Annual Update 2009-2010 A Story of Influence I have a happy story to tell you, and it begins with Teamed with mentors from our Bowdoin College a really big idea: New Girls’ leadership program, they explored their notions of philanthropy and practiced methods of , and the world, are stronger and more decision making – from criteria-driven ranking to peaceful because women and girls are contributing consensus building. In the end, the girls granted their greatest gifts as full economic citizens and $5,000 to five organizations. And further yet, powerful leaders, making a meaningful difference 65 individuals participated in our grant review in their communities, families and professions. process and decided to invest $50,000 in nine This happy story takes place in nonprofit organizations that are towns and venues across the state. Every woman in Maine building the economic security is part of our story. of women and girls through The cast of characters includes more entrepreneurship and better than 50 creative, philanthropic And like any good jobs, public policy and education. women who joined us at Women story, it can connect Through these organizations, Standing Together events to help and inspire us. we are helping parenting accelerate the growth of women- teens become economically owned businesses, like CHART independent, encouraging young women to metalworks and Artascope, through mentoring run for public office and create women friendly and brainstorming. It is the hundreds of women public policy, and strengthening the network of who met quarterly at our Women’s Leadership entrepreneurial women in Aroostook and Bangor. Series to share their wisdom and explore their authority, influence and effectiveness as leaders. Our happy story continues with 730 heroines and They talked about how they could more boldly heros who collectively pooled their philanthropic translate their values into strategic actions. They dollars to invest in the power of women and the discussed feminine leadership as a different, dreams of girls, and more than 500 women (and important contribution to management. They a few bold men) at our Leadership Luncheon gave themselves, and each other, permission to be in June who committed to actions – large and joyful and bold in all that they do. small – to change communities around them. We’ve sprinkled in some of these commitments The cast also includes 30 women in their 20s and throughout this update - like those below. We 30s who gathered in Lewiston, Brunswick, Portland hope that you are as inspired as we were by the and Bangor to build conversation and community parts they will play in making change happen. around the values of social justice, feminism and philanthropy through the New Girls’ Network. Our story is still being written and will unfold in years to come. Thank you for continuing to play The themes of philanthropy and leadership your part. continued throughout the story as 20 high school Elizabeth Stefanski girls from York to Old Town came together to Executive Director allocate grant dollars to projects serving Maine girls in our first round of girls’ STEM grantmaking.

I want women and girls to know they can change the world. I will stretch my boundaries and not be afraid to fail. 1 I will lead by example and be involved and present. About Us The Maine Women’s Fund is a philanthropic and leadership community for women. Together, we use our vision, voice and resources to create lasting change for everyone. Through grantmaking we aggregate our resources to fund organizations that build economic security for women and girls, and through them, our communities. Our leadership programs provide resources, community, skills and experience that enable women to tap fully into their leadership potential.

LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS MAINE WOMEN’S FUND BOARD AND STAFF

New Girls’ Network Working with you to create lasting social change by A leadership community for women in their 20s and 30s investing in the power of women and dreams of girls. to unleash their leadership potential, build networks and explore social change.

Spotlight on Philanthropy A community building day that rallies the collective energy of the women and girls engaged in the Maine Women’s Fund to sharpen our focus on philanthropy and accelerate our growth.

Women’s Leadership Series A series that engages Maine women in conversation and community to explore how women combine their 2009-10 Board (left to right): Pamela Maus, Erica Libby, Melinda Shain, creativity capacity with their ability to lead with authority, Judy Groth, Patricia F. Kimball, Hannah Bass, Heidi-Anne Loughlin, influence and effectiveness. Layne Gregory, Georgia Nell Nigro, Marsha Greenberg and Jennifer Goldman. Missing: Maryann Kelly and Jennifer Eastman Women Standing Together And we are excited to welcome new board members Deborah Cook, A growing network of creative, dynamic women in pursuit Kathryn Dion, Joan Fortin, Ariel Kernis and Sandra Lipsey! of the opportunity to launch entrepreneurial women to new heights.

Women’s Workplace Leadership Customized programs to help companies examine how they can increase their bottom line by advancing the leadership capacity, networking abilities and well-being of their female employees.

Current Staff: Betsy Ring, Hazel Holmes, Kristin Chase Duffy, Lauren Dietlin and Elizabeth Stefanski

I will create a more supportive work environment which accepts flexibility and the way women want to live their lives.

I will be open, true to myself and lead the charge. 2 Economic Security

We invest in nonprofits committed to helping us achieve our goal of economic security for all Maine women and girls. In 2009-10, we granted $50,000 to nine non-profits throughout Maine, bringing our 21-year grants total to more than $1.6 million. Through grantmaking, we are pushing for policy changes, investing in education and girls’ independence. We are helping women build and expand businesses, train for better jobs and wages, build assets and make smart financial decisions. We are working with women as leaders and donors to prioritize women as key agents of change for their families, communities and Maine.

In partnership with the Maine Girls’ Collaborative, an extension of the National Girls’ Collaborative Project, which strives to create gender equity in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), we awarded $5,000 in social change grants to five girls programs promoting social change in Maine. Grant decisions were made by girls about programs designed for girls.

2009-10 Grant Partners Coastal Studies School for Girls $5,000 for scholarships to Maine applicants with financial need attending Coastal Studies School for Girls, a 16-week semester program for sophomore high school girls focusing on science, leadership and core academics. Grant Allocations by Strategic Area Cobscook Community Learning Center $4,000 to support the satellite program of The Community School’s Passages program, serving out-of-school pregnant and parenting young women in Washington County through a home- based, self-paced high school diploma program. The Community School $4,000 to support the Passages program, which offers teen mothers a way to complete high school without compromising their ability to be parents at the same time. The program taps into the high motivation they experience during this period of their lives and bolsters their ability to enter post-secondary education, the workplace and adulthood in general. Knox County Community Health Coalition $6,000 for 12 hours per week of case management services dedicated to women in the Women Offender’s Case Management Model (WOCMM) program to provide a more coordinated, collaborative approach to linking women to existing community resources, thus increasing the likelihood of their successful integration into the community and their economic security. Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence $3,500 to support the Maine Employers Against Domestic Violence program, which educates employers about domestic violence

3 Investing in the Power of Women and the Dreams of Girls Economic Security

and its impact on the workplace, and their role in ensuring the safety and economic security of their employees who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. “It’s never too late to change your life and turn Maine Centers for Women, Work, and Community things around for yourself, your community and your $10,000 for the Aroostook and Bangor Network of family,” says Wendy Rose, the senior micro-enterprise Entrepreneurial Women Programs that will strengthen up coordinator at the Maine Centers for Women, Work to 50 women-owned businesses in rural Aroostook County, and Community (WWC). Rose and WWC staff help women in different stages of life learn how to manage metropolitan Bangor and surrounding small towns in their finances, gain leadership skills, find the right Penobscot County through improved financial management careers and build their own businesses. “We start where and greater access to markets. women are,” says Gilda Nardone, Executive Director of Maine Equal Justice Partners (MEJP) WWC. “We help them figure out where they want to go and how they will get there.” $5,000 to support its advocacy to improve the federal and state Temporary Assistance for Needy families (TANF) program With support from the Maine Women’s Fund, WWC’s so that it better meets the needs of low-income women who Kennebec Corridor Creative Enterprise Project are striving to gain the skills they need to achieve economic addresses the need for business training for creative security for their families and leave poverty behind. entrepreneurs. Through this program, WWC offers a Maine Women’s Policy Center series of workshops to provide artists and artisans with business skills. In addition, the Kennebec Corridor $7,500 to support its work to insure that every statewide Creative Enterprise Project awards small grants to candidate understands and has the opportunity to support a networks of artists. women’s economic policy agenda, mobilize unmarried women to increase their participation in statewide elections, increase The Creative Enterprise Project demonstrates how flexibility in the workplace by developing new public policies far WWC has grown from its roots. When Nardone to promote flexible work schedules while highlighting effective was hired as the organization’s first employee in the business practices, and promote adequate paid time off so that late 1970s, it was known as the Maine Displaced women can continue working while juggling health issues and Homemakers Program. As women’s personal and other responsibilities. professional options evolved, so have WWC’s programs. They still provide guidance for job seekers, but the Policy Center: Maine NEW Leadership organization has expanded to include 27 staff members $5,000 to cover the participant costs of a six-day, intensive at 18 sites statewide, offering one-on-one coaching as institute that will empower 28 young women to view well as a wide variety of classes. themselves as civic leaders by developing leadership skills and providing role models and mentors to remove some of the Despite all the changes, the mission of WWC remains barriers women face when for elected office. the same: to help women succeed in the Maine economy. Ultimately, Rose hopes that the women that STEM Grants for Girls WWC helps locally will contribute to a global shift. She $1,000 to each of the following programs: (1) Opening the dreams of a world “where women participate fully in Doors of Science to Girls, (2) Somerset County Adventure the economy, receive equal pay for equal work and Girls, (3) Powered by Girls: STEM and Leadership, (4) Students play a major role in decision-making bodies.” She sees a special value in helping women get their footing Exploring STEM and (5) Amazing Maine Women in STEM. because women generally reinvest their time, money and energy in their communities. “When a society ignores women,” she says, “it becomes impoverished. Women enrich society.” 4 Leading Women At the Maine Women’s Fund, we don’t of success.” Jeanne spoke of working two jobs pretend to speak on behalf of all Maine to position herself for advancement. Roxanne women and girls. Instead, we focus on told us about building an empire to support building community and conversation her kids, while also missing the time she to celebrate the diversity of vision and could have spent with them. Hannah spoke contributions each of us makes around the of the infectious nature of leadership and state. Each of these contributions is a subplot how the decision to do nothing at all can be that weaves together into the overarching the hardest decision of all. story of who we are as a community. At the Most important, we convened around your 2010 Leadership Luncheon in June, we saw hopes and dreams, asking each of you to this story materialize when more than 500 consider the future you want to create for women and girls came together to share and women and girls and commit to celebrate the opportunity one action to realize that vision. we are creating through our individual and collective Are you curious about what 500 leadership. women wrote down? We convened around • 32% are ensuring that women celebrating, presenting the and girls are confident and Samantha Smith Award to respected in their identity. Kellene O’Hara, a Caribou High • 11% are building community School senior and activist and networks for women and advocating for peaceful and girls to succeed. just school communities. We • 17% are creating opportunity honored Karen Mills, venture for women and girls to reach capitalist and head of the US their full potential. Small Business Administration, with our 2010 Tribute to Back: Hannah Pingree, Jeanne Hulit •10% are supporting women’s Women in Industry (TWIN) Front: Roxanne Quimby, Meredith Jones leadership. Award. We applauded Hannah Pingree, • 30% are focusing on issues of financial former Speaker of the House and recipient of security, education, health and safety. our Sarah Orne Jewett Award. In the coming months, we’ll roll out a We convened around women creating communications platform to better enable opportunity, listening to tales of humor and you to find and connect with others who perseverance from Jeanne Hulit, Roxanne share your visions and values. We’re focused Quimby and Hannah Pingree, who joined on helping you realize your intentions for the moderator Meredith Jones in conversation. If good of the community, recognizing that it’ll there was a common theme to their stories, be more fun and effective if we work on these it was of the perseverance, risk and trade-offs dreams together. that leadership entails – the “sheer drudgery

I am a role model to three daughters - and a son.

I will teach girls to think for themselves and not be afraid to 5 challenge the norm! TWIN Award Recipient, Karen Mills: Helping Small Businesses Grow Part of “Making Change Happen: Women Creating a Better Maine,” monthly interviews with women and girls who are making positive change happen in their lives, their communities and in Maine.

Karen Mills has spent her career in typically Until moving to Maine, Mills worked solely in the male-dominated environments ranging from private sector. After moving to Maine, however, manufacturing floors to the conference rooms Mills began getting involved in the public sector. where venture capital deals are made. Generally, Initially, she worked on the redevelopment plan the Brunswick resident has been unfazed by the for Brunswick Naval Air Station. From there, experience. “It didn’t matter to me that lots of she became interested in economic clusters— men like doing the things I liked,” says Mills. “It the idea that when businesses in the same mattered that I liked them.” industry are geographically close, the whole group benefits economically. They can attract Mills comes to her position as the head of the trained workers, collaborate on research and SBA with a deep background in business, starting development and take advantage of other with her family. “I grew up in a manufacturing synergies. “Every day I think about the lessons family,” Mills says. “It’s what we talked about I learned in helping build a piece of the Maine around the table.” So perhaps it’s no surprise that economy,” Mills says. “I try to translate them into Mills is at home on a manufacturing floor, talking policies and initiatives that perhaps can help to a company’s managers and staff about how across the country.” they built their business and what they need to succeed; it’s what she’s done for decades. One of Mills’ major accomplishments at the SBA is the release of a proposed rule aimed That doesn’t mean she was always welcomed at increasing the number of women-owned with open arms. When Mills was well along in businesses that win potentially lucrative her first pregnancy, she was working on a deal government contracts. “I’m very proud that it to buy a Canadian steel mill. She visited the site has come out and will be implemented on our on her last trip before pregnancy-related travel watch,” says Mills. restrictions kicked in. Once on site, her hosts led her across a frozen yard and into the mill to Such efforts are important, Mills says, because witness a ladle pour. One of the most dramatic women-owned businesses are among the moments in steelmaking, it involves intense heat fastest-growing small businesses in the country. and open flames. And the small-business sector continues to be hampered by the aftereffects of the subprime “I realized later that they’d done it to test me,” mortgage crisis, which caused lenders to back Mills says. “The truth is that I’m a big fan of steel, off on loans of all kinds. But Mills sees signs of and this was one of the most exciting things I’d success there, too: “We’ve reached out to 1,200 ever seen. Once they saw I had the same passion banks that haven’t made an SBA loan since 2007 for steel that they did, we connected. But there and gotten them lending again,” she says. “And was a minute where I thought, wow, those flames we’re not going to stop there: We’re pushing are coming really close.” really hard to get lending back to levels that support small-business owners’ needs.”

I will take action as if nothing is standing in my way.

I will contribute my time, expertise and money to support women and girls. 6 2009 - 2010 Contributors* Thank you for investing in the power of women and the dreams of girls. You are making change happen in Maine!

INDIVIDUALS Helen C. Black and Nancy A. Chase Mandy Davis Pam Erickson in honor of Robert L. Black, Jr. Gail K. Cinelli and Shirley L. Davis and Eli Stefanski and Lael Jepson Anonymous Marvin A. Blakesly Peter S. Cinelli Ronald B. Davis Elizabeth Ernst Deborah Abbondanza in Michele Bois-Gilbody Gail T. Clark Susan Davis Becker Jessica Esch memory of my mom Tracy V. Booth and Sharon D. Clark and Julie de Sherbinin and Gail Evans Diana Abbott§ Donald M. Booth Herbert T. Clark III Nathaniel Shed in honor of Karen Fagan Kate Adams Elizabeth L. Bordowitz Susan M. Clark Erica Shed Eileen Fair Katie Addicott Marie E. Borroff Grace Cleaves Cassie DeFillipo Dianne C. Fallen Nancy L. Agler Elaine M. Bourne David Clement and Joanne W. Deitch in honor of Rebecca H. Farnum Justin Alfond Melissa Bourque and Elizabeth Weiss Andrea Summers Kathrine Farris Julie Allaire-MacDonald Michael Bourque Claire P. Clonan Jacqueline Demeter Joan Favro E. Davies Allan Kimberly Bowie Judith M. Coburn Jean Dempster Susan F. Feiner Susan A. Allein and E. Merle Bragdon in memory Mary C. Colburn Lois Y. Dennett Carole A. Fer Richard Flanagan of Eleanor Cook Bragdon Ann N. Coleman Mary Ellen Deschenes Catherine H. Fisher Diana B. Allen and Katherine S. Branch Molly E. Collin and Laura Tarbox Desmarais Helen D. Fitz and Thomas H. Allen Milja Brecher-Demuro Michael H. Collin Valerie Devuyst David G. Fitz Janet H. Allen Emily R. Breitner Mary I. Collins MaryEllen Fitzgerald Nancy T. Allyn Kathleen A. Flory and Joan Amerling and “As a lifelong resident of Maine, to witness the bold and tenacious Robert H. Flory, Jr. John W. Amerling Alexandra W. Fogel Mary W. Amory and leadership that exists within the Maine Women’s Fund community, one Eileen K. Foley Thomas Amory that is truly creating lasting change for women and girls in our state, has Dorothy D. Foote Sally Amory been enormously rewarding for me personally, professionally and civically. Joan M. Fortin Nancy C. Anderson The opportunity to be a part of an authentic and sincere community effort Aileen M. Fortune and Lisa A. Arellano and David Agan Carleen Mandolto has attracted my personal dedication to its programs and to the collective Karen Foster Norma L. Atherton synergy and enthusiasm that abounds within its community.” Chelsea E. Fournier Anne Elise Aubry in honor of Amy Keating, Harborview Investments Barbara M. Fraumeni Lee Richards Mickey T. Friedman Ann Babbitt Grant Reviewer, Futures Group, Leadership Luncheon Committee Maria Fuentes Barbara Sirois Babkirk and Suzanne C. Breselor Lowell Carol Colson Lauren Dietlin and Lisa Fuller Douglas Babkirk§ Jane Briggs Julia Comeau Mark Dietlin§ Deborah Galarneau Margaret M. Baillie Kathleen Brogan Susan Conley Josephine E. Diggs Catherine Galida Catharine S. Baker and Judith L. Brogden Joseph P. Conrad Kathryn Dion Gabrielle Gallucci Nicholas Snow in honor of Mary K. Bromberg Peter B. Cook Susan Doliner Robin C. Gamrath-Schauman Elaine Cinciva Joyce H. Brown Eliza M. Cope-Nolan Diane H. Donaldson Felicia A. Garant Debi Lynne Baker § Stephanie Cordwell Geraldine T. Dorsey Terrence Garmey Meleta Murdock Baker Rosamond Brown in memory Madeleine G. Corson Mary V. Dougherty Christine Gates Elizabeth Baldwin of Laura D. Brown Margaret E. Cote and MaryAustin Dowd and Roy Gedat and Julie Peterson Anne G. Ball Katherine W. Bubar Clarence A. Cote George Calvert Susan M. George and Ellyn C. Ballou and Deborah S. Burke and Sarah S. Cotsen Margaret R. Downing Miles O. Epstein Peter G. Ballou Daniel P. Burke Kimberly B. Crichton Suzanne L. Dubois Karen A. Geraghty Rosemary A. Bamford Barbara Burt and Sara M. Crisp in honor of Nancy T. Dubuque Marilyn Geroux Elizabeth A. Banwell Richard Burt Mary Ann Harris Susan French Dubuque§ Michelle K. Giard Draeger Susan Baracco Sandra S. Butler Cate Cronin Kristin Chase Duffy and Jette A. Glazer Suzi S. Barbee Angela Buxton Poppy Connor Crouch and Bill Duffy§ Carlene R. Goldman Sharon E. Barker Charlotte C. Carnes and John E. Crouch in memory Ruth Dufresne Jennifer R. Goldman Donna B. Barmore and Timothy Carnes of Clementina J. Connor Mary F. Dunn Michelle Goldman Gregory T. Barmore Michele A. Caron in honor of Catherine Crute Jacqueline E. Dupont Carol S. Goloff Jennifer Barton Edith Caron Mary L. Cuevas Dyan Dyer Barbara M. Goodbody Hannah L. Bass Sarah Carpenter Alice N. Cunningham- Nanette Dyer Blake Abigail Goodman and Lu Bauer Dana Porter Carson and Spindler Katheryn T. Dzurec-Dunton Mark Goodman Sally P. Beck Everett B. Carson Erin Curren and Lee Dunton Leana Good-Simpson Anne Brennan Belden Penelope P. Carson and Deborah Curtis Janet Eastman Betts Gorsky and Ruth Bettinger Robert N. Carson, Jr. Heather Curtis and Jennifer Eastman§ Mark Googins Catherine Bickford Virginia M. Caruso Edward Democracy§ Kathy Edelman Priscilla Grant§ Monique Bidwell Mary R. Cathcart Eleanor A. Dailey Marianna Edmunds Marsha Greenberg Betsy Biemann Michaela Cavallaro and Deborah Dall in memory of Stephanie Eglinton Abigail Greene Goldman and Cathy Billings Darren Cook§ Rivera H. Bolduc Elizabeth E. Ehrenfeld Jeff Goldman Darice Birge Denice Daro Chandler Jennifer Daly Susan F. Ellis in memory of Karin Gregory Merrill Bittner and Heather Chandler Joanne D’Arcangelo Jean Miller Ellis Layne M. Gregory Nancy Noppa Katherine C. Chappell and Linda Darley Janan T. Eppig in honor of Tamara L. Grieshaber and Amanda Black Thomas Chappell Farahad Dastoor Bernice Bungard Robert C. Grieshaber M. Bridget Chase Kelly L. David Elaine M. Epstein

* July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 § Kindred Spirits: Contributors who support the Fund with automatic monthly contributions. + Deceased 7 Anne R. Grimes and Lael C. Jepson in honor of Catherine A. Lee in honor of Janet C. McCaa Elizabeth Orlic Gordon Grimes Grace Anna Natalia Lee and Brianna R. C. McCabe and Sara Ostrov Amy P. Grohman and Norine C. Jewell and Aaron Joseph Lee Chris McCabe§ Janet N. O’Toole Martin Grohman David R. Ault Darcie McElwee Leighton C. Leigh McCarthy Patricia N. Page Judy Groth Darla Jewett in memory of and Tyler Leighton Sarah S.P. McCarthy in honor Denise K. Palmer Kristin Guibord and Chloe Jewett Judith Leighton of Kit Pfeiffer Jennifer L. Panciocco Michael Guibord Michele R. Johns Stephanie R. Leighton Loretta T. McCluskey and Esther M. Pappas and Betty Gundersdorf and Richard Johnson Jean B. Lenderking William R. McCluskey Paul T. Pappas John Gundersdorf Katharine M. Johnston Ingrid LeVasseur Caren A. McCourtney Judith D. Parker Merna Guttentag and Ginger L. Jones Gloria P. Leveillee and Roberta McGann Harris Parnell Joseph Guttentag Meredith H. Jones in honor Roger Leveillee in honor of Nancy McKechnie Angie Patenaude Gigi Guyton of Carol Wishcamper Josephine Pelchat Ramona W. McNamara and Sally-Lou Patterson Krista A.H. Haapala§ Pamela Joy Sara E. Lewis Maitland V. McNamara Katherine D. Pelletreau Carlene Haggerty Emily G. Kahn in honor of Erica A. Libby§ Sarah S. Meacham Anne Lacouture Penniman Saundra Haley Caroline Bloy Nancy K. Lightbody Betty-Jane Meader in honor and George W. Penniman Kathryn L. Hallowell Julia G. Kahrl Susanna E. Liller of Jean Lamond Sally C. Pennington Anne Hallward Kristina R. Keaney Sandra D. Lipsey Lynda J. Means Leila Jane Percy Meredith Hamer Amy M. Keating§ Linda B. Lisberger Sue Medley Charlotte K. Perillo Susan Hammond Nicole Kelley Susan D. Livesay and Sally A. Merchant and Catherine Perreault§ Wendy J. Harlan Maryann Kelly§ E. Christopher Livesay Donald Merchant Suzanne L. Personette and Dawn Harlor Barbara Keppel Jessica Lockhart Naomi Schussler Mermin Kenneth D. Peterkin Penny S. Harris Susannah H. Kerest Ruth L. Lockhart Paula A. Merrick Sarah M. Peskin Brenda Harvey Ariel Kernis Maria Lofchie Toni Merrick and Gretchen Petrone Mellicent W. Hawke and Carol F. Kessler Susan E. LoGiudice Richard Merrick Linda Peyton Hancock and William B. Hawke Karen Kilbride Rebecca S. Lomangino§ Teresa W. Messer Morris C. Hancock Sara J. Hayes Patricia Favro Kimball§ Debra Lombardi Dawn T. Meulendyk Kit Pfeiffer in honor of Beverly R. Heald and Ann R. Kinney and Carole G. Long and Kate Meyers Pam Maus James A. Heald Gilbert H. Kinney Joseph L. Long Nancy Miles Charlie Pingree Karen L. Heck Sharon Kinsman in memory Catherine Longley Hope S. Miller Christy Hemenway of Therese Higgins Donna Loring Margot W. Milliken and Hannah Pingree and Patricia Hendrickson Anna Marie Klein-Christie in Samantha Lott Hale§ Roger Milliken, Jr. Jason Mann Gretchen Henn honor of Joyce Klein Heidi-Anne Loughlin§ Sarah Cross Mills Dawn Place Victoria W. Hennin Jane Knapp Heidi Love Kimberley J. Mondonedo Judith A. Plano§ Elizabeth Henry Elizabeth L. Knowles Marjorie Love Peter Monro and Jill Bock Candace K. Platz in memory Janet Henry Emily Kohl Yolanda T. Lowe and Sarah E. Moore of Laurie McKay Mary J. Herman Carol Kontos William B. Lowe Suzanne Drinker Moran Sarah Plimpton Bernard R. Hershberger Madhavi Kotti Jennifer Lunden Leigh-Ann Morgan Cathy M. Plourde Roger S. Hillas, Jr. and Carol I. Kulberg Bodi Luse Mish Morgenstern Pamela P. Plumb Lisa A. Olson in memory Roberta Kuriloff Kathleen Mackay Pamela B. Moriarty Lisa Pohlmann of Mary Hillas and Phyllidia Ku-Ruth in honor of Susan Mackay Nancy K. Morrell Clara Porter§ Barbara Potter Emilia Ruth Katherine Macleod Allison C. Morrill Bonita L. Pothier Patti Hinckley Celeste LaBadie in honor of Jean Maginnis in honor of Penny and Robert Morris in Barbara Potter+ Robin Lin Hodgskin Marcy Cote Elizabeth Stefanski memory of Julie and Ron Sally M. Powers Christine Holden Vickie Labbe Christine E. Maguire Martha A. Muldoon Kathleen Pratt Evangeline Hollander Gloria Williams Ladd and Auta M. Main Jane K. Murphy Gene L. Proctor Jennifer Lynn Holley Lincoln Ladd Donna Maiorino Kathleen Murphy Christina Proscia and Carolyn L. Holman Marilyn A. Lalumiere Johnna Major Mary-Kate Murphy and Richard Proscia Robert W. Holmes in memory Valarie C. Lamont Jane Makela in honor of Peter V. Lindsay Kristy Pulsifer in honor of of Florence Vivian “Tippie” Christine Lane Christine Byrne Melissa Hanley Murphy Martha Pulsifer Holmes Kimberly Lane Andrea C. Maker Patricia Murtagh Laura S. Quinn§ Annie Houle§ Kristin M. Langellier and Katherine A. Mann§ Beth A. Nagusky Stephanie P. Ralph and Paula M. Houst Eric E. Peterson Marion Layton Mann in Vinitha Nair in honor of A. Laurence Ralph Elizabeth H. Howard Richard D. Lanoue in honor of Hannah Pingree Rani Dyer Amanda Rand and Susan E. Hunter memory of Anna D. Lanoue F. Virginia Marcuri Priya L. Natarajan in honor of Mark Rand Kathleen Hurley Jodie Lapchick Paula Marcus-Platz Lauren Dietlin Hilary Rapkin Jennifer Hutchins Jana Lapoint Sibyl Masquelier Jennifer L. Nelson Patricia A. Rathbun Bethany Hutchinson Mary Larkin Karen A. Massey Mary P. Nelson Celia M. Reczek and Marguerite Libby Hyatt Dorothy B. Larrabee Patricia A. Matrai Sally H. Nelson Anthony G. Reczek Laura Jackson Victoria Larson Rebecca Matthes and Sharyn C. Nelson Kathryn A. Reid Donna Gaspar Jarvis§ Jaqueline Laskoff Michael Matthes MaryMargaret Ney Patricia Renaud Sandra Jensen and Kathleen C. Laundy and Pamela J. Maus Shannon Nichols Alexandra E. Rheault Samuel B. Broaddus Robert R. Laundy Alyson Mayo Georgia Nell Nigro Karee Rhoades Anne B. Jepson Alison Leavitt Mary H. Mayo Christiane Northrup Barbara Riegelhaupt Marie Leavitt Ursula McAllister Karen O’Brien Diana I. Rigg

8 Kevan Lee Rinehart Mary R. Skorupa and Ander Thebaud in memory of Jacqueline Wiegleb§ Birth Roots Margot H. Robbins Paul Smith Linda Corlette Patsy Wiggins Bowdoin College/Women’s Eileen M. Robert Debra Smith Mary Ellen Therriault Kira Wigoda and Resource Center Martha S. Robes Margaret W. Soule Jessica Thomas and Daniel B. Sobel Brown Goldsmiths & Co. Janice M. Rogers Jennifer M. Southard and Bartley Parker§ in memory Sharon M. Wilcox Burgess Advertising & Dara Rose in honor of Edward J. Suslovic of Augusten Thomas-Parker Nancy G. Wilds Associates, Inc. Lauren Dietlin Sally A. Southard in honor of Heather Thompson§ Gibson R. Wilkes and The Capital Group Companies Jessica Rose in honor of Jennifer Southard Evelyn H. Thurston and Blake Wilkes Charitable Foundation Lauren Dietlin Stephanie M. Southard and David B. Thurston Janet Williams Clark Insurance Gale Ross Robin E. Baughman in honor Elizabeth A. Tipper Megan Williams§ Cloutier & Associates Jeannie E. Ross of Jennifer Southard Christine Torraca Bethany Winslow The Community School Susan M. Rowan Kathleen M. Sparda-Cloutier Elizabeth Townsend Carol Wishcamper The Danforth Group Molly Curren Rowles Linda M. Spazian Thaxter Trafton Nicole Witherbee Davis Long-Term Care Mary Roy Janet Spencer Shannon Trainor Thais Sara Wolff Diversified Communications Valerie J. Roy Ann Spinney in honor of Tara Treichel Carolyn V. Wood in honor of Douglas, Denham, Buccina Suzanne Rudalevige and Florence Walker Morrison Madeline Tunison Pam Maus & Ernst Donald Rudalevige Susan St. John Mary Anne Turowski Judith Fletcher Woodbury Family Crisis Services, Inc. Elizabeth H. Ruff Donna Stackhouse Annie S. Valliere Betty Wurtz The First Cheryl Rust George Stadler Michele VanSummern Carol D. Wynne Flatbread Portland, Inc. Colette Sabbagh Jane L. Stamler Carol M. Vaughan and Clarice M. Yentsch Frances Perkins Center Mary R. Saltonstall Sarah Standiford and Thomas E. Vaughan Laura Young Garrand & Company Samuelson Jeff Fetterer Lesley Hollinger Vernon Rebecca Harris Yturregui in Goodnow’s Pharmacy Doris Santoro Stephanie Standiford and Amanda Vickerson honor of Meredith Jones Gorham Savings Bank Anne Hallett Sarazin Harold C. Standiford Elizabeth O. Volckening Anne B. Zill Greater Portland Bone and Leigh I. Saufley Eleanor P. Stanley and Paula Volent Roberta Zimmerman Joint Specialists Nan S. Sawyer Norman F. Stanley Kimberly L. Volk Groth & Associates FOUNDATION SUPPORT Susan Scanlon Jenny Stasio Anne K. Wade Immigrant Legal Advocacy Anonymous Rosa Scarcelli Beverly Stearns Lisa J. Wahlstrom Project Apple Lane Foundation, Inc. Gillian B. Schair Jane Stein and Robert Stein Sara Walbridge InterMed Clements Family Charitable Erica Schair-Cardona and Anne Stephenson Lee J. Walker and KeyBank Trust Ivan Cardona Becky Stockbridge John H. Walker in memory Kieve-Wavus Education, Inc. D-Squared Foundation, Barbara Schenkel and Cynthia M. Stocks of Sandra Armentrout Lapchick & Co. Inc. in honor of Joseph Schenkel Robin C. S. Storms and Sheila Walker Adams Law Office of Elizabeth E. Elizabeth Stefanski Jenny Potter Scheu and James A. Storms Alice P. Wallis Biddle Fore River Foundation John W. Ryan Nancy Strojny Jessica Wallner Law Offices of Joe Bornstein The Heather Foundation Julie M. Schirmer Karen A. Sudbay Nancy Wanderer Macdonald Page & Co LLC Helen and George Ladd Marian Schmidt Sharon Sudbay Carol R. Ward Maine Association of Charitable Corporation Ann Koch Schonberger Wendy P. Suehrstedt Dana Rae Warren Nonprofits Kane-Barrengos Foundation Amanda L. Schumaker Cherie O. Suhie Elizabeth Wasilewski Maine Audubon Grant from Lake Fund of Mary Schwanke Andrea Summers and Paula C. Wehmeyer Maine Centers for Women, the Maine Community Jeff Schwartz Robert Summers Anne Weigel Work, and Community Foundation Maxine R. Sclar Karen Sides Suva Deena R. Weinstein in honor Maine Coalition to End Maine Health Access Elizabeth A. Scully Betty B. Swanton of Rachael C. Weinstein Domestic Violence Foundation Rhonda Senger Abigail Swartz Jane Weinstein and Maine Community Middlecott Foundation Sarah Serling Kristin G. Sweeney Linda Meyer Foundation Roy A. Hunt Foundation Rick Servidio Kimberlee Ellis Sweetser Paula M. Welch and Maine League of The Verrill Foundation Melinda P. Shain§ in honor of Victoria Swerdlow Mitzi N. Eiltz Conservation Voters Winky Foundation Margaret Annette Dowd Donna Talarico Alice N. Wellman Maine Philanthropy Center Melody J. Shank Wendy H. Tardif and Ellen V.P. Wells and CORPORATE, NON-PROFIT, Maine Warmers Peggy F. Shapiro Marc L. Tardif Lloyd P. Wells MATCHING GIFT AND Mainely Women In Science Silver C. Shea Carol S. Taylor Joan Wettington Welsh OTHER SUPPORT MaineShare Heather Shields in honor of Donna M. Temple Deborah Wentworth Albin, Randall & Bennett Mercy Hospital Hannah Pingree Brooke P. Tenney Katherine West Ameriprise Financial Gift Merrill Lynch & Co. Anna N. Grant Sibley and Denise Anne Tepler and Margaret Weston Matching Program Foundation, Inc. Donald N. Sibley Sheldon J. Tepler Christina White ASK...for Home Care Moody Mountain Media Gretchen Sibley Lisa B. Tessler and Donna M. White and Back Cove Midwives New Form Building Systems, Paula D. Silsby Mark W. Ireland in honor of Frederick E. White Bangor Savings Bank Inc. Katie M. Simpson in honor of Eleanor Tessler John W.L. White In memory Bernstein Shur Norway Savings Bank Amy Simpson Alalia K. Thaler of Molly White Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker Patrick J. Mellor, Esq. Kristin Sims-Kastelein Kristin Thalheimer Bingham Laura White Bigelow Investment Advisors, Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow, Robin F. Whitten LLC LLP

We can work together, as women, and teach our girls how to support each other.

9 I will own my power and excel at my talents and strengths. 2009-10 Volunteer Leadership* Thank you for helping to make change happen in our communities Pierce Atwood LLP EVENT AND OFFICE Joan Fortin Jennifer Gunderman-King Judy Groth Plastic and Hand Surgical VOLUNTEERS Ginger Ward Green Andie Hannon Maryann Kelly Associates Kerry Corthell Joyce Hedlun Lee Heffner Pamela J. Maus Portland Press Herald/ Maine Erin Curren Bethany Hutchinson Vivianne Holmes Georgia Nell Nigro Sunday Telegram Colleen Fitzpatrick Jean Maginnis Joanie Kallin Melinda Shain Rheal Day Spa Abigail Greene Goldman Angel Matson Amy M. Keating MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN Saco & Biddeford Savings Sarah Cross Mills Laurie McDonnell Patricia Favro Kimball Kelsey Abbott Institution Sherri Snaith Adilah Muhammad Lisa Wolff Leonard Joyce Brown SheChanges Maeve Stier Elizabeth Orlic Erica A. Libby Michaela Cavallaro Smith, Elliott, Smith, & Bethany Hutchinson Garmey, PA “Having attended a single-sex high school and college, I’ve always believed Janice Rogers Spinnaker Trust in supporting the empowerment of women and girls. I learned about the Jessica Thomas, Editor St. Joseph Healthcare State Farm Insurance Fund within days of moving to Portland in February ‘10 and jumped at the MAR/COM COMMITTEE Tambrands Inc., a Procter & chance to get involved. At the 'retiree' age, I intend to continue giving back Jennifer Goldman Gamble Co. in any way I can so that Maine's girls and women can truly 'hold up half the Patricia Kimball Trillium Asset Management Melinda P. Shain sky' - or more - and benefit families and businesses in my new home state. United Way of Eastern Maine REGIONAL ADVISORY United Way of Greater The MWF programs are the best way I know to do this.” COUNCILS Portland Sarah Cross Mills, Portland Regional Advisory Council Michelle Atherton University of Maine Casey Beaudoin Unum Amanda Vickerson Shirar Wilder Patterson Heidi-Anne Loughlin Jessica Bickford Verrill Dana Nell Wing Rebekah Smith Diane Magras Linda Buckmaster Women’s Funding Network Katy Sparda-Cloutier Norah Maki FUTURES GROUP Michaela Cavallaro, Chair, Wright Express Kate Stern Margo Lee Mallar Jennifer Cohen Portland York County Community Alyson Stone Pamela J. Maus Laura Tarbox Desmarais Katy Clark Action Corporation Grace Venezuela Alyson Mayo Jessica Esch Eleanor Alexander Daily Youth Alternatives Ingraham Jackie Wiegleb J. Ann McAlhany Joan M. Fortin Judith Daniels Kathleen Meil GIFT IN KIND SUPPORT Kristin Guibord FINANCE COMMITTEE Kayt DeMerchant Halliday Moncure Amato’s Rockland Lael C. Jepson Nancy Chase Jennifer Eastman, Chair, Mish Morgenstern Mary Beth Ansheles Amy M. Keating Patricia Kimball, Treasurer Bangor Joy Morrill Atlantic Baking Co. Christine Lane Christine Lane Marianna Edmunds Patricia Murtagh Barbara Sirois Babkirk Molly Putnam Liddell Pam Erickson GRANT REVIEWERS Margaret Petrarca Cabot Creamery Cooperative Melinda P. Shain Lucie Estabrook Mary-Anne Beal Vanessa Pike Dean’s Sweets Katherine West Judy Groth Wendy Betts Jennifer Pooler Endicott Home Furnishings J. Bourge Hathaway LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON Nichole E. Blanchard Caroline McAleese Riley Eric Hopkins Gallery Alicia G. Hunter COMMITTEE Judith L. Brogden Jeff Schwartz Layne M. Gregory Erica Libby Susan Baracco Joyce H. Brown Tobin Scipione Amy M. Keating Pam Maus, Chair, Midcoast MaryEllen Fitzgerald Linda S. Buckmaster Beth Shissler The Levity Institute Sarah McCarthy Joan Fortin Michaela Cavallaro Kathleen M. Sparda-Cloutier Maine Ahead Laurie McDonnell Jennifer Goldman Tina Chapman Martha Sterling-Golden The Maine Magazine Kathleen Meil Judy Groth James Christie Alyson F. Stone MaineToday Media, Inc. Sarah Cross Mills Kristin M. Guibord Donna Coffin Susan Tran Oxford Networks Mish Morgenstern Wendy J. Harlan Sarah Compton Elizabeth Trice Paula Morrisette BOARD OF DIRECTORS Amy Keating Heather Curtis Sheri Bonnell Tripp Georgia Nell Nigro, Chair, L/A Meredith Bove Sara Lewis Eleanor Alexander Dailey Amanda Vickerson Jennifer Radel Hannah Bass Jean Maginnis Kelly L. David Jessica Wallner Sarah Reuf-Lindquist Jennifer Eastman Martha Muldoon Heather Davis Suzanne Winchenbach Caroline McAleese Riley Jennifer Goldman, Vice Caroline McAleese Riley Laura Tarbox Desmarais Bethany Winslow Denise Scammon President Janice M. Rogers Marianna Edmunds INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Rebekah Smith Marsha Greenberg Sheri Bonnell Tripp Lisa B. Evans Kathryn Dion Katy Sparda-Cloutier Layne Gregory Judith Fletcher Woodbury Kaia Fischer Sara Lewis Alyson Stone Judy Groth, President Bourge Hathaway FACILITATORS Robin Lin Hodgskin Kimberlee Ellis Sweetser Patricia Kimball, Treasurer Leslie Forstadt Susan Baracco Janet O’Toole Sheri Bonnell Tripp Maryann Kelly, Secretary Joan M. Fortin Linda S. Buckmaster Lisa Rideout Hillary Verrill Erica Libby Donna Galluzzo Mary Bumiller Amanda Vickerson Pamela Maus Genet Gebrewahd LEADERSHIP GIFT Christina White Heidi-Anne Loughlin Jette A. Glazer COMMITTEE Carol Colson Jacqueline Wiegleb Georgia Nell Nigro Kelley J. Glidden Jennifer Goldman Kayt DeMerchant Melinda Shain Jennifer R. Goldman Layne M. Gregory

I can make change happen by following my own dreams and ambitions.

I will mentor and inspire others.

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Save the Dates Bangor Portland Women’s Leadership Series, 12:00-1:30 p.m. Women’s Leadership Series, 12:00-1:30 p.m. Bangor Public Library CIEE (300 Fore Street, Portland) October 7: The New Normal October 6: The New Normal December 9: Bucking the Assimilation Trend December 8: Bucking the Assimilation Trend February 3: Doing Well by Being Well January 11: Building Productive Networks April 7: Game Changer February 2: Doing Well by Being Well Lewiston/Auburn April 6: Game Changer Women Standing Together, 11:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m. Women’s Leadership Series, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Portland Harbor Hotel Auburn Public Library November 18 October 5: The New Normal January 13 December 7: Bucking the Assimilation Trend March 17 February 1: Doing Well by Being Well May 19 April 5: Game Changer Midcoast For more details on these events and others, visit Women’s Leadership Series, 12:00-1:30 p.m. www.mainewomensfund.org. Rockland Public Library October 15: The New Normal December 17: Bucking the Assimilation Trend February 11: Doing Well by Being Well April 15: Game Changer