One of the most memorable moments of the District 19 Spring Conference was the awarding of the
She was a very active community leader and mentor at McGraw-Hill, including involvement with several fundraisers and community service projects. She was marketing co-chair for IOWINS (Iowa Women’s Initiative Networking and Success), Her fellow Toastmasters club members viewed Shirley as an “inspirational, motivational, and positive role model.”District’s 2014 Community Leadership Award to Shirley Oberbroeckling. One of the early founders of the WINSpirational Toastmasters Club based at McGraw-Hill in Dubuque, Shirley passed away in 2012 from brain cancer.
Much of Shirley’s family attended the District Conference Community Leadership Award luncheon on June 17. Her son, Jay (left), addressed the attending Toastmasters, and said, “She was very active in the McGraw-Hill chapter of Toastmasters, something that started as a self-development initiative and turned into a true passion which she was extremely proud of.”