By ANNE WAITS/Staff Writer

Published on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 4:19am |

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Two female Edgefield natives are making waves for their gender in the County — Lynn Strom, who was hired as assistant county administrator last July to serve under interim administrator Roger LeDuc and to train for the administrator’s position, and Genia Blackwell, who was elected as a County Council member to District 5 in 2009 and started serving in 2010.

Strom served as county finance director for six years and has maintained that responsibility along with her new duties since July. The decision was made in June that LeDuc would stay on another six to nine months to train someone for the administrator’s position and Strom was selected over three male finalists and received the unanimous approval of Edgefield County Council.

When the transition takes place, Strom will (to the best of her knowledge) be the first female county administrator ever.