Twinsburg, Ohio - "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1).

Judy Diane Cain died on September 13, 2025, at the age of seventy-nine. She was preceded in death by her beloved parents Jack Lundy Cain, Sr., of Texarkana, Texas, and Dorothy Eleanor Kennedy Cain, of Camden, Arkansas. She is survived by one brother, Jack Lundy Cain, Jr. of Sagamore Hills, Ohio, who is married to his college sweetheart Bonnie Markle Cain, and by their two sons, Benjamin Robert Cain of Warwick, New York, who is married to Dorothy Davis, and Philip Andrew Cain of Patterson, New York, who is married to Sonja Dawson. Both nephews remain ecstatic over their choice of mates, as does her brother Jack.

Judy Cain graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette in 1968, and she soon went to work for the Iberia Parish Department of Public Welfare. Thirty-nine and one-half years later, she retired from the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. During those years, she met many of the nicest, smartest, funniest, hardest-working, most caring people in Louisiana. It was a lifetime honor to work alongside each of them.

She especially respected Division of Administration Commissioner Raymond Laborde who recognized early on that state managers were being called upon to perform more difficult and complicated tasks, and would benefit, as would the state, from stronger training. With help from like minds, Commissioner Laborde ushered in the Comprehensive Public Training Program for Louisiana which focused on upgrading the knowledge base and managerial skills of the state work force leaders.

Graduates of the program became credentialed Certified Public Managers. Other states followed suit. In 1984, seven states joined to form the American Academy of Certified Public Managers, an association of practitioners committed to promoting a high professional, educational, and ethical standard in public management. The original charter states were Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina and Oklahoma. In time, the American Academy became twenty-five states strong.

"I loved meeting and working with dedicated public service managers from across the country, being exposed to the best thinkers from their universities, hearing successful practitioners describe how they discovered what actually worked in the public sector workplace. I firmly believe that the American Academy was a gift from God."

The family requests those who wish to express sympathy to consider making a donation to The Alzheimer's Association in Judy Cain's name".