[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 114 (Friday, August 2, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1226]
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                      A TRIBUTE TO MARGARET BORGEN

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                            HON. TOM LATHAM

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 2013

  Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate and recognize 
Margaret Borgen for being named a 2013 Women of Influence honoree by 
the award-winning central Iowa publication, Business Record.
   Each year, Business Record undertakes an exhaustive review to 
identify a standout group of women in the Greater Des Moines area who, 
as the publication notes, ``have made a difference.'' An impressive 
group of inspiring female leaders are selected annually for this 
prestigious distinction, which is based on combined criteria of 
community involvement, career success, and being a role model for other 
women to emulate. The 2013 Women of Influence honorees join an 
impressive roster of more than 130 women who have changed and are 
continuing to change our communities for the better.
   Mrs. Borgen is part owner of Borgen Systems, a family-owned small 
business that manufactures display cases for a variety of products--but 
her professional pursuits hardly end there. Her lifelong passion, 
improving education, has led her to be a teacher, an administrator and 
a school board member, and in addition to holding state and national 
leadership positions in education, she currently is president of the 
Des Moines Public Schools Foundation. She also founded the FINE 
Education Research Foundation in 2003, which leveraged $100,000 into $3 
million of state funding and matching private contributions for 
education research. In the community, she has served on the boards for 
the Des Moines A.M. Rotary Club, Employee & Family Resources Foundation 
and the Greater Des Moines Leadership Institute.
   Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to represent leaders like 
Margaret Borgen in the United States Congress, and I am pleased to 
recognize her for working to better both her community and the great 
state of Iowa. I invite my colleagues in the House to join me in 
congratulating her on receiving this esteemed designation, thanking 
those at Business Record for their great work, and wishing each member 
of the 2013 Women of Influence class continued success.

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