Visionary Leadership Fund

Valentine Visionary Leaders

2022 Visionary Leadership Participants

Jessica Mertz, Clery Center
Paige Marie Joki, Esq., Education Law Center
Cheryl Carson, First Up
Four women leaders: India Nixon-Lyon, Anna Hamilton, Katherine Leung, and Bethany Stewart, Girls Inc. of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey
Debra D’Alessandro, Health Federation of Philadelphia
Jacelyn Matthews, IGNITE
Alexandra Ingram, Make the Distinction
Shukriyyah Mitchell Hinton, National Nurse-Led Care Consortium
Vanessa Young and Teisha Brown, Power of Paint Art Academy & Management
Nhakia Outland, Prevention Meets Fashion, Inc.
Four women leaders: Rev. Dr. Michelle Simmons, Joyce Granger, Adrian Perry, and Ivy Johnson, Why Not Prosper, Inc.
Rachel Copen, WOAR- Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence

Sara Morningstar, After School Activities Partnerships
Nina Kenney McCrae, Federation of Neighborhood Centers
Cherice Gordon and Brianna Pendleton-Wise, Girls, Inc.
Executive Team: Diane Foglizzo, Candice Johnson, Melanie Hsu, and Samantha Rise, Girls Rock Philly
Cecilia de Arce, Maternal and Child Health Consortium
Eight women to be selected by the grantee, The Nonprofit Center at LaSalle University: Peer Leadership Learning Circles
Rachel Rutter, Project Libertad
Brynn MacDougall, Women’s Campaign International
Stacey Woodland, YWCA Tri-County Area

Colleen Howard, Executive Director, Girls on the Run
Alison Gerig, Executive Director, Therapy Center of Philadelphia
Leslie Zavodnick, Board President, Therapy Center of Philadelphia
Jaymie Campbell, Team Member, Therapy Center of Philadelphia
Ann Hitchins, Team Member, Therapy Center of Philadelphia
7 or 8 participants, TBD, The Nonprofit Center at La Salle University, Peer Learning Circle (click link to apply)

Caitlin Garozzo, Program Manager, Career Wardrobe
Amy Spellman, Development Director, Gearing Up
Corinne Warnhuis, Executive Director, Girl Develop It
Ramona Peralta, Counseling and Hotline Supervisor, Lutheran Settlement House
Amanda Martinez, Maternal and Child Health Consortium
Erica Makowski, Family Empowerment Supervisor, Youth Service, Inc.
Romana Lee-Akiyama, Director of Grantmaking and Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives, Women’s Way

Kaelin Proud, Program Director, Gearing Up
Meghan Parkinson-Sidorski, Director of Social Work and Compliance, Lutheran Settlement House
Dorothy Johnson-Speight, Founder and Executive Director, Mothers in Charge
Adwoa Tacheampong, Manager of the Center for Empowerment and Life Skills, People’s Emergency Center
Eleven Executive and Senior Staff, Women Against Abuse

Edith Yoder, Executive Director, Bridge of Hope, National
Diane Foglizzo, Program Director, Girls Rock Philly
Alysia Lee, Founding Executive Director, Sister Cities Girlchoir
Aleea Slappy, Director of Education & Training, The Enterprise Center
Mayu Nakamura, Operations & Communications Coordinator, Supportive Older Women’s Network

Karen Buck, Senior Law Center
Sharon Easterling, Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children
Carolyn Haynes, Women’s Community Revitalization Project
Dawn Moody, Tradeworks of Purpose/ Workers Invested in Nontraditional Work, Inc.
Stephanie Scappa-Hall, The Chester Education Foundation