AL HJR46

Commends Cathy Waller McGowin for eight years of service as a member of the Alabama Women's Commission, including serving as Chair since October 2020

Recognizes her nursing career spanning Jefferson and Mobile Counties in Emergency Care, Critical Care, Post-Surgical Care, and Cardiac Rehabilitation after earning her degree from the University of Alabama in 1980

Highlights her work advancing Commission initiatives including the 211KNOW text messaging program and a University of Alabama study on parental cell phone use effects on preschool child development

Notes her appointment by Governor Kay Ivey in January 2023 to the Board of the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention

Acknowledges volunteer work with Camp Rap-A-Hope for children with cancer, Partners in Education math tutoring, Junior League of Mobile, and St. Ignatius Catholic Church religious education