[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 4741-4742]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING MS. CARLA DEAN

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                         HON. MARIO DIAZ-BALART

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 25, 2013

  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Mr. Speaker, in recognition of Women's History Month 
I rise today to honor Ms. Carla Dean, an outstanding individual and 
someone who has continuously supported the community in and around 
Collier County.
   Ms. Dean is President and Founder of the Bladder Cancer Foundation 
of Florida, a non-profit organization committed to educating the public 
and medical community about bladder

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cancer for awareness, research and early detection. Professionally, Ms. 
Dean is a registered radiologic technologist with specialties in 
mammography and radiology. In her over 40 years of experience she has 
worked in a variety of management positions, including lead 
mammographer, lead medical coder for a large radiology group, and 
headed a nuclear medicine department.
   Outside of her professional career, Ms. Dean is heavily active in 
the Collier County community. She has been a member of the Collier 
County Republican Executive Committee, CCREC, since 2000, serving as 
its chairman from 2004-2009. As chairman of the CCREC she helped revive 
Teenage Republicans, and instituted Republicans ``After 5'' social 
gatherings which allowed candidates, elected officials and others to 
meet socially. Ms. Dean also helped form the Collier Republican Club, 
which has proven to be one of the largest Republican organizations in 
Collier County.
   While Ms. Dean remains active with the CCREC, she still finds the 
time to be active in the community elsewhere. She currently serves as a 
Board Member of the Naples High School Band Boosters, and is the 
Director and Publicity Chairman of the Genealogical Society of Collier 
County. She was also a founding member of the Eagle Oak Ridge 
Homeowners Association, City of Naples.
   Mr. Speaker, I am honored to pay tribute to Ms. Carla Dean for her 
continued service to Collier County and I ask my colleagues to join me 
in recognizing this remarkable individual.

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