Gloria Perez
President & CEO
Gloria Perez is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. Perez has more than 25 years of leadership experience across sectors, ranging from small business, for-profit corporations to nonprofit human service organizations.
Lulete Mola
Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer
Lulete Mola is committed to social change that is intersectional, asset-based, and led by communities most impacted. As the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Lulete puts this commitment to action as the lead strategist and co-visionary of community investments, field-building programming, strategic communications, and bold fundraising that enable large-scale systems change.
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Staff
Deb Bednarz
Bookkeeper
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LaCora Bradford Kesti
Director of Community Impact
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Jennica Date
Associate Director of Data Analysis
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Interns & Fellows
The Dr. Reatha Clark King Fellowship and the Wenda Weekes Moore Internship Program are our innovative initiatives to build a pipeline of women of color leaders in philanthropy.
Board of Trustees
Nevada Littlewolf
Chair
Executive Director
Our Children MN
Chanda Smith Baker
Vice Chair
Senior Vice President of Impact
The Minneapolis Foundation
Debarati Sen
Treasurer
President
Abrasives Systems Division, 3M
George Martin
Secretary
Partner
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Julia Classen
Retired Nonprofit Organizational and Governance Consultant
Andrea Duarte-Alonso
Hometown Fellow
Lead for America
Vanessa Goodthunder
Director
C̣aƞṡayapi Waḳaƞyeża Owayawa Oṭi
Adair Mosley
President & CEO
Pillsbury United Communities
Wendy Nelson
Chairwoman
Carlson Family Foundation
Anita Patel
Vice President of Grantmaking
Bush Foundation
Brenda Quaye
Owner & Founder
Venstar, LLC
Fatima Said
Executive Director
Project FINE
Susan Segal
Judge
MN Court of Appeals
Elena Brito Sifferlin
Licensed Social Worker and Community Volunteer
Valerie Spencer
Community Volunteer
Sandy Vargas
Senior Executive Leadership Fellow
University of Minnesota, Hubert Humphrey School of Public Affairs