[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 16, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E468]
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                    A TRIBUTE TO RAHLA HALL LINDSEY

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                          HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 16, 2013

  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Women's History 
Month. Each year, we pay special tribute to the contributions and 
sacrifices made by our nation's women. It is an honor to pay homage to 
outstanding women who are making a difference in my Congressional 
District.
   I would like to recognize Rahla Hall Lindsey of La Canada 
Flintridge, an extraordinary leader, educator and volunteer in her 
community.
   Rahla earned her B.A. in Speech Communication, M.A. in Cross-
Cultural Communication, Secondary Teaching Credential in Speech and 
English from California State University, Los Angeles and her Ph.D. in 
Organizational Communication from the University of Southern California 
(USC). Her diverse professional career has included being Vice-
President, U.S. Region, for the AFS International Intercultural 
Programs, the administrator of Broadview nursing facility, a volunteer 
instructor at the Center for Nonprofit Management, the Executive 
Director of the YWCA of Glendale, a teacher at Elderhostel, and a 
professor at USC's School of Public Administration and School of 
Policy, Planning and Development. Currently she is the president and a 
consultant for RHall and Associates.
   In her volunteer career, Ms. Lindsey broke barriers as the first 
female President of the Verdugo Hills Council of the Boy Scouts of 
America, and first female member of Rotary International's Glendale 
Chapter. She has served on numerous committees and boards, including 
California Literacy, Inc., the City of La Canada Flintridge Foothill 
Boulevard Design Options Committee, Assistance League of Flintridge, 
Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Organizing Committee, La Canada Flintridge 
Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs) and the U.S. Air Force Academy 
Parent Support Group. Currently, she is active in the Rotary Club of 
Crescenta-Canada, Verdugo Hills Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 
Los Angeles County Bar Association as a volunteer lay arbitrator, First 
Church of Christ, Scientist, and a reader to second grade students at 
Richardson D. White Elementary School, where she is known to the 
children as ``Gramma Rahla.''
   Rahla has received many well-deserved honors, including the 2001 
James E. West Fellow and 2006 Silver Beaver Service Award from the Boy 
Scouts of America and the 2009 Continuing Service Award from Richardson 
D. White Elementary School.
   I ask all Members to join me in honoring a truly remarkable woman of 
California's 28th Congressional District, Rahla Hall Lindsey.

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