NAWLEE

KATHERINE PEREZ, PRESIDENT

Greetings,

Welcome to NAWLEE! The National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives (NAWLEE) is the first organization established to address the unique needs of women holding senior management positions in law enforcement. NAWLEE, a non-profit organization is sponsored and administered directly by law enforcement practitioners that are committed to leadership development, mentoring and increasing the number of women Chiefs in law enforcement.

Our 2010 annual conference, recently held in Bergen County, New Jersey was a great success! Great thanks to Under Sheriff Sharon McDonald and her staff for a wonderful time and informative meeting.

We were able to see old friends and meet new members and hopefully everyone had a chance to feel the powerful force being generated by all in attendance.

Congratulations to our incoming Board of Directors, LT Dawn Layman, First Vice President, Under Sheriff Sharon McDonald, Second Vice President, Captain Karen Soley, Secretary, LT Penny Fischer, Treasurer, Paula Balafas as Associate Member at Large and our immediate past President Susan Rockett.

I am honored and very excited to be your new NAWLEE President. I hope to expand upon our organization’s mission of reaching out to women both nationally and internationally to share ideas, tools and strategies for increasing the opportunities for women in executive law enforcement positions. We will continue to increase our use of technology to support advocacy and mentoring.

In closing, I leave you with a quote that I believe sums up the motivation that drives NAWLEE members. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Katherine A. Perez