Our Leadership
Global Fund for Women is made up of a remote, global, and diverse team of dedicated individuals. Our staff, board members, and advisors are based around the world.
Board of Directors
PeiYao Chen
President & CEO
Caroline Barlerin
Board Co-chair
Dayna Ash
Board Co-chair
Theresa Preston-Werner
Secretary and Chair of Development Committee
Lulú Barrera
Chair of Program Committee
Kate Onyejekwe
Chair of Finance Committee
Mekala Krishnan
Chair of the Audit Committee
Anu Menon
Chair of the Governance Committee
Executive Team
PeiYao Chen
President & CEO
Craig Sarsony
Senior VP, Global Operations
Abby Smardon
VP, Development and Co-lead, Global Partnerships
Regina Tamés
VP, Programs & Co-lead, Global Partnerships
Jillian Becerra
VP of People & Culture
Jennifer Mulch
VP, Finance & Accounting
Global Fund for Women Spokespeople
Our expert spokespeople are available to speak on topics including funding grassroots feminist organizations, the latest issues in global gender justice, feminist philanthropy, and how shifting resources to grassroots movements helps advance political, cultural, and economic systems change. Please reach out if you are interested in having a Global Fund for Women speaker at an upcoming event.
Our Commitment to Integrity and Ethics
We commit to work ethically and collaboratively, listen to one another and our stakeholders, and hold ourselves accountable not only for what we do but also for how we do it. Global Fund for Women observes the highest standards of ethics in the conduct of our work, practices honesty and integrity in fulfilling our responsibilities, and complies with all applicable laws and regulations. We are bound to our Code of Conduct and encouraged to speak up when something is not right.