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?
2022-2023 Board of Directors
WID 2022-2023 Board of Directors
Officers/Executive Committee
President: Marcela Hahn, Bank Street College of Education
Secretary: Jill Slattery, London School of Economics
Treasurer: Wendy Sealey, Guttmacher Institute
VP Programs: Svetlana Mostovsky, Catalyst, Inc.
VP Membership: Laura Rose, Stevens Institute of Technology
Board of Directors
Chantal Bonitto, UNICEF USA
Leah Christenson, The Town School
Laurie Dorf, Queens College, City University of New York
Lauren Handwerker, CCS Fundraising
Patricia Hill, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Melissa Kerbel, Kerbel Philanthropy
Joyce Lawler, Joyce Lawler Consulting, LLC
Jennifer Levine, International Fund for Animal Welfare
Ann Louden, Ann Louden Strategy and Consulting
Linda Ortiz, Office of Mission Advancement
Sonal Pande, Columbia University, School of Professional Studies
Amy Sigona, YAI
Susan Ulin, Senior Advisor
Melissa Wansin Wong, Guttmacher Institute
Past Presidents of Women In Development, New York
Betty Becker
Barbara Bonner
Brooke Bryant
Maggie Buchwald
Patricia M. Foster
Susan Fulwiler
Marguerite Gilpatric
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