Individual Donors

DirectWomen is incredibly grateful for the support of its alumni and other donors. The generosity of DirectWomen’s donors makes it possible for the organization to continue its important work. 

Thank you to DirectWomen’s 2025 individual donors: 

Contributed $25,000

Contributed $5,000 - $24,999

Michelle Banks

Megan Belcher

Christine J. Chao

Maria C. Green

Jenny Hochenberg

Lily Yan Hughes

Susan S. Lanigan

Contributed $1,000 - $4,999

Rosemary Berkery

Cboe

Cynthia J. Cole

Michele L. Connell

Lance Drummond

Veronica Foley

Mark J. Gentile

Pat Gillette

Peggy A. Heeg

Laura Heltebran

Eve N. Howard

Stacy Kanter

Gloria Lee

Vivian Maese

Kim Yapchai

Andrea L. Zopp

Contributed up to $999

Beth I.Z. Boland

Kimberly Y. Chainey

Yen D. Chu

Pauline Debré

Monica Johnson

Tom Kim

Victoria Mandell

SUCCESS STORIES

Sarah C. Dodds-Brown

Sarah Dodds-Brown is a strategic business partner and enterprise thinker who effectively anticipates challenges and thoughtfully influences change and evolution.   Over the course of her career at American Express, Sarah

Barbara Finigan Fitzgerald

Barbara Finigan is a corporate director, strategic advisor, and retired C-Suite executive, with extensive corporate governance, global business, and legal expertise. Barbara’s collaborative leadership at Hasbro, Inc., a $5B publicly

Mary B. Cranston

Mary B. Cranston is the Retired Senior Partner and immediate past Chair of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Pillsbury is an international law firm with over 800 attorneys in 15