Author presentation

(l-r) Speaker Pam Withrow, with Jackson BPW Vice President Janet Wolfinger-Rice and BPW President Robin Vafiadis.

Retired prison warden and author Pam Withrow, the first woman in Michigan to head a prison for male felons, was guest speaker at the October 21 BPW meeting at Cascades Manor House. The author of “Madam Warden,” and “Welfare to Warden,” she focused on the importance of women in the corrections business and how the friendship of women was a lifeline during her career.  Withrow was named as National Warden of the Year in 2001 by the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents, and was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame in 2003.


(l-r) Speaker Pam Withrow and Holly Allison.


(l-r) Roberta Sexton, AARP; Katelyn Riccardo, Henry Ford; Jackson BPW President Robin Vafiadis;  and Judi Ganton, retired from Ganton’s Care Facilities.


(l-r) Sarah Tackett, retired Jackson District Library Director; Roberta Sexton, AARP; and Karen Crouch, adjunct nursing instructor.


(l-r) Belle Coty, harpist JSO; Dana Ashlock, Jackson Community Foundation; and Shirley Zeller, retired.



(l-r) Senator Sue Shink, District 14; and Jackson BPW Vice President Janet Wolfinger-Rice.


(l-r) Katie Rivest, Care Patrol; Margaux Dever, grant writer and non-profit consulting; Washtenaw County Road Commissioner Barbara Ryan Fuller; Patricia Gougeon, executive director of Our Neighbor’s Keeper; and Jennifer Otmanowski, Interim program director of Nursing at Baker College.

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