Our Vision: A Miami-Dade where power and possibility are not limited by gender.
Our Mission: We create positive change for women and girls through grantmaking, advocacy, research and leveraging collective impact.
The Women’s Fund creates a stronger Miami-Dade through grantmaking, advocacy, research and leveraging collective impact. For three decades, we have invested in transformative initiatives supporting women and girls across our community. Together, we are building a Miami-Dade where women and girls rise to leadership, achieve equal opportunity, can access equitable health care and are free from violence.
Our Staff
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Marya MeyerCEO -
Viviana Alvarado PachecoSenior Director, Research & Collective Impact -
Veronica KorbenfeldDirector of Operations -
Maria Teresa CasasDirector, Advancement & Donor Impact -
Daniella LunaPrograms & Operations Associate -
Val ButlerAIM - Project and Grants Manager -
Natasha BessoltCommunications Associate -
Samantha SantanaDevelopment Associate -
Kayla BrockResearch & Grants Associate -
Kevin SpragueMarketing and Technical Admin | Studio Two
Board of Directors
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Dr. Maria IlchevaChair | Associate Director of Planning and Operations at Jorge Perez Metropolitan Center at Florida International University -
Denise CalleVice Chair | Associate Attorney Customs and International Trade Law, Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC -
Claudia Sotolongo Gonzalez, CPATreasurer | Principal, Kaufman Rossin's Tax Services Advisory Group -
Miriam Altman-ReyesSecretary | CEO and Founder, Brass Ring Ventures -
Arathi RamappaPast Chair | Executive and Spiritual Life Coach Arathi Concepts, LLC -
John BittermanPresident & COO, APM & Associates -
Michelle Austin PamiesMember of Austin Pamies Norris Weeks Powell, LLC -
Joan GodoyExecutive Director, Radical Partners -
Ann MachadoPresident, APM & Associates -
Ivon MesaBureau Chief, Miami Dade County Violence Prevention and Intervention Division & Family and Community Division -
Elise Scheck BonwittAttorney/Certified Mediator -
Hannah LidickerReal Estate Attorney at Bilzin Sumberg -
Rebecca DinarDirector of Communications Knight Foundation -
Lucia Davis-RaifordPresident & CEO The Carrie Meek Foundation -
Karina DuQuesnePartner at Caldera Law | Founder of Valia Partners -
Sherril ColomboShareholder at Littler -
Mari Delgado CFP®Private Wealth Advisor - Ellevest Wealth Management
Team Support
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Ashley KentResearch Assistant -
Marcia Narine Weldon, Esq.WFMD General Counsel, Professor, University of Miami School of Law
Interns
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Simran SmithAlliance for Infant & Maternal Health Intern -
Na’Riyah MckinneyAdvocacy Intern -
Emma DuncanPrograms Intern -
Claudia Del RioGrants Intern -
Holly LaymanSocial Media Intern -
Isabella StoffleAdvocacy & Policy Intern -
Claudia del RioGrants Research Intern -
Keira HamiltonDevelopment Intern -
Oceana GrossResearch Intern -
Maria Camila Mora CastroCommunity Engagement Intern -
Sandy DenisResearch Intern -
Moira JarvisSocial Media Intern -
Amy VegaPrograms Intern
Our Origins
In 1993 in the wake of Hurricane Andrew’s destruction, a small group of dedicated women made a decision to transform the lives of women and girls in Miami. With just $5,000, they founded The Women’s Fund Miami-Dade and set out to fill the huge funding gaps in programs working with girls and young women.
Our Founder, Marilyn Gladstone
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Marilynn GladstoneFounder, The Women's Fund Miami-Dade