Windsor leaders remember former CAO Helga Reidel

Helga Rydell, Windsor's first female chief administrative officer and former president and CEO of NWIN, died last week following a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 66. Colleagues describe her as a true champion for Windsor. She just had a unique approach. You can imagine at City Hall. where there are all sorts of political dynamics in play and different posturing and different positions. And she was able just to navigate through this. Okay, let's get down to the common sense approach here. Let's figure this out. And she would often say, you know, Drew, I'm not the, maybe not, I may not be the smartest person in the room, but no one's going to outwork me. And that is true. She would, she would always be the first person at city hall and almost always be the last person to leave city hall. She had a moral compass. That everyone should have as well, the way she treated people, the way she treated her profession, the way she led, and the way she supported individuals. She really had to rely and trust on the people that worked with her. And that came through in spades every day. You know, she listened, she led, and she inspired us to be better leaders.