The Raton Professional and Business Women (PBW) met Thursday, March 29 to name their 2018 Woman of the Year and to hear the Young Professional presentation from member Stephanie Osborn.
2018 Raton BPW Woman of the Year: Kathleen Hanson
Kathleen is owner/operator of Doggie Stylz has a passion for helping kids and critters which has enabled her to “live her dream” and open a dog grooming, daycare and training business in Raton. She has also worked for UPS, Raton Vet Clinic, Hope’s Senior Care, and City of Raton as Assistant Animal Control Officer. She also volunteers her time with the Raton Humane Society, Raton Independent Riders, Main Street, Alternatives to Violence, CYFD/CASA where she provides after school dog therapy for special needs foster children, and Neighborhood Watch. Kathleen helped start a summer program “Kids and Critters Reading” where Intermediate school children who normally have a difficult time in the regular school setting can come in to read to the dogs. At her business, Kathleen accepts high risk children in need of performing community service hours and is now accepted by Workforce Solutions to assist in the education of our youth.
2018 Raton Young Professional:
Stephanie Osborn will be representing Raton at the State Young Professional competition in Raton April 20 and 21. She grew up in Des Moines, NM where she lived and breathed “all things communications” by spending many hours after school, during breaks and on weekends working for Baca Valley Telephone Company and Sierra Communications since 1995. She graduated from Des Moines High in 2001 and from Eastern New Mexico University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, min…oring in Sociology in 2004. Stephanie took a break from school to get married and start a family, and moved to Artesia, NM. She lived in Artesia for nearly 10 years, squeezing in Grad School when she could manage it, and continued to work remotely for Baca/Sierra, but when the opportunity to move back home, with her two young daughters, arose – she jumped at it. Stephanie also volunteers her time as a Council Member for the Village of Des Moines. Stephanie says” There really is no place like home.”
