The Kentucky Women's Law Enforcement Network (KWLEN) will hold its annual conference November 7-9 in Frankfort. The theme will be "Working Together to Serve Better." More information will follow as it becomes available.
A highlight of the conference will be the presentation of awards to outstanding members. Winners at last year's conference were:
Lifetime Achievement Award - Officer Deborah Marasa (Retired),
St. Matthews Police Department. She currently works as a learning
specialist instructing in the use of software applications for victim
information notification.
Member of the Year - Pat Aldridge, Eastern Kentucky University
Leadership Award - Commander Kelli Edwards, Lexington Division
of Police. She was Director of the 2011 IAWP Conference.
Benefactor Award - Citizen's Police Academy Alumni Association,
Lexington Division of Police
Current KWLEN Officers are:
President - Kathy Eigelbach (Retired), St. Matthews Police Department
1st Vice President - Jennifer Colemire, Covington Police Department
2nd Vice President - Jackie Pickrell, Kentucky State Police
Treasurer - Mandi Johnson, Western Kentucky University Police
Secretary - Rebecca Robbins, Bowling Green Police Department
Historian - Donika Kay, Bowling Green Police Department
Chaplain - Rhonda Pendigraph (Retired), Louisville Police Department
Central Region Coordinator - Mary Lynn Moore, Russellville Police
Eastern Region Coordinator - Angel O'Pell, Ashland Police Department
Northern Region Coordinator - Julie Inman, Edgewood Police
Western Region Coordinator - Leighann Leavell, Madisonville Police
