These passionate and successful women have outdone themselves, all in different ways, to make significant contributions to our community. Here, we’ve laid out the inspiring stories of several remarkable women who help to make Tucson the fantastic place we call home.

Jacki McCue

Jacki McCue provides a breath of fresh air as someone who truly loves what she does—both her career and what she deems her “second job.”

As president of the Executive Women’s Golf Association, Tucson--Old Pueblo Chapter, McCue is passionate about how golf positively affects women’s lives; and she knows it’s not just the game that women enjoy. “[The EWGA is an] organization that gives you every opportunity to network with other businesswomen around town and make contacts,” McCue says. “I have acquired wonderful friends…It’s really enriched my personal life as well as my business.”

The EWGA includes more than 120 chapters in the United States, Canada and France; and each chapter offers networking opportunities, clinics, skill challenges and monthly events to its members.

Having been recently elected for the second time around, McCue is no ordinary president. She admits that her organizational skills and flair for planning have helped make the Tucson chapter a success.

McCue’s love for the EWGA began when she joined the organization more than four years ago. She got involved volunteering and coordinating events, and eventually served one year as vice president before being elected president.

McCue is adamant that you don’t have to be a first-rate golfer to join. “I’m not a great golfer; I’m average. We’ve got great golfers, and we’ve also got beginners,” she says. “We promote women in golf and in life; we try to encourage them to get out and learn.”

The EWGA Tucson’s 108 members are a varied group, from fields of accounting, realty, finance, design and other industries; and McCue makes a point of frequenting fellow members’ businesses. She encourages others in the organization to do the same, rendering the greens a good place for women to network.

McCue’s own work doesn’t stop when she steps off the links. She owns an interior design business, Continental Design, Inc., in Green Valley with her husband.

But the group is not all business. The EWGA Tucson participates frequently in charity events like Rally for the Cure, which benefits breast cancer research; and First Tee, a national children’s organization.

McCue truly personifies the expression “balancing act”; but with her magnetic energy and evident zest for life, we don’t think she minds one bit. And with the fantastic job she does, we don’t either.