Monterey Park, CA—The East Los Angeles-Montebello Business and Professional Women (BPW) has selected Director of School Partnerships with the Boys and Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley and Eastside Donna De La Rosa 2023 “Woman of Achievement.” She will be honored at a dinner at Marie Callender’s Restaurant, 220 S. Atlantic Blvd., Monterey Park on Tuesday, October 24th. The meeting starts at 5:00 p.m. The dinner is open to the public. Contact Linda Wilson (626) 307-5650 or lindalwilson@juno.com to make a reservation. Reservations are required.

As Director of School Partnerships De La Rosa manages a large team to facilitate a contract with the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District to provide after school program services to eight schools in the district ranging from TK-8th grade students, including homework assistance, physical and enrichment activities. She also works directly with the principals of the schools and the District to collaborate in providing the most essential services to their students. Previously, she worked at the hospital level for more than 25 years as the Director of Business Development and one year as the Executive Assistant to the Senior Executive Vice President at the corporate level of AHMC Healthcare, Inc. She also was affiliated with the AHMC Health Foundation for more than ten years – assisting the organization with the execution of their bi-annual galas, and most recently she was the Administrator for the Foundation, organizing and scheduling board meetings, taking meeting minutes and maintaining website content. Previous to working at the Boys and Girls Club, she volunteered at several fundraiser activities for them including their golf tournaments and galas along with being a judge, mentor and chair for several Youth of the Year events during more than the last 20 years. Her passion for providing services to children in need led her to leave the healthcare profession and make the career move to the Boys and Girls Club. She has also collaboratively worked with the American Heart Association, American Lung Association and One Legacy. Her Bachelor’s of Arts degree is in Business Administration from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and her Master’s Degree in Healthcare Administration is from the University of Phoenix.

This recognition program is part of East Los Angeles-Montebello BPW’s celebration of NBWW (National Business Women’s Week_®), which lets communities, companies and organizations celebrate the contributions of workingwomen and companies that have made strides toward improving working women’s lives in their communities. Emma Dot Partridge, Executive Secretary of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women, came up with the concept of National Business Women’s Week_® with the first celebration being April 15-22, 1928. In 1938 NBWW moved to

the third week of October. U.S. President Herbert Hoover was the first President to

issue a letter recognizing NBWW and the contributions and achievements of working women. Every President since then has issued a proclamation recognizing NBWW.

East Los Angeles-Montebello BPW is a member of the California Federation of Business and Professional Women (CFBPW) and also a member of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, inc. (NFBPWC) and BPW International. NFBPWC is 104-years-old this year and is the oldest organization of its kind in the world; devoted entirely and actively to the interests and needs of all women irrespective of their occupations and of their status. Our mission is to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information. Today, we continue the fight for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, the ratification of the CEDAW treaty and equal pay for women. Membership is open to anyone who supports this and other items on our Public Policy Statement.

The recognition dinner is open to all interested people. Reservations are required. For more information about the dinner or about BPW, contact Linda Wilson, East Los Angeles-Montebello BPW, at (626) 307-5650 or lindalwilson@juno.com.