Who We Are
Board Of Directors
Mary Morris WillisChair
Mary Willis is a rare breed, a 4th generation native San Franciscan. Earlier in her life, she worked for 13 years as a researcher at UC San Francisco in the field of neonatal and pediatric intensive care. At mid life, deciding to head off the proverbial crisis, she switched gears to pursue her other life long passion, early childhood education. Mary taught ...
Nancy J. AronsonVice Chair
Nancy Aronson is happily retired, splitting her time between New Orleans and Vermont. She has a B.A. and M.B.A. from Tulane University and an M.S.W. from McGill. She worked in the child welfare field for a number of years, had two children and then became the founding Executive Director of the Institute of Mental Hygiene (IMH) a private foundation that supports progressive ...
Margery Engel LoebSecretary
Margery Engel Loeb is president of Loeb & Associates, LLC, a consulting firm for families in business. She holds a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Texas at Austin and has 35 years of experience working with families and businesses including twenty five years as a family therapist. Margery and her research partners have completed a study ...
Nancy Harris DalwinTreasurer
After an early chequered career as an academic, Nancy has spent the last 25 years as a social and political activist, donor organizer, fundraiser, and consultant to foundations and individual donors, as well as NGO's. She is currently a senior consultant with Fusion Consultants, which provides a full range of capacity building services for ...
Kathleen C. BarryA donor activist, Kathy partners with progressive donors, political activists as well as non-profit organizations. She is a National Advisor for the Global Fund for Women, Chair of the VerdePartnershipGarden's Executive Committee (a school based community garden in Richmond CA), a new Board member of the ...
Deborah DrysdaleIn 2006, Deborah Drysdale "retired" from her 30 year private practice as a family therapist, clinical consultant, and teacher in San Francisco. Committed to working for social justice on a deep and strategic level, she has rekindled her 60's civil rights, anti-war, and feminist efforts and "come out" as ...
Susan EstepSusan Estep lives in Montana and works all over the country. Her day job is managing money, and her other job is creating a lasting change in the world where we live for our short lives. Working toward gender equity and women's leadership are what come naturally to her. The leveling of all playing fields in ...
Helen J. GemmillHelen Gemmill serves on the boards of the Women Donors Network, The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, The White House Project, Global Greengrants Fund, and the Warwick Foundation of Bucks County. She resides in Boulder, Colorado.
Laurie GottliebAs a Board member of WDN for the past 4 years, Laurie values the opportunity to connect with other women who care about social justice. She is excited about being part of a community of progressive women who are both givers and doers. Her philanthropy, financial resources, and time primarily focus on being a volunteer for foster youth with San ...
Joan (Josie) HaddenJosie majored in Business in college because she thought it would get her a good job and because it didn't require a minor so she could take lots of electives. But, no one told her that "women's lib" hadn't happened yet. So she entered the business world at Fairchild Semiconductor as an Intermediate Clerk. ...