Helen Hutchison

Helen Hutchison has been President of the LWV Oakland since 2005. She has served in a variety of portfolios on the Oakland Board including VOTER editor and Vice President for Action. She has been a League member since 1969. She and her family have moved around the country, providing many opportunities to join Leagues in different cities: Claremont, California; Newton, Massachusetts; Los Angeles; Claremont (again); Clackamas County, Oregon; DeKalb County, Georgia; and Oakland. She served on the Boards of the Claremont, Clackamas County and Oakland Leagues in a variety of portfolios. Each League has provided new areas to learn about and get active in.

Helen has been an active member of the League of Women Voters wherever she has lived in the country, "My husband and I have moved around the country frequently during our life together. I have found that the League is my way to find connections in the community." She remarks on how the League has helped her meet new people and settle into new communities here.

Professionally Helen is a retired computer systems analyst. She is an active member of Montclair Presbyterian Church in Oakland, where she chairs the Building Renovation Committee.