By Nicole Maharaj
July 1, 2002

The Women Mayors' convened their semi-annual caucus session on Friday, June 14 during a working breakfast meeting. Host Mayor Susan J.M. Bauman opened the meeting by welcoming her female counterparts to her city with brief remarks for the 70th Annual Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting. As far as we know, Mayor Bauman serves as the second female to serve as host Mayor of a Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting. San Diego Mayor Maureen O'Connor of hosted the 60th Annual Meeting in 1992.

As usual, the Women Mayors' discussed a myriad of important issues during the meeting, and Conference Executive Director J. Thomas Cochran addressed the group with brief customary remarks towards the end of the session which focused on funding for Homeland Security. Unfortunately, the keynote speaker, Representative Tammy Baldwin (WI) was unable to join the Women Mayors' due to a late vote taken up in Congress Thursday evening prior to the Friday morning function. However, the Women Mayors will continue to pursue establishment of a meaningful and productive rapport and dialogue with women serving in the 107th Congress during both the January and June Annual Meetings. Early invitations were also extended to several key female Congressional RepresentThe Caucus voted in an interim chair to replace the outgoing Chair Irvington Mayor Sara B. Bost, who could no longer serve as Chair because she decided not to seek re-election for a third term. San Leandro Mayor Shelia Young, California will serve as Chair over the next year. "I am honored to serve as Chair of the Women Mayors' Caucus. During my tenure as Chair of this special group. My goal is to promote increased leadership for the Women Mayors serving this organization, thus helping them to become better effective leaders in local communities and cities in which they serve across this nation. We've come a long way since then San Francisco Mayor, now Senator Dianne Feinstein, founded the group in 1983, but to a great degree we still need to be shYoung has served as mayor since July 1998, and has lived in San Leandro for more than twenty years. Citing a few of her accomplishments, Mayor Young serves as an Advisory Board member for the U.S. Conference of Mayors as well as an active member of the Women in Municipal Government (WIMG), and the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC).

The Caucus voted in an interim chair to replace the outgoing Chair Irvington Mayor Sara B. Bost, who could no longer serve as Chair because she decided not to seek re-election for a third term. San Leandro Mayor Shelia Young, California will serve as Chair over the next year. "I am honored to serve as Chair of the Women Mayors' Caucus. During my tenure as Chair of this special group. My goal is to promote increased leadership for the Women Mayors serving this organization, thus helping them to become better effective leaders in local communities and cities in which they serve across this nation. We've come a long way since then San Francisco Mayor, now Senator Dianne Feinstein, founded the group in 1983, but to a great degree we still need to be shYoung has served as mayor since July 1998, and has lived in San Leandro for more than twenty years. Citing a few of her accomplishments, Mayor Young serves as an Advisory Board member for the U.S. Conference of Mayors as well as an active member of the Women in Municipal Government (WIMG), and the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC).

Young has served as mayor since July 1998, and has lived in San Leandro for more than twenty years. Citing a few of her accomplishments, Mayor Young serves as an Advisory Board member for the U.S. Conference of Mayors as well as an active member of the Women in Municipal Government (WIMG), and the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC).