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Helene Williams (born 10 August 1946) was the first woman elected to the Lassen County Board of Supervisors in the Counties 121 year history.

Helene Williams was born in Sydney, Australia and attended Presbyterian Ladies College in Croydon. At the age of 22 she traveled to the U.S. and became a U.S. Citizen in 1974. Helene as elected to the Lassen County Board of Supervisors in 1985 representing District 5. She is a businesswoman, author, minister, political activist, past member of the Janesville Grange, past member of the Johnstonville Grange, past board member, troop leader, vice president and president of Campfire Inc, past president of the American Legion Auxiliary, past 30 plus member of the Republican Women and was a local Central Committee member and secretary for four years, a past member of the Lassen County Chamber of Commerce and a member and co-founder of Citizens Power Committee, which formed the Lassen Municipal Utility District by buying out CP National. Helene Was appointed by originally appointed as a Gubernatorial appointee to the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board by then Govern George Deukmejian and continued to serve on this board under Governor Pete Wilson's administration. Helene developed the board member binder for the Regional Board where no manual existed and is still used statewide in California government agencies. Helene was Chair of the Planning and Community Development Committee, Vice Chair to the Public Works and Road Department, served as Commissioner to the Airport Land Use Commission, Commissioner to the Air Pollution Control Board, Representative to the Heritage Committee, Commissioner to the Transportation Commission, Representative to the Norther California Association of Counties (CSAC), Representative to the Norther California Supervisors Association, Member of Resources and Energy Committee for CSAC, Representative and member of the Nevada Water Resources Association, Chair of the Highway 395 Task-Force, Chair to the Sub-Committee on Agriculture for CSAC under the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. Representative to the National Association of Counties in Washington D.C. (NACo), member of the International Relations Focus Group for NACo, Served on the legislative conference in Washington, establishing a NAC0 policy on International Travel. As District 5 representative helped develop the Honey Lake Ground Water Management District, developing special legislation carried by then Senator John Doolittle forming the first Ground Water Management District in the U.S. Helene has extensive knowledge of the Open Meeting Law serving both sides of the law studying State to State comparisons noting most States strongly serve on the side of the people rather than boards and commissions. Helene hosted her own Radio Show "Talk Back" on KSUE -AM, a morning talk show, a one-hour long community service broadcasting talk show daily Monday through Friday. Helene successfully developed the recall of four of the LMUD Board members requiring a successful extraordinary election. In 2005 moving from California to Arizona Helene authored bi-weekly articles called "The Grapevine Mesa Garden Patch" in the local paper the "Advocate". Then continued with the Monitor with articles called "Helene's HodgePodge". Helene served on several local boards as director before moving in 2016 to Pahrump Nevada. Helene serves on the Private Well Owners Association Board of Directors working to resolve concerns on Groundwater problems.