Making A Difference One Meal, One Building, One Child At A Time: Interviews with three 2025 Hudson County Women’s History Month Honorees

Hudson County Executive Craig Guy and the Board of County Commissioners presented the 2025 Women's History Month Gala and Awards Ceremony at the historic Brennan Court House in Jersey City on Thursday, March 27th. 

HCR had the chance to interview three of the outstanding local women honored at the event: Stephanie Glover-Wilson, Shirin Vazir MacCormack, and Veronica Park.

Glover-Wilson is the founder and president of Hunger Free in the Community, a non-profit that provides the only mobile food pantry in Hudson County—one that serves all twelve of the County's municipalities. Vazir MacCormack is the founder and president of the McGinley Square Community Board, and champions historic preservation and community-focused development policies in Jersey City. Park, a business executive, is the president of the board of the Hudson County Schools of Technology Foundation and the founder and chairwoman of the Youth Foundation of Jersey City; both entities fund co-curricular development and social support for youth in Hudson County and Jersey City. 

Here's the complete list of the 2025 Hudson County Women's History Month Honorees:

Patricia Ahern

Mirtha Benitez

Rosemary Bennet

Agnes Bowman

Katharine Chao

Magaly Garcia

Jen Giattino

Stephanie Glover-Wilson

Maria Kazimir

Elaine Maidhoff

Kathleen McMahon

Veronica Park

Ruth Shaw

Patricia Sherwen

Shirin Vazir MacCormack

Yoliesy Yanez