Leadership
For and by women, girls, trans and gender nonbinary individuals, and our allies.
Founders
Marjorie Craig Benton
Sunny Fischer
Iris J. Krieg
Lucia Woods Lindley (1937 – 2020)
Fiscal Year 2020 Board of Directors
As of June 2020
Kelly Smith Haley
Chair
Ann Marie Wright
Chair-Elect
Silvia Rivera
Secretary
Michael Narciso
Treasurer
Amy Eshleman
Honorary Ambassador
James L. Alexander
Carmin Awadzi
Joan Trueheart Bacon
Adela Cepeda
Allison B. Clark
Deborah B. Cole
Valerie Colletti
Regina Cross
Harlene Ellin
Sarah Hurwit Gomel
Georgina Heard
Keri Holleb Hotaling
Susie Kurowski
Tina Manikas
Kathleen McDonald
Anita Mital
Marie Osadjan
Munira Patel
Patricia Slovak
Jessica Sohl
Gretchen Wolf
Fiscal Year 2020 Staff
Felicia Davis
President and CEO
Shannon Buckley
Data and Web Associate
Melanie Conway
Foundation Assistant
Christina Córdova-Herrera
Director of Communications
Emily Dreke
Vice President of Development and Communications
Nancy Garcia
Development Associate
Natosha Johnson
Manager of Institutional Relations
Ilda Lagunas
Manager of Special Events and Annual Giving
Eli Marsh
Philanthropic Education Officer
Agnes Meneses
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Maleia Scuefield-Ransom
Community Engagement Officer
Kyle Ann Sebastian
Manager of Communications
Katy Thomas
Major Gifts Officer
Linda Wagner
Vice President of Finance and Administration
Yazmín Wheelock
Development Associate
Bernadine Wims
Executive Coordinator
Lora York
Senior Program Officer
LBTQ Giving Council Chair
Lauren Birchlove
North Shore Giving Circle Co-Chairs
Joan Bacon
Stephanie Szymanski
South Side Giving Circle Co-Chairs
Akira Barclay
Ashley Leonard
Whitney Wade
Damaris Walker
Western Suburbs Giving Circle Co-Chairs
Tanya Davis
Sonal Gupta
Andrea Sidorow
Women United Giving Council Leadership Team
Anwuli Anigbo
Venita Griffin
Tasasha Henderson
Young Women's Giving Council
Alexandra Beiriger
Amber Kirchhoff
Ida Kuruvilla
Adriana Viteri
Alumnae Council
Ellen Benjamin
Co-Chair
Juju Lien
Co-Chair
Enriqueta Rodriguez Bauer
María C. Bechily
Deborah E. Bennett
Marjorie Craig Benton*
Allegra E. Biery
Saundra Bishop
Catherine Braendel
Betsy Brill
Nick Brunick
Dee Clancy
Fay Clayton
Vickii Coffey
Gwen Gilbert Cohen
Judith S. Cottle
Susan Crown
Barbara Dillard
Jann Drogovich-Stulberg
Isa Ellis
Barbara Engel
Edith H. Falk
Sunny Fischer*
Polly A. Flinn
Trina M. Fresco
Rita M. Glass
Judy Gold
Radhika Sharma Gordon
Cheryl Grace
Marguerite H. Griffin
Marjorie Halperin
Susan Hassan
Millicent Holmes
Ginny Holt
Mae P. Hong
Kathy Hurley
Alejandra L. Ibañez
Nancy Juda
Polly B. Kawalek
Kathryn G. Kennedy
Barbara Levy Kipper
Sally Meyer Kovler
Rachel E. Kraft
Andrea S. Kramer
Iris J. Krieg*
Leslie Landis
Robin Letchinger
Lois J. Lipton
Marcena W. Love
Gail Ludewig
Bertha G. Magaña
Wendy Manning
Susan Graf Marineau
Patricia McMillen
Dana M. Mikstay
Patricia McDermott Moore
Jo Moore
Susan E. Morrison
Mary F. Morten
Suzanne Musikantow
Tamara L. Nelson
Grace Allen Newton
Darlene M. Oliver
Nancy Olson
Diana Palomar
Cheryl Pearson-McNeil
Audrey Rone Peeples
Celene Peurye-Hissong
Marianne Philbin
Jamie Phillippe
Jean Pogge
Kathleen Johnson Pope
Gaye Preston
Carmen Prieto
Carol Prins
Susan Pritzker
Sylvia Puente
Hedy Ratner
Beth E. Richie
Amalia Rioja
Nicole R. Robinson
Janice E. Rodgers
Leora Rosen
Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Jane M. Saks
Juanita Salvador-Burris
Edna J. Schade
Margot Levin Schiff
Carleen Schreder
Lisa T. Scruggs
Mita D. Shah
Gabrielle Sigel
Anita Sinha
Rebecca Sive
Joan F. Small
Deirdre Joy Smith
Jennifer Steans
Barbara Stewart
Donna M. Stone
Tina Tchen
Sharmila Rao Thakkar
Donna J. Thompson
Aylice Toohey
Laura Tucker
Susana Vasquez
Vanessa J. Weathersby
Courtney Welton
Wendy White Eagle
Patricia Yuzawa-Rubin
Nannette Zander
Frances K. Zemans
* CFW Founder