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Victory. At Women Employed, when a huge win for low-income students Thank you. The victories outlined them to plan for child care and elder we celebrate a victory, it means more when we secured a $50 million increase in this report could not happen without care and manage their households. Our women are safe and respected at work. to need-based financial aid in Illinois. you—your commitment, your financial equal pay victory will help ensure that It means more mothers can take care of And our bridge and Career Foundations support, and your advocacy. Women millions of women are paid based upon their kids when illness strikes, without programs delivered by more than 12 Employed is turning your contributions their skills and experience, and not upon fear of losing a job. More people working partnering organizations and City into tangible changes that are removing what they earned at some prior job. in low-paid jobs have better control and Colleges of Chicago are helping low- barriers to economic equity and allowing These wins take time, long-term vision, predictability over their schedules and skilled adults get on a pathway to more women to advance and achieve and determined, dogged pursuit. But access to the training and education economic sustainability. their aspirations. when they finally come, our successes alter the possibilities available to women they need to take the next step to Thank you for fueling our relentless Together, we are changing systems. and their families. something better. It means food on the support of equity. With you, we are And in doing so, we are improving the table, bills paid, money in the bank to making systemic change for women, circumstances of women in Illinois That’s the power of advocacy. That’s cover an emergency. It’s peace of mind. families, and communities. and across the country. Our $50 the power of people speaking out for Dignity. Be assured, we’re not resting on our million financial aid victory means an change. This year, we have some huge victories laurels. We will not stop advocating for additional 7,000 students will have Thank you for using your power to speak to celebrate, and that’s good news for change because there’s so much more access to college this year, and 130,000 out with Women Employed. The positive us all. Our work led to advances for to be done to achieve equity for all. So, more will get funding increases. Our impact of these victories—YOUR working women, and in this report, we join with us as we continue the charge. work on bridge programs and Career victories—will be felt for generations. dive into a few significant wins led by Let’s keep claiming those VICTORIES! Foundations helped almost 1,500 Women Employed and championed by students gain the skills they need to supporters like you. We made a major succeed. The Fair Workweek legislation advance in the fight for equal pay when we championed in City Council means we won a No Salary History amendment that women across the city of Chicago Lisa Pattis, Board Chair Cherita Ellens, CEO to the Illinois Equal Pay Act. We scored will now know their work schedules at least two weeks in advance—allowing EQUITY This hard-won victory was built on in the Illinois General Assembly—not Equal work demands equal pay. years of determined advocacy, fueled once, but three times, persisting even These five words have been a by support from people like you. We when our former governor vetoed the worked closely with partners and bill twice. cornerstone for Women Employed lawmakers to draft the bill and to Our work has never been easy, but it’s stand strong against competing, less since our inception in 1973. This always been worth it. Together, we’re progressive versions. We mobilized creating lasting change that working year, we stood proud alongside thousands to educate their networks women can count on. and influence their elected officials. Governor Pritzker as he signed And we rallied bipartisan support the No Salary History amendment to the Illinois Equal Pay Act. Under this law, millions of people will no longer be required to disclose their current or past salary when they apply for a new position.

On average, women in Illinois earn just the wage gap. It prevents pay inequity 79% of what men earn. The disparity from following women from job to is even wider for women who face the job, lifting individual earnings in the compounded effects of sexism and process. Research shows that the best discrimination based on factors like way to fight poverty is to improve the race and ethnicity, gender identity well-being of women, especially women and expression, age, disability, sexual of color. Eliminating the wage gap will orientation, and even motherhood. No cut poverty rates in half for working Salary History is essential in narrowing women in Illinois.

When I decided to champion a No Salary History bill in Illinois, I knew I’d need a strong advocacy partner to get it done and that’s exactly what I found in Women Employed. It is thanks to their leadership, determination, and strategic knowhow that we were able to make No Salary History the law of the land in Illinois.” State Representative Anna Moeller, co-sponsor of the No Salary History bill ACCESSweren’t enough. Linda’s college dreams their voices and share their stories. And would have fallen from reach if it weren’t we spur policymakers to address the for the aid she receives from MAP. crisis of college affordability and to To date, Women Employed has helped make financial aid a top priority. win tens of millions of dollars of vital We work tirelessly as the leading student assistance, making college advocate in Illinois for students like more accessible to more than 200,000 Linda to achieve their dreams. We want low-income students. We work in all working women to have access to coalition to educate legislators about the education and training they need the importance of MAP in Illinois. We to reach their goals and improve their mobilize students and others to raise economic security. It IS about the money. For many women, education is a pathway out of poverty. In 2019, Women Employed led the charge to secure $50 million dollars in increased

funding for need-based financial aidthrough the Illinois My future depends on Monetary Award Program (MAP). This much-needed my education, and it means so much that funding will provide 130,000 students with larger grants Women Employed is fighting for my success and will allow almost 7,000 additional students to go to just as hard as my college this year alone. family is.” Linda Arroyo, MAP recipient Each year, thousands of people rely on This victory opens the door for students MAP to afford their education. MAP is like Linda, who has big dreams. Determined awarded on a first-come, first-served to build a better future for herself and her basis and each year thousands of family, Linda excelled in academics and students who are eligible do not receive athletics throughout high school. But her the grant. scholarships and her family’s contributions

Women Employed is bringing a critical voice to policy conversations: out of the student’s. I can’t think of another group that has been as 3 adult students steadfastly committed, articulate, and effective in advocacy for MAP and for drop out because they low-income, working students over the years.” lack financial support Erik Zarnikow, Executive Director, Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) SUCCESS Research continues to show that a post-secondary degree increases earning potential. But for low- paid women seeking to improve their opportunities through education, the traditional college system can be challenging. Women Employed champions career pathways programs that help these students succeed in reaching their goals, and this year, we helped nearly 1,400 students take the next step to something better.

Many college programs were not Bridge programs prepare adults with designed for adult students who limited academic or English skills to are more likely to be working parents enter and succeed in college or training For students who don’t know what and this year we partnered with 12 and who may need to build or brush up leading to employment in high-demand career field they want to enter,Career community-based organizations and on academic skills. Career pathways industries. Women Employed has Foundations provides a missing link. CCC campuses to deliver Career meet these students where they are partnered with City Colleges of Chicago Students learn about career options Foundations. on their educational journey and put (CCC) to design bridge programs and and local education opportunities, and Thanks to our leadership on career them on a solid track to build their develop lesson plans in six industries; we create personalized plans to get to pathways, thousands in Chicagoland skills, develop an academic plan, and also work with community organizations college or training. Women Employed have the tools to successfully build access better jobs. Women Employed to deliver these programs. and CCC developed the programs a brighter future. is a trusted expert on career pathways, and we focus on two types: Career In my mind I just wanted Foundations and bridge programs. to get my GED and get a Thank you to our community job. I wasn’t even thinking partners in this work: of continuing on to college. • Albany Park Community • Heartland Human Center Care Services Then one thing led to • Asian Human Services another. The bridge program The programs that Women Employed has helped create are making • Howard Area • Centers for New Horizons Community Center was an awesome first step of a big difference for students because they’re showing them what • Centro Romero • Innovations High School faith. It was the beginning of they can do after this initial goal is met. It opens up the idea that this is a • Central States SER • National Able Network a journey that is still going.” step that leads to the next credential and to a career.” • Cook County Health • North Lawndale Employment Network Madelin DeJesus, bridge student Michael Matos, Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition • Erie Neighborhood House • The YWCA Metropolitan • Goldie’s Place Chicago ADVOCACYGrounded in our values. Backed by the support of people who believe that equity is—and always Expanded Financial Aid Eligibility: Reduce Remediation for College This year we leveraged our partnerships Students: Each year, more than 60,000 has been—worth fighting for. This year we pushed and expertise to successfully advocate Illinois students start college deemed tenaciously to ensure that all women are treated for the RISE Act. This law will expand “not college ready.” These students eligibility for the Illinois need-based are required to take a remediation (or fairly in the workplace, are able to attain the skills financial aid grant to three groups of developmental education) class—or students who have historically been sequences of classes—that uses their they need, and are respected for the work they excluded: undocumented students, financial aid, does not count toward do. This is how WE pursue equity for ALL. students working towards an associate’s their credential or degree, and slows degree who have used up a portion of them down. Too many students get Passed Chicago Fair Workweek: WE their financial aid for remedial classes, stuck and never to get their college have been a long-time leader in calling and transgender students who do not degrees. out unstable schedules as a barrier and qualify for federal aid if they haven’t This year, we built, fought for, and exploring solutions. This year, WE worked registered for selective service in the won a resolution, SJR 41, that created Status of with advocates, council members, the U.S. military. Thanks to the RISE Act, a task force—on which Women Women and Girls report mayor, and the business community to Illinois will see more dreams realized. Employed serves—to address the release uplift the voices of working people and problems with Illinois’ post-secondary we won the Chicago Fair Workweek remedial education system. We aim to Advocated for Chicago’s Women Ordinance. This victory will benefit One Step Closer to an Illinois improve how students are placed into & Girls: WE served on the Steering Chicago workers—especially women Fair Tax: The lowest-income Illinoisans remediation and develop new models Committee for Chicago City Clerk working in low-paid industries like spend more than three times as much to accelerate student learning and Anna Valencia’s Status of Women retail, food service, hospitality, and of their income on state and local taxes and Girls Working Group, shaping success. The SJR 41 Task Force will healthcare—by restoring a stable and than the wealthy do. This year, Illinois Chicago’s “Pink New Deal”—a set of ensure every public college or university predictable workweek. The ordinance, legislators approved a resolution WE 20 recommendations to make Chicago in the state has a plan for improving which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, a safer and more equitable city for supported that will bring a Fair Tax remediation, creating a clearer path will require employers to provide two women and girls. And we’re already constitutional amendment to voters. through college for thousands of weeks advance notice of schedules, realizing the vision. One of the top four The proposed system would raise students in Illinois. ten hours of rest between shifts, recommendations highlighted in the $2 billion in revenue while providing compensation for last-minute schedule “Pink New Deal” is to support a fair and a tax cut to 97 percent of Illinoisans. changes, and an offer of extra hours predictable scheduling ordinance, a to part-time employees before hiring policy that WE worked successfully additional help. WE’s Sarah Labadie to pass this year. presents on reducing remediation

WE’s expertise and advocacy deeply influenced the set of recommendations that came out of the Status of Women and Girls Working Group. With their help, we can make Chicago the best city in the country for women and girls.” Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia MOBILIZATIONBuilding Tomorrow’s Leaders: WE coached ten college students and recent graduates through our annual The Pattis Family Foundation Summer Leadership Program. Each Open letter Chicago March published summer, we welcome a diverse to the Polls, in the October 2018 group of interns to our office for an New York Times eight-week program that fosters their passion for activism and teaches them the ins and outs of non-profit work, gender equity advocacy, careers in public service, and leadership. One of the leaders’ favorite memories was meeting Governor Pritzker and Organizing In the Streets: WE spoke truth Partnering to End Harassment: On the Because of the standing alongside him when he signed to power, rallied support, and took the stage one-year anniversary of #MeToo going tireless advocacy No Salary History into law. at dozens of events, including the Chicago viral, WE and a handful of national partners of Women Employed, March to the Polls where we organized led a coalition of nearly 300 organizations Illinois has become a national leader nationwide to mobilize for strengthened hundreds of people to register to vote and in workplace harassment reform, make their voices heard. At every event and protections against sexual harassment and helping to set the bar for progress every opportunity, we centered the voices violence. We co-wrote an open letter published for the rest of the country.” of low-paid working women of color who in the New York Times demanding concrete face the compounded effects of sexism advances in “20 states by 2020.” In Illinois, Emily Martin, National Women’s Law Center and racism. we made history by winning one of the most sweeping employment-related civil rights 2019 Summer reforms the state has seen in years—an Leaders Anti-Workplace Harassment Bill that will protect workers against all forms of harassment.

Educating Voters: WE helped spearhead Rallying to Raise the Wage: WE rallied support a coalition of 50+ At least to raise the Illinois minimum wage from the organizations to host current $8.25/hour, where it’s been stuck since a Women’s Mayoral two-thirds 2010, to $15/hour by 2025—and we won! The Forum that engaged typical worker in Illinois who is paid less than candidates on the of minimum $15/hour is an adult woman over the age of issues that matter wage workers 25, working full-time, and likely to be a parent. to working women. Increasing the minimum wage to at least Women’s in the United States Mayoral Forum, $15/hour is necessary to begin to ensure the February 2019 are women. economic security of women and families. THANK

YOUWe salute all the corporations, foundations, organizations, and individuals who made a gift between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. Due to space constraints, regretfully we cannot list the many people who donated less than $250. Heartfelt thanks to our donors and partners for fueling this year’s victories!

ORGANIZATIONS fairlife $1,000-$4,999 Taft Stettinius & Hollister* International Services, Inc.* Valentine Austriaco $100,000+ Anonymous JPMorgan Chase & Co. AB Bernstein Wealth & Bueschel, P.C. Adah Wilson Fund for Pert Foundation Management Wintrust Bank Nursing at the Chicago RBC Wealth Management Argo Tea Community Trust $250-$999 RBC Capital Markets Cardinal Health-Women’s 1871 Chicagoland Workforce Southwest Airlines Initiative Network Albany Park Community Funder Alliance Wintrust The Chicago Federation Center Grand Victoria Foundation Woods Fund of Chicago of Labor Brad Lippitz Group JPMorgan Chase Woodward, Inc.* The Coalition of Women’s Brown Farmer Media Group Foundation Initiatives in Law $5,000-$9,999 Carlin Group Corboy & Demetrio, P.C. $25,000-$99,999 AFSCME Council 31 Chicago Citywide Duff & Phelps Charitable Anonymous Bill Bass Foundation Literacy Coalition Foundation Blue Cross Blue Shield Cozen O’Connor Alphawood Foundation Freeborn & Peters LLP of Illinois Dean Foods Chicago Foundation GT’s Living Foods Charles Jacob Foundation* Digitas for Women Hoffman-Barnes Risk CIBC Education Equity, Inc. The Crown Family Management Erie Family Health Centers Exelon Corporation CEO Cherita Ellens Family Values @ Work Hughes Socol Piers GATX Corporation Fairpointe Capital LLC Joyce Foundation Resnick Dym, Ltd. Grainger Farr & Farr, LLC Katherine Legge JBT Corporation speaks at the 2019 IUOE Local 150 Flatts & Sharpe Memorial Fund at Kelley Drye and Warren LLP The John D. & Music Company The Chicago Community Local 881 UFCW Catherine T. MacArthur Golan Christie Taglia LLP Chicago Equal Pay Trust McDonald’s Corporation Foundation Harmless Harvest Lloyd A. Fry Foundation Mendelsohn Legal, Inc. Kirkland & Ellis Jasculca Terman Miner, Barnhill & Day rally Polk Bros. Foundation KPMG LLP Strategic Galland, P.C* The Richard H. Driehaus Mayer Brown LLP Communications Monster Energy Company Foundation Motorola Solutions Litwin Law Nicor Gas Robert R. McCormick PepsiCo M2057 by Maria Pinto NorthShore University Foundation Red Bull Mackinac Partners, LLC HealthSystem SAGE Private Wealth National Partnership $10,000-$24,999 Polsinelli Group Foundation for Women & Families Adtalem Global Education Roetzel & Andress Sipi Outten & Golden LLP Allstate Insurance Saul Ewing Arnstein Tides Center Peer Health Exchange Company & Lehr LLP Wonderful Pistachios The Prinz Law Firm, P.C. The Boeing Company Schiff Hardin LLP & Almonds Shriver Center on ComEd SEIU Healthcare Poverty Law Seyfarth Shaw at Work* SMART Nancy Hannon Teri Cotton Santos Dolores Connolly Robyn Millenacker Sharpe DEDICATIONS In Honor of Susan BARRIER BREAKERS Sparketing The Jastromb Family Meghan Shehorn Shayna Cook and Nancy Shier◊ Mendelsohn and Lydia $45 monthly/$540 annually In Honor of The Stephan Zouras, LLP Philanthropic Fund Ingrid Stafford Todd Ferguson William Siavelis Bueschel Advocacy Council Hannah Costigan-Cowles WE WILL Davis Jenkins Jeff Cummings Monica Weed Cindy Stuyvesant Kelly and John Snider and Ellison A. Snider Carol Lynn Coughlin Werman Salas P.C. ◊ Fern Josephs Sharon Terry Elizabeth M. Cunneen Sylwia Sokolowski Kelly and John Snider In Honor of Lisa Pattis Catherine Dennis Women’s Business Carla Kennedy Susan Valentine Ann Darnton Lydia Stazen The Jastromb Family Mary Kay Devine and Development Center In Honor of Lydia Bueschel Beata and Erich Kirr Ami Desai Das Philanthropic Fund Linda and Terry Van Der Aa* Kendall Stemper Marilynn and Ron Grais Jason Coulter YWCA Evanston/ Kate Maehr and Keri Kramer Amy Waldon Celia and Andy David* Wilma Stevens Barbara and Robert Taylor Amy Fahey North Shore Sam Pickering Karen Lewis Joyce Webb Carly DiVito Dana Suskind and John List Bridget Gavaghan and Zacharias Sexual In Honor of Rita Campe Barbara Pearlman Marjorie and Jeffrey Loeb Eileen Dordek David Lawson Abuse Center Suzanne Yoon Anne Vanderweele Jennifer Campe Tameshia Bridges Mansfield Julie Zaideman Nancy Duff Campbell* Susanna Walker In Honor of Laurie Rompala Sharmili Majmudar In Honor of Candace Carr Jesse Reeves Jennifer McMahon Jennifer Dunneback Valerie Barker Waller Mary L. Pierson INDIVIDUALS $500–$999 Eryn Brasovan Paddy McNamara Kate Everson Katie Walsh In Honor of Anjali Reddy Anonymous In Honor of Vicki Curtis Leadership Circle Swati and Bobby Mehta Lili Farrokh-Siar Lynne and Ricky Weber* Josephine Sarafa Jesse Reeves Sarah and Vincent Susan Bart Anita Sarafa $10,000+ Ambar Mentor-Truppa Sunny Fischer Monica Weed John and Kelly Snider Anderson In Honor of Bea Doran Anonymous and Mike Truppa Kristen Freund Jill Weinstein In Honor of Dana Suskind and John List Linda and Fred Ballard Selina Doran Songbird Academy Kate Boege◊ Lynde and Dave O’Brien Ashley Friend Beata Welsh and Barbara and Robert Taylor Kathy Preble Bayert In Honor of Melissa Josephs Amy Waldon Estate of Abby McCormick O’Neil Jonathan Furr David Phillips ◊ Lisa Bedner Jeff Cummings Nancy D. Anderson Katina Panagopoulos Matt Galo Angela Whiteside-Smith In Honor of WE Staff Sarah Bornstein Wendy Pollack Herbert Kirst Sheli and Burton Rosenberg Madeline Gelis* Rachel Williams Newman Catherine Dennis ◊ Alexandra Buck In Honor of Sylwia Sokolowski Nancy and Rick Kreiter*◊ Janet and Philip Rotner* Lauren Gorte and John Newman PARTNERS IN PROGRESS Hannah Costigan-Cowles Elizabeth Kenefick Emily Wessel Farr The Pattis Family Erin R. Schrantz Sara Goth Kara Wright $20 monthly/$240 annually Carol Lynn Coughlin Kathleen Brennan Foundation◊ Beverly Butz Sosa Marilynn and Ron Grais Mary Young In Honor of WE Staff, Catherine Dennis◊ Robert Reynolds Anonymous Marjorie Moretz Stinespring Brian Greenblatt Board and Volunteers Champions for Change Carol Doyle Gail Ward Barbara S. Adelman Lisa Turley Sharmili Majmudar $5,000–$9,999 Joanna Greene Linda and Fred Ballard Bridget Gainer In Honor of Beata Kirr In Honor of Elizabeth Turley Michelle Valiukenas Linda Chaplik Harris* GENERATIONS CIRCLE Nancy Hearon* Bridget Gavaghan Gene Bindler Brenda and Martin Becker* Christina Warden Catherine Harth-Stern Diana White Susan Mendelsohn and David Lawson Teresa Becvar Cynthia Zeltwanger and Stephen Stern* Anonymous In Honor of Nancy Kreiter Janice Rodgers Lee Glazer* Sarah Bornstein and Robert Tomes* Kathleen Almaney Charlene and Bob Baizer* Julie and Howard Hayes Debra Bragg Lisa Snow and Susanne Glink Nancy D. Anderson+ Brenda and Martin In Memory of Investors for Change Mary Kay Heffernan Elizabeth M. Cunneen Franco Turrinelli Margaret Gregory Shauna Babcock Becker* Arlene O. Battisfore $1,000–$1,499 Kristina Hendricks Ami Desai Das Julia Stasch Kathy and Richard Kaplan* Gabrielle Cummings Robin and Allen Berg* Lisa Battisfore Mara Heneghan Andrew Davis Jennifer Steans Anonymous Amanda and Vicki Curtis Madeline Gelis* In Memory of Jack Edling Caroline James Ali and Brian Kreiter* Selina Doran Kate Attea and William Kenefick Tina M. Erickson and Julie Conner Partners for Change Jennifer Junk Judi Male* Kyle Barnett John W Kenefick Michael A. Krutsch In Memory of Lili Farrokh-Siar $2,500–$4,999 Jacob Karaca Lucy Ogburn* Lisa Battisfore Stephen Lowinger Judy Erwin Michael Fishman Ashlee B. Gabrysch Anonymous Lori Kaufman Mary L. Pierson* Kemery Bloom Gertrude Lyons Karen Fishman and Barbara Fishman Christine George Pamela Baker◊ Julieta LaMalfa Janet Rotner* Andrea Bueschel Dhairyabala and Anne Ladky In Memory of Peggy Hillman Timothy R. Harmon Virginia Bartholomay Dana Lieberman Cheryl and John Seder* Betsy and David Bueschel Deepak Majmudar Mary Gardner Herbert Kirst Mary Kay Heffernan Lydia Bueschel and Aphrodite Loutas Deborah Winton* Fay Clayton and Helen Marlborough Rima Imburgia Chris Frumkin Rebecca Girvin-Argon In Memory of Jeanne Ladky Lowell Sachnoff Laura Luckman Kelber In Honor of Nancy and Brian McCormick Alice Greenhouse Tina M. Erickson and Jacqueline Kirley Ellen Carnahan and Katherine Mack Rick Kreiter Mary Kay Devine and Ashley Nelson Erica Harris Michael A. Krutsch Savana Latimore Bill Daniels Mary Mackay and Bobbi and Kenny Brown* Jason Coulter + ◊ Anjali Reddy Jean Hoffenkamp Dana Lieberman Anne Megan Davis Edward Wheatley Kathy and Richard Kaplan* In Memory of Sharon Eiseman Jesse Reeves Laura Luckman Kelber Sharon Harris Fern Josephs Joan McGovern Barbara Engel Judi Male* In Honor of Anne Ladky Susan Rider Nancy and Rick Kreiter Lynn McGovern Sharmili Majmudar Michelle Kohut Sharon and Scott Kay McCurdy Karen Fishman and Judi Male* Amy Rosenow Lisa Pattis In Memory of Mary Schulte Ali and Brian Kreiter* Anne Ladky Markman and Family In Honor of Lori Lightfoot Anita Sarafa Joan Perkins Ann O’Connor McCready Patricia M. McKiernan Fund at The Chicago Farr & Farr, LLC Elizabeth Kenefick Aviva Futorian Susan and Charles Schwartz Wendy McCullough ◊ Community Foundation Janet and Philip Rotner Melissa Moore Mary Gardner◊ In Honor of Dhiru Majmudar ◊ Joan Shapiro Janet Schumacher Jennifer Park Jerry Newton Jennifer Mason Deepak Majmudar Shelley Gorson and Anita Sinha Dana M. Pearl Alicia and Peter Pond Elaine and Bill McCloud* Eric Stock Alan Salpeter In Honor of Wendy Pollack Abigail Sylvester Kay McCurdy◊ Debbie Thorne and Lisa Rosenberg and Family Fund* Sharmili Majmudar Barbara and Robert Taylor Jerry Esrig Kathryn Robertson Howard Balikov* Deborah Minor Harvey◊ Marcia Medema Christian Murphy Darlene Vorachek Elizabeth Turley Kelly Robertson Janet Schumacher Debra Hass and Buc Rogers Lee Miller Barbara Wilson Lynn Watkins-Asiyanbi In Honor of Jen Mason and Laurie Rompala Teresa Soppet Melissa Josephs Mary Lee Montague City Colleges of Chicago Mary Rychener Debbie Thorne and Elizabeth Kenefick $250–$499 Jacqueline Moore Maureen Fitzpatrick ◊ Jill Sickle Jerry Esrig Melissa Kibler Anonymous Portia Morrison ◊ Sylwia Sokolowski Lynn Watkins-Asiyanbi Khun Lebakken◊ Lisa Acker Christian Murphy Dianna Sparacino Jacqueline Leimer Sharon Alter Carolyn Neuman and + ◊ Gold Investors for Change Deceased * Nancy B. Kreiter Advocacy Fund Anne Ladky Leadership Fund Ava George Stewart $1,500–$2,499 Beth D. Lewis Patricia Arnold Frank Morreale Gail A. Niemann Lorelle Swader Anonymous Kate Maehr and Emily Bartlett Ann O’Connor McCready Abigail Sylvester Kathleen Almaney◊ Sam Pickering Brenda and Martin Becker* Sarah Parker Susanna Walker Lucy Ascoli Roxanne and Rocco Martino Teresa Becvar Martha and Don Pollak* I support WE because they do what I can’t Emily Wessel Farr Katharine Babcock Lynn McGovern Maureen Bennett Mrinalini Rao Angela Whiteside-Smith Ann Becker Judy and Ernie Miyashita Jane Berg do in my day-to-day work as an attorney: Fiona Ray Jodie Winnett Marti Mull Belluschi Kim Morris-Johnson Robin and Allen Berg* Robert Reynolds and Tony Belluschi* Barbara Pearlman Shira Bernstein proactively make the workplace fairer for Kathryn Robertson Eryn Brasovan Joan Perkins Gene Bindler Kelly Robertson Gabrielle Cummings◊ Mary L. Pierson Kathleen Brennan women workers and provide them with opportunities Heather Ross Vicki Curtis◊ Anna Rappaport Stephanie Broadhurst Cathryn Ruggeri for advancement. If my legal work puts a band-aid Cherita Ellens Eleanor and William Revelle Bobbi and Kenny Brown* Renee Schleicher Tina M. Erickson and Stephanie Riger Merle and Michael Cahan* on a problem, the work of WE prevents the injury Michael A. Krutsch◊ Elena Robinson Jennifer Campe Meaghan Schneider Gwyn Friend Laurie Rompala◊ Kristin Coleman Ann Scholhamer from happening in the first place.” Deborah Golden Bettylu and Paul Saltzman Julie Conner Cheryl and John Seder* Kathleen Sedey Teresa Becvar, Partner in Progress INVESTORS FOR CHANGE / With the generosity of our Investors for Change, who make unrestricted gifts of $1,000 or more annually, Women Employed is able to pursue the best opportunities to improve workplace conditions and build pathways to higher education so more women can succeed economically.

ANNE LADKY LEADERSHIP FUND◊ / Thank you to these donors who have designated the total or a portion of their gift to the fund created in Anne Ladky’s honor. All donations will support initiatives aimed at empowering the next generation of women to lead the work of Women Employed and strengthen the future for all women.

NANCY B. KREITER ADVOCACY FUND* / Special thanks to the donors of this fund that supports Women Employed’s work to strengthen federal equal opportunity policies.

PARTNERS IN PROGRESS & BARRIER BREAKERS / We are so fortunate to have donors who are committed to making lasting change by designating a level of giving each year of at least $240. Whether through twelve monthly gifts or a one-time gift during the year, our Partners in Progress and Barrier Breakers provide essential funds that support our ongoing work.

GENERATIONS CIRCLE / Thanks to our supporters who have included Women Employed in their estate plans, future generations of women will have meaningful opportunities to achieve their aspirations for themselves and their families.

DEDICATIONS / Honor a loved one with a gift in their name to Women Employed for a birthday, anniversary, or other special occasion. Donations in memory of a special person honor their life and continue their legacy. The tribute gifts noted are donations of $150 and above. For more information about these special giving opportunities, call Linda Ballard at 312.782.3902 ext. 245 or visit womenemployed.org.

FINANCIALS BOARD OF 15% DIRECTORS 4% Management Kate Boege Other Income and General Lydia Bueschel The Working Lunch Johanna Danz Cherita Ellens 34% 52% CEO in May 2019 brought Individuals Foundations Deborah Golden Nancy Hannon together nearly Elizabeth Kenefick Co-Chair, 19% Advocacy Council 1,000 supporters Fundraising Beata Kirr Marjorie Loeb and advocates to Tameshia Bridges Mansfield celebrate the Jennifer Mason Jennifer McMahon Power of Women 10% Susan Mendelsohn 66% Ambar Mentor-Truppa Corporations, Programs Secretary Corporate Foundations Lisa J. Pattis Chair Anjali Reddy INCOME* EXPENSES Elena Robinson Foundations 1,196,314 Programs 1,440,734 Lisa Snow Debbie Thorne Corporations, 224,902 Fundraising 417,443 Treasurer Corporate Lynn Watkins-Asiyanbi Foundations Management 321,794 Vice-Chair and General Individuals 773,879 STAFF Total $2,179,971 Linda Ballard Other Income 105,213 Shirlondra Brooks Amanda Collins Total $2,300,308 Elizabeth M. Cunneen Mary Kay Devine *Unrestricted dollars Cherita Ellens Valerie Harris Sarah Labadie Jessica Lawson Sharmili Majmudar Photos on inside back cover–TOP: Members of Women Employed’s Judy Miyashita Board of Directors. MIDDLE: Chicago Tribune columnist Heidi Stevens, Chicago City Clerk Anna Valencia, and Fatima Goss Graves of the Marisol Moreno womenemployed.org National Women’s Law Center. Christina Warden