Betts to Lead Women’s Commission

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The state Department of Human Services has appointed Catherine A. Betts executive director of the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Woman. The commission works toward equality for women and girls in the island “through advocacy, education, collaboration and program development,” says a press release. 

Betts is a former deputy attorney general with the Family Law Division and worked in private practice in family and immigration law. She also served as an appointed commissioner to the Honolulu County Committee on the Status of Women.


Photo of Catherine Betts courtesy Hawaii DHS.

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