Visionary Leadership Fund
Valentine Visionary Leaders
2023 Visionary Leadership Participants
- Hillary Do and Jude Husein, Build Our Lives Together, Inc.
- Monique James, Candice Powers, and Armelle Dushime, College Possible- CBO
- Paige Marie Joki, Esq., Education Law Center
- Crystal Hudson, Family Support Line of Delaware County, Inc.
- Elizabeth Farwell Ozer, First Up
- Lillian Knoerzer and Natasha Andrews, Girls Inc. of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey
- Modupeola Dovi, Health Federation of Philadelphia
- Heather Michaelson, Cara Cushing and Alvina Peat, Integrate for Good, Inc.
- Linette Ortiz, Maternal and Child Health Consortium
- Clare Conroy Hughes and Jessica Corey, Maternity Care Coalition
- Melissa Bravo, Phoenixville Women’s Outreach
- Charmain Bogue, Sofia Tamimi and Carnitta Winston, Women’s Campaign International (WCI)
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
2021
- Javonna Wylie , Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center
- Smita Sanwardeker, Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County
- Executive Team, Domestic Abuse Project of Delaware County
- Paige Joki, Education Law Center
- Tiania Warner, Health Federation of Philadelphia
- Arianna Freeman, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women
- Four women leaders, Urban Tree Connection
2020
- 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
2019
- Executive Director and team, Girls, Inc.
- Catsy Pemberton, Peter’s Place
- Ariel Brockman, Philadelphia Futures
- Executive Director and team, Women’s Medical Fund
- Cheryl Brubacker, Women’s Resource Center
2018
- Caroline Campana, Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children (DVAEYC)
- Cathy Binz, Maternal and Child Health Consortium
- Dana Goldberg, SeniorLAW Center
- Diane Lauer, YWCA Tri-County Area
- LeeAnn Kinney, Girl Develop It
- Executive Team, Girls Rock Philly
- Carrie Rathmann, Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia
- Elicia Gonzales, Women’s Medical Fund
2017
- A. Kasturirangan, Director of Programs, Bread & Roses
- Michelle Strong, Program Manager, Project HOME
- Erica Zaveloff, Director of Development, Lutheran Settlement House
- Corinne O’Connell, Chief Executive Officer, Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia
- Executive Team, Women Against Abuse
- A. Marchesani, Director of Program Operations, Women’s Resource Center
2016
- 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)
2015
- 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
2014
- 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
2013
- 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
2012
- Oni Richards-Waritay, African Family Health Organization (AFAHO)
- Susan Baren-Pearson, Delaware Valley Association for the Education of Young Children
- Cecelia Arce, Maternal Child Health Consortium of Chester County
2011
- Jennifer Boyer, Laurel House
- Desi Seck, Camden Repertory Theater
- Malika Singleton Ofori-Agyekum, People’s Emergency Center
- Zakia Williams, Maternity Care Coalition
2009–2010
- Sarah Friedman, WOMENS WAY
- Debasri Ghosh, Women in Transition
- Carole Kindling, The Birth Center
- Allison Martinez, Lakeside Educational Network
- Susan Nicodemus Quinn, Walnut Street Theatre
- Carla Robinson, Logan CDC
- Norah Salmon, AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey (no web site)
- Janelle Harris, The Arts & Spirituality Center
- Kim Jones, Turning Points for Children
- Maria Leonetti, Ed Snider Youth Hockey Foundation
- Tanya Rambert, Philadelphia VIP
- Sy Schofield, Urban League of Philadelphia
- Amy Tessier, Eagles Youth Partnership
- Lori Walsh, CARIE
- Carol Goertzel, PathwaysPA
- Dolly Wideman-Scott, Domestic Violence Center of Chester County
- Jeanne Ciocca, Resourses for Children’s Health
- Kyra Strong, People’s Emergency Center
- Jeannine McCollough, People’s Emergency Center
2008
- Allison Bellavance, Planned Parenthood Assn. of Bucks County
- Heather Bennett, The Career Wardrobe
- Lori Blair, Soroptimist
- Meghan Brown, Mid-County Senior Services
- Dana Debek-Milstein, The Alice Paul Institute
- Heather Keafer, Women Against Abuse
- Roxanna Kestner, Community Women’s Education Project (web site not available)
- Allison Moore, Valley Youth House
- Annette Owens-Johnson, Women Against Abuse, Inc.
- Christine Pfau Laney, Domestic Violence Services of Lancaster Co.
- Christine Phillips, Community Women’s Education Project
- Karen J. Pollack, MSW, Maternity Care Coalition
- Mary Scheuermann, Response-Ability
- Susan Schewel, PhD, Women’s Medical Fund
- Christine Stutman, MSW, Women Against Abuse
- Nicole Whitaker, Drueding Center/Project Rainbow
- Kristine Wickward, Women’s Center of Montgomery Co.
- Diane Zanetti, Berks Women in Crisis
2007
- 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
2006
- Pamela Bryer, Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County
- Rhonda Carboni, The Alice Paul Institute
- Sheri Cole, The Career Wardrobe
- Susan Garrison, The Center Foundation
- Lisa Cordeiro Kricun, Congreso de Latinos Unidos
- Catherine Ritchie, Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania
- Scheherazade Tillet, A Long Walk Home
- Beatriz Vieira, Lutheran Settlement House
2005
- Taren Gaddy, Black Women’s Health Alliance
- Ronda Goldfein, The AIDS Law Project
- Catherine Malkemes, Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania
- Melissa Weiler Gerber, WOMENS WAY
- Cheryl Cunningham, Chester Education Foundation
- Yvette Mitchell, Education and Learning Institute (web site not available)
- Carrie Rae, NARAL, Pro-Choice PA