SIERRA VISTA, AZ, May 25, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to name Judith Ann Gignac a Lifetime Achiever. An accomplished listee, Ms. Gignac celebrates many years' experience in her professional network, and has been noted for achievements, leadership qualities, and the credentials and successes she has accrued in her field. 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.
Ms. Gignac has led an extraordinary life as a leader in her community of Cochise County, Arizona. From humble beginnings as a data processor to supervising an entire county, she has served as a leader for much of her professional life with a penchant toward managing the resources around her. In 2009, she retired from her position as a manager at Bella Vista Ranches, but still serves in the civic sphere as a consultant and is highly regarded as a leader throughout the southeastern corner of Arizona.
From early on in her career, Ms. Gignac's preferred interest was in business, matriculating at Broward Business College with an associate's degree. She conducted coursework at the University of Colorado while raising two children and working as a data processor at Kettelle, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1968, she moved on from Ketelle, working briefly as a computer programmer for the RCA Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, a Cold War system for protecting the U.S. from sudden missile strikes.
From 1975 to 1976, Ms. Gignac studied at Cochise College, and in 1977, she was elected county supervisor of the Cochise County Board Supervisors in Bisbee, Arizona in the southeast corner of the state. She held the position until 1988, serving in leadership positions with a dizzying spread of businesses, organizations, and governing entities. Notable mentions within her impressive resume include the Bank of Cochise, the Arizona Board of Regents, the Sierra Vista Industrial Development Commission, the Arizona Utilities Investor's Association, the Water Utilities Association of Arizona, the Organization of U.S. Border Cities and Counties, the Sierra Vista Board of Adjustment, the Wells Fargo Bank advisory board, the 1980 Republican National Convention, the Sierra Vista Charter Board of Freeholders, the Arizona Thunder Mountain Republican Women, and the Arizona Town Hall in Phoenix, and as a partner of Darby, Gignac and Associates.
In her current civic duties, she is an arbiter for the Cochise County Justice Courts Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, a member of the Cochise Community Creative Writing Celebration Committee, and the Sierra Vista Herald Readers' Advisory Board.
In 1988, Ms. Gignac stepped out of public service and served as vice president of Bella Vista Water/Ranches, a position from which she retired in 2009. Throughout her long term of service to Cochise County, Ms. Gignac received many awards, including the 2000 Vision Award by the Commission on Status of Women, the 1995 DeConcini Award from Fort Huachuca 50, 1994 Citizen of the Year by the city of Sierra Vista, 1994 Woman of the Year by the Cochise County Rep. Committee, and 1977 Lady of the Year by Beta Sigma Phi. She received the 1988 Medal of Honor from the Daughters of the American Revolution and an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Arizona in 2004. Ms. Gignac was selected for inclusion in numerous volumes of Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, and the 2009 to 2010 volume of Who's Who in Finance and Business. She also enjoys reading, writing, and gardening and is currently working on her memoir.
In recognition of outstanding contributions to her profession and the Marquis Who's Who community, Dr. Gignac has been featured on the Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievers website. Please visit www.ltachievers.com for more information about this honor.
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