Judges Panel

Kim Johnson grew up in Kenai, AK and spent her early adult life in Anchorage. She attended the University of Alaska in both Fairbanks and Anchorage. In 1996 she relocated to Dallas, TX, where she lived and raised her family for several years, and received her Graduate Marketing Professional Certification from Southern Methodist University, Cox School of Business Kim now resides in Grangeville, ID, and is the Director of Marketing & Communications for St Mary's Health. She has 3 grown sons, Tyson, Scott and Brian, 2 "bonus girls", Hailey and Danielle, and one beautiful granddaughter, Avery. She loves to spend time with her family camping and boating and many weekends she can be found singing in a classic rock band. Kim was the first runner up for her local Junior Miss Program in 1983 Kim started the DYW of the Camas Prairie program 8 years ago and is thrilled to be able to “give back” to the program that she says gave her so much.

elisa Kaschmitter is the Manager of Gem Chain Bar, a international anufacturing company, were she has worked for seven years. She ajored in Accounting and minored in Business Management. She is hair of Mountain View School District's Board of Trustees, serving the rd of 4 years on the Board Melisa spent seven years working for the aho Department of Labor including working with teens and young dults as a Career Development Facilitator. She also worked in conomic Development creating and organizing the Idaho-Lewis ounty Career Expo for area high school youth and local businesses or four years. She is married, a mother of two children, eight bonus hildren and has five grandchildren Melisa still enjoys working with outh in the community, actively seeking to employ and train young adults through the company's national apprenticeship program she founded. Her idea of fun is growing herbs and succulents, cooking, and traveling. She is looking forward to a trip to New Zealand with husband Andy this spring, bonus son Danny graduating from college and her daughter Chloe and bonus son Thomas both graduating from high school Melisa has spent several years serving as the judges chairperson for the Distinguished Young Women of the Camas Prairie.

Bobbie Kennedy served as a Coast Guard spouse for 18 years, enjoying the adventures of a military wife, until her husband John retired in 2014. She is the proud mother of three incredible grown children (Olivia, Marissa, Jack) and two of the world’s best sons-inlaw, and Nana to four wonderful grandsons. Bobbie treasures her work with students as an educator. For fun, she enjoys singing, being a Weather Spotter, training for obstacle course mud runs, and watching baseball. She is looking forward to more adventures with John, spoiling Olivia’s boys, ziplining with Marissa, and her second skydive jump with Jack. Bobbie first became involved with the Distinguished Young Women program in 2013, after enthusiastically supporting her own daughters participating at both local and state programs She has been a program judge in Maryland and Idaho, as well as serving her local program as a choreographer and backstage coordinator.

Kathleen Navarre Kathleen is a recently retired teacher and coach in Alaska for 28 years She has coached flag football since it began in Anchorage in 2006 and is proud that her teams have won 8 championships. She is currently employed with the Alaska Association of School Activities. Kathleen was born and raised in Kenai, Alaska as the youngest of 11 children. In 1986, Kathleen was the first runner up in the Kenai Junior Miss program

Tabulator

State Representatives Through theYears

1959 Diane Lee (3)

1960 Lorene Nershak

1961 Mary Black

1962 Beverly Mimms

1963 Terry O'Neill

1964 Alice Anne Arnold

1965 Linda Landborg

1966 Patricia Longley

1967 Susan Kortie

1968 Barbara Logan

1969 Elizabeth Tomme

1970 Susan Wingrove

1971 Grace Ann Wells

1972 Judi Ann Hough

1973 Judy Moore

1974 Louise Severson

1975 Sherry Taylor

1976 Gayle Anne Walker

1977 Sherry Roesel

1978 LuAnn Piccard

1979 Lori Alborn

1980 Elizabeth Stolpe

1981 Chris Brister

1982 Kim Roerig

1983 Toni Roraff

1984 Jill Lewis

1985 Tiffany Tibbetts

1986 Paige Adams

1987 Jenni Lynn

1988 Julie Valantas

1989 Melissa Waldron

1990 Katy Thompson

1991 Jennifer Watkins

1992 Michelle Schurig

1993 Denise McDonald

1994 Joslyn Tinker

1995 Kiyetta Anderson

1996 Lisa Lucas

1997 Hillary Moore

1998 Holly Pomeroy

1999 Tesa Allemann

2000 Chelsea Paskvan

2001 Kara Merrill

2002 Kathryn Lockwood (3)

2003 Rachel Warbelow

2004 Kaitlin Vadla

2005 Elena Bird

2006 Jennifer Werth

2007 Aimee McClory

2008 Johanna Soderlund

2009 Anastasia Brease

2010 Roisin Nakada

2011 Sydney McIntosh

2012 Deven lnch

2013 Emma Scott

2014 Jennifer Sheasley

2015 Maire Nakada (NW, T, I)

2016 Cheyenne Mathews

2017 Elle Adkins

2018 Isabelle Pope

2019 Emma Broyles

2020 Mias Elias

2021 Evelyn Nutt

2022 Lauren Olson