JUDETH ANN BOEN
Retired Founder

​Judy Boen was an ordained chaplain and a former chaplain for Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, the state prison for women located in Oklahoma in both general population and on death row. She served as a chaplain at the Bakersfield Rehabilitation Hospital and was Director of Counseling and Client Services for the Bakersfield Crisis Pregnancy Center, counseling both clients and families. She completed a two-year in-depth training course for inner healing through Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California. She is also certified to teach Domestic Violence classes as of 2012.

Judy has served as chaplain for the San Luis Obispo County Women’s Jail and Sheriff’s Department in Central California since 2000. She was awarded a Citizen Academy Certificate of Completion through that department. She was recognized as Volunteer of the Year from the Sheriff's Department in 2018.
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​In 2006, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors recognized Judy for receiving the Commission on the Status of Women, “Service to Women” Award, a prestigious award presented annually to a woman who shows outstanding service to the community. In 2010, she was awarded the “Soroptimist Ruby Award: For Women Helping Women” by the local and regional Soroptimist Clubs as an outstanding community leader, an honor given to women who are making extraordinary differences in the lives of other women. In 2012, Judy received the Citizen of the Year award for the City of Grover Beach from the Chamber of Commerce. She is often a guest speaker at community club gatherings, women’s meetings, retreats and co-teaches “Unmasked–a Face of Grace,” a course she co-authored.