The General Federation of Womenโs Clubs (GFWC) announced in June that long-time local Womanโs Club Board member and past president Jolie Frankfurth, is now the 2016-18 GFWC Director of Junior Clubs.
Frankfurth was named Director Elect in 2014, and installed the weekend of June 25-29 of this year in Baltimore. She is the first Florida woman since 1972 to hold this position.
โIโm ready for this,โโ Frankfurth said.
Her first day on the new job was Saturday, Aug. 6. โShe was elected by a membership of more than 80,000, has been with the organization a substantial amount of time and her charity work has been outstanding,โโ said Michelle Furman, the GFWC director of communications.
Frankfurth has risen through the ranks of the GFWC, which specializes in grassroots charity work with more than 27 various non-profit organizations such as St. Judeโs Childrenโs Research Hospital, since starting with the GFWC New Tampa Junior Womanโs Club (NTJWC) 20 years ago.
At the time, she said, the New Tampa area was still just mostly a road to S.R. 54.
โThere were a lot of young families with children moving to the area,โโ she said, adding that the New Tampa Juniors was a perfect fit for her.
Frankfurth is a University of South Florida graduate, with a Bachelorโs degree in Business Education and a Masterโs degree in Educational Leadership.
Locally, Frankfurth has made an impact on all levels of membership. She has been an Advisor of the GFWC New Tampa Juniorette Club the past five years and has been president of both the GFWC Womanโs Club of New Tampa and the NTJWC.
โThe richness of our great Federation is in the character, diversity and passion of its membership,โโ Frankfurth said. โOur work these next two years should be about attitude and actions to making good things happen in our local communities.โ
For more info, visit GFWC.org, GFWCWomansClubNewTampa.com or GFWCNewTampaJuniors.org.