As Women’s History Month concludes this weekend, Colleen Crocker-MacMillin of Sturgeon Bay recalls serving as Sturgeon Bay’s first female mayor. MacMillin served one term as mayor in the early 2000s and was also a Door County Board Supervisor and alderperson on the Sturgeon Bay Common Council at one time. As the mayor, she remembers that the best part of the job was helping the people in the community. She says her mediation background helped gain consensus from the council with those who disagreed on issues. Completing the Maple-to-Oregon Bridge, repairing the historic Michigan Street Bridge, and the shipyard plan were the City’s most significant accomplishments during her three years as mayor.

MacMillin notes that seeing more women seeking and realizing leadership positions in organizations and local government is empowering. MacMillan, who currently works at the Door County Medical Center in the Urgent Care Department, has enjoyed spending her free time volunteering with the local Neighbor-to-Neighbor program and running the Door County YMCA’s Youth in Government program for the past 30 years.

You can listen to the entire interview with former Mayor Colleen Crocker-MacMillin below.