Maine Women’s Fund Annual Update 2008-2009 Together We Can Create the Change We Want to See

The Year in Review… hundreds of hours donated by women who believe in investing in the power of women and the dreams of What does social change look like? Depends on girls. whether you take a micro or a macro view. At the macro level, it looks like women using their At the micro level, it looks like 5,280 miles driven philanthropic resources in service of a common vision. between Portland and Bangor in order to support It looks like women recognizing their power, and women galvanizing other women in philanthropy, USING IT, to create change in their lives and in their leadership, and community. communities. It looks like a portfolio of investments in organizations providing critical services that build … 700 hours invested by young women from economic security for women, girls, and Maine. Augusta, Bangor, Portland, and the Midcoast using their voice, vision, and resources to unleash Social change is a mosaic of actions – large and their leadership potential through the New Girls’ small, personal and professional, philanthropic and Network. voluntary, community oriented and statewide – that … 500 hours of dialogue between women of all improve the lives of others. ages, determining how to use their purse, power, Catalyzing this change, this year, has been a challenge, and potential in their professional and civic lives but one we have faced head on. Over the last three through our statewide Brown Bag Series. years, the Maine Women’s Fund has been preparing … 300 hours from women off ering their business itself for growth, preparation savvy, experience, and that is also enabling it to expertise to budding “Social change looks like you. weather the worst economic entrepreneurs through It is the women and girls of the climate in recent history. executive roundtables at Maine Women’s Fund community We’ve restructured our staffi ng Women Standing Together. creating the change we want to plan, relied heavily on a core see in the world by leading and … A cold Saturday morning of volunteers, recruited local giving in service of all the women at the Spotlight on statewide leadership, and in and girls in Maine.” Philanthropy identifying how the process cut our costs by each of us will accelerate Elizabeth Stefanski, Executive Director, over 40 percent. We focused the mission of the Maine Maine Women’s Fund all our work around our Women’s Fund. core pillars of philanthropy, leadership and economic … 24 women, 1 editor, 5 writers, and 1 security, providing and scaling those programs that photographer sharing the stories, values, and most eff ectively serve all three interest areas. vision that help us all aspire to be Women Making Change Happen. In short, social change looks like you. It is the It looks like nearly $80,000 invested in nonpro� t women and girls of the Maine Women’s Fund organizations in the areas of education, public community creating the change we want to see policy, entrepreneurship and better jobs, and � nancial in the world by leading and giving in service of all literacy and asset-building; $60,000 invested in the women and girls in Maine. Thank you for giving leadership programs; and thousands of dollars and generously to make change happen for Maine.

1 The Year Ahead… Maine Women’s Fund Staff : The Maine Women’s Fund is a philanthropic and leadership community for The Face of Social Change women in Maine. Our community enables women to use their vision, voice, and resources to create lasting change for everyone.

Through our grantmaking, we aggregate our collective resources to focus deeply on funding programs that build economic security for women and girls, and through them, our broader communities.

Our leadership programs provide resources, community, skills and experience that enable women to tap fully into their leadership potential in service to others and in their personal and professional lives.

In the coming year, you will continue to see more of the same exciting programs and resources that connect and inspire women from Portland to Bangor, Lewiston/Auburn to the Midcoast:

• Grantmaking through our Economic Security Initiative, utilizing our expertise to access the most diverse set of perspectives in the allocation of philanthropic resources. • Our Regional Advisory Councils in Bangor, L/A, the Midcoast, and Portland (clockwise from upper left) are made up of resourceful, innovative women who are engaging their communities in advancing the goals of the Fund at the regional level. Elizabeth Stefanski, Executive Director • The New Girls’ Network, a 10-month program for women in their 20s and Lauren Dietlin, Director of Development 30s to explore themes of leadership, philanthropy, and social change. Kristin Chase Duff y, Director of • The Women’s Leadership Series, a four-part series engaging Maine Communication and Programs women in juicy conversation and in community to support their eff orts to create lasting change. Jessica Wallner, Administrative Assistant • Women in the Workplace, an opportunity for professional women to explore and re� ect on the leaders they are today and the leaders they want Working with you to create to be tomorrow through facilitated leadership panels and discussions in lasting social change by their workplace. investing in the power of women • The Spotlight on Philanthropy, an explorationexploration of hohoww our philanphilanthropicthropic and the dreams of girls. eff orts can and will accelerate social change in Maine. • Women Standing Together, a givinggiving circirclecle thathatt levleverageserages the business acumen of its members. • Women Making Change Happen, sharing the stories of bold women who are building businesses, nurturing families, teaching young people, leading industries, and strengthening communities.

We hope that you will join us and lend your time, talent and treasure to creating social change by building economic security for women and girls.

2 Economic Security Initiative 2008-2009 Grant Partners

Economic security is the core thread that weaves through all aspects of our mission to create lasting social change by investing in the power of women and the dreams of girls. With financial security, women can break the cycle of violence and access better housing, healthcare, and employment. Economic stability enables a woman to improve the quality of life for her family, her community and our entire state. Every dollar that comes our way supports our mission.

We invest in non-profits committed to helping us achieve our goal of economic security for all Maine women and girls. In the 20 years since our inception, we have granted over $1.5 million. In our 2008- 2009 grant cycle, we granted nearly $80,000. The non-profits we support help us by focusing their work on strategic areas that together will advance economic security: public policy; education; entrepreneurship and better jobs and wages; and financial literacy and asset-building.

Caring Unlimited $4,500 to provide a savings match for battered women living Grant Allocations by Strategic Area in transitional housing in York County. For women who stay the full 24 months, they will leave with up to $1,200 in savings which can be used to secure permanent housing, transportation, and other needs. Cobscook Community Learning Center $5,000 for the Passages Program (see Making Change Happen profile on page 5). Dress for Success $5,000 to provide disadvantaged, low-income, job-ready women statewide with the attire and self-confidence they need to enter the workforce. Greater Portland CA$H Coalition $5,000 to help refugee and immigrant women learn to navigate the banking system, as well as inform bank and credit union representatives about the needs of this diverse customer base. The program will also provide a 5-part financial literacy series. Hardy Girls Healthy Women (Year 2) $10,000 for statewide and national expansion (see Making Change Happen profile page 6).

3 Investing in the Power of Women and the Dreams of Girls Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project $3,000 to provide the advocacy required to enable The Maine Women’s Policy Center and its sister undocumented battered women in Aroostook, Washington, organization, the Maine Women’s Lobby, work tirelessly and Androscoggin counties to leave their domestic situations, to make life better for women and girls statewide. They attain immigrant status, get access to public housing and enter employ a twofold approach: enacting ground-breaking the workforce. public policy to improve women’s lives, and empowering women to create change in their own communities. Maine Equal Justice Partners (Year 2) “We don’t simply advocate for women and girls. We also $10,000 to support work to improve benefits for families on teach them to advocate for themselves through local and TANF and those transitioning off the program so that they can legislative action,” explains Sarah Standiford, Executive achieve economic independence; improve access to health Director. care for low-income families; and increase opportunities for The MWPC organizes and trains women to speak up low-wage women workers to attain education and training and participate more fully in their government. The organization also off ers experiential programs such as that will improve their employment options. Girls’ Day at the State House, giving Maine eighth-graders Maine Women’s Policy Center a chance to see the legislative process up close, from meetings with legislators to mock hearings and press $15,000 to support their work championing economic security conferences. These training programs, says Standiford, for women across Maine through increased flexibility at work, “make the pathways to change visible” for participants, adequate paid time off, the end of unfair profiling practices, who come away with a deeper understanding of what’s at and equal pay. stake and what they can do about it. By working with the women who are directly aff ected by the policies the MWPC Women, Work, and Community is implementing, they are creating tomorrow’s active $10,000 for year two on the Kennebec Corridor Creative leaders. “There is a great tradition in Maine of encouraging Enterprise Project, which targets the needs of low-to-moderate the next generation to step up to leadership,” Standiford says. income women artisans and emerging entrepreneurs in communities along the Kennebec Corridor that includes the The cost of their vigilance is paid in part by grants from the Maine Women’s Fund. The MWPC used the most towns of Augusta, Waterville, Skowhegan, Gardiner, Richmond, recent MWF grant cycle to focus on the economic and Bath. status of women working in Maine: increasing wages $10,000 for the Crown of Maine Creative Enterprise Project, and wage equality, introducing an eff ort to broaden which provides small business networking and skill building access to paid sick days, expanding Maine’s Family and Medical Leave coverage, and working to end “maternal opportunities for women entrepreneurs in Aroostook County. pro� ling,” a form of discrimination in which women are denied opportunities for career advancement based on perceptions of their commitments at home. “Establishing innovative public policies that bene� t working women improves the lives of families and communities,” Standiford says, echoing the Maine Women’s Fund’s own mission statement. “We’re working toward prosperity for all.”

4 Cobscook Community Learning Center’s Passages Program: This Is What Empowerment Looks Like Part of “Making Change Happen: Women Creating a Better Maine”

Developed at The Community School in Camden in 1994, Passages is designed for students ages 14 to 21 who � nd it diffi cult to attend high school while pregnant or caring for their children. The Cobscook Community Learning Center’s branch in Lubec opened in 2007 and began accepting students in 2008. Nine students, including one couple, are now enrolled in the program, which has one staff er in addition to Charley Martin-Berry, CLC Passages Lead Teacher/Coordinator. Passages plays a critical role in Washington County where, Martin-Berry says, “young parents who know full well the rami� cations of being high school dropouts are highly motivated to become successful parents and professionals.” Passages students schedule one-on-one sessions with their teachers in the young parents’ own homes. The curriculum includes the academic subjects required for high school graduation, as well as life and parenting skills such as budgeting, child development, understanding abuse, job hunting and health and nutrition. Funding from the Maine Women’s Fund and other sources provides students with a laptop so they can connect with their teachers and one another, and it covers transportation to group gatherings such as workshops and play groups. Perhaps the most important thing the MWF grant did for Passages at the CCLC was to put the program on the map in Washington County. In Passages’ early months, Martin-Berry and the staff at CCLC worked with local health offi cials, teachers, guidance counselors and school superintendents to spread the word about Passages’ services. Recently, a student came to Passages with referrals from three separate sources—a de� nite sign of success, according to Martin-Berry. Of course, a successful student is another sign that Passages is doing its job. There is no shortage of these stories, including one of a 17-year old mother of an infant daughter, who hopes to become an occupational therapist. With coaching from Martin-Berry, she enrolled in the Career Center’s Youth Program, scheduled a � nancial aid workshop with MEOC staff , took the SAT, applied to colleges and interviewed — and was hired—for a part-time job. “... it occurred to me later that somehow I must have delivered the information to her in a way that helped her feel like she had discovered it on her own,” says Martin-Berry. “I think that’s what empowerment looks like.” To read the complete Making Change Happen pro� le on Cobscook Community Learning Center’s Passage Program, visit www.makingchangehappen.org.

5 www.makingchangehappen.org Hardy Girls Healthy Women: Helping Girls Change Society Part of “Making Change Happen: Women Creating a Better Maine”

Hardy Girls Healthy Women aims to help girls in grades 2-12 be their beautiful, strong selves. It off ers girls the opportunity to become involved in their communities and to connect with adults and peers who challenge them. Moreover, as a systems-oriented program, HGHW shifts the focus from the individual girl to the culture in which they are growing by teaching girls critical thinking and media literacy skills and to ask who bene� ts from them feeling bad. For instance, girls internalize societal messages about what it means to be feminine and often feel as if something is wrong with them if they don’t � t the mold. When this happens, people tend to say that girls just need the self-con� dence to rise above Barbie’s impossibly perfect appearance. But Hardy Girls says diff erently. “Instead of placing the onus on the girls to change,” Megan Williams, Executive Director, explains, “we encourage them to change the culture, to look around and � x society rather than looking inward and � xing themselves.” Williams � rst witnessed the bene� ts of HGHW’s approach through the experience of twins who, along with Hardy Girls’ staff and board members, insisted that Kmart remove from its stores a t-shirt that depicted a big grin on a boy’s face after he pushes down a girl. The caption read “Problem Solved.” The twins went as far as calling the CEO of Sears Holdings, Kmart’s parent company. “They could have written, but they chose to speak with the CEO instead, believing it would be more eff ective,” sayssays WWilliams.illiams. And perhaps it was, since after hearing so many concerns, Kmart agreed to stop selling the off ensive t-shirt in stores across the country. Throughout the process, the twins learned to use their voices diff erently. With the help of a grant from the Maine Women’s Fund, Hardy Girls hopes to extend its reach. They plan to bring programming to Maine’s rim counties, Portland and Bangor. Also in the works is an online hub that will off er a one-stop-shop for people and organizations nationwide that aim to support girls. “Such a site,” Williams posits, “could provide a platform from which to protest or celebrate matters that aff ect young women and help Hardy Girls achieve its goals.” Meanwhile, Hardy Girls will continue to listen to the voices that matter most, measuring the success of their programs through the words of those who attend. When they hear girls say that they “learned to trust other girls” and “that magazine images aren’t real” or that they think “people should know that girls can do anything that boys can do,” they know they’ve made a diff erence. To read the complete Making Change Happen pro� le on Hardy Girls Healthy Women, visit www.makingchangehappen.org.

www.mainewomensfund.org 6 2008 - 2009 Contributors* Thank you for investing in the power of women and the dreams of girls. You are making change happen in Maine!

INDIVIDUALS Nicole Blood Poppy Connor Crouch Susan Feiner Anonymous Gwyneth and and John E. Crouch Catherine S. Fellenz Diana Abbott Kenneth A. Bohr Catherine Crute in honor of Aelan Kindred Spirits Tierney and Aisha Marjorie C. Adams in Pamela J. Boivin Alice N. Cunningham- Diallo honor of Sam Elizabeth L. Bordowitz Spindler Carole Ann Fer and Become a Kindred Spirit by making a Baertsch Meredith Bove Anne C. Curtis Ellen Wieske in honor monthly contribution – an easy way to Nancy L. Agler Deborah M. Bradley Heather Curtis of Janine Fay E. Davies Allan Ellen and John Brady Eleanor Alexander maximize your investment in our work. Perryn Ferris Susan A. Allein Milja Brecher-Demuro Dailey Bethany Field Diana B. and Catherine Breen and Deborah Dall Catherine H. Fisher Many thanks to our current Thomas H. Allen Jay Geller Jenna Daly Helen D. and Nancy T. Allyn Emily Rand Breitner Judith Daniels Kindred Spirits: David G.Fitz Joan Amerling M. Elaine Briggs in Shirley L. and Kathleen A. and Sally Amory memory of Aunt Ronald B. Davis Diana Abbott Robert H. Flory, Jr. Nancy C. Anderson Jessie Mary Ellen Deschenes Emily Flowers Barbara S. Babkirk Mary Beth Ansheles Mary Kathleen Valerie Devuyst Lorna and Jack Flynn Linda S. Archambault Johnson Bromberg Lauren and Lyn M. Brown Eileen Kelly Foley in Susan L. Arledge in Catherine D. Brown Mark Dietlin Lindsay Cadwallader memory of Olivia honor of Charlotte Lyn Mikel Brown Ann Dimella T. Kelly Michaela Cavallaro Locascio Meghan Bryan in Kristina DiSciullo Sadie Fowler Norma L. Atherton honor of Melanie Geraldine T. Dorsey Julia Comeau Polly Haight Frawley Anne Elise Aubry in Harnden in honor of Lorraine Beaulieu Suzanne Gagnon Lauren Dietlin honor of Lee Richards Hans Bryant Elisa Doucette Amy E. Gallagher Susan F. Dubuque Carrie Austin Jill Burgess Judith Dow Robin Gamrath- Jennie Austin Deborah S. Burke Kristin Chase Duff y Maryaustin Dowd and Schauman Barbara Sirois Babkirk Sandra S. Butler George E. Calvert Carla Ganiel Katheryn T. Dzurec-Dunton and Douglas Babkirk Lindsay Cadwallader Margaret R. Downing Felicia A. Garant Margaret M. Baillie Jennifer Calder Jennifer Eastman Eva M. Downs in Brenda Garrand Meleta Murdock Baker Charlotte C. and memory of Jacques Donna Gaspar Jarvis Donna Gaspar Jarvis Ellyn C. and Timothy Carnes Downs Roy Gedat and Leana Good-Simpson Peter G. Ballou Becca Case Denise F. Doyon Julie Peterson Jane Banquer and Hon. Mary R. Cathcart Priscilla Grant Jette Anne Duba Susan George and Norm Proulx Michaela Cavallaro Nancy T. Dubuque Miles Epstein Krista A. Haapala Jill Barkley and Darren Cook Susan French Amy Gieseke Donna Barmore Katherine C. Chappell Karen L. Heck Dubuque Carrie Gill Sno and David Barry Holly Chase Harriet W. Duer Karen Girardin Annie Houle Debra Barth Nancy A. Chase Kristin Chase Duffy Jennifer Goldman Maryann Kelly Ann Bartoo in honor Marie Kristine and Bill Duffy Leana Good-Simpson of Lisa Clark Christensen Erica A. Libby Ruth Dufresne Catherine A. Gore Cassandra L. Beaudoin Gail K. Cinelli in honor Mary F. Dunn and Tracy D. Hill in Rebecca S. Lomangino Sally P. Beck of Erin Cinelli Katheryn T. Dzurec- memory of Cathy Ellen T. Bennett in Gail T. Clark Samantha Lott Dunton and Lee Williams honor of Lindsay Susan Clark Dunton Priscilla Grant Heidi-Anne Loughlin Cadwallader Pamela K. Cleghorn Jennifer Eastman Marsha Greenberg Katherine A. Mann Nicole Benoit in honor Judith M. Coburn in honor of Barbara Abigail Greene of Betty Chapman Jennifer Cohen Brianna R. McCabe Niesel and in memory Goldman Kelly Berry Ann N. Coleman of Irene Niesel Layne M. Gregory Catherine Perreault Laurel Bezanson Julia Comeau Hon. Betheda Anne R. and Betsy Biemann in Alice W. Conkey Judith A. Plano Edmonds in honor of Gordon F. Grimes honor of Vera Thorne C. Conley Elaine Edmonds Gross Margaret S. Groban Clara Porter Biemann Joseph P. Conrad Beth Eilers Amy P. and Darice Birge in honor Peter B. Cook Laura S. Quinn Katherine Endy Martin Grohman of Jane Birge Madeleine G. Corson Melinda P. Shain Janan T. Eppig in Judy Groth Brenda Bisbee Margaret E. Cote honor of Bernice A. Lauren Grousd Heather Thompson Helen C. Black in Carl Courneya in Bungard Merna Guttentag honor of Jackie Potter memory of Reva Donna M. White Jessica Esch Barbara H. Hall Scott M. Black in Trenholm Eileen Fair Sarah J. Halpin Megan Williams memory of Selma Sara M. Crisp in Dianne C. Fallen and Meredith Hamer W. Black memory of Marilyn Jeff Clifford Ruthanne F. Hamlin Nichole E. Blanchard Lipton Rebecca H. Farnum June Andrea Hanson Martha M. Block * July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009

7 Wendy J. Harlan Sheera LaBelle Lisa J.K. and Mary-Kate Murphy and Candace K. Platz in Gay Haroutunian Gloria Williams Ladd Thomas Manderson Peter V. Lindsay memory of Laurie Corey Hascall Marilyn A. Lalumiere Katherine A. Mann Melissa Hanley Murphy McKay and in honor of Sara J. Hayes Christine Lane F. Virginia Marcuri Suzanne Murphy Shana Platz Johanna L. Healy Kristin M. Langellier and Paula Marcus-Platz Victoria T. Murphy Cheryl A. Plourde Karen L. Heck Eric E. Peterson Karen A. Massey Carolyn B. Murray Pamela P. Plumb Patricia Hendrickson Dorothy B. Larrabee Rosemary Matchak and Vinitha Nair in memory of Emma Pope-Welch Janet Henry Victoria Larson Charles Stephenson in Rani Dyer Clara Porter Donna P. Herczeg Jaqueline Laskoff honor of Judy Groth Gilda E. Nardone in memory Rachel Potter Nancy E. Herter Alisia Leavitt Patricia A. Matrai of Sara C. Nardone Sally M. Powers in memory Roger S. Hillas, Jr. Catherine A. Lee in honor Angel Matson Lisa B. Naseef of Rose Saucier and Lisa A. Olson in of Anna and Aaron Lee Rebecca Matthes Priya L. Natarajan Ashley Willoughby Pullen memory of Mary A. Hillas Darcie Leighton Pamela J. Maus Mary P. and Anuka Puri Paula Hirschhorn Judith Leighton Susan E. Mavrinac in honor Kenneth M. Nelson Laura S. Quinn Robin Lin Hodgskin Stephanie R. Leighton of Marilyn Mavrinac Merle R. Nelson Joan N. Radner Christine Holden Ingrid LeVasseur Brianna R. C. and Sharyn C. and William Eve A. Raimon and Robert W. Holmes in Miriam A. Levy Chris McCabe G. Nelson in memory of Mary Dougherny memory of Florence V. Emily Lewis C. Leigh McCarthy Lois Catherine Sandstrom Stephanie P. Ralph “Tippie“ Holmes Sara E. Lewis Caren A. McCourtney Shannon Nichols Jennifer Reck Vivianne Holmes Erica A. Libby Hon. John D. McElwee Georgia Nell Nigro Lois Galgay Reckitt and Nicole Pelletier Holt Nancy K. Lightbody Shaye McGann Robbins Kaley A. Noonan Lyn Carter Fleur Hopper Susanna E. Liller in memory Holly H. McKenny Barbara D. Nucci Phyllis Rees Nancy S. Horie of Ella Banyay DeMers Sarah S. Meacham Destry Oldham-Sibley Ala H. Reid Elizabeth Horton Patricia Renaud Annie Houle “Women thrive by connecting. Our combined energy moves all Deborah Richio on behalf Susan E. Hunter in honor of of Louise Olsen Joan R. Hunter of us forward in greater and greater leaps. Pooled philanthropy Lisa M. Rideout and Patricia Hunter is a gift we give to our communities and to ourselves. Our Michael J. Foley Bethany Hutchinson in� uence and visibility as leaders increases as we engage and take Diana I. Rigg Rachel Hutt Elizabeth B. Ring in honor Marguerite Libby Hyatt responsibility for the well being of our communities.” of Nina McKee Laurie Hyndman Susanna Liller, Liller Consulting, LLC Jennifer Robison Barbara Ann Ives Women Standing Together Member, Women in the Workplace Facilitator, M. Rodriguez Laura Jackson Elizabeth Rogers Naomi Jacobs and Leadership Donor Nancy Ross Sandra Jensen and Emily Rossiter Samuel B. Broaddus Mary Allen Lindemann and Michelle Merrill Marlene R. Oliver Julie A. Rothrode Lael C. Jepson in honor of Alan Spear Teresa W. Messer Elizabeth O’Malley Susan M. Rowan in Martha Manning Alison G. Linsley in Abigail Metzger Elizabeth Orlic memory of Barbara Rowan Norine C. Jewell memory of Ida O’Neil Mary Lou Michael Sara Ostrov in honor of Amanda C. Rowe Judith D. Jones Stoddart Linda Michaels Doris Weintraub Mary Roy and Karla R. Jurgelevich Heather Lippert and Nancy Miles Janet N. O’Toole Peter J. DeTroy Emily G. Kahn in honor of Wade Lippert Margot W. and Patricia N. Page Elizabeth H. Ruff in honor Caroline Bloy Sandra Lipsey Roger Milliken, Jr. Denise K. Palmer of Carol Southall Jessica Kandel Linda B. Lisberger Elizabeth J. Moore Esther M. and Paul T. John Ryan in honor of Amy M. Keating Susan D. and Suzanne Drinker Moran Pappas Ellen Wells Amy Keck E. Christopher Livesay Molly A. Morell Judith D. Parker Colette Sabbagh Paula Keeney Alyssa Lodewick and Pamela Moriarty Susan Pate The Saksens Karen Hadley Keim Robyn Roope in memory Nancy K. Morrell Shirar Wilder Patterson Mary R. Saltonstall Fran Kelley of Margaret Lobeck Allison C. Morrill Katherine D. Pelletreau Joan Benoit Samuelson Kasey Kelley Rebecca S. Lomangino Penny W. and Charlotte K. Perillo Michelle R. Santiago Maryann Kelly Carole G. and Robert K. Morris in Mary K. Perkins Doris Santoro Sue N. Kelly Joseph L. Long memory of Julie and Ron Catherine Perreault Eleanor L. Sapko Barbara Keppel Pamela Lord Peierls Emme King Peterson in Arline Saturdayborn in Carol F. Kessler Samantha Lott Maria Morrissette memory of Emmy Peterson memory of Ann Hagan Kathy Kilrain del Rio Heidi-Anne Loughlin Kimberly Mowry Linda Peyton Nan S. Sawyer Patricia Favro Kimball Deborah Luhrs Patricia M. Moynahan Deb Philbrick Erica Schair-Cardona Ann R. Kinney Jean MacRae Adilah Muhammad Marjorie Phyfe Barbara and Anna Marie Klein-Christie Jean Maginnis in honor of Louise Vanessa Pike Joseph Schenkel in honor of Joyce Klein Christine E. Maguire Muhammad Hon. Chellie Pingree Jenny Potter Scheu Elizabeth L. Knowles Donna Maiorino Margaret Muir Judith A. Plano Molly Potter Scheu in June A. Koegel honor of Alice Carter

8 Tobi Leanna Schneider Annee H. Tara Judith Fletcher Treats in honor of Rebecca Creighton Taylor Woodbury Trillium Asset Schneider, Megan Megan Temm Laura J. Wurst Management Williams and Jackie Brooke P. Tenney Betty Wurtz United Way of Dupont Denise Anne and Lucinda M. Ziesing Eastern Maine Anne Koch Sheldon J. Tepler Anne B. Zill University of Maine Schonberger Lisa B. Tessler and Brita Kate Zitin Verrill Dana Mary Schwanke Mark W. Ireland Karen Schwarzer BUSINESS, MATCHING FOUNDATION in honor of Eleanor GIFT OR OTHER GRANTS Maxine R. Sclar Tessler SUPPORT Melinda P. Shain in Alalia K. Thaler Apple Lane honor of mothers in Jessica Thomas Allagash Brewing Foundation, Inc. my life and in honor Heather Thompson Company, Inc. Fore River of Margaret Annette Teresa Thompson Bazaar Strategies LLC Foundation Dowd Evelyn H. Thurston Bernstein Shur Helen and George Peggy F. Shapiro Elizabeth A. and Brown Goldsmiths Ladd Charitable Sherrie Sharp Gerald C. Tipper Buzzie Bee Diapers Corporation Silver Shea Susan Tran Camp Bow Wow Kane-Barrengos Anna N. Grant Sibley Elizabeth Trice Citi Smith Barney Foundation and Donald N. Sibley David Vickers Coffee By Design Maine Community Paula D. Silsby Amanda Vickerson Dead River Company Foundation Kimberly C. Simmons Alison Violette Designs by Lucinda Maine Health Access in honor of Margo Elizabeth O. Diversified Foundation Simmons Volckening Communications Roy A. Hunt Sue Ellen Simon Anne K. Wade Family Violence Foundation Karen C. Smith Lisa J. Wahlstrom Project The Columbus Mary Minor C. Smith Sara Walbridge in Feminist Spiritual Foundation Rebekah J. Smith memory of Kay Community The Evergreen Victoria Smith Evans Flatbread Portland Foundation Margaret W. Soule Lee J. and Garrand The Verrill Jennifer M. Southard John H. Walker Honeck O’Toole Foundation and Edward J. Alice P. Wallis Joel D. Davis and Winky Foundation Suslovic Elizabeth G. Wallner Associates Stephanie M. Southard GIFTS IN KIND Dyan M. Walsh Key Bank and Robin E. 98.9 WCLZ Candace C. Walworth Lapchick Creative Baughman in honor Add Verb Carol R. Ward in honor Laureate Zeta Beta of Jennifer Southard Productions of my mother Sigma Phi Kathleen M. Sparda- Monique Bidwell Elizabeth Watson Law Offices of Joe Cloutier Cabot Creamery Lauren Webster Bornstein Ann Spinney in honor Cooperative Paula C. Wehmeyer The Levity Coach “The Maine Women’s Fund is an of Florence Walker Macdonald Page & Celebrating Human Morrison Doris Weintraub Co LLC Creativity important and positive change Denise and Elizabeth Weiss Maine Center for Community Mark Stadler Carlann M. Welch agent for our state, encouraging Economic Policy Television Sarah Standiford and Jane C. Wellehan Maine Federation of Network women and girls to fully Jeff Fetterer Ellen V.P. and Lloyd P. Women’s Clubs Sara Cox Jenny Stasio Wells in honor of my participate in their own best lives. Maine Philanthropy Lynn Deeves Elizabeth and five granddaughters At Garrand we applaud eff orts like Center Dore’s Cafe & Market Scott Stefanski Joan Wettington MaineShare Holly’s Own Deli those of the Fund to lift up and Jane and Robert Stein Welsh Material Objects Local Sprouts in honor of Lindsay Katherine West celebrate the creative potential Merrill Bank Cooperative Cadwallader Donna M. and New Form Building Mainebiz resident in us all.” Shay Stewart-Bouley Frederick E. White Systems, Inc. McCabe Duval & Elizabeth S. Stickney Kay K. White Norway Savings Bank Associates Brenda Garrand Robin A. Stickney Marian M. White Ocean of Possibilities Cynthia S. McMullin President and Strategic Director, Cynthia M. Stocks Robin F. Whitten Passage to India North Star Music Cafe Garrand and Corporate Contributor Sara G. Stockwell Jacqueline Wiegleb Plastic and Hand Pepperclub Alyson F. Stone Kira Wigoda and Surgical Associates Restaurant Sandra Stone Daniel B. Sobel Queen of Hats Port City Life Wendy P. Suehrstedt Nancy G. Wilds Saco & Biddeford Magazine Andrea and Linda Williams Savings Institution Sawyer & Co. Robert Summers Megan Williams The Capital Kate Schrock Karen Sides Suva and Theresa M. and Group Companies Vanessa Torres Bob Suva Donald W. Wiper Charitable Katie Webber Kristin G. Sweeney Karen Wood Foundation Megan Jo Wilson Victoria Swerdlow

9 2008-2009 Volunteer Leadership* Thank you for helping to make change happen in our communities!

BOARD MEMBERS FINANCE COMMITTEE Kathryn Dion Meredith Bove, Meredith Bove Nancy Chase Robin Lin Hodgskin Chair, Portland Lindsay Christine Lane Janet O’Toole Sheri Bonnell Michaela Cavallaro Cadwallader LEADERSHIP GIFT GRANTMAKING Katy Clark Jennifer Eastman COMMITTEE COMMITTEE Jennifer Goldman, Julia Comeau Carolyn Arcand Meredith Bove Judith Daniels Vice President Jennifer Goldman, Marsha Greenberg Jennifer I. Barbour Kayt DeMerchant, Andrea Berry Chair Co-Chair, L/A Layne Gregory Marsha Greenberg Judy Groth, Tracy V. Booth Jennifer Eastman, Annie Bradbury Layne Gregory Co-Chair, Bangor President Judy Groth Maryann Kelly Jennifer Brooks Pam Erickson Mary K. Bromberg Annie Houle Lucie Estabrook, Erica Libby Maryann Kelly Heidi-Anne Meghan Bryan Co-Chair, Bangor Lindsay Melinda Shain Ginger Ward Green Loughlin Kay White Georgia Nell Nigro Cadwallader, Co- Judy Groth Melinda Shain Chair MAKING CHANGE Erica Libby Deb Chapman HAPPEN Pam Maus, Co- EVENT AND OFFICE Chair, Midcoast Michaela Cavallaro Kelsey Abbott VOLUNTEERS Sarah McCarthy Muriel Curtis Jessica Bickford Laurie McDonnell Annie Bradbury Nicole Evans Michaela Cavallaro, Adilah Muhammad, Meghan Bryan Suzanne Farley Editor Co-Chair, L/A Karen Carlson Catherine H. Fisher Bethany Georgia Nell Nigro Michaela Cavallaro Amy Gieseke Hutchinson Nicole Ouellette Elisa Doucette Kelley J. Glidden Nicole Ouellette Mary Perkins Kara Fischer Rebecca Hobbs Kate Philbrick Jennifer Radel Co- Sadie Fowler Bethany Janice Rogers Chair, Bangor Bethany Hutchinson Denise Scammon Sarah Reuf- Hutchinson Karen H. Keim Jessica Thomas Amy Keating Maryann Kelly Lindquist Diane Newman Lisa Wolff Leonard MAR/COM Denise Scammon Michelle Santiago Erica A. Libby COMMITTEE Rebekah Smith Kerri Smith Heidi-Anne Sheri Bonnell Katy Sparda- “I volunteer for the Fund because I Sherri Snaith Loughlin, Co- Lisa Goodfellow Cloutier, Co-Chair, wholeheartedly support the Andi Summers Chair Bowe Midcoast Jessica Thomas Angel Matson Lindsay Alyson Stone Fund’s mission. But I’ve gotten a Laura Val Adilah Muhammad Cadwallader Hillary Verrill lot out of it too -- I’ve met so Lauren Webster Patricia Murtagh Elisa Doucette many interesting women along Katie West Georgia Nell Nigro Jennifer Eastman Brita Zitin Nicole Ouellette Jennifer Goldman the way! Giving to the Fund Mary K. Perkins EVENT FUNDRAISING Layne Gregory makes me feel like I am part of Shirar W. Patterson COMMITTEE Amy Keating the solution. My small gift has a Emma Pope-Welch Maryann Kelly Deborah Bergeron Jenny Stasio Erica Libby big impact when coupled with Elisa Doucette, Alyson F. Stone Heidi-Anne all of the other contributions Chair Jessica Thomas Loughlin Gillian Goforth- that people are making. It’s very Elizabeth Trice Georgia Nell Nigro Vincent Amanda Vickerson Cathy Plourde satisfying to me to see my ideals Amy Keating Jacqueline Wiegleb Melinda Shain, and values in action.” Maryann Kelly Chair Rebecca Lackey INVESTMENT Laura Val Heidi-Anne COMMITTEE Jessica Thomas Monica Wright Loughlin Jennifer Eastman, New Girl, New Girls’ Facilitator, Michelle Santiago Chair REGIONAL ADVISORY 2009-10 Making Change Happen Melinda Shain Marsha Greenberg COUNCILS Editor and Donor Teresa Thompson Heidi-Anne Michelle Atherton Katie West Loughlin Casey Beaudoin * July 1, 2008 - Sara Lewis Jessica Bickford June 30, 2009 Lisa Rideout

10 Save the Dates Bangor Portland Women’s Leadership Series, 12:00 - 1:30 pm Women’s Leadership Series, 12:00 - 1:30 pm Oxford Networks (60 Summer St., Bangor) Maine Women’s Fund (565 Congress St., Ste. 306, Portland) November 12: Womenomics October 28: Womenomics January 7: The Diff erence January 6: The Diff erence March 4: Stepping Up ... March 3: Stepping Up ... May 6: Shaping the Agenda May 5: Shaping the Agenda Lewiston/Auburn Women Standing Together Women’s Leadership Series, 12:00 - 1:30 pm Portland Harbor Hotel YWCA (130 East Ave., Lewiston) October 22: 11:45 am - 1:45 pm November 10: Womenomics January 14: 7:30 - 9:30 am January 5: The Diff erence March 11: 11:45 am - 1:45 pm March 2: Stepping Up ... June 17: 7:30 - 9:30 am May 4: Shaping the Agenda Save the date March 6 for the MWF’s Second Annual Spotlight Midcoast on Philanthropy!

Women’s Leadership Series, 12:00 - 1:30 pm For more details on these events and others, visit Rockland Library (80 Union St., Rockland) www.mainewomensfund.org. November 17: Womenomics January 12: The Diff erence March 9: Stepping Up ... May 11: Shaping the Agenda

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