elected officials. Their
mission is to promote, support and mentor women for senior leadership positions
in the Federal government.
EWG was formed in 1974 by a group of women who were concerned about the small
percentage of women in leadership positions in the Federal government. In 1974
there were less than 100 women in senior positions. Today, female career Senior
Executive Service personnel number around 1,500. Founding members include Anne
L. Armstrong, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, and Barbara Hackman Franklin.
O’Connor, the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court and Sally Ride, America’s
first female astronaut are members of EWG.
Your contact is Ted Kupelian, public
affairs specialist, at 202-720-5776.
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