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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Sunday, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) announced that Voris Brumfield Reed was chosen as the 2026 Lake County Woman of the Year.
Each year, Rep. Thompson chooses women from California’s Fourth Congressional District to honor for their positive contributions to the community and enters their awards into the Congressional Record.
This year, it was Brumfield Reed, a former District 1 Lake County supervisor who has held other roles in county government, and previously served as a lay pastor at both Middletown Community United Church and Kelseyville United Methodist Church where she worked to establish a weekly meal program.
“Voris’ passion, leadership, and determination have profoundly impacted our Lake County community,” said Thompson.
She was born in San Angelo, Texas. After graduating from Chapel Hill School for Girls in Waltham, Massachusetts, she went on to earn her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Denver. She completed her post graduate studies at the Arizona State University, Flagstaff and the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Through her position as the Lake County geothermal coordinator, she promoted underground utilities in Middletown and Lower Lake, wastewater collection in Middletown and Anderson Springs, and wrote the grants for the creation of the Anderson Springs Water System.
Her community involvement goes beyond her participation in government; she is a co-creator and cofounder of both the Gibson Museum and Cultural Center, and the Anderson Springs Community Service District, and was the past president of the Anderson Springs Community Alliance and the Lake County Historical Society. She has also been involved in several community organizations including the Ladies of the Lake, Sistas of Lake County, Oro Fino Rebekah Lodge and Middletown Lioness.
Brumfield Reed is married to Stanley H. Reed, and has four children with her late husband, Richard Brumfield: Rick, Randy, Khristan and Star Brumfield.
“I am proud to recognize Voris as Lake County’s Woman of the Year,” Thompson added.
The Woman of the Year Recognition Ceremony was started in honor of Women’s History Month to recognize the service of women in our community.
Women’s History Month has its origin in California’s Fourth District. In 1978, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women coordinated a “Woman’s History Week” during the week of March 8 to correspond with International Women’s Day.
In 1980, a group of Sonoma County women founded the National Women’s History Project, or NWHP, in Santa Rosa. The goal of this organization was to highlight and recognize the historical national achievements made by women.
In partnership with other women advocacy groups and historians, the NWHP successfully lobbied for national recognition in 1980, with President Jimmy Carter declaring the week of March 8 as National Women’s History Week.
After this accomplishment, the NWHP began advocating for the entire month of March to be designated as Women’s History Month. Seven years later, Congress officially passed legislation designating the entire month of March as Women’s History Month.
Every year since, Women’s History Month has been recognized in March to uplift and celebrate the incredible contributions and accomplishments of American women.
A complete list of Thompson’s 2026 winners includes:
• Voris Brumfield Reed – Lake County Woman of the Year;
• Leslie Lew – Napa County Woman of the Year;
• Margi Stern – Solano County Woman of the Year;
• Maricarmen Reyes Larios – Sonoma County Woman of the Year;
• Marisa Alcorta – Yolo County Woman of the Year.
Thompson represents California’s Fourth Congressional District, which includes all or part of Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties.
