Meet the Philanos 2025-2026 Board of Directors and Governance Committee

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Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz - Women's Giving Circle of Howard County, MD
Susan Benford - The Philanthropy Connection, MA; Impact100 Philadelphia
Demetria George Caston - Community Investment Network, TX
Nina Cohen - Impact100 South Jersey
Sandy Cook - Impact100 Metro Denver; Women's Giving Alliance of Northeast FL
Stephanie Cook - San Diego Women's Foundation
Michelle Cottrell - Women's Impact Fund, NC
Alisa Evans Debnam - Women's Giving Circle of Cumberland County, NC
Maggie Glasgow - Greenville Women Giving, SC
Renee Gordon  - Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle 
Michelle Hynes - ninety-nine girlfriends, OR
Heather Jauregui - Idaho Women's Charitable Foundation
Mary Kwak - Many Hands, DC
Ann Marie McGee - Impact 100 Redwood Circle, CA
Clare O'Brien - Impact 100 Cincinnati & Asian Women Giving Circle
Maureen Romito - Impact Las Vegas
Kalí  Rourke - Impact Austin
Renuka Sastri - 100 Women Strong at Central Florida Fdn
Kirsten Stanley - Impact 100 Palm Beach County, FL
Barb Van Winkle - Women's Giving Circle of Howard County, MD
Tyeshia "Ty" Wilson - HERitage Giving Fund, TX
Sarah Wimberley - Board Member-At-Large, PA

Philanos Executive Committee
Co-Chairs:

Clare O'Brien - Impact 100 Cincinnati & Asian Women Giving Circle
Ann Marie McGee - Impact 100 Redwood Circle, CA
Renuka Sastri - 100 Women Strong at Central Florida Fdn

Secretary:

Renee Gordon - Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle  

Treasurer:

Barb Van Winkle - Women's Giving Circle of Howard County, MD

Immediate Past Co-Chair:

Sandy Cook - Impact100 Metro Denver; Women's Giving Alliance of Northeast FL

Philanos Governance Committee:

Maureen Romito - Impact Las Vegas, NV
Celeste Campos - Impact100 Garden State, NJ 
Nikki Emanuel-Jarrell – Women’s Impact Fund, NC
Debra Brackney – Impact100 Metro Denver, CO
Becky MacDonald – Nevada Women’s Philanthropy, NV
Suzanne Thoeni – Impact 100 Garden State, NJ
Leanne Wagner – Impact100 Philadelphia, PA