Women In Development (WID), New York is a membership organization dedicated to the advancement of women in their fundraising careers. Through its programs and services, as well as its supportive and collegial network, WID affords women at all levels of the field the opportunity to augment professional training and expand career opportunities.
Who is WID?
2024-2025 Board of Directors
Officers/Executive Committee
President: Svetlana Mostovsky, Grameen America
VP Programs: Jaime Abbott
Secretary: Melissa Wansin Wong, Guttmacher Institute
Membership Co-chair: Jamila Baucom- Rosal, The Children’s Village
Board of Directors
Jamila Baucom, The Children’s Village
Chantal Bonitto, UNICEF USA
Kathleen Burke, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Leah Christenson, The Town School
Tiffany Christopher, Cornell University
Jackie Garcia, Harmony Program
Alyssa Greengrass, Ne York-Presbyterian Hospital
Patricia Hill, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Kathleen Kearns, Montefiore Einstein
Melissa Kerbel, Kerbel Philanthropy
Joyce Lawler, Joyce Lawler Consulting, LLC
Jennifer Levine, Stony Brook University
Ann Louden, Ann Louden Strategy and Consulting
Linda Ortiz, Office of Mission Advancement
Wendy Sealey, Guttmacher Institute
Amy Sigona, CAMBA
Leigh Taublib-Kiriat, CCS
Past Presidents of Women In Development, New York
Betty Becker
Barbara Bonner
Brooke Bryant
Maggie Buchwald
Patricia M. Foster
Susan Fulwiler
Marguerite Gilpatric
Marcela Hahn
Linda C. Hartley
Margaret Holman
Harriet Inselbuch
Yolanda F. Johnson
Jane Karlin
Barbara I. Leshinsky
Poonam Prasad
Brenna Sheenan Mayer
Shelia Stanford
Virginia Strull
Nicole Thigpen Felix
Susan Ulin †
Kerry Walsh
Sally Yarmolinsky