Women of Power Society of N.C.

Celebrating and honoring female leaders in our community.

Who are the Women of Power?

The Women of Power Society of N.C. is a celebration of women that have demonstrated leadership by contributing to the community through volunteerism, entrepreneurship, or public service.

The Women of Power Society of N.C. is the brainchild of Kathy Keefe Jensen and Suzy Hrabovsky who put their heads together and decided that it was time to bring the Women of Power Alum and the women in leadership roles in our community together to celebrate the status of women in our community.

  • Kathy Keefe Jensen

    FOUNDER

    A Fayetteville native, she graduated from Pine Forest High School in 1983 before studying business at East Carolina University and Methodist University. Following college, Kathy joined the family business focusing on the retail, property management, and financial areas.

    In 1993, Kathy married Lieutenant Colonel Jerry Jensen, and the couple embarked on their military service together. Kathy actively supported her husband and his units at various assignments that took them from Fort Bragg to Germany, Virginia, and Newport, R.I., before returning to her hometown of Fayetteville. When deciding where their family would call home permanently, Kathy and Jerry knew they wanted to raise their children where she was born and raised. Thus, they returned to Fayetteville after their military service.

    In 2005, Kathy’s entrepreneurial intuition led her to open An Affair to Remember Prom, Pageant, and Formal Wear located on Ramsey Street. She has turned her boutique store into a prominent retailer known throughout the region for designer prom and pageant gowns and custom and couture formal wear.

    Kathy Keefe Jensen was first elected to serve District 1 on the Fayetteville City Council in November 2013 and has faithfully served since, including a recent term as Mayor Pro Tem.

    During her nearly decade on the City Council, Kathy has served on various boards and commissions with interests spanning from youth and recreation to business development.

    In September 2021, she was appointed by the Governor to the North Carolina Military Affairs Commission, where she serves on the economic development subcommittee and as the liaison to Fort Bragg. Kathy was appointed by the Governor to be on the North Carolina Youth Council board and is very active in the Fayetteville-Cumberland Youth Council—a program she helped re-activate in 2015. Her additional appointments and involvement include the Fayetteville-Cumberland Economic Development Commission, Core Value Awards, Gateways and Corridors, 911 Task Force Committee, Cumberland County Crown Coliseum, Fayetteville Police Foundation City liaison, PWC liaison, chair of the Boards and Commissions nominating committee and chair of the Parks and Recreation Bond committee.

  • Rebecca Horne

    OFFICER

    Rebecca is the manager of An Affair to Remember. If you ask her, she has the best job in Fayetteville. Every day she sees the pure joy on young lades’ faces when they just found their dream homecoming, prom, or pageant dress.

    She sees the stress roll off the face of a mother-of-the-bride/groom as she steps back, looks in the mirror, and realizes they just zipped her into her dream dress!

    It brings Rebecca and the Affair to Remember Prom, Pageant & Formal Wear team great joy to help the beauties and Women of Power in her community.

  • Victoria Huggins, Miss NC 2017 | Walk Manager at Alzheimer’s Association NC

    “Every woman dreams of a moment where she feels beautiful, empowered, and inspiring. Being a Woman of Power in An Affair to Remember’s annual fashion is an opportunity to do just that. I was honored to be a part of this segment in 2019 and look forward to the Class announcement every year to recognize the women in our community who are making a difference that perhaps we would have never known about without AATR opening the runway and shining the spotlight on them.”

  • Ronna Garrett, vice chair of the PWC board

    “It had a positive impact to my own family. My daughters were proud and my granddaughter at age five wanted to be on the stage after seeing me walk. When she went on, she had such confidence. She’s going to walk again this year.”

  • Dr. Shenae Whitehead

    Being a Woman of Power in the fashion show allowed me to showcase through dress the personal representation of my strength, perseverance, and grace without saying a word……it allowed me to exude power just being fashionably me!