Kelly (Rouba) Boyd Named Mrs. Mercer County

HAMILTON, NJ- Kelly (Rouba) Boyd, of Hamilton, NJ, has been named Mrs. Mercer County and will be competing for the title of Mrs. New Jersey at Foxwoods Resort & Casino on Saturday, April 9, 2016. The competition is a preliminary to the Mrs. America pageant.

Boyd is married to Matthew Boyd, a Sergeant with the NJ Department of Corrections, and has five year old twin stepsons, Evan and Wyatt. She works full-time for IEM and serves as the Access & Functional Needs Planner at the NJ Office of Emergency Management. Additionally, she works as a freelance writer and public relations consultant (including recent projects with Lawrenceville-based firm Taft and Partners).

Outside of work, Boyd serves as Chair of Hamilton Township’s Special Needs Advisory Commission and as 2nd Vice President of the Arthritis National Research Foundation’s Board of Directors, which named their annual $100,000 grant -- the ‘Kelly Award for Juvenile Arthritis Research’ -- after her.

Boyd previously held the title of Ms. Wheelchair New Jersey in 2007. She hopes to bring a new perspective to the Mrs. New Jersey pageant and show that women of all abilities can compete successfully.

For more information, visit: http://mrsnjamerica.com/

Pageant details:

Saturday, April 9, 2016
5:00 PM
Foxwoods Resort & Casino
350 Trolley Line Blvd.
Mashantucket, CT 06338