Who is WID?

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.

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