2023-2024 YWCA USA Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors consists of 19 members who provide visionary, mission-based leadership and financial oversight for YWCA USA, in addition to serving as constant advocates for the YWCA movement. Their strategic governance promotes and supports the critical programs which serve more than million women and families through our network of almost 200 local YWCA associations, in 46 states and the District of Columbia.

  • Pia Wilson-Body

    Board Chair

    President, Intel Foundation

    Bio

  • Dr. Ann Branan Horak

    Vice-Chair

    Associate Professor of Practice, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at El Paso

    Bio

  • Nan Joesten, Esq

    Chair Finance Committee

    Chair, President and Founder, Rapid Evolution LLC

    Bio

  • Ashlee Davis, JD

    Secretary

    Global Head of Talent Development and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Ancestry

    Bio

board members

Angela Accurso
Director of Workforce Programs, MxD

Cristina Ayala
Fundraising Consultant

Pia Wilson-Body
Board Chair
President, Intel Foundation

Cynthia Connolly
Director of Programming, City Club of Cleveland

Ashlee Davis, JD
Secretary
Global Head of Talent Development and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Ancestry

Mallory Donaldson
Membership Committee Chair
Chief Program Officer, The Center for Healthy Families

Debbie Esparza
Governance Committee Chair
CEO, YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix

Gayle Fuguitt
Development Committee Chair
Former VP, Global Analytics & Insights, General Mills

Imani Edwards
Director of Public Affairs, Taft Stettinus & Hollister LLP

Dr. Ann Branan Horak
Vice-Chair
Associate Professor of Practice, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at El Paso

Nan Joesten, Esq
Chair Finance Committee
Chair, President and Founder, Rapid Evolution LLC

Anjuli Kelotra
Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer; Assistant General Counsel, The Coca-Cola Company
Board Expertise: Global Enterprise Risk Management, Governance of Ethics and Compliance

Shawna Menifee
Real Estate Task Force Chair
Principal Integrative Partners LLC

Nichola “Nikki” Noriega
Investment Committee Co-Chair
Senior Client Portfolio Manager, Invesco

Kara Perkins, EdD
Audit Committee Chair
Associate VP, Budget & Administration, California State University at Long Beach

Ramya Rauf
Investment Committee Co-Chair
CFO/VP, Finance & Administration, Northwest Area Foundation

Dr. Deon Riley
Former, Chief Human Resources Officer, Bath & Body Works

Maria Chavez Wilcox
Global Relations Committee Chair
CEO, YWCA Seattle, King, Snohomish County

Joanne Tabellija-Murphy
National Director of Constituent Relations and Corporate Affairs, Walmart