Mayor Garner Honors Three Local Women for Women's History Month
Published on March 30, 2023
Celebrating the Service and Dedication of three Wyandotte County Women
During the Full Commission Meeting on Thursday, March 30, 2023, Mayor Tyrone A. Garner will issue a proclamation, declaring March 8, 2023, International Women’s Day and March as Women's History Month. During the meeting he will also recognize three Wyandotte County women who are making a positive impact in our community and beyond.
"We’re so proud to highlight our Wyandotte County Women’s History Month Honorees at the March 30th Commission Meeting," said Mayor Tyrone A. Garner. Irene Claudillo, with El Centro, Ladora Lattimore with Friends of Yates, and Kathy Wolfe Moore, former Chief of Staff to Mayor Carol Marinovich, are all women that have committed their careers and lives to building up the communities around them. Collectively, these women have changed Wyandotte County as we all know it entirely for the better. We thank them for their contributions and the example they show other women and young girls in our community."
2023 Women’s History Month Honorees
Irene Caudillo
• Immediate Past President/CEO El Centro, Inc. after 10 years of leadership
• Nonprofit program developer in Wyandotte County since receiving her Master of Public Administration from UMKC
• After a leadership role in KC, MO, she returned to Wyandotte County as the Executive Director for Youth Opportunities Unlimited, Inc.
• Also held leadership roles at Catholic Charities and Swope Health Services during her career
Ladora Yvonne Lattimore
•Former Executive Director/CEO of Friends of Yates, Inc. after 33 years of leadership
•Led the transition from Yates Branch YMCA to the Friends of Yates, Inc.
•Developed the Black Men & Women of Distinction Program, in recognition of Black History Month now in its 43rd year when she joined the Yates Branch YMCA in 1980
•She also developed the first and only shelter for Battered Women and their Children in Wyandotte County (now operating as Friends of Yates, Inc.) that same year
•Sumner High School and Northeast Junior High School Alumni
Kathy Wolfe Moore
•Former Kansas State Representative, District 36 after serving 12 years
•Current External Liaison for the University of Kansas Health System
•Previous Chief of Staff to Mayor Carol Marinovich
•Attended the University of Kansas receiving a BSW in Social Welfare and MSW, Social Work
•Attended Bishop Ward H.S., Kansas City, KS
The Honorees photographed at after the March 30, 2023, Full Commission Meeting.
