Senator Names Longtime Newport Resident Woman of the Year

Senator Tom Harman (R- Huntington Beach), marking Woman’s History Month, has selected Judy Franco as the 35^th Senate District’s Woman of the Year.

Franco has lived in Newport Beach since 1967 and has been a leader, organizer, and activist in several local organizations around the city.

 “After examining a multitude of well qualified and outstanding nominees, Judy stands out as a woman who has made a real difference in our community," Harman said in a released statement.

Franco has served in leadership positions for many local groups including the Newport-Mesa Unified School District Board of Trustees, the California School Boards Association, the California PTA, and Republican Women Federated. In 2003 she was awarded the prestigious Orange County Board of Education’s Marian Bergeson Award. 

“It is also fitting that Judy would be selected during Woman’s History Month because this year’s theme is ‘Woman’s Education – Woman’s Empowerment," Harman said. "Many of Judy’s contributions are to our schools and our school children.”