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HONORING LYDIA MONDAVI
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HON. MIKE THOMPSON
of california
in the house of representatives
Friday, March 26, 2021
Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Lydia Mondavi, whom I have named the 2021 Woman of the Year in Napa County, California. Woman of the Year recognizes women who have made important contributions to California's 5th Congressional District in Arts and Culture, Professional Achievement, Entrepreneurship and Innovation or Community Service.
The seeds that bloomed into Ms. Mondavi's community service lay nearly 240 years in the past. A member of the historic Rutledge family, who count among their members signers of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, she has always embodied her ancestors' spirit of civic dedication. As a businesswoman and as a philanthropist, she has made her family and our district proud through her selfless action on behalf of others.
In the early days of the corona virus pandemic, Ms. Mondavi employed this spark to ensure that all members of our community would have equitable access to COVID-19 testing services. Leveraging her healthcare and logistics experience as Chair of the Queen of the Valley Foundation Board of Trustees and owner of The Abernathy Group, Rutledge
& Vine, and 29 Cosmetics, she united local and state governments, businesses, and non-profits to establish testing sites and deploy mobile testing teams. These sites have performed over 200,000 tests to date, including many for agricultural workers and other vulnerable populations. Now as doses of the vaccine become more available, she is again working with Core Response, Napa Valley Vintners and the Queen of the Valley Community Outreach program to launch an immunization clinic that will be online by the end of March.
Aside from her efforts during the recent pandemic, Ms. Mondavi has served our Napa community through her role as an Advisory Board Member of The What. Sharing her experiences as an accomplished businesswoman and owner of three companies, she works with the organization to foster an open forum for women to learn, network, and grow. Her dedicated service to this mission has no doubt helped many women become industry leaders in the Napa Valley.
Our community is immeasurably better for all of Lydia Mondavi's contributions and it is therefore fitting and proper that we honor her here today as Napa County's 2021 Woman of the Year.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 57
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