AAUW Fallbrook appoints new finance officer

FALLBROOK – The AAUW Fallbrook board of directors has appointed Carrie Hughes to fill the open finance officer (treasurer) position. The organization is grateful to Julie Norberg who has served remarkably for many years in this capacity for AAUW.

Hughes has been an active AAUW Fallbrook member for five years and brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to this role. She has been the co-chair of the Tech Trek Math & Science Camp for three years and has been a speaker at Tech Trek Camp at UCSD. She is involved locally with the yearly Fallbrook Garden Tour.

Hughes is a biotechnology professional with a passion for microbiology. She earned a B.S. with honors in zoology from the Univ. of Wisconsin (Milwaukee), a Ph.D. in microbiology from Loyola's Stritch School of Medicine, and completed post-doctoral training in microbiology at the Univ. of Minnesota School of Medicine.

She enjoys gardening at her home in Fallbrook, where she resides with her college graduate daughter, Sarah (Peace College, Raleigh, N.C.). Hughes is one example of how "young women with dreams become women with vision."

For more information, visit www.AAUWfallbrookca.org.