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 MeyerExecutive Director
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Viviana Alvarado PachecoSenior Research and Policy Manager
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Veronica KorbenfeldOperations Manager
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Daniella LunaPrograms and Operations Associate
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Natasha BessoltCommunications Associate
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Samantha SantanaDevelopment Associate
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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
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Denise CalleVice Chair | Associate Attorney Customs and International Trade Law, Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC
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Vanessa BrizoSecretary | Attorney, Mark Migdal & Hayden
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Claudia Sotolongo Gonzalez, CPATreasurer | Principal, Kaufman Rossin's Tax Services Advisory Group
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Arathi RamappaPast Chair | Executive and Spiritual Life Coach Arathi Concepts, LLC
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Miriam Altman-ReyesCEO and Founder, Brass Ring Ventures
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John BittermanPresident & COO, APM & Associates
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Michelle CabaCEO/Founder, Fama Agency LLC
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Michelle Austin PamiesMember of Austin Pamies Norris Weeks Powell, LLC
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Priscilla Dames BlakeCertified Crisis Trainer, Conflict Resolution Practitioner, Educator, and Community Activist
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Joan GodoyExecutive Director, Radical Partners
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Ann MachadoPresident, APM & Associates
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Susan MatosVice President International Wealth Advisor, Merrill Lynch
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Ivon MesaBureau Chief, Miami Dade County Violence Prevention and Intervention Division & Family and Community Division
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Dr. Danielle PrendergastConsultant and Founder of Empower Her Strategies
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Elise Scheck BonwittAttorney/Certified Mediator
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Rebecca DinarDirector of Communications Knight Foundation
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Lucia Davis-RaifordPresident & CEO The Carrie Meek Foundation
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Selines SilverioVice President- Event and Marketing, Gamma International Bank Inc
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Marilynn GladstoneFounder, The Women's Fund Miami-Dade
Team Support
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Rocio De MaioResearch Assistant
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Madeline LeyResearch Assistant
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Marcia Narine Weldon, Esq.WFMD General Counsel, Professor, University of Miami School of Law, General counsel of a sustainable startup, general counsel and chief diversity officer of a boutique law firm, executive coach and business consultant
Our Herstory
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.
2021
Your Women’s Fund Miami-Dade has a strong cadre of leaders dedicating their time and talent to strategizing and operationalizing the organization’s way forward, in collaboration with our amazing community partners and supporters. Much of our work historically has been accomplished through our grant-making program, where we’ve jumpstarted, incubated, and supported community organizations in their service to thousands of women and girls.
2021 will see the next iteration of transformative grant-making, based on data and growing research capabilities which in turn will feed into our powerful Impact Collaborative and public awareness campaigns, all based on our four essential pillars of: Freedom from Violence, Leadership, Health and Well-Being, and Economic Security.