First Female to Officiate a Super Bowl
Sarah Thomas is an American football official, currently for the National Football League, who wears uniform number 53. Thomas was hired as the first full-time female official in NFL history. She was the first woman to officiate a major college football game, the first to officiate a bowl game and the first to officiate in a Big Ten stadium. In February 2021, she became the first woman to officiate in a Super Bowl.
"I very much enjoyed the lively Yakima Town Hall group which made sharing my experiences a great pleasure. Many thanks for the invitation and I will try to keep in touch from time to time with developments from Kenya." - Louise Leakey, Leakey Family Dynasty Pioneer/Paleoanthropologist