Our Board

Ruby Bright Chair Ruby Bright is the executive director and chief administrative officer of the Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis (WFGM). read more Executive Director Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis	Emilienne de Leon At-Large Emilienne is the Executive Director of Sociedad Mexicana Pro Derechos de la Mujer (Semillas), a grantmaking organization committed to fostering the empowerment of women in Mexico by providing direct support to women’s groups and by promoting domestic philanthropy targeting the needs of women and girls. read more Executive Director Sociedad Mexicana Pro Derechos de la Mujer (Semillas)	Barbara Dobkin At-Large A pioneer in the Jewish community as a donor-activist for programs to empower Jewish women and girls, Barbara Dobkin is one of the most visible and committed advocates for change. She is the Founder of Ma’yan, the Jewish Women’s Project, a program of the JCC of Manhattan, was the Founding Chair of the Board of the Jewish Women’s Archive and t... read more Trustee Dobkin Family Foundation	DeDe Esque Member In September 2001, DeDe Esque joined the Nokomis Foundation, a private fund dedicated to women and girls’ issues in the West Michigan area. She began her service as the Program Officer and moved into the role of Manager of Operations and Grantmaking as the foundation embarked on a two-year renewal process in 2005. She currently holds the l... read more President and CEO Nokomis Foundation
Sara K. Gould Member Sara K. Gould, President and CEO of the Ms. Foundation for Women, is a nationally recognized strategic innovator in philanthropy, a seasoned expert on women's economic development and civic engagement, and a key leader in the contemporary women's movement. read more CEO and President Ms. Foundation for Women	Dorothy Green Secretary Dorothy Green served as chair, and now co-chair of the Grants Committee for the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona. She has 40 years of experience in administration including higher education, K-12 education, executive education, corporate administration and consultation for profit and non-profit companies and agencies on both the national an... read more Board Member Women's Foundation of Southern Arizona	Christine Grumm President and CEO Women’s Funding Network President and CEO Christine Grumm has more than three decades of experience as a leader in effecting social change through civil society, and especially through women’s philanthropy. Under her leadership, membership has grown to 132 women’s and girls’ funds with $450 million in working assets. Visio... read more President and CEO Women's Funding Network	Karen Herman Member Karen Herman is a founder and the first Board President of the Women’s Foundation of Greater Kansas City, bringing a passion and expertise in philanthropy and research to forge a successful collaborative venture between business women’s groups and grass roots organizations in the creation of a women’s foundation in 1991. read more Founding President Women's Foundation of Greater Kansas City
Natalia Karbowska Vice-Chair Natalia Karbowska has 10 years of experience in development work. For seven years she has been working as the Program Coordinator and then the Program Director at the Open Society Institute office in Ukraine. Natalia organized a joint project with the countries of Central and Eastern Europe that is aimed at supporting practical ... read more President Ukrainian Women's Fund	Elaine Maly Member Elaine has over 25 years of leadership experience in the nonprofit industry with an emphasis on women and girls. She joined the Women’s Fund in 2002 with the goal of substantially increasing the endowment, increasing diversity, and evolving to a social change grantmaking platform. Elaine led the transition to establish the Women’s Fund of Gre... read more Executive Director Women’s Fund of Greater Milwaukee	Ayesha A. Mattu Member Ayesha A. Mattu is a freelance Development Consultant focusing on human rights, faith-related issues and economic globalization. Previously, she served as a Development Officer at the Global Fund for Women for two years where she fostered awareness of the importance of funding women’s activities internationally. Prior to that, s... read more Board Member Muslim Women's Fund	Anne Mosle Member Anne Mosle became Vice President for Programs at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in September of 2007. Previously she was president of the Washington Area Women’s Foundation. Established in 1997, the Women’s Foundation is a public foundation dedicated to increasing the resources and opportunities for women and girls in the Washington metropolitan a... read more Vice President for Programs W.K. Kellogg Foundation