Women of Power Society of N.C.
Celebrating and honoring female leaders in our community.
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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.
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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.