Donya Nasser Donya Nasser (she/her/hers) is a passionate advocate for youth empowerment, gender equality, and racial equity. For over a decade, she has worked diligently to ensure the rights of young people, women, and marginalized communities to reproductive and sexual health services and rights, leadership representation, and intentional engagement. She has accomplished this through coupling…

Theresa Preston-Werner Secretary and Chair of Development Committee Theresa Preston-Werner [she/her/hers] is an anthropologist, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. She has spent the past two decades working to understand global poverty and injustice and to support efforts on the ground aimed at transforming political, economic, and social systems in order to better the lives of individuals.…

Stephanie Kimou is a philanthropic facilitator, equity strategist, writer, and lecturer working to make the NGO and philanthropic sectors more equitable and accessible for Black women, femmes, and gender-expansive folks. She has a decade-long career in African development and now supports philanthropic institutions in defining decolonization and implementing next-generation equity initiatives. She sits on the…

Radhika [she/her/hers] is passionate about women leading change, with expertise on working with grassroots changemakers to develop and deliver initiatives that address local priorities. She is Director of Communities and Places at The Young Foundation, where she leads a diverse program of social innovation projects tackling inequality, including Reimagining Rent, the UK’s first accelerator for…

Mekala Krishnan Chair of the Audit Committee Leads the McKinsey Global Institute’s research on various topics related to sustainable and inclusive growth, including climate risk and the net-zero transition, globalization, productivity, and gender economics Dr. Mekala Krishnan is a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), McKinsey & Company’s business and economics research arm, based…

Caroline Barlerin Board Co-chair Caroline Barlerin (she/her/hers) is an innovative thought leader with a deep passion for unlocking positive change through cross sector partnerships to create a more just and equitable world. She founded Platypus Advisors with the purpose of accelerating social impact through philanthropy, impact investing, technology and social innovation. Her experience ranges from…

Kerry is an author and film maker living in Australia. Kerry joined the Global Fund for Women board in 2017.  Her work with women and girls dates back thirty years and is a driving force in her work in philanthropy, the arts, and human rights. Kerry was the third Australian to be appointed a member…

A Colorado native transplanted to Washington D.C., Laurie Emrich (she/her/hers) is an independent consultant helping to launch, build, and strengthen local and international social-profit organizations and projects. Most recently she was co-founder of Building for Progress, an ambitious collaborative effort to create a National Progressive Leadership Campus in Washington D.C. While the larger vision for…

Nita Ing (she/her/hers) is Chairman of Continental Holdings Corporation and TSRC Corporation—publicly listed companies in Taiwan. She also serves as the chairman of Continental Engineering Corporation. She was previously chairman of Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation. From 2000 to 2008, she served as Chairman of “921 Earthquake Relief Foundation,” a non-profit organization established by the…

Mozn Hassan (she/her/hers) is co-founder of Nazra for Feminist Studies in Egypt, and a board member of Global Fund for Women. Mozn’s work focuses on the political, social, and economic status of women in Egypt. Together with the Women Political Participation Academy Program, Nazra brought a feminist point of view into unions, political movements, political…