CORONA, NM, April 12, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Catherine G. Lynch has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
For nearly five decades, Ms. Lynch has made an impact in the professional arena. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Bryn Mawr College, magna cum laude with honors and was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to Universidad Central in Venezuela. Following her postgraduate work at Cornell University in 1967, she served as a mayor's intern for the Human Resources Administration in New York, as well as a research assistant for the Organization for Social and Technological Innovation. Then, in 1970, she moved to Bogota, Columbia, where she worked in such roles as consultant for the Ford Foundation, staff member for the National Housing Census, evaluator for Foster Parent Plan and research staff member for Fedesarrollo. In that job she helped prove that the residents of "squatter settlements" had purchased what they thought was legal title to the land they occupied. In the mid-'70s, she moved back to the states and became director of the Metro Dade County Advocates for Victims in Miami where she pioneered counseling services for victims of violent crime, established two battered women's shelters, and was recognized as a national leader in the field of assisting victims of domestic violence. At that time she was also a certified police instructor - one of the first civilians to be accepted for training by the FBI - and the first expert witness on "battered woman syndrome" certified in Florida civil and criminal courts. She was also appointed to two Governor's Task Forces on victims of violent crime. Ms. Lynch then became an assistant to the deputy director for the Metro Dade Department of Human Resources and assistant administrator of the Department's placement services program, where she first began assisting those affected by HIV/AIDS.
In 1989 Ms. Lynch became Executive Director of Health Crisis Network, one of the primary non-profit organizations assisting people affected by HIV/AIDS, spearheading educational and counseling innovations. She was appointed to the Education Review Committee for AmFAR, the Governor's Red Ribbon Panel on HIV/AIDS and the Review Panel for Special Projects of National Significance, Health Resources and Services Administration. In 1996 she joined the State of Florida Health and Rehabilitation Services, where she served in the role of liaison for HIV community service, a position she held for a year. Subsequently, she worked as the program operations administrator for adult protective services for the Florida Department of Children and Families, the director of grants management for the University of Miami School of Nursing, giving and grants manager for Audubon of Florida, and director of development services for Miami Children's Hospital Foundation.
Throughout her career, Ms. Lynch has won a variety of awards, including WINZ Citizen of the Day, the Outstanding Achievement Award from Florida Network Victim Witness Services and a Pioneer Award from the Metro-Dade Women's Association. She has also been included in Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. She has served numerous other organizations as well, in order to maintain a connection to her field. These include the Metro Dade HIV Services Planning Council, the National Organization of for Victim Assistance, the Dade County Federation of Health and Welfare Workers, and the Florida Association of Health and Social Services. Looking ahead, Ms. Lynch intends to continue serving her community through memberships in the Torrance County Community Emergency Response Team, the Drug Education Review Committee, the Archeological Society, the American Legion Auxiliary, and the Friends of the Corona Library.
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